Sat.Nov 04, 2023 - Fri.Nov 10, 2023

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3 Ways Digital Coaching Platforms Are Enhancing Coaching

International Coaching Federation

Digital coaching platforms have come a long way from just being an online tool for coaches to manage their businesses. They have evolved into powerful tools to enhance coaching practices. In the realm of digital coaching, the future looks promising. Joel DiGirolamo, vice president of research and data science at ICF, says that generative large language models and deep learning AI systems such as ChatGPT and GPT-4 will transform AI coaching.

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Overloaded at Work: How to Ask For the Support You Need

Let's Grow Leaders

What to say next when you’re overloaded at work (without sounding whiny) Ever found yourself cackling at the monstrous to-do list glaring back at you, thinking “Right, that’s not happening,” only to gulp back a sob as you realize none of it’s optional? You’re overloaded at work. Stuck in a world where productivity meets panic and trying to be a ‘team player’ feels like a conspiracy against your sanity.

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Get creative work done, with marathons and sprints

The Creative Life

How do you get a creative project over the finish line? It's often about marathons and sprints The post Get creative work done, with marathons and sprints appeared first on The Creative Life.

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The RISE Leadership Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Model By Ricky Koo, Leadership & Communication Coach, UNITED STATES RISE Leadership My first experience with a Leadership Coach earlier in my career was terrible. I was introduced to a Leadership Coach through a colleague and the coach started our initial conversation by making it very clear to me that she usually doesn’t work with “people like me”, because I was still an individual contributor.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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8 Real-World Outcomes You Could Experience After Taking an HBS Online Course

Harvard Business School Online

Harvard Business School Online offers certificate courses, Learning Tracks, and credential programs designed to equip you with essential business skills to make a positive impact on your career. Here are eight real-world outcomes you could experience after taking one.

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Help Your Boss Stop Wasting Time with Bad Delegation

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 237: Do you ever get frustrated that your manager wastes time with bad delegation? They ask for something to be redone over and over, never seeming to know what they want? Or they change their mind after you’ve already finished what you thought they asked for? In this episode, David gives you practical tools to help avoid these frustrating moments and build a far more effective, collaborative relationship with your leader.

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Coaching to Create Agile Software Development Teams

International Coach Academy

A Research Paper By David Chong, High Performance Coach, AUSTRALIA Agile Software Development According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the word “Agile” can be defined as follows: able to move your body quickly and easily In the context of software development, Agile is a set of principles and practices that emphasize flexibility, collaboration, and customer-centricity.

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How to Get Employee Buy-In to Execute Your Strategic Initiatives

Harvard Business School Online

A business strategy can inform how you make decisions, allocate resources, and direct actions to achieve organizational goals. Yet, successfully executing strategic initiatives requires employee buy-in. Here’s why it’s important and how to get it.

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How to Break Monotony at Work for Better Employee Engagement

Let's Grow Leaders

Hi Karin, I’ve got to tell you my team’s work is pretty monotonous, so filled with repetitive work. Sometimes it feels like a merry-go-round week after week. How do I keep my team motivated when there is so much monotony at work? #AskingforaFriend Breaking the Monotony: 6 Ways to Keep Your Team Fired Up Feeling stuck on the monotony at work merry-go-round?

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ICF Communications: Share Your Input

International Coaching Federation

As a global membership organization, our goal is to support you — our ICF members — as we champion coaching as a vital part of a thriving global society. We value your perspectives, as you are the heart of our community. Your insights could play a crucial role in helping us improve our services and ensure that we better meet your communication needs.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

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Empathy vs. Detachment

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Power Tool By Nicole Paul, Leadership Coach, UNITED STATES The Empathy vs. Detachment Definition Empathy has never been more important in managing people and teams than now. A more traditional, and I would argue, outdated approach might dictate that empathy is superfluous in the workplace and the relationship between the manager and employee is secondary to performance and productivity.

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The Performance Trap: How the Cult of Success is Eroding Our Humanity

ReNew Business

In a world obsessed with chasing success and validation through performance, it's high time we confront the dark underbelly of this relentless pursuit. The notion that everything from purpose to art is only worthwhile if it's framed as a performance is not only misguided but downright dehumanizing. "I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it.

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Issue 51 of the NICEC journal released

Adventures in Career Development

The latest issue of the NICEC journal looks absolutely fantastic. It draws on careers practice and research from a range of countries and covers all aspects of careers across the lifecourse. As ever it is all fully open access and available to everyone. In this issue you can find the following articles. A career guidance for social justice must include many voices – Bo Klindt Poulsen A framework for analysing careers and employability learning outcomes – David Winter From passion to

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Transitioning to the Integrator™ Role

EOS Worldwide

You’ve just been named your company’s Integrator. Congratulations! Now what? If you’re transitioning to the Integrator role from another position internally, set yourself up for success.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

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Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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Vertical Development Coaching: The Art of Making the Invisible Visible Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Model By Nele De Peuter, Vertical Development Coach, BELGIUM Vertical Development Every now and then something happens in your life that changes who you are and how you think. Major life events or crises such as starting a first job, becoming a parent, divorce, burnout, loss of a loved one,… create shifts in who we are. Does that sound familiar?

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Redefining Productivity: The Competitive Advantage of Visual Management Systems in Manufacturing

Big Rocks Engineering

Redefining Productivity: The Competitive Advantage of Visual Management Systems in Manufacturing The manufacturing industry is rapidly evolving, and staying ahead requires more than just keeping pace—it demands a leap forward in innovation and efficiency. At Big Rocks Engineering, we specialize in implementing Visual Management Systems (VMS) to drive growth and enhance our manufacturing processes.

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Careers & employer engagement in schools – what works (ISE webinar)

Adventures in Career Development

Last month I had the opportunity to participate in an ISE webinar to talk about what works in careers and employer engagement in schools. It was a great opportunity as, as well as me, there were also employers and representatives of schools there. I talked about currently policy and practice, but then we all rolled up our sleeves and tried to solve some of the real problems that people on both sides of the education and employment divide experience.

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Telling Better Stories

Your Work, Your Way

Annette Simmons is the author of Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact. Her book is intended to help you get into “story thinking,” using stories as tools for persuasion in your personal and business life. She defines stories as “a reimagined experience narrated with enough detail and feeling to cause your listeners’ imaginations to experience it as real.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Passive vs. PassiON

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Power Tool By Ricky Koo, Leadership & Communication Coach, UNITED STATES The Passive vs. PassiON Power Tool Being passive is something that we typically experience when there are feelings of helplessness or situations that have a lot of negativity. We usually disengage as a form of self-preservation and protection, so that we don’t get hurt or “lose”.

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Why is Market Research Important?

LivePlan

Why is market research important for small businesses? Most importantly it helps you understand your customers and minimize risks. Here are a few other reasons.

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Top 8 Coaching Styles for Life Coaches with Examples

Universal Coach Institute

Coaching is a powerful tool for personal and professional growth, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Every coach brings their own unique qualities, experiences, and approaches to the coaching process. As a coach, understanding different coaching styles is crucial for effectively working with clients who have diverse needs and preferences.

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How to Pick a New Career: Pros, Cons, & Tips

BetterUp

Jump to section When should you make a career change?

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

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From Reality to Dream to Action Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Model By Marta Camacho Tejero, Expats Coach, NETHERLANDS From Reality to Dream to Action MODEL This coaching model refers to a structured approach that I have used to guide my coaching sessions and interactions with my peers. It provides a systematic way to facilitate personal and professional development, helping clients set and achieve their goals, overcome challenges, and maximize their potential.

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Magda’s Top 5 for November

International Coaching Federation

Learn more about the work we’re doing this month with ICF CEO Magdalena Nowicka Mook’s Top 5 for November. The post Magda’s Top 5 for November appeared first on International Coaching Federation.

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How to Develop Your Own Style of Coaching

Universal Coach Institute

In a previous post, we introduced you to the top 8 coaching styles with examples and how to use them. While being familiar with multiple coaching styles is beneficial, developing your own style is crucial for establishing your unique approach. Here are some key steps to develop your own coaching style: Step 1 – Create […] The post How to Develop Your Own Style of Coaching appeared first on Universal Coach Institute.

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How to Find a Hobby: 4 Examples for Adults

BetterUp

Jump to section Why are hobbies important? Hobbies versus interests How to find a hobby as an adult How do I find a hobby when nothing interests me?

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Fallback: Dismissal vs. Acceptance

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Power Tool By Nele De Peuter, Vertical Development Coach, BELGIUM Fallback: Dismissal vs. Acceptance Definition Fallback: Dismissal We’ve all experienced those moments when things aren’t going quite as planned. It’s like walking on eggshells, just waiting for something to set you off. And even though you can feel it building up inside, sometimes you can’t help but let it out – whether that means shouting, crying or even acting cold and unfriendly.

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Closing Soon: The 2024 ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors Election

International Coaching Federation

If you haven’t yet cast your vote using your personalized ballot, don’t wait any longer. T he 2024 ICF Professional Coaches Global Board of Directors election will close on November 15 at 11:59 p.m. (New York). This is your chance to shape the future of ICF and select the leaders who will advance our profession. Make your voice heard today! If you did not receive your ballot via email on November 1, please contact icfresearch@coachingfederation.org.

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What Makes a Good Team (And How Can you Build One?)

Up Your Culture

We spend a great deal of time at our jobs, and one of the top things that can make it a great place to be – is having a good team. What do we mean by a good team? An effective team is not just a collection of individuals working together; it's a harmonious blend of talent, communication, trust, and ongoing development. Let’s take a look at some characteristics of a strong team.

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Purpose Of Premarital Counseling: What To Expect

BetterUp

Jump to section Benefits of premarital counseling Types of premarital counseling What to expect from premarital counseling Start married life on the right foot

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act

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On September 4, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law, requiring retail employers in New York to adopt workplace violence prevention policies and implement training programs by March 2025. This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the Act’s requirements, including developing and providing a retail workplace violence prevention policy/plan and delivering annual interactive training to employees.