July 1, 2025

Soul of Coaching: Leading with Connection

Soul of Coaching: Leading with Connection

Join Divya Parekh and Magdalena Nowicka Mook, CEO of the International Coaching Federation, for a powerful dialogue on coaching as a catalyst for trust, transformation, and leadership. Whether you're a coach, leader, or navigating change, this episode offers bold insights to help you lead with clarity and courage.

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div Park.

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Good morning listeners.

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Of course I'm excited to be here with you because

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have talked about, because kindness is something that will get

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you way, way, way further in your life in the

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sense I'm talking about the happiness because at the end

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of the day, we all are looking for joy our lives.

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Helping others brings happiness to you and that is priceless.

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And for those of you who have bought our books,

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And today I want to introduce a very very special guest,

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Mark Demok. She is CEO of the International Coaching Federation

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and yes I'm an ICA for Granted coach, so very

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proudly presenting her. She's a Thinker's fifty recognized global coaching

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leader and she's got decades of experience across diplomacy, business

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and human development, and Markda has shaped the future of

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coaching for tens of thousands of coaches around the world.

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So welcome Margda.

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Thank you so much for having me. Diviya. It's remarkable

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to be here with you today. And you know, whenever

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you're introduced with having decades of experience.

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We're like, hmm, Okay, you are very special because even

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though you've achieved so much, you're humble and so just

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that connection you.

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Okay, you represent coaching like you know, that's that's how

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I felt it, and having known you personally, it's just

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an honor to have you and bring your process and like,

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you know, how you have led and everything to everyone

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else because the way I feel you, I'm very passionate

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about coaching. So mon that like you know, share like

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when initially, like as you were determining your career in

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your early life years, like did you have any other

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career that you had thought of?

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No.

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I think that very few of us actually follow the

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road map. Maybe few, maybe some thinking about my colleagues

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in medical profession or some very highly specialized fields. For

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the rest of us, I think it's being present, being

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present to what's happening around us. Yeah, I do have

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decades of experience. So when I was growing up and

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when I was even in college, coaching per se did

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not really exist as a field. You did not even

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have I see it yet at that point, So I

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needless to say, I could not possibly dream of being

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a part of a coaching profession. So my background, I

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have degree, a bachelor's degree in economics, and Nope, you

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cannot take economics out of the girl. It's always present

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with me. And I have a master's degree in international relations.

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So combined, I think it just brought about the curiosity,

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curiosity about observing what's happening around us. As I said,

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how the environment is changing, and more importantly, what's needed.

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And I mean it when I say what's needed, and

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I channel my dear colleague and friend who was on

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the board of directors of the ICA Foundation, who would

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morel would always say, he said, we can't think about

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what's possible. We have to think about what's needed because

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there is always a gap. There is always a gap.

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We we think that what's possible, it's say here, but

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what's needed is there and that should be our inspiration,

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that should be our aim. So you know, my career

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took me from working for the US federal government, another

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not for profit organization, a couple of small startups, only

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to become a part of ICF almost twenty years ago.

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And that's probably the most unusual journey because I had

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a privilege and honor to observe the evolution of coaching

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and how coaching is perceived, how coaching is received, and

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how coaching truly is changing lives. Absolutely.

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So a lot of people are coaches now, and people

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are familiar with coaches, and yet there are still quite

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a few people who are unknown to it. So can

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you tell us the evolution of it, like you know,

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what went into creating that foundation and how yeah, and

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how has that coaching when it wasn't the nascency and

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where it is now? If you can kind of walk

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us through that journey, that would be great.

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Yeah. So, I see, if I can speak to ICEEF

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better than I can speak to the entire coaching profession.

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But I see it was created in nineteen ninety five,

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So we are celebrating your thirtieth anniversary of this year

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also the celebration, and it was designed and dreamt of

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by a group of very passionate people who observed that

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what was possible in that particular era was not providing

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many answers to the societal, economic, personal problems that people

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were struggling with. Famously, Huo Alaya, one of the four

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fathers of coaching, said that coaching emerged because nothing else worked. Now,

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what the founding mothers and fathers of ICF determined from

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the beginning, and seriously I am at awe because they

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said two things. They said that first, it's going to

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be an international organization, and it was predominantly North American,

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of course at that point. And they said, no, no,

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it's going to be a global phenomenon, and it's our

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responsibility to set it up as such. There was some

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spirited conversations around that, but they did say, it is

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a global phenomenon, it will be a global phenomenon. We

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owe it to the future. And other which sometimes people

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didn't realize or don't realize still, is that ICF was

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created not to offer a community for coaches, but rather

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to give credibility to the coaching profession. And I think

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that this is so important in the context of who

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I see it is now. We pride ourselves at being

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a standard c for the coaching profession, and that's our responsibility.

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So when people talk about coaching, they profession, they talk

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high education, they talk ethics, they talk research that's underpinning

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the the the effectiveness of coaching. And I think that

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that that you know, I could talk for hours to

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stop me anytime. Uh, is that that coaching started more

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as a one on one application. Then corporation started adopting coaching,

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but also more in a one on one predominantly C suite,

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top level of the shows. Uh and in some parts

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of the world considered more remedial than developmental. Yeah. Uh.

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And then before you know it, public sector started being

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interested in coaching. And then I do apologize for my goal.

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And then you started seeing not for profit organizations also

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starting utilizing coaching, and my delight, universities embracing coaching as

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a field, as a discipline to be taught, to be

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offered as a support tool, but as I said, to

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be taught as a potential career. So now you know,

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as we said, remedial in many instances before now it's

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a badge of honor. Younger people, they don't ask for

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the demand that they are working with a coach in

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many organizations, high potentials are offered the opportunity to work

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with the coach. In many organizations, onboarding is being supported

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by coaching. So I think that the mindset about coaching

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from remedial to growth potential future has.

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Been antically coming in and that tells us about the evolution.

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And you hinted upon, like, you know, a couple of

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things which I want to pick upon that observing what

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are the needs that there's a gap between what is

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possible and what are the needs. So as I see

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have its evolved and I know that you know, we

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are changing competencies with the changing times, we are keeping

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up with it. So what trends are you observing currently,

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especially with the younger generation.

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Oh, it is. It is very rewarding to see how

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the world around us is changing. And as I become

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this older generation, it's like, oh, these kids, but it is.

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It is fantastic younger generation. As you know, I see

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a pride itself also on doing a lot of research,

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our main partner being Pressible Scoopers, who will be releasing

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the next iteration of Global Coaching study a little later

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this year. What we know from the studies is that

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younger people do, are more aware about coaching. They know

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about coaching, and they are also more open to enter

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into a coaching relationship. Another interesting tidbit is that younger

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individuals prefer to work with a younger coach. And what

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they say is that they very much respect their managers,

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their mentors, and for a coach, they want somebody who

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understands their everyday life, somebody that they don't have to

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explain the newest movie star or the singing sensation. I

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have to tell you that story because I just love it.

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I was in Cyprus not a long time ago and

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had a privilege of meeting with the CFOs of major

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major companies in Cyprus, and Cypress is really emerging as

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the high tech place in Europe for sure, and I

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was telling them the same story about the younger people

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wanting to work with younger coaches, and I said, because

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they don't want to have to explain who Swifty is.

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And I had an absolute blank stare coming from the

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room and they were like, yes, the one following Taylor Swift.

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But so that's that I think illustrates the situation perfectly.

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So what's needed is a coach who is well grounded

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in the reality of a life of a person who

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of course doesn't operate in a vacuum. But I'm also

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systemically trained coach, so I think that this is very important.

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That we cannot just separate a personal life and a

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professional life in one hundred percent. We always bring a

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little bit of each to the other. So I think

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that the fact that the younger people have slightly different

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different approach to coaching is great, but it is also

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great is especially gen Z's we see are much more

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focused on purpose. They definitely want to work for organizations

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that have purpose greater than profit, and that the leaders

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of those organizations can explain that purpose clearly and can

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also map it to their individual responsibilities. We work very

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closely with the Association of Change Management Professionals ICMP, and

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we did the study together with Human Capital Institute where

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it was discovered that coaching is one of the best

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support mechanisms to change initiatives. We know all these statistics right,

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seventy tow eighty percent of change initiatives failing, and they

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apparently either succeed or fail for the same three reasons. Leadership,

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communication and resistance. Coaching, as we know, is supporting beautifully

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each and every one of them. So a leader that

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understands the purpose, the leader that can articulate the purpose,

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and the leader that can speak openly, clearly, transparently to

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reduce the resilience should the resilience to the change occur. So, yeah,

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I'm very excited about younger people having access to coaching

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and thinking advantage of it.

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Absolutely, So we have talked about that. Okay, how is

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the younger generation looking for coaching? Now, let's say you

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also mentioned about that. Now coaching is more towards growth

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potential coaching, like you know, bringing the succession plan, helping

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the leaders to become confident leaders.

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And so now.

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When we are talking about that, if a company is

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looking to bring in coaches, So from your experience, what

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is the difference between internal coaching and external coaching, because

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that's a question that's always kind of comes to the

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forefront front during the discussions.

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Sure, I think the most technical answer that can be

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offered is it depends, And it does because there are

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many very important aspects of internal coaching that are very

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favorable to the organizations, such as knowing the culture of

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the organization, already being bound by the confidentiality of the organization,

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having stake in the success of the organization, right, and

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if everything has its flip side. What if people don't

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want to open up the same way to the internal

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coach as to external coach. What if internal coach is

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for and that's practice in many organizations, this is not

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their full time job. They have another job plus their

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internal coach. How does that play. What if an internal

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coach is offered and afforded the opportunity to coach a

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senior person in the organization, therefore having access to confidential

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organizations they don't have any business having access. So there

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are the GIFs, ifs, ifs, it's so what we What

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we do say is that there is wisdom in a

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mixture of engaging some external coaches, oftentimes for highest level individuals,

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having internal coaching catre because these are the people available

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available right there, and that they can help almost instantaneously

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should such a healthy be needed. And then they're very

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very fast growing part of the coaching continuum, offering training

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in coaching skills to line managers. They do not have

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to become coaches, they need to understand certain competencies of

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a coach that make them better leaders. So I think

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that the combination of the three is a winning combination.

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I like that and that will answer a lot of

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questions that usually companies have. And you talked about something

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about the line managers or internal managers. Can they can

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know about certain competencies that don't need to be trained

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to be coaches, So what would be a good pathway

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observing the trend for quite a while now, and one

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of the concertain being shared with ICF was that not

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every organization can afford to train their managers in you know,

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sixty hours of coching education to get to that to

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that level. So ICF is right now in a testing

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phase of over eight hour training just to point into

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the leadership skills that are enhanced by capabilities. So later

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in the year we hope to start offering it more

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openly to organizations. We have huge interests from associations, associations

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of professionals, which is like, okay, we're an association, that's

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very appropriate that we would offer it to our colleagues

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and friends from associations, but but yes, it's it's very important.

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You may recall, not a long time ago, the term

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leader as a coach manager as a coach was very popular.

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I see, I've got very very stringent in not utilizing

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the language because they're not they're not coaches. They are

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managers using coaching skills or leaders using coaching skills. The

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relationship is different, the level of confidentiality is different, the

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seniority is different. So it is important that the person

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offering this kind of management style and a person on

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the receiving and understand the difference.

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of the power dynamics because when the internal leaders are

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doing they have to also keep their goals and organizational

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hierarchy in mind, versus when you.

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The power dynamics is very different because as you mentioned

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early on in the ethics, and I'd like to touch

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upon that that we take that very very seriously, and

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power dynamics is zero where it is it's all about

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the client and helping the client succeed and it's all

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about their well being.

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So can you.

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Talk about that relationship between a coach and a client.

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Code of ethics of course being one of the competencies,

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and our listeners may know or not. I see it

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reviews the Code of Ethics every three years. It is

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absolutely critical that the code is relevant and current and

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respond to again the needs and demands and the desires

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of the current environment. So it is very important in

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that stage of contracting between a client and a coach

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of what do they contract for. It's very important, especially

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if we have an organizational sponsor, then it is absolutely

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clear of what will and will not be disclosed, what

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will and will not be discussed, what will and will

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not be shared. And I think I think that that

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what we see from the Independent Review Board is that

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some clients and coaches do not pay enough attention to

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clarity of that agreement. Having said that, the ethics, especially

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the confidentiality, you know, like everything, there are caveats, especially

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our coaching colleagues that work with governments, there are certain

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things that have to be disclosed, and coaching relationship is

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not privileged, so it can be requested by the court

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of law. So we need to be careful there too,

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that we are not necessarily setting up our coaches for

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some kind of danger because because they might have might

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have learned something that according to law needs to be disclosed.

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So those things have to be discussed my late colleague.

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He actually taught a class of is everything confidential in

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US federal government? There was the scariest class I ever took,

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m H because the answer was no, and frankly not

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at all. So I think that we need to be mindful,

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some medical, especially in financial services, things that we have

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to be mindful that are not covered by confidentiality. And

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yet to what you said, it is it is the

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greatest underlying value of the coaching relationship is that the

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coach coach is not to save the client. Coach is

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to facilitate the coach's journey into finding their best answers.

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And that's equally ethically important. The coach is not there

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to say the coach is there to support yes.

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And that is such a distinct that you have made,

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because so many times what happens is that in my

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personal experience, people come to you thinking that yep, you

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are that genie button and have recently I had some

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someone come with thirteen.

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Goals on our first during our first session.

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And this is even after going through the agreement and

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our first session having everything clear. So, as you talked about,

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you know coaches are there to support, not to save,

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and it's important that you know as the coaches go

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through it that there is that reminder of that relationship.

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So what would you say to fellow coaches where so

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many times what happens is that you know, agreement is made,

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but the clients may forget as to how to continue

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to uphold that level of clarity throughout the profession or

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throughout the relationship chef ad the client.

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co coaching competencies and that coaching mindset and coaching presence

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are so so important because frankly, as we always say,

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the code, the client is expert in self, the coach

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is expert in the process. So frankly, the responsibility is

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that of a coach too, to bring to bring the code,

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to bring the client back should they bear, and not

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to be seduced by that invitation to maybe veer a

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little bit away from what coaching is supposed to be.

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that's that's one of the myths of coaching, I think,

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is that the coach cannot share knowledge. Of course, coach

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can share knowledge, it is just not to give advice

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and say what to do. But if we find ourselves

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in the conversation with the client that's stuck or has

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really difficulty seeing the next step, offering something that has

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been useful before to a different client, or offering a

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reflection on something is perfectly okay and in fact useful.

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I think both do both absolutely, And there's you know,

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the whole workforce is changing, as you had talked earlier about,

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so people like us, you know, were kind of.

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I as well, with decades of experience.

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We are almost on the one spectrum, and then we

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have another spectrum of gen Z and now Alpha generation

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is also getting ready to kind of come in through

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the So what changes are you seeing in the demographics

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and we're the trends and what can coaches and as

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well as like you know, clients can keep in mind.

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I think this is another very very interesting evolution. And

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again I'm speaking from twenty years of my experience with ICF.

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When when I first started working with ICF, almost two

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a person, a coach was a little bit more senior

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and it was typically second, if not third, career for

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that individual. It has never been stated in the competencies

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if you really carefully read through them, but there was

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a conviction, maybe not the belief that's too strong of

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a word, that one has to be an extra experience individual.

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We have some and there are some interesting studies about

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you know that that whole notion does somebody has to

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have an experience in the field, or does have to

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have an experience in a position, and you probably can

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find enough many people to support each position. Recently I

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spoke to a c CEO senior, very senior person, large corporation,

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huge responsibility, and he said that he was a little

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bit forced to work with a young coach and he's, uh,

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I think he's HR person mosly Frye. Now I need

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somebody who was in my shoes. And the HR person

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says like, well, but they may have the same blind

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spots as you two. Mm hmmm uh, and they may

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just let you go without explaining because yes, yes, they understand.

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So the CEO is working with this young coach who

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knows nothing about the subject. It was technology company nothing,

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so he asks like a child, but why but how

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well does not happened? And slightly irritated at first, the

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CEO at the end say's like that was the most

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insightful session I ever had because I had to explain

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my business to somebody who doesn't understand it. Said, do

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my clients understand my business?

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Now?

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I'm a provider, but when they do, we have a

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different level of conversation. So I think that this is

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this evolution of the underlying belief that one has to

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be a little older in age and a little more

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experienced is moving away a little. And I think it's

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also reflected in effect that a greater number of universities

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started offering degrees in coaching. So that to me is

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a very clear signal that yes, it can be taught,

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and if it can be taught, like in any profession,

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there are some people who are innately better at it

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than others. That's true everywhere. But it is a profession,

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it can be taught, and therefore younger people can choose

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it as their career. Yeah.

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No, definitely.

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So let's say some of our young audience are, for

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that matter, anybody who's thinking about whether this coaching profession

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is for me or not? What would you tell them?

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And what would be like? You know, a couple of

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good ways of going about it. Probably the first, is

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it doesn't happen overnight.

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Yes, and this is also true. I don't sometimes I'm

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just smiling to myself because it's so true. For any

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profession no doctor, no lawyer, no anybody fresh out of

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school is at the top of their professional career, it

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takes time. One of our studies with PwC showed it very,

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very validly that first three years are really difficult because

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you start running a business and it's typically typically unless

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you are internal coach, is a small business. And not

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every small business is successful from the very beginning. So

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we know this that after three years people will start

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charging more, start having more clients, and are speaking of confidence,

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are much more confident in promoting and running their business.

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So be patient with that business side, be patient with

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yourself before you decided maybe it's not for you, and

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the other world wisdom, if you will, is to be

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a good coach, one has to be well trained, and

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that's non negotiable. That's absolutely non negotiable. Fortunately, I see

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it is very lucky now being home to more than

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three thousand approved and accredited programs coaching education programs, and

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that really is non negotiable. One has to be well

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trained to start with and has to continue that journey

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of professional growth and development.

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So that's very powerful.

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Like what you say is having the patients, because just

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like you can go from kindergarten to being a PhD student,

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you just can't expect your business to like go like yep,

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I have the certification and now I'm just going to

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hit the ground running exactly.

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There's a runway for.

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That where you have to take that time. Now you

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mentioned that it's amazing that there are three thousand accredited programs.

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How can people go about to finding about those programs?

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Because you know, some programs may resonate with someone, some

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may resonate with others.

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So what's a good way of finding them?

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Yeah, welcome to no. I see a website we just

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released it a couple of weeks ago, really Coaching Federation

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dot org. And there is a searchable database of coaching

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education programs and it's beautiful because you can put the keyword.

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There are many criteria that you can put in. You

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may prefer the program to be fully a credits. You

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may prefer your program to be in certain language. You

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may prefer it to be very intense, shorter, or spread

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out in weeks or months. Fortunately you can you can

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search with those different things you As you mentioned, some

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have more business attitude, the others are maybe a little

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bit more on the life or spiritual side. So this

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is very individual choice. And I know sometimes it may

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thinks like three thousand is overwhelming, but utilizing those criteria

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you can you can narrow them down and then call them,

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talk to them, talk to talk to alumni of those programs.

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As you know, I see it has over one hundred

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and forty chapters around the globe. Check with them, check

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check what they would recommend, and see because it is

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important that you find something that resonates with you. So

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you're really happy going through this training rather than struggling

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into finish.

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No, absolutely, And also just to add to the information

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that you've shed, just go you can be a guest

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to EVE one of your local IEDEAF chapters and a

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lot of accredited schools in your town itself.

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And if it's not so you know.

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As you mentioned, Mark, they're like go that search and

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having that keywords is going to be super helpful because

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now you can find what works for you. That's the key,

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like find something And I really like what you said

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that just go have that conversation, see where you feel aligned,

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because always say that coaching is a purpose profession where

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you step into it with purpose. And I mean I'm

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not saying like the other professions are not, but for

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this you kind of have that heart. So it's important

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to get that alignment because you are here to make

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can impact. And as you drive impact, just remember how

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fortunate we are to be in the lives of people

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where people are opening us, opening to us and just

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bringing that curiosity. And I love the story that you

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said that you don't have to be experienced, so don't

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think so what would you say if somebody is thinking, oh,

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I don't have experience and maybe hesitant they want to

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do coaching, What are some of the answers to some

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of those thoughts and fears.

508
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Probably the first one is then think about the audience.

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As we said, younger and younger people are seeking coaching

510
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and are excited about joining forces with the coach. They

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are not looking for experience, They're looking for somebody who

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can walk them through that process of finding answers. So

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already they and I think that there is a difference

514
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even fifteen years ago. Probably people who are capable of

515
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purchasing coaches coaching, we're in a different place in their career,

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but now we have these young ones. So that's that's

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the first and second it's like, as as long as

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you are well trained, as well as you are well

519
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versed in car coaching competencies, and as you are practicing

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those competencies, I think it can prove to yourself as

521
00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:41.039
much as to your clients that that that that you

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you are very capable in delivering this. This the service.

523
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It's not about coaching. But I just came back from

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the Middle East, where, especially in Saudi Arabia, it is

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a young population. It is the young democraphic. Excuse me,

526
00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:03.119
it is a young them graphic, and many people in

527
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important governmental positions are young. So I asked some of

528
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the colleagues because we have a good fortune of working

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with some of those organizations, and apparently the Crown Princess

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principle is if you're good enough, you're old enough.

531
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I like it, Yeah, no, definitely, And then that brings

532
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us back to the coaching competency right, coaching presence, that

533
00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:36.920
it doesn't matter what the age is, what the experience is,

534
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as long as you're present and as long as you

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have your client front and center, and as you're following

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through your learnings, you can definitely do that. So in

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case wonderful audience, if you're thinking, you know, definitely check

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out the site.

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And I've been a coach myself for.

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Gosh like over fifteen years now, so I'm definitely going

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to recommend that.

542
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It's very near and dear to my heart.

543
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So as we bring the show to a close, what

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are some of the thoughts you want to leave my

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audience with.

546
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One term that we use quite a bit in coaching

547
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is empowerment and to me, to me, coaching is empowering

548
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at every possible level. It empowers a coach. It is

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an amazing service that we offer to the client. Coaching

550
00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:48.639
empowers a client to be more confident, to be a leader,

551
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to be capable of going further or more boldly, or

552
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whatever it might be. Right. And then as we think

553
00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:04.960
about it, this one client and influences and powers the organizations, communities,

554
00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:10.719
families they work within, So that empowerment is really something

555
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that transcends through the entire ecosystem. And I think that

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not too terribly many professions can say that, So I

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think that's very very special and as we revealed new

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brand identity for the ICM with the new website, we

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do talk about inspire, transform and thrive. Mm hm. So

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I think that every coach seasoned or one thinking about

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becoming one, if they can think about it and think

562
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about it because it was inspired, transform and thrave.

563
00:41:55.760 --> 00:42:00.840
Absolutely yeah, I'm going to carry those three words today

564
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with me and so powerful. Thank you so much joining us,

565
00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:10.320
Monkdab because it was such a pleasure and as you mentioned,

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we are so empowered to be in service of others.

567
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And how many people can say that, and not only

568
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that the ripple effect the.

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Transformation and.

570
00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:24.440
It's not just in one person, but as they go

571
00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:28.360
back to the organization, they are helping other people. So

572
00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:33.599
what a powerful way to finish inspire, transform, and try.

573
00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:37.239
Thank you so much, Thank you Divian, and.

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Thank you wonderful audience for joining us, because without you

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00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:43.000
the show would not be possible. Please reach out to

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00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:45.639
us and let us know how we can serve and

577
00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:49.159
support you to live the best life you deserve. And

578
00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:52.239
also thank you one for making the show technically possible.

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Be well and take care.

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Thank you for being part of Beyond Confidence with your

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host d V Park we hope you have learned more

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about how to start living the life you want. Each

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00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:05.119
week on Beyond Confidence, you hear stories of real people

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who've experienced growth by overcoming their fears and building meaningful relationships.

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During Beyond Confidence, Vpark shares what happened to her when

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she stepped out of her comfort zone to work directly

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with people across the globe. She not only coaches people

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how to form hard connections, but also transform relationships to

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mutually beneficial partnerships as they strive to live the life

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they want. If you are ready to live the life

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you want and leverage your strengths, learn more at www

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dot dvpark dot com and you can connect with dvat

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contact at dvpark dot com. We look forward to you

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joining us next week.