Vision
ICF Minnesota is a trusted, inclusive, and sought-after catalyst for growth in the coaching community.
Mission
ICF Minnesota celebrates and promotes the development of a diverse community of coaches dedicated to serving others inclusively and equitably. | Letter from the President | Technically May is International Coaching Month where we celebrate our profession, but for ICF Minnesota, September is our time to celebrate and recognize the power of coaching; and celebrate we did! We came together as a community to connect with each other and recognize those who serve our community and bring excellent coaching to life in their organizations.
Congratulations to Ann Houser, former President of ICF Minnesota and recipient of this year’s Elaine C. Gaston Award for distinguished service to the coaching profession and to the chapter.
We also celebrated not one, but two organizations who received our Prism Award for creating excellence and enhanced effectiveness through their commitment to and utilization of coaching as a part of their leadership strategy. Braun Intertec and US Compliance both exemplify what it means to invest in and care for your people, specifically through coaching and leadership development, and the impact on their people and business results prove it’s all worth it.
Thank you to all who planned, executed, and attended the event!
The event also allowed me to reflect on the importance of coaching in my own life and what I hear from clients. We all have full lives with ups, downs, beauty, heartbreak, aspirations, the struggle to accept ourselves just as we are and everything in between.
Coaching has allowed me to hold space for it all. Working with my coaches has given me the gift of slowing down, having time to process and think differently, being challenged to show up differently, and feel fully supported along the way. And when I work with clients, I feel so grateful and honored that they let me hold that space for them.
Thank you for all you hold as coaches and we’re so glad you’re part of our community. Looking ahead, we hope you’ll join us in the near future at one of our many upcoming events. Whether it’s your first event or you attend consistently, we welcome you!
I hope you have the best start to fall available to you.
Holly O’Hanlon
President, ICF MN
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Facilitators: Prof Dev Team
Date: Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Location: SK Coffee 550 Vandalia St., St Paul, MN 55114
Description:
8:30 AM-9:00 AM - Networking and engaging with other coaches.
9:00 AM-10:00 AM - Fishbowl Coaching Practice. A fishbowl coaching practice is a dynamic and interactive coaching method where a group of participants engage in a coaching conversation or activity while others observe.
Free parking is available in the back northeast corner of the building. There is also free parking along the building.
Coffee will be provided. | |
Facilitators: Prof Dev Team
Date: Thursday, Oct 10, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Location: Zoom
Description:
11:00 AM-11:30 AM - Big Group Fishbowl Coaching Practice.
11:30 AM-12:30 PM - Breakout Groups with Fishbowl Coaching questions. A fishbowl coaching practice is a dynamic and interactive coaching method where a group of participants engage in a coaching conversation or activity while others observe. |  | |
The Coach Advantage:
Navigating the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Workplace
Register here
Speaker: Dr. Denise E. Williams MBA "Dr. Dew"
Date: Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024
Time: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM CST
Location: Zoom
CEU's: 1 Core Competency and .5 Resource Development
Program:
This workshop offers coaching professionals a unique opportunity to deepen their understanding of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and to enhance their coaching practices. By equipping participants with knowledge and strategies, we can collectively foster more inclusive workplaces. | 
ICF MN DEIJB Book Club
Register here
Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST
All are welcome to our DEIJB Book Club. We will meet via Zoom from Oct through Feb on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
This Fall’s book is We Can't Talk about That at Work! Second Edition: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics a book by Mary-Frances Winters and Mareisha Reese (bookshop.org)
(Also available at Amazon and other bookstores - please note, second edition!)
“In developing the skills necessary to engage in Bold, Inclusive Conversations around polarizing topics, we can acknowledge that these subjects are complex, that there are no simple answers, and that it takes time and practice to learn how to do it well.
Join us October 15th for an initial discussion of chapter 1 and how we might co-facilitate future monthly discussions.
Please send your questions and RSVP (appreciated) to Joan Haan, joan@joanhaan.com. |  | |
Looking for a way to be more involved with ICF MN? We are always looking for Board and Committee members to help us put our mission and vision into action and bring to life what our membership is asking for.
We are currently recruiting for three Board positions for the 2025 fiscal year. If any of these sound interesting to you, please reach out to PresidentElect@icfminnesota.org. We’d love to connect with you!
President Elect: this position is for someone who wants to learn and support the President and the Board in carrying out its initiatives, and is ultimately interested in leading the Chapter as President for one year. This is a three-year term starting with President-Elect, moving to President, and then serving as Past President.
Co-Director of Outreach & Partnerships: this role is a great fit for people who love connecting with and building relationships with outside organizations, business leaders, and associations to bring greater attention to the work of our chapter and to the coaching profession.
Co-Director of Marketing & Communications: if your strengths include, creativity, writing, and marketing, you’d be great in this role which partners with the other Co-Director in managing the marketing, advertising, public relations, community outreach and advocacy efforts for the chapter. This role supports other committees ensuring their messages and programs are promoted to our members and beyond.
Director of Membership: This is great for someone who loves connecting with people and finding ways to engage, retain, and grow our membership. | 
Announcing The Loretta Diez Coach Training Scholarship for 2025
ICF Minnesota established the Loretta Diez Coach Training Scholarship in honor of Loretta Diez, an ICF Minnesota coach and board member who exemplified the character traits we wish to honor and celebrate. Loretta was paralyzed in a car accident at the age of 22 and her attitude, accomplishments, contributions, and approach to life inspires us to pursue our dreams with courage, tenacity, resilience, honesty, kindness, humor, integrity and hope.
ICF Minnesota is on a mission to promote the development of a diverse community of coaches dedicated to serving others inclusively and equitably and awarding this scholarship to an ICF accredited educational organization for individual coaching education opportunities is one of the ways in which we will support this mission.
The Scholarship recipient will receive the following benefits:
● Tuition Scholarship of $2500 to help cover the costs of an assigned Level 1 (60+ hours) ICF accredited Coaching Education program. Education can be provided virtually or in-person.
● Complimentary ICF Minnesota membership for length of scholarship/training.
● Access to a certified coach partner to support you throughout your Level 1 accredited training program.
Evaluation criteria:
We will be evaluating applicants based on need, personal narrative, and potential for impact.
Eligibility requirements:
● Annual Household Income of $80,000 or less
This requirement was established after an in-depth examination of attendance costs at ICF accredited coach training programs. In alignment with ICF Minnesota’s mission to expand access, the Loretta Diez Scholarship Program has been specifically designed for those who come from households earning $80,0000 annually or less.
● Minnesota resident (based on most recent tax return)
● Participating in a 2025 ICF accredited coach training program
Note: "Our gold sponsor, Center for Coaches in Organizations has generously offered to match our scholarship should the recipient decide to apply to and be accepted to their coaching program, ECO, for the 2025 cohort. We are so grateful for this contribution to making coaching education more accessible!"
| | Click and download the application below and complete the information then email it by November 15, 2024, to: PastPresident@ICFMinnesota.org. | | Welcome Sept New Members!
Mukund Rane
Vanessa Tennyson
| | Newly Accredited ACC, PCC & MCC Coaches in Sept!
Andy Nelson, PCC (ICF MN Member)
Gloria Garcia, ACC
Kristen Trebil-Halbersma, ACC
Mukund Rane, PCC (ICF MN Member)
Sovady Huston, ACC | | |  | | 2024 ICF Credentialing Webinar Series
ICF Global launched the first session of the 2024 Credentialing Webinar Series on the Value of an ICF Credential!
This year, the entire series will be presented within the ICF Global Learning Portal. The first session is live now within the portal and all sessions will be in one course this year. Within the course, members will be able to find additional information about the series. Links to attend the live sessions will be available on the date and time of the session. In addition, members will be able to access the recordings of the webinars as they become available.
*Note: individuals must have an ICF account to access the series. If non-members need assistance in creating an account, please have them contact ICF Customer Support Team.
October 3rd - Part 6: Mentoring Coaching vs. Coaching Supervision (On Demand)
November 7th - Part 7: Giving Back Through the ICF Foundation and Ignite (LIVE)
2024 Credentialing Q&A Calls
Below are the dates and times when ICF Credentials and Standards staff will be available live to answer questions about the credentialing or credential renewal process. These are one-hour calls and are not recorded. Individuals must register for the call in order to receive the link to attend.
| | Good Leadership Breakfast
After a small break for summer activities, the Good Leadership Breakfasts are back with the Fall 2024 Good Leadership Breakfast kicking off in October 25, 2024.
These lively breakfast events focus on exploring how goodness pays in life and business, through topics that help attendees think deeply about their own leadership and the habits of their organizations.
The Fall theme is: Building a Culture of Healthy Accountability.
Tickets are available for the full series as well as individual breakfasts. |
From the ICF-Accredited Coaching Program
at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Coaching Skills Sharpener Series
Bolster your coaching practice in a feedback-rich environment, expand your professional coaching network and earn ICF hours!
Who should attend?
- ICF-certified coaches who need to gain mentoring hours toward their ACC/PCC requirements/certification.
What to expect
- Personalized guidance for a highly customized learning experience
- Peer coaching with opportunities to give/receive feedback
- Small group work with peers and an experienced, certified PCC-level mentor coach
What you’ll gain
- 8 Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units from ICF
- Skill differentiation between ACC- and PCC-level coaching
- Improvement in ICF’s 8 core competencies
Learn more and register here!
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Plymouth, MN 55447 USA | | | |