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Coaching the Team

“In the last few months our team has been stretched to its limits.” This was the opening sentence in a message my client sent to her team announcing the launch of virtual team coaching. The impact of the pandemic, civil unrest, and Zoom fatigue on virtual teams cannot be overstated. Teams are tired and collaboration is waning. These external stressors have opened new opportunities for our coaching profession, including virtual team coaching.
 
Teams are more than a collection of individuals. They are a system, more than a sum of its parts, with a personality all of its own. Teams also have a voice. What is the voice of the system saying? The role of a team coach is to expose the system to itself. By listening and reflecting back to the team, we can hold a mirror for the team to decide how it wants to be with one another. We hold the container and invite the team to move to a high-performance model.
 
This is a very different role from coaching one-on-one or coaching a group. Group coaching is typically aimed at a group of individuals with
cross-functional differences. They may or may not have common goals but the development focus is on individual development. In team coaching, we are facilitating the development of the system itself, aimed at achieving common goals through collaboration and interdependence.
 
The coaching skills needed might sound like:
·     System Aware
·     Tuned In
·     Reflective Observer
·     Actively Present
·     Committed
 
For a team coach, it is difficult to remain system aware when you are monitoring perhaps ten screens at once. At least, it can feel that way. Our clients have had to step up their game during these difficult times, and virtual team coaching is a call for us to step up our game too.
ICF Georgia Announces Chapter Government
Coaching Community of Practice

ICF Georgia is pleased to announce the establishment of our chapter’s Government Coaching Community of Practice. The ICF Georgia Chapter Government Community of Practice (CP) supports coaching in the government sector by providing targeted resources, professional development, and networking opportunities for internal and external coaches, and others who are interested in government coaching.
The CP is open to all levels of government (internal and external coaches) at the federal, state, and local levels. The ICF Georgia Government Community of Practice is led by a steering committee of trained coaches who similarly serve in federal, state, or local governments in GA. Non-federal coaches and others who are interested in supporting government coaching are invited to participate.
There is no formal membership for the Government CP. The Community of Practice steering committee will plan and host monthly Lunch and Learn webinars, at no cost.

ICF Georgia manages the Government CP email distribution list for email announcements to recipients interested in government coaching.
Tonya Echols
ICF GA 2020 President
First monthly event!

Virtual Lunch
and Learn
August 13, 2020
11:45 am — 12:45 pm

Guest speaker: Tonya Echols, ICF GA President

Topic: Coaching Resources and Credentialing for ICF/ICF-GA.
For more information about the monthly webinars/conference calls, or to be added to the ICF Georgia Government CP distribution list, go to Events page or contact Bob Weinkle, [email protected].

ICF SE Regional Webinar

Empowering Women Professionals
to Be Exceptional

Sally Helgesen
Thursday, August 13, 2020
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST

How Women Rise
Women’s distinctive strengths and behaviors provide them with many advantages. Yet, the very habits that helped them early in their careers can hold them back as they seek to rise. In this webinar, Sally will draw on her work with legendary executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, to help women (and the coaches who support them) identify and address habits most likely to get in the way as they seek to move to a higher level.

Men can gain a better understanding of what can hold women back, and helping them be more informed and effective supporters of female clients and colleagues.
Using vivid real-life examples that resonate and inspire, Sally will help participants:
  • Identify how specific habits may hinder women as they move to a higher level.
  • Initiate simple behavioral changes that can smooth a woman’s path going forward.
  • Develop accountability strategies for changes that can benefit individuals and their organizations.
  • Become a more powerful resource for women seeking to rise.
Participants will come away with:
  • An enhanced understanding of unique strengths.
  • An actionable template for identifying and addressing challenges going forward.
  • A proven means for developing support.
  • Tools for enhancing visibility and connections.
Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is a best-selling author, international speaker, and leadership coach, and ranked number 6 among the world’s top 30 leadership thinkers by Global Gurus. Sally’s recent book, How Women Rise, examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women. Within a week of publication, it became a top-seller and has been sold in 17 languages. Previous books include, The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, hailed as a classic in its field, and The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, which explores how women’s strategic insights can strengthen their careers.
ICF GA Webinar
Mentor Coach Hour with Mickey Parsons
Thursday, August 20, 2020, 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm EST
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will experience one hour of group mentor coaching by a master certified coach and coach specific trainer (CCEU & ACSTH). Topics will center on helping practicing coaches master ICF core competencies, and leveraging coaching skills toward certification.
Mickey Parsons, has been a Master Certified Coach since 2007, and serves as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Life University in Marietta, GA. He began coaching in March of 1999 (working with over 2,000 leaders) as well as mentored, supervised, and trained over 100 coaches.


Bring your questions to this webinar! Dr. Parsons will be on hand to discuss topics such as business development for coaches, mentoring, supervision, and PCC to MCC pathway.
Mickey Parsons, is founder of The Workplace Coach, providing executive coaching services for senior business leaders, professionals, and entrepreneurs. As an executive leadership coach, Mickey draws on the principles of organizational development and coaching psychology to serve as a catalyst for clients who are ready to excel in their business and/or professional lives. He has coached thousands of leaders, from executives at Fortune 500 companies to local business owners.     
           
Mickey’s coaching expertise is grounded in his extensive experience in employee assistance leadership, corporate education, and organizational development. He serves as Assistant Professor of Coaching Psychology at Life University, where he created and teaches in the MS Coaching Psychology track.            

ICF Southeast Region Town Hall

UNITED: Strategies to
Address Racial Bias

Thursday, August 20, 2020 1:00 pm — 3:00 pm EST
The second ICF Southeast Region Town Hall on racial injustice moves the discussion forward to educate us about the realities of racial bias and to share strategies on how to address it, when encountered, in our daily lives.

Based on feedback from our first session, we have expanded to a 2-hour program that will include:

  • Defining racial bias and identifying related implicit and explicit behaviors.
  • Sharing strategies to address racial bias.
  • Experiential opportunities for attendees to engage and share.

We invite you to join us as we continue the conversation to navigate this difficult time and work together to affect positive change in our communities and the world.
This event is FREE — there are no CCEUs.

Tonya Echols, President ICF Georgia Chapter, will facilitate the discussion.

Akasha Saunders, Vice President ICF Caribbean, will provide strategies to address racial bias.

Anik Clemens, Senior Development Manager, North America, will represent ICF Global.
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