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COC will move its meetings downtown to Franklin University's Ross Auditorium at 301 E. Rich Street in September 2008.  The meeting time will remain the same with registration beginning at 4:00 p.m. and the meeting running from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

To renew, please visit:

 

International Coach Federation

 

(molly@businessbuildingroundtable.com)

 

President-Elect: Jerry Browning

(jbrowning@chironcompany.net)

 

 

 

 

 

And speaking of positive things, the Board of Directors and Committee Members of our Association have been working tirelessly towards creating valuable programming and experiences for our Members and Guests.

 

If you have not visited one of our meetings in some time, I urge you to consider giving us another look.  We have so much to offer!  From networking with other like minded professionals, to the interesting speakers we have lined up for the programming year, the COC experience is very valuable.

 

Board of Directors and Committee Projects
There's a lot of work going on behind the scenes in an effort to continually enhance the experience of COC for our members.  From designing a new brochure to use in Public Relations and Member recruitment activities, to creating our association's first Policies and Procedures Manual, we have a very full plate of activities these days.  In fact, if you have ever considered volunteering your time and talent for the betterment of our Association, now would be a great time.

 

Take a moment and ask yourself, "How can I help my Coaching Association become even better?"  Each of us has so many strengths we can leverage in an effort to help create an enhanced COC experience.

 

Committees with openings are:
Public Relations: Contact Holly McFarland
Education: Contact Jessika Ferm
Membership: Contact Kelly LeFevre
Communications: Contact Jerry Browning

 

We are poised for a fruitful future and we want you to be a part of it!  We look forward to seeing you at one of our Upcoming In Person Meetings.

 

I hope to connect with you at an upcoming meeting.  So until we meet then, very best to all of you.

 

                                                   Molly Luffy
                                                   President

 

Lynn Schoener, Executive and Team Coach

 

"Falling in Love Again: Renewing, Reinventing & Recharging Yourself and Your Coaching Practice"

 

To enrich and sustain a powerful coaching practice long term, it is essential to understand and embrace each phase of the natural, powerful, predictable cycle of change. The emotions and behavioral characteristics of each phase will be discussed, as well as tools, strategies, and suggested activities to gain full benefit of the change process. By identifying and appreciating your current position in the change cycle, powerful plans can begin to emerge in support of personal and professional renewal.

 

Monday, May 12, 2008

 

Dr. John S. Savage,                   Senior Consultant, The Kilgore Group

"Story Listening"

 

Story Listening is the ability to hear the unconscious speaking. All of us tell stories, our families have told us stories, we tell stories everyday of our lives.  Story listening is the act of listening to the story by paying attention to several important things. We teach you how to listen to a person's themes (words, phrases, images, concepts, ideas that are repeated over and over again in a person's comments).   In listening for these themes you will also hear a person's beliefs about the world and themselves, the values that come from the beliefs, the patterns that are shaped by the values that show up in a person's behavior. In listening to a client's stories you will know how to bring change. 

 

 

Monday, June 9, 2008

 

 

 

 

"The 90% Factor: The Nonverbal Dimension of Coaching: Discover What You Don't Know You Do Know"

 

What if the 90% nonverbal factor that impacts your communications and presence also influences your mind-set, mood, and choices. Dr. Stuart Heller has devoted his life to the study of the verbal - nonverbal connection. In the process, he devised a powerfully simple language of Nature's movements that provides non-judgmental, action-oriented, constructive assessments and practices. Imagine what you can accomplish if you could add the 90% Factor to what you already know and can do.

 

In this program you will learn new distinctions and practices for cultivating the leadership virtues of being Decisive, Listening, Observing, Inspiring, and Centered.

 

 

 

The Five Temptations of a CEO, a Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni

This short book is the first in a series by the author dealing with executive and team management issues.  Through various conversational scenarios his fictional characters gain insight into the five temptations of invulnerability, harmony, certainty, popularity and status.  Lencioni likens each temptation to a poison in the workplace and, in his summary of why executives fail, articulates prudent choices for enlightened leaders.

This hardback provides great learning and insight not only for current executives in their work a day world, but also for leadership and executive coaches who wish to gain perspective on the rigors for corporate success.

                                            --  Bill Smith

Personal Brilliance: Mastering the Everyday Habits that Create a Lifetime of Success (AMACOM ) by Jim Canterucci

 

I highly recommend the book "Personal Brilliance" because of its fundamental perspective on generating success. It really can apply as base content for any coach on any topic.

 

The author defines Personal Brilliance this way, "When you are faced with a situation where you have to come up with, and implement great ideas, and you can, that's Personal Brilliance." The book is structured around four catalysts, which apply to all improvement: Awareness, Curiosity, Focus, and Initiative. Detailed definitions of the four catalysts, barriers and approaches to overcome them, and tips to move to the next level for each catalyst, are provided.

 

                                        -- Patrick Donadio

 

Presence by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers

 

Presence is a 21st-century book on leadership, learning and transformational change.  It captures the extensive experience of the authors and interviews with 150 leading scientists and business and social entrepreneurs. 

 

The authors suggest that the core capacity needed to access the field of the future is "presence."  Presence is defined as "deep listening, of being open beyond one's preconceptions and historical ways of making sense."  Otherwise, under pressure, we operate from habitual ways of thinking and existing mental models. 

 

The book walks readers through a deeper level of learning called "Presencing," which includes sensing (observing), preserving (retreating and reflecting) and realizing (acting swiftly, with a natural flow).

 

                                    -- Kassie Steegman

 

True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership by Bill George

 

True North is not a book about magical solutions to seemingly complex problems. It is a deep book with an important leadership message. The introduction opens with an important question: "Do you know when you are being true to yourself?" Many of the senior executives and leaders I work with find it hard to answer this question.

 

In this book, George points out the importance of having an internal compass that is made up of five key areas: Self-awareness, Values and Principles, Motivations, Integrated Life, and Support Team.  This book offers insight into how leaders stay authentic during difficult times, how they sometimes derail, and what they do to regain focus. 

 

                                        -- Jessika Ferm
 

What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith

 

                                        -- Holly McFarland

From Grunt to Greatness: A different kind of self-help book by Michael Charest

 

This book is a thought provoking book that lovingly reminds us to move past our "grunt-like" tendencies in order to truly achieve our greatness.  Charest points out that we all struggle with negative thoughts and feelings, suffer from their physical manifestations and often settle for less than what we are capable of achieving. 

Although Charest responsibly advises us to define "greatness" in our own terms, he provides a multi-faceted definition of his own and challenges us to create a balanced definition that captures each dimension in our own life.  From Grunt to Greatness is a quick, witty and fun read, perfect for coaches and their clients.

                                            -- Kelly LeFevre

Happy for No Reason: Seven Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out by Marci Shimoff.

Happy for No Reason is the follow-up book for those who loved the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series. Shimoff's aim is to tap into the same common human craving for inspiration while delivering some actual tools to the readers to enhance their daily lives.

Her research shows that the ratio of learned happiness to inherent happiness in humans is roughly 50/50. People differ in their own individual "set points" that equal their own optimal level of happiness. Through a collection of practical tips and techniques, she helps her readers to learn how to achieve their own optimal level of happiness and experience the reality that real happiness isn't "chased" but "practiced." 

                                          -- MaryAnn Dean

"The Impact of Spirituality and Personal Values Upon One's Career," Richard Bolles, Guest Editor, The Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, Vol. 22 no.1, Spring 2006.

 

Written to assist coaches and career counselors and edited by Career Guru Dick Bolles (author of What Color is Your Parachute now in its 35th annual edition).

This journal includes articles on the topics of spirituality in the workplace, money and mindfulness, values, finding significance where you are planted, and contemplation and higher level growth. All of these topics may be questions of your clients as they search for meaning and a good career fit in their lives. It also includes my article on "Calling," which cites our October 2007 COC speaker John Schuster and his book, Answering Your Call. 

                                   

Playing Life's Second Half: A Man's Guide for Turning Success Into Significance by David J. Powell.

As a coach, I think that it is very important with Third Quarter of Life clients (there are no age markers anymore) to recognize the potential shift from success, as measured by things, to significance, which is why to live, i.e. what gives meaning to life. Significance is expressed from the inside out.

Somewhere in the middle of life we face a crisis of limitations and this becomes a summons to grow anew. This book will help you grow, using very helpful assessments. And if you think about spirituality, wow!

 

The subtitle says for men but I think will also be valuable for women to better understand men, and maybe for women themselves.

                                                 -- Dick Haid

 

The newsletter will be published again in September.  Please submit your ideas for Business and Personal coaching articles to newsletter@centralohiocoaches.com.  Please keep the length of your article to 500 words or less.  We also welcome any questions you have regarding the coaching profession.  We will address your questions in upcoming news articles.

 

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Central Ohio Coaches

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