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• Mastering Client Conversion: Empowering Coaches to Transform Skeptics into Committed Clients (ICF North Florida Hosting)

  • When
    Tue, September 23, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  0.5 Core Competency and 1.0 Resource Development CCEs

  Coaches know how transformative coaching is—but when it comes to selling, even the best struggle to get potential clients to say “Yes!” The problem isn’t price or timing. It’s how you’re showing up in the sales conversation. In this talk, Chris shares The I-Help Selling System, a 5-step process for conducting sales calls that make potential clients feel seen, heard, and understood. Most coaches unintentionally create objections. That’s why they get ghosted or hear “I need to think about it.” Learn how to sell with confidence, integrity, and a “coach approach”—so the right clients say yes without hesitation.

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

  1. Master the "Coach Approach" to Sales Calls – Learn how to conduct sales conversations that make potential clients feel seen, heard, and understood, leading to confident buying decisions.

  2. Identify and Eliminate Hidden Objection Triggers – Recognize how traditional sales tactics (and even well-intended coaching habits) create resistance and objections—and what to do instead.

  3. Prevent Ghosting and “I Need to Think About It” Responses – Understand the deeper reasons potential clients hesitate and gain a proven process for guiding them to a clear and confident yes.

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Chris Kenney has spent the last two decades as a master sales coach, multi-million dollar business owner, and sought-after wealth mentor. He teaches brilliant coaches, consultants, and creative service providers how to break their money rules, rapidly accelerate their income, and live with uncommon freedom & choice. When he's not coaching his private clients, you can find him speaking on stages around the world, sharing his 7-figure sales secrets with talented entrepreneurs, teaching them to step into their legacy work by shedding the chains of money shame and undercharging. His true gift is to show you how to become totally present to and accepting of your ability to impact the world.
  

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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• Marlin Blankenship, Ph.D., PCC - Clear Agreements, Strong Coaching: The Power of Effective Coaching Agreements- ICF AR-OK Chapter Community Meeting

  • When
    Thu, September 25, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  .25 Core Competency and .75 Resource Development CCEs
  

  Clear Agreements, Strong Coaching: The Power of Effective Coaching Agreements

  Great coaching starts with clear agreements. In this interactive session, we’ll explore how to create thoughtful coaching contracts and agreements that build trust, provide direction, and deliver results. You’ll learn why many coaches rush past this critical step—and what to do instead.

  We’ll discuss how to:

  • Contract effectively with clients and stakeholders before coaching begins
  • Set clear, aligned goals for the engagement
  • Create powerful agreements at the start of each session

  If you’ve ever felt like your coaching was drifting—or that something unseen was getting in the way—this session will help you lay a stronger foundation for success. 

  
  

  

  Bio:

  Dr. Marlin Blankenship is Director of Coaching at Strata Leadership, an executive leadership coach, and a want-to-be creative. Marlin has spent a lifetime working to help others achieve personal and professional success and live balanced, happy lives. Formerly an executive director, Marlin has a broad professional background having worked in emergency services, healthcare, human resources, and education before transitioning into coaching full-time. For the last 10 years, he has coached leaders from three continents and a diverse range of industries.

  Marlin has a deep curiosity that helps his clients to understand what has gotten them to their current success and is hindering the next step of their career. Beyond his coaching skills and professional background, Marlin draws from decades of lifelong learning in communication, leadership, theology, positive psychology, health and wellness, and education to provide a holistic executive coaching experience that meets leaders where they are at and takes them farther than they thought they could go.

  Marlin is a professional certified coach with the International Coach Federation, holds a PhD in Workforce and Adult Education from Oklahoma State University and is a graduate of the UT-Dallas Executive and Professional Coaching program. He is also a big fan of dark roast coffee and thunderstorms.

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• The Uncomfortably Fun Truth about Growth (ICF Gulf Coast Hosting)

  • When
    Wed, October 01, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.0 Core Competency and 0.5 Resource Development CCEs

  This presentation explores how embracing discomfort is crucial for growth and how it can be developed. Participants will learn five science-based tools to help their clients change their brain chemistry by incorporating fun, which makes new behaviors more appealing and repeatable.

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

  • Understanding why our brains naturally avoid discomfort

  •  Strategies to help clients tackle challenging tasks despite their brain's resistance 

  • How to use fun to make difficult things more enjoyable through: 

  • • Fun-Fusing: combining challenging tasks with enjoyable activities 

    • Fun-Framing: reframing threats as challenges and gamifying tasks 

    • Fun-Friending: leveraging social connections for fun and accountability in productivity sprints 

    • Fun-Setting: strategically incorporating recharge time 

    • Fun-Vesting: building stress resilience through consistent fun activities 

  The session emphasizes that true achievement lies beyond comfort zones and provides evidence-based techniques to make stepping outside those zones enjoyable for both coaches and their clients.

  
  

  Speaker Bio: 

  James Garrett is a brain coach 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 called, “Brain Science for Coaches” has been rated as one of the best courses for coaches and is currently certified by ICF for 30 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 how to overcome fear. 

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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• Chad Hall, MCC - Who Can Afford Coaching? - ICF AR-OK Chapter Meeting

  • When
    Thu, October 23, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.0 Resource Development CCE

  To make a living as a coach, you must be able to connect with coachable people who can afford to work with you.  That's not an easy proposition.  Personal budgets are tight.  Those most in need of coaching are often the least able to afford it.  It can seem hopeless. 

  In this session, seasoned coach Chad Hall, MCC will share three approaches for getting clients who can afford coaching.  These are approaches that have worked for him and his team at StrongLead, a professional coaching firm in Hickory, NC to provides over 2500 hours of coaching per year to clients ranging from solopreneurs to non-profit leaders to millionaire business owners.

  Learning Objectives:

  • Find your why for coaching (and it can't be money)
  • Learn to put a price on your coaching (and it must be money)
  • Develop creative ways to get clients who can afford coaching AND to make coaching affordable for clients who can't otherwise pay for your coaching.

  
  

  Bio:
  
  

  Chad is a Master Certified Coach who helps leaders, teams and organizations improve performance and well-being. He has coached top-level leaders around the world in technology, healthcare, marketing, finance and non-profit sectors. His areas of expertise include coaching, training, and performance development and he’s a qualified practitioner with assessments such as MBTI, LPI 360, and Core Values Index.

  Chad is a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University (BA), Duke University (MTS), Princeton Seminary (ThM), and Western Seminary (DMin). He has written several journal articles and books related to leadership and coaching, including the Amazon bestselling eBook, The Coaching Mindset. He lives in Hickory with his wife, Holly.  

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• Leveraging both the Scrappy and the Skilled Use of Polarities in Coaching (ICF San Antonio Hosting)

  • When
    Tue, November 18, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.0 Core Competency and 0.5 Resource Development CCEs

  Bold and humble; task and relationship; support and challenge:  These are polarities. Capitalizing on polarities in coaching is a superpower and can evoke meaningful awareness with clients.  Without training, however, implementing this skill can feel intimidating.  Join this session with Cathy Carroll, MCC to deepen your understanding of how to frame a polarity and improve your coaching skills.  Through stories, Cathy will demonstrate how to use the very basics of polarities in both individual coaching and team coaching, and then she’ll recommend a variety of resources to facilitate coach growth from scrappy to skilled in this important coaching skill.  No experience in polarities necessary.

  • WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
  • ·       The role of understanding polarities in coaching
  • ·       How polarities create blind spots for clients
  • ·       How to mentally and emotionally prepare to help clients deepen their self-awareness
  •         How to leverage polarities to evoke client awareness

  
  

  Speaker Bio: 

  Founder and President of Legacy Onward, Inc., Cathy Carroll, MBA, MCC, is an internationally recognized family business leadership coach, speaker and author of Hug of War: How to Lead a Family Business With both Love and Logic. In addition to coaching, she trains coaches who specialize in coaching family enterprises as well as coaches who maintain their credential with the International Coaching Federation.

  Cathy earned certificates in both Leadership Coaching and Executive Facilitation at Georgetown University, an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BA at Boston College.  She is also a Master Certified Coach (MCC) in the ICF.

  An active member of the community, Cathy currently serves as Vice-Chair the Board of the Purposeful Planning Institute and co-founder & Treasurer of A Leg To Stand On which provides prosthetic limbs to children in developing countries.  

  www.LegacyOnward.com

  www.LegacyOnward.com/hug-of-war

  www.LinkedIn.com/in/cathyacarroll

  
  

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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• ICF AR-OK Chapter Community Meeting - Yearly Wrap Up

  • When
    Thu, December 11, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join us for our year end Chapter Community Meeting. 

  Focus:  Conversation - Connection - Communication

  We will review the year and look ahead to 2026 as well as share updates on how to get involved in our local chapter and opportunities available through ICF Global.  

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• When Intense Emotions Surface: A Neuro-Informed Approach to Cultivate Trust, Insight & Growth (ICF Prairie Charter Chapter Hosting)

  • When
    Mon, December 15, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.5 Core Competency CCEs

  Uncertainties, complexities, and challenges can cause intense emotions to emerge for clients: fear, anger, shock, overwhelm, disappointment, and more. If you’ve found yourself not coaching at your best when these emotions surface… and wished for a do-over… you’re not alone! New coaching research reveals that even seasoned coaches inadvertently internalized strong client emotions, leading to reports of internal self-criticism, shame, broken connection, and a hyper-focus on coaching the surface of the situation vs the deeper “who” of the client. Join this compassionate, curious conversation around neuroscience-informed concepts such as the brain’s unconscious predictions, mirror neurons, co-regulation, and more. We’ll connect brain-based principles with ICF competencies and markers, supporting ourselves and our clients to explore the unknown, unwanted, or uncomfortable as pathways to evolved ways of being.
  
  

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

  • Predictions: Coaches will learn how their brain’s unconscious predictions can derail ICF 4, Cultivates Trust & Safety, as well as in-the-moment presence strategies to understand and tame fight-flight biology for ICF 5, Maintains Presence.

  • Parallelism: Coaches will apply research insights and personal lived experiences to reflect on potential parallels between client emotions and coach emotions, leveraging emotions as data for ICF 7, Evokes Awareness.

  • Permeability: Coaches will understand how to “take in, not on” some of the client’s strong emotions, aiding in ICF 7, Evokes Awareness, and supporting client openness to the unknown, unwanted, or uncomfortable that frequently lead to ICF 8, Facilitates Client Growth.

  
  

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Susan Britton, MCC is founder and president of the Academies for Neuroscience Coaching, Inc. Her 25 years of leadership in coaching and coaching education has supported 1,000s of coaches across six continents to earn their ICF credential and grow the movement of neuro-informed coaches who are “Changing Minds for Good.” She specializes in leadership and career coaching, weaving together her passions for coaching, neuroscience, and psychodynamic approaches to change. She is the author of seven career and job search books, and holds an Executive Master's in Change Degree from INSEAD/France and a Bachelor of Music degree. With small-town farm-girl roots to a global leader for change, Susan brings compassion, curiosity, and collaboration to shaping the future of coaching and coach-approach leaders.
  

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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• Coaching Clients Through Spiritual Uncertainty (ICF North Florida Hosting)

  • When
    Tue, February 24, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  0.5 Core Competency and 0.5 Resource Development CCEs

  Coaching clients through seasons of spiritual uncertainty is complex—for both coach and client. In this session, Stacey B. Wynn, MDIV, PCC shares practical strategies for supporting clients as they navigate shifts in faith and spiritual practice. Explore how to uphold ICF competencies while “going to the mat” alongside clients wrestling with belief, doubt, and evolving spiritual practices. Drawing on a decade of experience guiding clients through faith deconstruction, Stacey is dedicated to equipping coaches with tools and insights for navigating these nuanced realities—while maintaining the highest professional standards.

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

  1. Foster a Safe, Affirming, and Client-Centered Coaching Space

  Objective: Create and maintain a secure space for clients to share doubts, questions, and struggles.

  2. Strengthen Professional Boundaries and Self-Awareness as a Coach

  Objective: Prepare internally to witness your own internal responses during coaching. Practice strategies to remain present and curious—upholding client-centeredness by avoiding over-spiritualization or directive approaches, especially when beliefs diverge.

  3. Ethically Resource and Empower Clients for Ongoing Growth

  Objective: Curate resources that empower rather than overwhelm, and consider utilizing the resources your client finds helpful, to come alongside their growth path.

  
  

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Stacey Wynn, MDIV, PCC, is a coach, author, and Enneagram specialist who has guided hundreds of clients across corporate teams and private practice. In her private work, Stacey’s trauma-informed approach blends theology, abuse recovery, and faith transitions to help individuals break free from harmful beliefs and reclaim clarity.

  Certified in iEQ9 Levels 1 and 2 and currently pursuing advanced Enneagram leadership training, Stacey has empowered over 300 clients using the iEQ9 to rediscover authenticity and find renewed confidence—whether navigating personal, professional, or spiritual transformation.

  Stacey draws on her academic foundation in theology and her own experience exiting toxic evangelicalism, along with a decade of supporting others deconstructing from harmful belief systems and spiritual abuse. Her coaching merges spiritual understanding, leadership wisdom, and practical support for those facing the complexities of identity and transformation.

  Outside of coaching, Stacey enjoys exploring nature, sharing adventures with her daughter, and beekeeping alongside her partner Dave in North Florida.

  Connect with Stacey: https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed.

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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• Enhancing Your Visibility: Leveraging Speaking Engagements to Elevate Your Coaching Practice (ICF North Florida Hosting)

  • When
    Tue, April 28, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  0.75 Core Competency and 0.75 Resource Development CCEs

  Public speaking is a powerful tool for coaches to increase visibility, establish credibility, and attract clients. Yet, many struggle with how to leverage speaking engagements effectively. This session provides a step-by-step approach to identifying ideal speaking opportunities, crafting compelling messages, and converting engagements into business growth. Participants will engage in interactive exercises, including refining a talk title, brainstorming signature topics, and writing outreach emails to secure speaking gigs. By the end, attendees will have a clear roadmap for integrating speaking into their coaching business model, positioning themselves as thought leaders, and using speaking engagements as a strategic growth tool.
  
  

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

  By the end of this session, participants will:
  
   1. Craft a compelling speaking topic that aligns with their coaching expertise, engages their ideal audience, and positions them as a trusted authority.
  
   2. Identify and secure speaking opportunities by learning where to find ideal events, how to approach decision-makers, and what outreach strategies convert to bookings.
  
   3. Leverage speaking engagements to grow their coaching business by implementing audience engagement techniques, strategic calls to action, and effective follow-up methods to turn attendees into paying clients.

  
  

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Dale Wilsher is an executive leadership coach, keynote speaker, and personal development expert dedicated to helping professionals amplify their impact. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, Dale serves as faculty for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute of Organizational Management and the Professional Christian Coaching Institute. As Director of Programming for NSA Colorado and a certified virtual presenter, she has spent 17 years leveraging speaking engagements to grow her coaching business. Dale’s dynamic presentations blend neuroscience, psychology, and practical strategies to help coaches increase visibility, attract clients, and expand influence.
  

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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• The Thing Beneath the Thing: Mastering Agenda Setting with The Genco Method (ICF North Florida Chapter Hosting)

  • When
    Wed, August 26, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  0.75 Core Competency and 0.75 Resource Development CCEs

  As a Master Mentor Coach and ICF Assessor at all three levels, Tijen has seen firsthand that one of the biggest challenges for coaches is the agenda-setting process. It's easy to get caught on the surface of a client's request and miss the deeper need.
  
  This meeting is designed to help you move beyond surface-level structure to the core of where true transformation resides. Using Tijen’s Genco Method Coaching with Precision© framework, which blends holistic listening with Lean/Six Sigma principles, you'll learn to sculpt an agenda with precision and presence.
  
  This three-part, interactive session will provide you with the tools to help clients achieve their desired outcomes, from behavioral change to neural recalibration, ensuring that these outcomes are not only achievable but also resonant and sustainable.
  
  

  What to Expect:

  • Introduction to Genco Method Coaching with Precision©: We'll dive into the core principles of my integrative methodology for agenda setting.
  
  • Collective Coaching Practicum: Watch and participate in a live coaching session. Under my mentorship, you'll practice shaping the agenda in real-time and get instant feedback.
  
  • Integration & Reflection Circle: We'll close with a group dialogue to solidify your insights and learn how to apply them to your practice immediately
  
  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Heightened awareness of common missteps that block deep listening and client-centered agenda development.
  
  • Best practices for defining session outcomes based on the client’s authentic, underlying needs.
  
  • Increased capacity to revise and evolve the agenda in alignment with the client’s emerging insights.
  
  • Strengthened trust in intuitive listening and relational agility during sessions. paying clients.

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Tijen Genco, MCC, Advanced Certified Team Coach, and National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach, brings a wealth of experience coaching individuals, executives, and teams across Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations worldwide. Renowned as a coach, educator, mentor, and ICF assessor, Tijen is deeply committed to fostering coaching excellence and advancing the profession.
  
  She is the creator of the Genco Method Transcendental Coaching©. This innovative approach integrates evidence-based practices with the art and science of the mind-body connection to deliver sustainable, transformational outcomes. A thought leader in cutting-edge coaching methodologies, Tijen is a sought-after speaker and trainer, inspiring coaches globally to unlock their fullest potential. Her passion for fostering mastery in coaching is evident in her innovative methodologies, educational initiatives, and role in developing MCC assessors for the ICF.
  
  Discover more about her groundbreaking work and upcoming events at gencocoaching.com
  

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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• Ask Better Questions, Get Better Results (ICF North Florida Chapter Hosting)

  • When
    Wed, September 23, 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1 Core Competency CCEs

  Most coaches ask questions to gather information or show active listening. But the right question can do much more - unlock breakthroughs, spark action, and align clients with their deepest values.
  
  In this masterclass, renowned coach Laura Berman Fortgang reveals how to turn questioning into a powerful art form, blending insights from psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral change. You'll learn how strategic inquiry can create profound shifts in thinking, feeling, and action.
  
  Key Takeaways
  • The Neuroscience of Questions: Discover how transformational questions rewire the brain, unlock creativity, and break limiting beliefs.
  
  • The Question Hierarchy: Move from surface-level queries to deep, transformational questions that inspire action and alignment.
  
  • Advanced Techniques: Master the Challenge Frame, Solution-Finding Method, Values Excavation, and Resistance Dissolution techniques.
  
  • Practical Applications: Apply strategic inquiry in coaching, leadership, team building, business development, and personal relationships.
  
  The Experience
  
  Through live exercises and role-play, you’ll refine your questioning style, receive real-time feedback, and create a toolkit of powerful questions for coaching breakthroughs.
  
  The Ripple Effect
  Masterful questions create lasting change. Your clients will gain deeper insights, take aligned actions, and build confidence - while you’ll transform every interaction, from leadership conversations to personal relationships.
  
  Why book this session?
  With Laura’s decades of expertise and cutting-edge research, this session equips you with actionable strategies to elevate your coaching and communication. The right question at the right moment doesn’t just gather information - it changes lives.

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Laura calls herself an OG coach since she has over thirty years of experience, had the first book by a professional coach published in the US and the UK and helped to found the International Coaching Federation. She was also the first coach on the Oprah Winfrey Show!
  
  Her life’s work supports other people to find theirs and join the A-List of life. No, she doesn't mean becoming a celebrity, but does mean not settling for anything less than the best you want to reach for.
  
  Her Now What?® Methodology for career seekers and A-List Business Mentoring Program for entrepreneurs helps those who are:
  
  • ready to take the back burner dream and put it on the front burner
  
  • unclear about what you want to do or have never known
  
  • reinventing after a life hiccup
  
  • a coach ready for your next level of impact and income
  

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

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

  The first step is to register with our chapter. 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.

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