“What was your experience of UK ICF supervision?” Today, UK ICF is pleased to share reflections from Adele Stickland, Organisational Psychologist and Founder of Adele Stickland Consultants, following her participation in the UK ICF Partnerships Directorate Team’s supervision initiative embedded within the partnership with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Adele reflects on: ✔ the psychologically safe and thoughtfully facilitated environment ✔ the depth of reflective exploration within the group ✔ the value of honest dialogue around coaching dilemmas ✔ increased confidence and consolidated learning following supervision One of the strongest themes emerging from this initiative has been the power of creating professionally held reflective spaces where coaches can pause, think deeply and learn collaboratively. Thank you, Adele, for sharing your experience and insights so openly. 🎥 Watch Adele’s reflections. UK ICF Partnerships Directorate team: Julia Griffin, Louise Cumberland, Jo Williams, Jessi Dent and Rebecca Daniel. #UKICF #CoachingPartnerships #CoachingSupervision #ReflectivePractice #LeadershipCoaching #ICFIgnite
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Behind every impactful coaching partnership is space for reflection, learning and professional support. Over the coming weeks, UK ICF will be sharing reflections from coaches who participated in the UK ICF Partnerships Directorate Team’s supervision initiative linked to the partnership with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). The initiative created a dedicated space for coaches to: ✔ pause and reflect on their practice ✔ explore coaching experiences collaboratively ✔ deepen professional insight and awareness ✔ engage in meaningful peer learning The response from coaches has been thoughtful, open and encouraging, with many highlighting the importance of supervision in strengthening both confidence and reflective practice. This partnership has already delivered: ✔ Support for over 60 clients ✔ More than 360 coaching hours ✔ Valuable learning around partnership coaching and supervision We’ll be sharing video reflections from coaches involved in the initiative, alongside key insights emerging from the feedback gathered. UK ICF Partnerships Directorate team: Julia Griffin, Louise (Lou) Cumberland, Jo Williams, Jessi Dent and Rebecca Daniel. #UKICF #CoachingPartnerships #CoachingSupervision #ReflectivePractice #ICFIgnite
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Coaches will inevitably work with parents navigating neurodiversity, whether through conversations about parenting, burnout, stress, identity, or systems that were never designed with their families in mind. How coaches support those parents also impacts the next generation we will all interact with in our communities, classrooms, and workplaces. Looking forward to this workshop with Ying Chen exploring coaching-based approaches to neurodiversity, parenting, and more sustainable ways of supporting families. Join the DEIB team tomorrow by registering below!
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Not every coaching conversation is straightforward. Some are layered with uncertainty identity and complexity that doesn't resolve neatly → Coaching Insights for Parenting Across Neurodiversity with Ying Chen (May 12) Hosted by the ICF DEIB Practitioners Community This session explores what it means to support families navigating neurodiverse experiences with clarity, compassion, and real coaching skill. Because burnout, self-doubt, and ongoing uncertainty don't wait for a client to be "ready." And neither should our tools. If your clients bring their whole lives into the room — and they do — this one is for you. 🗓 May 12 ⏰ 6:00 – 7:00 PM (New York / ET) Europe: 11:00 PM – 12:00 AM Africa: 12:00 – 1:00 AM Middle East: 1:00 – 2:00 AM Asia Pacific: 6:00 – 7:00 AM Australia / New Zealand: 9:00 – 10:00 AM 👉 Join us in Engage: https://lnkd.in/gFgsXmcZ DEIB Practitioners Facilitators: Jedidiah "Jedi" Alex Koh, MCC, ACTC, BYS Camilla Degerth Susan Mackay ⚡️PCAC, ACC Özgür POYRAZOGLU DEIB Department: Dr. Aikyna Finch, PCC Sarah Masoud #ICFCoaching #NeurodiversityCoaching #DEIBPractitioners #CoachingSkills #ICW2026
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Not every coaching conversation is straightforward. Some are layered with uncertainty identity and complexity that doesn't resolve neatly → Coaching Insights for Parenting Across Neurodiversity with Ying Chen (May 12) Hosted by the ICF DEIB Practitioners Community This session explores what it means to support families navigating neurodiverse experiences with clarity, compassion, and real coaching skill. Because burnout, self-doubt, and ongoing uncertainty don't wait for a client to be "ready." And neither should our tools. If your clients bring their whole lives into the room — and they do — this one is for you. 🗓 May 12 ⏰ 6:00 – 7:00 PM (New York / ET) Europe: 11:00 PM – 12:00 AM Africa: 12:00 – 1:00 AM Middle East: 1:00 – 2:00 AM Asia Pacific: 6:00 – 7:00 AM Australia / New Zealand: 9:00 – 10:00 AM 👉 Join us in Engage: https://lnkd.in/gFgsXmcZ DEIB Practitioners Facilitators: Jedidiah "Jedi" Alex Koh, MCC, ACTC, BYS Camilla Degerth Susan Mackay ⚡️PCAC, ACC Özgür POYRAZOGLU DEIB Department: Dr. Aikyna Finch, PCC Sarah Masoud #ICFCoaching #NeurodiversityCoaching #DEIBPractitioners #CoachingSkills #ICW2026
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Coaching works! We know it is so powerful and yet something we easily forget. Today we got this feedback from some of our amazing volunteer coaches sharing the impact from our partnership with CEH - a relationship we started over a year ago. Thanks to the volunteers, the CEH, the coachees and my amazing ICF colleagues. Rebecca Daniel (ICF PCC, EMCC SP, EMCC ESIA Supervisor), Julia Griffin, Louise (Lou) Cumberland Msc PCC ICF Coach/Housing/NED/, Jessi Dent
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One of the most rewarding parts of partnership work is creating the space to pause, reflect and learn together. This week, as part of the UK ICF partnership with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), we hosted a live feedback and reflection session with some of the coaches involved in the programme, alongside our tech partners Dhanya Gokul / Namrata Raghunath from Delenta, whose technology platform has helped support the delivery and coordination of the partnership. Hearing directly from coaches about: ✔what has worked well ✔the impact coaching has had ✔their experience of the partnership ✔and ideas for future development was incredibly valuable and genuinely affirming. So far, this collaboration has supported: ✔ Over 60 clients ✔ More than 360 coaching hours delivered ✔ A growing body of learning and insight around partnership coaching and reflective practice More detailed findings and impact data will follow in due course, but I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge and thank everyone involved. Thank you to: 🌟 the coaches who joined us live (Thomasina Unsworth, RACHEL BAMBER, Katy Draper, Andrew Blench ACC, Paula Sheridan, Becky Eshalomi MA ACC) 🌟 those contributing feedback asynchronously 🌟 and everyone who has engaged so openly and thoughtfully throughout the partnership A special thank you as well to the UK ICF Partnerships Directorate team: Julia Griffin, Louise (Lou) Cumberland Msc PCC ICF Coach/Housing/NED/, Jo Williams, Jessi Dent and myself. Building partnerships like these takes vision, coordination, administration, care, collaboration and sustained effort behind the scenes. It’s incredibly rewarding to see the impact beginning to emerge. Reflective learning, supervision and partnership coaching are becoming increasingly important in how we support organisations through complexity and change. I’m excited to continue learning from this work and sharing those insights as the initiative develops. #ICFUK #CoachingPartnerships #CoachingSupervision #ReflectivePractice #LeadershipCoaching #ICFIgnite
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Really happy to support and share this initiative by my colleagues. Building a coaching practice is not only about visibility or “selling.” Often, it’s about creating more meaningful conversations, understanding what works for your style, and taking consistent action without overcomplicating it. I especially like that this is designed as a working space - practical, reflective, and grounded in real experience - a valuable initiative for coaches who want to grow their practice with more clarity and intention.
Four sessions. Here’s what you leave with: 🔹Clarity on where clients actually come from — and which channels fit the way you work. 🔹A clear look at what’s been stopping you from having more conversations. Not a diagnosis. Just seeing it clearly, which is usually enough. 🔹A sense of what makes a conversation valuable — for the other person, not just for you. 🔹A set of concrete actions. Referrals, visibility, networking, outreach — matched to your situation. This isn’t content to absorb. It’s work to do, with other coaches doing the same thing alongside you. Join us! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 ▪️Dates: May 26, June 1, 8 & 16, 2026 ▪️Time: 6:30 pm CET ▪️Sessions: 4 live online · 90 minutes each ▪️Format: 30 min expert input + 60 min peer working session ▪️Language: English ▪️Investment: ICF Switzerland members: CHF 70 / ICF Global members: CHF 150 ⚙️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/evu4uNBB ICFS Board: Albina Koch, Hartmuth Gieldanowski, Beril Esendal, Natacha Andenmatten, Lilly Sitzler Spicher, PCC, Susan Mackay ⚡️PCAC, ACC, Alessandra Nunes ICFS Series Speakers: Moritz Lembert, Sara Mobarhanfard, Monica Cretu ACC ICF, Ellen Kocher & Erin Thomas ICFS Series Team: Hilda Lorena Tuñón, Ana-Magdalena Hüni, Moritz Lembert #ICFSwitzerland #ICFCoaching #ICFCommunity
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If you are a coach , new or experienced and want to rethink the ways you attract coaching clients these series organised by ICF Switzerland are a must join (specially at the accessible investment). I am excited to be one of the trainers but also look forward to join the other 3 sessions myself. There is always something to learn from other coaches. * the language is English , you can join even if you are not a member of ICF Switzerland.
One week until the series starts. If you’ve been thinking about registering, this is the time to do it! Four sessions. Four ICF-credentialed coaches. 90 minutes each day. Not a course you watch on your own. A working group where you return each week and share what happened. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 ▪️Dates: May 26, June 1, 8 & 16, 2026 ▪️Time: 6:30 pm CEST ▪️Sessions: 4 live online · 90 minutes each ▪️Format: 30 min expert input + 60 min peer working session ▪️Language: English ▪️Investment: ICF Switzerland members: CHF 70 / ICF Global members: CHF 150 ⚙️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/evu4uNBB ICFS Board: Albina Koch, Hartmuth Gieldanowski, Beril Esendal, Natacha Andenmatten, Lilly Sitzler Spicher, PCC, Susan Mackay ⚡️PCAC, ACC, Alessandra Nunes ICFS Series Speakers: Moritz Lembert, Sara Mobarhanfard, Monica Cretu ACC ICF, Ellen Kocher & Erin Thomas ICFS Series Team: Hilda Lorena Tuñón, Ana-Magdalena Hüni, Moritz Lembert #ICFSwitzerland #ICFCoaching #ICFCommunity
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"I'm not a business person; I don't even know where to start." "I'm overwhelmed by everything I'm 'supposed' to be doing. I just want to coach." "There is so much contradictory information out there, I feel stuck before I begin." Especially when you are at the beginning of your coaching journey, these thoughts are very common. And it's so easy to get lost in the "to-do" list ( tweaking your website, polishing your bio, or learning about the LinkedIn algorithm ) because it feels like "doing something about it," but often it's exactly what keeps you away from actually having conversations with people. To address this challenge, ICF Switzerland is launching a new Community Initiative on May 26th, and I'm honored to be one of the speakers. It's a very practical format: 30 minutes of insights followed by 60 minutes of practice with peers. You'll get the accountability you need to move past the "preparation phase" and leave with a personal client-creation approach ,YOUR map, that fits who you are, how you work, and who you serve. Plus you will earn 8 RDs after completing all four sessions. It would be great to see you there! All the details are in the post below.
Most coaches won��t say it out loud. “I know how to coach. I just don’t know how to fill my practice." It’s one of the most common experiences in the profession — and one of the least talked about. Because it can feel like a personal failure. It isn't. It’s a gap in what we’re taught. ICF Switzerland is bringing coaches together starting May 26 to work on exactly that — with practitioners who’ve been there, and who are willing to get specific about what changed. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 ▪️Dates: May 26, June 1, 8 & 16, 2026 ▪️Time: 6:30 pm CET ▪️Sessions: 4 live online · 90 minutes each ▪️Format: 30 min expert input + 60 min peer working session ▪️Language: English ▪️Investment: ICF Switzerland members: CHF 70 / ICF Global members: CHF 150 ⚙️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/evu4uNBB ICFS Board: Albina Koch, Hartmuth Gieldanowski, Beril Esendal, Natacha Andenmatten, Lilly Sitzler Spicher, Susan Mackay, Alessandra Nunes ICFS Series Speakers: Moritz Lembert, Sara Mobarhanfard, Monica Cretu ACC ICF, Ellen Kocher & Erin Thomas ICFS Series Team: Hilda Lorena Tuñón, Ana-Magdalena Hüni, Moritz Lembert #ICFSwitzerland #ICFCoaching #ICFCommunity
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Social media is full of marketing and business advice for coaches. But then 90% of that advice is designed for consultants, course providers, experts, therapists, etc. ICF trained coaches sometimes find a lot of common business advice for coaches contradicting or misaligned with how they want to support their clients. I am honoured to be part of this business series supported by ICF Switzerland around the most vital challenge of the coaches: 👉 Getting Clients They have made sure these trainings address the unique needs of ICF coaches, helping them attract their ideal coaching clients. If you are a coach, or planning to become one I hope to see you there!
Most coaches won’t say it out loud. “I know how to coach. I just don’t know how to fill my practice." It’s one of the most common experiences in the profession — and one of the least talked about. Because it can feel like a personal failure. It isn't. It’s a gap in what we’re taught. ICF Switzerland is bringing coaches together starting May 26 to work on exactly that — with practitioners who’ve been there, and who are willing to get specific about what changed. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 ▪️Dates: May 26, June 1, 8 & 16, 2026 ▪️Time: 6:30 pm CET ▪️Sessions: 4 live online · 90 minutes each ▪️Format: 30 min expert input + 60 min peer working session ▪️Language: English ▪️Investment: ICF Switzerland members: CHF 70 / ICF Global members: CHF 150 ⚙️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/evu4uNBB ICFS Board: Albina Koch, Hartmuth Gieldanowski, Beril Esendal, Natacha Andenmatten, Lilly Sitzler Spicher, Susan Mackay, Alessandra Nunes ICFS Series Speakers: Moritz Lembert, Sara Mobarhanfard, Monica Cretu ACC ICF, Ellen Kocher & Erin Thomas ICFS Series Team: Hilda Lorena Tuñón, Ana-Magdalena Hüni, Moritz Lembert #ICFSwitzerland #ICFCoaching #ICFCommunity
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𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. 𝗔 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Beautiful initiative from our colleagues at the ICF Switzerland Chapter and highly relevant for ICF coaches in the #Netherlands as well. Building your coaching practice is not something most of us were taught. This series creates space to work on your practice, not just in it. If your calendar isn’t yet reflecting your ambition, this might be exactly the conversation you need. 👇 Worth exploring.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Still wanting to make a difference and having a full practice are two different things. And nobody teaches you the second one. If your calendar has more space than you’d like, this is worth your time. ICF Switzerland is running a four-session community series this May and June: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. Not a course. Not a webinar. Four working sessions where coaches work through the real problem together — with people who’ve built their practices and are willing to share what that actually looked like. ▪️Dates: May 26, June 1, 8 & 16, 2026 ▪️Time: 6:30 pm CET ▪️Sessions: 4 live online · 90 minutes each ▪️Format: 30 min expert input + 60 min peer working session ▪️Language: English ▪️Investment: ICF Switzerland members: CHF 70 / ICF Global members: CHF 150 ⚙️ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/evu4uNBB Board Members: Albina Koch, Hartmuth Gieldanowski, Alessandra Nunes, Lilly Sitzler Spicher, PCC, Beril Esendal, Susan Mackay ⚡️PCAC, ACC, and Natacha Andenmatten ICFS Series Team: Hilda Lorena Tuñón, Ana-Magdalena Hüni, Moritz Lembert #ICFSwitzerland #ICFCoaching #ICFCommunity
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Date for your diary: The next Compassion Community of Practice, through the Climate Coaching Alliance, will take place on Thurs 28th May 3.30pm-5.00pm BST, and will be facilitated by Liz Hall and me. “When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order” - Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Do come and join us. This secular Compassion Community of Practice offers a small island of coherence - a way of co-regulating and processing the various emotions that arise within the Ecological Awareness Cycle. It serves as both an antidote to empathic distress fatigue and climate-related burnout in the coach, and their clients in turn, and also develops qualities beneficial to the coaching relationship and better coaching outcomes. Watch out here for the registration link very shortly.
Well done Rebecca Daniel (ICF PCC, EMCC SP, EMCC ESIA Supervisor)