“Changing Business; Transforming Lives” with Karen Kimsey-House. Events of the past year have shaken us all loose from ‘business as usual’ and provided a spectacular moment of global consciousness. We are beginning to see clearly that as residents of this planet, we are profoundly and inextricably interdependent. Much of the foundation of what we know is shifting, leaving us all unusually free to improvise a fresh course forward.

Leaders from every realm of our world, business, secular and spiritual have acknowledged this time as one of great transition and potential transformation. It is a time of powerful choice where we will either be dominated by the circumstances or be shaped and changed by the challenges that face us.

Please join CTI co-founder Karen Kimsey-House for an evening of conversation, inquiry and exploration. What will you create from this time? What is the role that you, as a coach, choose to play in the unfolding new story of our world? Details and Registration.

“Positive Psychology for Coaches: How to Use the Emerging Science of Wellbeing to Help your Clients Flourish” with Kurt Shuster.

Positive Psychology is the scientific study of wellbeing. Founded only ten years ago by psychologist Martin Seligman, this emerging field studies the mechanisms and tools that enable individuals and groups to flourish.

Positive Psychology distinguishes itself from clinical psychology, which has traditionally focused on healing mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and other pathologies. Rather than fixing what is wrong with an individual, positive psychology aims to promote and strengthen what is right in non-clinical populations.

Please join Kurt Shuster (Noomii.com) as he gives you a brief introduction to the scientific and philosophical foundations of the field and leads you through several hands-on, interactive exercises that coaches can use with their own clients. Applications and techniques for both individual and corporate coaching will be covered. Details and Registration.

Ian King will speak April 8, 2010 at 8:40 a.m.
at the Science and Arts Academy for the gifted children

1825 Miner Street
Des Plaines, IL 60016

Please call the Academy for more information on this event: (847) 827-7880

Chicago ICF meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month and typically at the DePaul University—O’Hare Center.

But meeting places some times change so please check the Chicago ICF website for details of upcoming meetings.

Join us on April 17 as we “Coach for Good.”

We want to bring you and your coaching expertise to the community. And, while we’re at it, we want to help local charities. So, we’re putting two goods to use on Saturday, April 17, and we’re calling it “Coaching for Good.” Chicagoland professional life and business coaches will donate their services to raise money for local charities.

Our goal is to raise $6,000 for local non-profit organization(s). We’re looking for 100 coaches (at least) to donate six, 30-minute coaching sessions for a $10 suggested donation per session. To learn more and to register, visit www.coachingforgood.org.

And, be sure to subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter, Countdown to Coaching for Good. Questions? Feel free to email Denise Brown at denise@caregiving.com or Pamela Marte at pmarte@insideoutcoachingservices.com.

In the meantime, save April 17 on your calendar; that’s when we’re out in the community doing good.

Raising the Bar Together: Connections 2010
ACO Coach Conference, Chicago, IL

April 30 – May 2, 2010

Location: Sheraton 4 Points at Chicago O’Hare Airport
10249 Irving Park Road, Schiller Park, IL

Check back here for all the news about the upcoming conference.