5:00-7:00pm
virtually via Zoom Platform

The leadership team of ICF-Raleigh meets every six weeks on Thursday from 5:00-7:00pm via Zoom.

Board meetings are open to all.  We encourage you to "sit-in" on a meeting to learn about the process and open your mind to future leadership within the organization.

If you want to make a presentation to the Board, you must notify the president in advance so you can be placed on the agenda.  If you simply want to be an observer, send an email to the chapter administrator at admin@icfraleigh.org and she will send you the Zoom link the day before the meeting.

For reference, approved board minutes are posted on the website under the Members Only section.  

Date:  Fourth Thursday of each month - May through October 2021

Time: 8-10 am

Location: Online via zoom

ICF Raleigh Higher Education Coaches Special Interest Group (HEC-SIG) Cohort 2 is now open for registration!

The group focuses on achieving these outcomes:

❏    Create communities to support coaching in higher education
❏    Share promising practices, lessons learned, suggestions for future directions
❏    Familiarize coaches with needs of undergrads, grads, & faculty/admin populations
❏    Institutional/organizational capacity building through campus leaders and policy-makers
❏    Build evidence for and evaluating the effectiveness of coaching in higher ed
❏    Create more visibility and recognition

HEC-SIG Cycle 2 will kick off in May 2021!

Dates and sessions for HEC-SIG Cohort 2:

All meetings will be held virtually (with the exception of the capstone celebratory gala event which is planned for early 2022).  Fourth Thursdays @ 8 am-10 am

May 27: Tools to start an ethical effective coaching relationship with clients in academia (2 CCEUs, Core Competencies #1,2,3)

June 24:  Supporting university populations with cultivating safety and trust (2 CCEUs, Core Competencies #4)

July 22:  Setting an agenda for a successful coaching engagement : maintaining presence with clients in academia (2 CCEUs, Core Competency #5)

August 26:  Leading with curiosity and listening actively as a coach in a Higher Ed environment (2 CCEUs, Core Competency #6)

September 23:  Developing clarity by evoking new perceptions of thoughts, behaviors, and action in academia (2 CCEUs, Core Competency #7)

October 28:  Supporting goal-directed forward movement in Higher Ed coaching practice (2 CCEUs, Core Competency #8)

Celebratory Gala: TBD

Register today for all 6 HEC-SIG sessions!  You’ll earn a certificate of completion and digital badge, gain an opportunity to collaboratively publish and attend a gala dinner including you and a guest from your campus/organizational leadership.

CCEUs have been approved for 2 Core Competencies per event date. 

REGISTRATION FEES:

●       ICF-RAC Members and Affiliates: $60 early bird special till  May 14, $80 after May 14

●       Partners and ICF Global Members*: $70 early bird special till May 14, $90 after May 14

●       Guests/Non-Members: $80 early bird special till May 14, $100 after May 14

Any Cohort 1 member is welcome to register and participate in Cohort 2 for free. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available, click here to complete a request to apply for one. Contact rlayton@unc.edu or mmohagh@ncsu.edu with questions or for more information.

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS: 

Rebekah Layton, PhD, CMC, PCC, is the Director of Professional Development Programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rebekah provides individual career coaching and leadership mentoring for trainees, and is a Certified Mentor Coach (CMC) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC). She is a published author on professional development and career outcomes, a contributor to Inside HigherEd Carpe Careers, and a member of the Graduate Career Consortium where she currently serves as the Southeast Regional Director. Rebekah designs, implements, and evaluates a comprehensive professional and career development program housed in the Office of Graduate Education supporting biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral trainees. Her expertise in personality and social psychology includes the study of self-regulation and goal-setting. Rebekah firmly believes that exciting career options await each trainee, and she helps individuals to identify and capitalize on their strengths to prepare for the next steps that are right for them to launch them toward career success.

Maryam Mohaghegh, MSc, is the Founder of Coaches in Academia, an online community of coaches in Higher Education. Maryam is a Lecturer of Persian Language and Culture at North Carolina State University where she serves as the ICF Academic Liaison, a member of the Board for Student Success and Program Coordinator for Asian Language Concentration. Maryam developed expertise as a scientist in molecular biology and virology, before turning her energies toward languages and teaching. Most recently, she has blended her passion for helping students learn and grow through teaching in the academy, with her passion for serving the whole person through coaching. She is a trained graduate of the Business Coach Institute in Raleigh and now brings her coaching skills to support students and faculty. Maryam believes coaching as a required element of higher education as they attempt in defining and designing their future path and works to bring it forward.

Peter Vincent, MS, is a Leadership Coach and Human Resources Consultant based in Winston Salem, N.C. and New York City.   After a lengthy career in Human Resources, having held senior HR positions at Sony, Time Inc/Time Warner and the National Audubon Society,  Peter trained as a coach at Georgetown University, an ICF recognized program. He has extensive experience coaching leaders in the for profit, non-profit, religious and academic environments,  and brings expertise, humor, and focus to his work.  Peter is an internationalist, having lived in, worked and traveled to  30+ countries, can communicate (sometimes well, occasionally poorly) in 5 languages, and of late, has particularly enjoyed bringing the value of coaching to graduate and international students.

Shirley Rijkse, MBA, SHRM-SCP, is the Human Resources Lead Instructor for the Business Technologies Department at Central Carolina Community College.  Advising for academic studies in Business and HR, using a coaching style. She is also the advisor for HR Student Chapter and Toastmasters, and one of the advisors to Phi Beta Lambda student organization. Shirley serves on the North Carolina SHRM State Council as the 2021 Director-Elect; and serves on various workforce committees and community resource organization boards. Shirley is trained with Choose to Win Coaching from Ziglar. She holds many certifications to enhance her proficiencies. Her many years of leadership and training were developed through experiences in human resources, business management & ownership, senior retirement/assisted living administration, vocational rehabilitation, medical/dental office management, and cosmetology.  Shirley brings an enthusiastic passion for education and helping others create their own success stories through personal empowerment coaching.

Mini Habits: A Small Tool For Big Success
Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021 - 12:00 - 1:30 pm EST

Presenter: James Garrett

CCEU: 1.0 CC, 0.5 RD

Description: 

Habits are our brain's go to tool to tackle almost any goal or task, which is why helping your clients get in the driver’s seat of their habit-making machinery can be a game changer.

 

Participants will walk away with everything you need to help your clients know to start making measurable change. Just like learning how to play the piano, learning how to form positive habits is a skill set. Attendees will learn concrete strategies and habit-building systems that will de-mystify why habit-building and behavior change are so hard, and how you can help your client overcome their internal obstacles. In the presentation, we will:

 

-Start with conversation around habits -- why they matter, why your brain automatically creates them.

-Move into the basics of neuroplasticity and how the brain rewires itself.

-Introduce challenges the brain has with motivation and willpower

-Have a discussion about the five top reasons why mini-habits are such a powerful tool.

-Have participants experience making their own habit-tracking system to use in their own habits that they want to create.

-Have participants bring up specific situations where they're trying to coach a client through behavior change and workshop the challenges.

 

Key Learning Objectives:

- Participants will be able to walk their clients through a habit planning process and be their guide as they flexibly implement the plan.

- Participants will receive a deep understanding of the latest science of behavior change, including the neuroscience behind such change as well as how to support their clients through the setbacks and obstacles of the first two months of habit implementation.

- They'll also walk away with the ability to help their clients apply concrete tools in their life such as habit tracking, habit stacking, and how implementing new evidence-based tools to break bad habits such as "Adding Friction" and "Habit Substitution" will increase their clients' skills and confidence at effectively changing their own behaviors.

Presenter Bio:

James Garrett is a brain coach, brainhacker, and founder of Brain by Design. He’s spoken on stages ranging from Harvard to TEDx and his work has been featured by The New York Times, FastCompany, and Harvard Business Review. He spent years doing research with some of the best psychologists in the world at Columbia, Tufts, and Yale. He's a content creator and course builder and his course on the science of coaching has been rated as one of the best courses for coaches and is currently certified by ICF for continuing coach education credits. He's a certified coach through the Whole Fit coaching program. He also built one of the only brain-based positive psychology curricula in the Middle East and trained thousands of Arab youth in partnership with Queen Rania of Jordan. A rare combination of scientist, trainer, and entrepreneur, in 2019 James launched the Deep Change Project, a personal journey to discover what’s possible at the outer edges of neuroplasticity and to overcome fear.

Registration Fees:

$10 Members and Affiliates

$20 Partners and Guests

Since this webinar is being offered by ICF Global, registration requires a two-step process. 

The first step is to register with ICF-Raleigh.  Once you successfully register and make the payment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register with ICF-Global.  Payment is only required during the first step.  The second step authorizes ICF-Global to send you the Zoom link for the webinar.  

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Introducing the Money Block Breakthru Program

Release What’s Holding You Back from Making More Money and More Impact

All are welcome to attend either meeting to learn more about this new and exciting pilot program!

Your Mission — should you choose to accept it—is to uncover, understand, and break free of your unconscious money blocks. In just 7 weeks, take a quantum jump to creating a healthier, happier, and more profitable relationship with money. . .so that you feel more confident in sales conversations; enjoy making money; and value your impact.

Are Money Blocks Interfering with Building Your Dream Business?

What's a money a block anyhow?

Money blocks are unconscious beliefs about money, that lead to negative thoughts, feelings, or a mindset that gets in the way of achieving our financial goals and success. They just keep us “stuck,” because often they go against our positive conscious desires. This tug of war gets exhausting and disheartening. Sooner or later, if we’re lucky, we experience a wake-up call. Asking the challenging question:

Are you ready to make a committed decision to grow your business by taking charge of your money mindset and finances?

Money Block Breakthru is Right for You...

If You Are Ready to Say YES to:

•    Breaking free of your unconscious money blocks

•    Owning your value, gaining confidence and clarity

•    Making a difference in the lives of the people you serve

•    Aligning who you are with what you do

•    Finally stepping into your power and purpose

•    Stop putting SO much effort in your business and getting SO little back

•    Up level your Money Mindset to take conscious inspired action

If you would like to learn more about the impact of money blocks and this new pilot program, register for either meeting. The Money Block Breakthru Program runs from September 14 to October 26, 2021. It is designed to help you up level your money mindset, so you feel comfortable charging what your services are worth and building your business through conscious inspired action.

Linda Selner Vasquez 

I am a Money Mindset Mentor, Coach and Speaker with a commitment to support dedicated, passionate coaches and service-based entrepreneurs to break free of money blocks. So, they can ENJOY growing thriving businesses, doing what they love to do while making a difference.

I’ve spent more years than I care to mention, propelling corporations to exceed their revenue goals by earning millions of dollars through implementing successful marketing and communications programs. I played an integral role in expanding employees’ mindsets for what was possible, resulting in creating and selling a line of innovative products.  I’m so excited to take that extensive knowledge and drawing from my coaching experience to create and launch my Money Block Breakthru Program.

It will be obvious from by background that I have a growth or learning mindset. I hold an MBA, a B.S. in Marketing, and a A.S. in Respiratory Therapy. Later I became a Certified Professional Coach from iPEC and a Certified Sacred Money Coach. I could go on, but I think this is enough for now. I believe in giving back so a portion of profits is donated to animal charities.

Check out the Money Archetypes Podcast Interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IuC9KJ20TY&t=3s

Introducing the Money Block Breakthru Program

Release What’s Holding You Back from Making More Money and More Impact

All are welcomed to attend either meeting to learn more about this new and exciting pilot program!

Your Mission — should you choose to accept it—is to uncover, understand, and break free of your unconscious money blocks. In just 7 weeks, take a quantum jump to creating a healthier, happier, and more profitable relationship with money. . .so that you feel more confident in sales conversations; enjoy making money; and value your impact.

 

Are Money Blocks Interfering with Building Your Dream Business?

What's a money a block anyhow?

Money blocks are unconscious beliefs about money, that lead to negative thoughts, feelings, or a mindset that gets in the way of achieving our financial goals and success. They just keep us “stuck,” because often they go against our positive conscious desires. This tug of war gets exhausting and disheartening. Sooner or later, if we’re lucky, we experience a wake-up call. Asking the challenging question:

Are you ready to make a committed decision to grow your business by taking charge of your money mindset and finances?

Money Block Breakthru is Right for You...

If You Are Ready to Say YES to:

• Breaking free of your unconscious money blocks

• Owning your value, gaining confidence and clarity

• Making a difference in the lives of the people you serve

• Aligning who you are with what you do

• Finally stepping into your power and purpose

• Stop putting SO much effort in your business and getting SO little back

• Up level your Money Mindset to take conscious inspired action

If you would like to learn more about the impact of money blocks and this new pilot program, register for either meeting. The Money Block Breakthru Program runs from September 14 to October 26, 2021. It is designed to help you up level your money mindset, so you feel comfortable charging what your services are worth and building your business through conscious inspired action.

 

Linda Selner Vasquez 

I am a Money Mindset Mentor, Coach and Speaker with a commitment to support dedicated, passionate coaches and service-based entrepreneurs to break free of money blocks. So, they can ENJOY growing thriving businesses, doing what they love to do while making a difference.

I’ve spent more years than I care to mention, propelling corporations to exceed their revenue goals by earning millions of dollars through implementing successful marketing and communications programs. I played an integral role in expanding employees’ mindsets for what was possible, resulting in creating and selling a line of innovative products.  I’m so excited to take that extensive knowledge and drawing from my coaching experience to create and launch my Money Block Breakthru Program.

It will be obvious from by background that I have a growth or learning mindset. I hold an MBA, a B.S. in Marketing, and a A.S. in Respiratory Therapy. Later I became a Certified Professional Coach from iPEC and a Certified Sacred Money Coach. I could go on, but I think this is enough for now. I believe in giving back so a portion of profits is donated to animal charities.

Check out the Money Archetypes Podcast Interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IuC9KJ20TY&t=3s

Body, Brain, and Behavior: The Neurobiology of Experiential Coaching

Date: Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST

Presenter: Amanda Blake

Description: Research shows that emotional intelligence sets apart the successful and satisfied from the frustrated and struggling. But few people realize that our emotional and social intelligence emerge out of our somatic – or embodied – intelligence. Our capacity for courage, vision, resilience, connection, and leadership all have neurobiological roots. That’s great news, because it gives us a concrete path to train ourselves to embody vital life skills, such as a powerful presence, grace under pressure, and the ability to inspire others and resolve conflict. Just as we can build bigger biceps by lifting weights, we can train for greater resilience, better communication, and more influential leadership by tapping the wisdom of the body. In this session, we'll explore how embodied practices can transform your coaching – and your clients' lives. Want a preview of what's in store for you? Grab your free copy of the Stress to Serenity Guide. 3 Key Takeaways: 1. Practices and exercises coaches can use with their clients. 2. Neuroscience behind how embodied coaching works – essential information for understanding what’s happening “under the hood” & helping skeptical clients get on board. 3. Deeper embodied self-awareness, leading to greater self-development & presence for the coach. Presenter Bio:                               Amanda Blake is the author of the award-winning book Your Body Is Your Brain, and creator of the Body = Brain course on the neurobiology of experiential leadership learning. In addition to teaching about the art and science of embodiment, she works with progressive leaders worldwide to help them become their best self, enjoy life more, and make a bigger contribution. She is a Master Somatic Leadership Coach, holds a degree in Human Biology from Stanford and is a Research Fellow at the Fowler Center for Business. Learn more at embright.org. From Stress to Serenity: https://embright.org/centering-challenge/

Because this webinar is being offered by ICF Global, registration requires a two-step process.  The first step is to register with ICF-Raleigh.  Once you successfully register and make payment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register with global.  Payment is only required during the first step.  The second step authorizes global to send you the Zoom link for the webinar.  

Please contact us if you have any questions.

 White Picket Fences: Turning toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege

A Gentle Invitation into the Challenging Topic of Privilege

Gently addressing the challenging topics of privilege and race, power and inequality, White Picket Fences is a memoir of Amy Julia Becker's growing awareness of the unequal benefits (and secret harm) she received by virtue of her white skin, Protestant heritage, education and able body. Through telling her own story, Amy Julia Becker shares her process to acknowledge and examine the injustice, oppression and silence that has characterized American history and her own life. These forces of division, social power and unequal opportunities are still active and relevant to the church, education system, and even the books we give our children to read today. She reflects on her upper-middle-class childhood both in the American South and later New England, her own struggles with perfectionism, and raising a child with a disability, in light of privilege. 

This book club selection is aligned to our JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) theme this year. As you read this book, we invite you to consider these questions and a few others that we will discuss during the Book Club session:

• How does privilege show up during the coaching conversation? Either from you as coach or from your client.
• What are some approaches to coaching clients with unconscious privilege that may be holding them back?
• What mindset and approach do you have while coaching clients with special needs?

The Author –

Amy Julia Becker is an award-winning author, writer and speaker. Her latest book is White Picket Fences: Turning toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege (NavPress, 2018). Amy Julia is an avid reader of books and consumer of podcasts. She is also an enneagram 1. She enjoys cooking for family and friends, hiking the trails of Western Connecticut, running, yoga, and spending time with her husband and three children. She blogs about culture, race, faith, justice, privilege, family, parenting, disability, and Down syndrome.
Amy Julia is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary and lives with her husband Peter and three children, Penny, William, and Marilee in Connecticut. Find out more at www.amyjuliabecker.com.

PLEASE NOTE: 

This Book Club is scheduled for 2 sessions:

• Wed Sept 29^th 11 am-12 pm 
• Wed Oct 27^th 4:30 - 5:00 pm follow-up session.  
• If you register for the Book Club on Wed Sept 29th, you will automatically be registered for the follow-up session on Wed Oct 27th and hope you are able to join both.
• At the beginning of each session, we will have a 10–15 minute summary and review of the book. The follow-up session will also include a recap of the book and then we will have a discussion regarding any learnings, best practice for you or with your clients. Even if you did not have time to read the whole book, we will make sure you feel part of the club. Join us!
• Facilitator Volunteer – once you start reading the book, we encourage you to micro-volunteer with the Programs Team and facilitate the Book Club – 1^st session or both! We have a wonderful Programs Producer that is standing by to support one of our members interested in facilitating this Book club. If interested, please email Sholeh Dadressan @Theguesthousecoaching@gmail.com

ATD/ICF/TODN Annual Networking event

SPECIAL SESSION: SEPTEMBER PARTNERSHIP EVENT WITH ICF AND TODN

VIRTUAL ONLY

Description:

As a member of ICF RAC you enjoy numerous benefits which include having access to two other professional organizations in the Research Triangle Area.

Want to learn more?

Join us for a special virtual collaboration event with the Association for Talent Development-Research Triangle Area (ATD-RTA), the International Coaching Federation (ICF) -Raleigh, and the Triangle Organization Development Network (TODN).

Come to this event to:

• network with a wide range of professionals

• gather information about what’s happening in our industry

• increase your knowledge about the ATD, TODN and ICF organizations

• develop a cooperative spirit among the three associations.

Speakers will include a representative from each organization.

The Power of Emotions-Centered Coaching
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2021 - 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST

Presenter: Dan Newby, PCC

CCEU: 1.0 CC, 0.5 RD

Description: While most coaches believe that emotions are important in coaching, they often lack a simple, practical way to bring them into their client conversations. This concise session will introduce you to a new interpretation of emotions, a simple method for understanding their meaning and purpose, and practical ways to integrate them into your coaching. Your comfort with emotions will increase which will allow you to easily and organically use them as a coaching tool. You will find that working with emotions directly can deepen and shorten your coaching and often produces more sustained results. Learning objectives: 1. A new, practical interpretation of emotions that allows you to easily see the logic of emotions and leverage them as a coaching tool 2. How to reframe emotions as an ally rather than an adversary and how they can be trusted to support and guide you 3. Dan’s Emotions-Centered Coaching model and a live demonstration showing how it is used The following ICF Competencies will be covered: · Active listening · Powerful questioning · Creating awareness Presenter Bio:                               Dan is a champion for Emotional Literacy, and works with leaders, educators, and coaches worldwide. His passion is helping emotional literacy become common sense and emotions a tool for daily use. He has authored four books on emotional literacy and its application to coaching. He regularly leads his course Emotions-Centered Coaching for coaches and “people who support people” including leaders, therapists, educators, faith leaders, and parents. He has worked with leaders in the U.S., Germany, Italy, El Salvador, Mexico, Slovakia, UK, Singapore and Canada. He often combines individual and group work and is the originator of Emotions-Centered Coaching. Dan also created The School of Emotions with Lucy Núñez (business partner and wife) to offer learning and resources to anyone interested in developing their emotional literacy. Dan believes all humans have an innate capacity for emotional learning. School of Emotions offers books, games, webinars, and courses suitable for beginner or advanced learners. Coaches, leaders, educators, safety professionals, or individuals wanting to grow in their ability to understand, articulate, and use emotions as a tool will find what they need. If it doesn’t already exist, Dan and Lucy will collaborate on its creation. For coaches, you’ll find courses and certifications in Emotions-Centered Coaching and for leaders, you’ll find coaching and mentoring focused on emotions as a leadership competence. Learn more and read his blog here.

Registration Fees:

$10 Members and Affiliates

$20 Partners and Guests

Since this webinar is being offered by ICF Global, registration requires a two-step process. 

The first step is to register with ICF-Raleigh.  Once you successfully register and make the payment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register with ICF-Global.  Payment is only required during the first step.  The second step authorizes ICF-Global to send you the Zoom link for the webinar.  

Please contact us if you have any questions.