- to review on the IAC-CC certified coaches list and/or the IAC members list to segmentise them into cities. Then send sharing emails to tell them what our existing chapters are doing and see their interest in hosting a Chapter.
- to identify the top 10 languages in the world and strategically planning where for another new 10 Chapters...........
Thursday, June 28, 2007
My intuition tells me.......
The more I invlove in the Local Chapter preparation, the more I feel the excitement of how impactful of IAC in the coaching profession. My intuition tells me:
Sharing on Benefit of Being an IAC Local Chapter Host
I will build my sharing as time goes by:
1. By initiating to host a new Chapter, I got to contact Kerri Laryea (The Chapter Committee Leader in IAC) for details. I was amazed to have chance to communicate with and being guided by a masterful coach who is the ever highest scorer in the IAC Certification for 99%. Isn't it COOL!? Please see Kerri's sharing in her co-authored e-book.
2. As a member of the Hong Kong International Coaching Community (HKICC), I took the initiative to asking for collaboration and cooperation between IAC HK Chapter the HKICC. HKICC suggests to organize a special workshop to let their members to know the first hand information about the first IAC certified Hong Kong coach. It is my honor to sharing with them. I always believe that "Just be bold to ask and the answer will be there."
3. Through the continuous connection with the IAC voluntary officials, I found myself is in paralle pacing with the international coaching update in an effortless manner.
1. By initiating to host a new Chapter, I got to contact Kerri Laryea (The Chapter Committee Leader in IAC) for details. I was amazed to have chance to communicate with and being guided by a masterful coach who is the ever highest scorer in the IAC Certification for 99%. Isn't it COOL!? Please see Kerri's sharing in her co-authored e-book.
2. As a member of the Hong Kong International Coaching Community (HKICC), I took the initiative to asking for collaboration and cooperation between IAC HK Chapter the HKICC. HKICC suggests to organize a special workshop to let their members to know the first hand information about the first IAC certified Hong Kong coach. It is my honor to sharing with them. I always believe that "Just be bold to ask and the answer will be there."
3. Through the continuous connection with the IAC voluntary officials, I found myself is in paralle pacing with the international coaching update in an effortless manner.
4. Once I decided to establish a local Chapter, the topic itself has already helped me to attract like-mind allies. By the invitation of HKICC management committee and voluntary coordinator Lorraine Lee, the VP membership, I was able to meet with 20 people on Sep 6, 2007 who are interested in knowing more about IAC. I also got voluntary coaches in joint effort with me to fine tune the Chinese translation of the 9 Masteries.
5. The Presence of IAC HK Chapter was listed on the IAC Website.
6. After several months in preparing and kicking off the IAC HK Chapter, today I browsed the internet to see how is the ranking of IAC HK Chapter Blog. I was extremely amazed to find "IAC HK Chapter: xxxxx" are listed on the first page of many searching keywords : including coaching in Hong Kong, executive coaching in HK, CEO coaching in HK, bonnie chan, bonnie chan coaching ........
We need you to grow together!
Welcome to the Volunteer Corner!
Being one of the members of IAC since 2003, I know IAC is a non-profit making international organization, we treasure the core values of building high integrity professionals and strong sense of community and social responsibility on top her her vision and mission. All the IAC management and activities are running by volunteers.
I was one of the members in the International project led by Ms Parker Anderson back in 2004 and later join as the member of the Board of Governors in 2007 and now initiate to crafting a IAC Hong Kong Chapter to create a supportive environment in this part of the world.
I would sincerely invite you to join with us to grow. There could be many ways for a creative volunteer job which I may only highlight a few that I could think of right now. Please feel free to give me your suggestions.
Being one of the members of IAC since 2003, I know IAC is a non-profit making international organization, we treasure the core values of building high integrity professionals and strong sense of community and social responsibility on top her her vision and mission. All the IAC management and activities are running by volunteers.
I was one of the members in the International project led by Ms Parker Anderson back in 2004 and later join as the member of the Board of Governors in 2007 and now initiate to crafting a IAC Hong Kong Chapter to create a supportive environment in this part of the world.
I would sincerely invite you to join with us to grow. There could be many ways for a creative volunteer job which I may only highlight a few that I could think of right now. Please feel free to give me your suggestions.
Brain Tankers
- contribute ideas in how to be an effective local chapter
- give suggestion in activities' context and content
- introduce inspiring speakers to the forum
Activity Ambassadors
- building connections interactively
- welcomes visitors and members on the spot
- overseeing all the logitical caring
Structural Engineers
- create system could simplify our operations
- neatly locate and synergise the data sources
Please do not hesitate to let your talent to inpsiring more people. contact us at bonnie@coachlite.com
cheers, bonnie chan
We will kick off in Oct 2007. Stay Tuned!
Welcome to the IAC Hong Kong Chapter!
Though we are still at the preparation stage, your comments are always very important for us to build a strong fundation and keep improving. You can reach us by sending emails to bonnie@coachlite.com.
We plan to have the first kick off event on the 9th Tuesday of Oct 2007. Please mark your dairy and I look forward to meeting you soon.
cheers, bonnie chan
Chapter hosts, IAC Local Chapter - Hong Kong
Though we are still at the preparation stage, your comments are always very important for us to build a strong fundation and keep improving. You can reach us by sending emails to bonnie@coachlite.com.
We plan to have the first kick off event on the 9th Tuesday of Oct 2007. Please mark your dairy and I look forward to meeting you soon.
cheers, bonnie chan
Chapter hosts, IAC Local Chapter - Hong Kong
Sharing of Experience - Q & A
1. How could I know I am qualified to be a local Chapter host or not?
According to March issue of VOICE, IAC has stated that the purpose of establishing a local Chapter is for (1) to strengthen IAC membership on a local level, (2) to connect on an international level and (3) to support the IAC's mission to inspire the on-going evolution and application of universal coaching standards, we believe whoever are IAC members and have a passion and vision of the mentioned points are well beyond the qualification. However, before you commit to be a local Chapter host, there should be a clear understanding on how much time you could and willing to share with and what is your vision and goal. Well, we like IAC's practice by putting up powerful questionnaire for us to think deeper. Click here to see the HK Chapter's feedback on the questionnaire.
2. Will I have financial support in running a local Chapter?
The answer we got so far is "none" in an aspect of monetary support at this early stage of the exercise. However, we are still having a passion to run a local Chapter for building a supportive environment for coaches and potential coaches who are serious to become a masterful coach and about certification in assuring the benifit of their clients.
3. Can I run my local Chapter in my local language?
IAC is an international organization and they welcome us to run our local Chapter in our local language. Therefore, we plan to run HK Chapter in Chinese (Cantonese) first. When we are getting more structural, we may extend to bilingual according to the resourses and needs. We also let our Chapter Blog to naturally running in multi-language (Chinese, English and Japanese) . We feel its fun!
4. How to get people joining my first kick off meeting?
I believe "Nobody can fight alone." Therefore, no matter how many friends and coaching buddies I have and to whom I will send invitation for attending my first kick off Chapter meeting, I need to open up myself first in order to welcome new comers. Thus, I was bold enough to give a workshop at HKICC to sharing my certification journey and there I have made at least over 10 new friends who are interested in IAC Certification.
5. Am I still fit after running the Chapter for 6 months?
It's a good question? I found the purpose of the attendants coming to the Chapter have shifted a bit. At the beginning, they came to see what is IAC HK Chapter and how this Chapter could help them in their coaching learning and development. After 6 months, we have gathered a group of experienced and new coaches who are serious about the IAC Certification and learning of the 9 Masteries. About 9 people has joined the IAC membership from here. Isn't it something for celebration!? I, therefore would like to answer you that I am fit and progressing in hosting the IAC HK Chapter. And I foresee that, upon several coaches get certified, they may like to develop a buddy circle in their coaching business development. From there, we may advance to covering some topics on business development. 19 April 2008
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
How To Set Up a New Chapter
Commit to leadership – Starting a new chapter requires a significant investment of time and energy to properly market, recruit, organize and administer information rich meetings that support IAC member.
- Acquire approval through IAC to start a new chapter.
- Read policy information and guidelines and commit to adhere to them.
- Clearly define your vision and goals for the chapter you wish to start.
Preparation – Before launching your first meeting, consider establishing these support tools:
- Another supportive member or coach to collaborate with and provide additional perspective.
- Determine meeting times and secure a meeting room location that you can expect to repeatedly reserve.
- Start a COG as a communication vehicle for launch information and follow-up with your members.
- Prepare an invitation message to send to potential participants.
- Prepare a questionnaire to send to potential participants.
- Design a plan for handling email, paperwork, and phone inquiries regarding chapter information.
Advertise – Work with the IAC to distribute your meeting information to IAC subscribers in your area.
- Submit invitation message to the IAC for distribution.
- Advertise locally via a press release, posting at local coaching schools, universities, and professional organizations.
- Follow up with meeting details prior to the first meeting.
Launch – To successfully launch your first meeting, complete these administrative and organizational tasks:
- Print a sign-in sheet to collect participant information.
- Print copies of policy information for participants to review and agree to.
- Create an agenda (see sample agenda).
- Foster introductions and a sense of acceptance (easy to do with a coaching organization!)
- Collaborate on the vision, mission, and culture of your chapter with the chapter members.
- Commit to action items in the first meeting to set the stage for forward momentum.
- Delegate responsibilities to foster teamwork and collaborative growth and development of the chapter
source: IAC - Chapter Committee
How we would see the HK Chapter looks like?
IAC Hong Kong Chapter
“Here is an open chapter that welcomes coaches and potential coaches who are serious about developing their coaching profession, get certified and continue to grow.”
Powerful Questions to interested parties:
1. How to distinguish a good coaching and masterful coaching?
2. Where do you see beyond your current coaching practices?
Our Culture and Mission:
1. We build our dream house on strong coaching foundation – 9 Masteries
2. We design supportive environment for our creative growth
3. We contribute as a way to reciprocal
4. We care the core of coaching and simplify the rest
Our Format:
1. We meet once a month on a fix venue for 1.5 hours
2. We take turn to host the gathering
3. We have a theme for each gathering
4. We are a circle of collective wisdom, no teaching but coaching and sharing
5. We ask permission
6. We respect every opinion
7. We donate to maintain the running of the Chapter
Our Notice Board:
1. We run a Blog to list events and capture the inspirations
Our Founding Members:
1. Bonnie Chan
2. You
3. You............
If you are interested to join with us to grow, please email me at bonnie@coachlite.com for details.
“Here is an open chapter that welcomes coaches and potential coaches who are serious about developing their coaching profession, get certified and continue to grow.”
Powerful Questions to interested parties:
1. How to distinguish a good coaching and masterful coaching?
2. Where do you see beyond your current coaching practices?
Our Culture and Mission:
1. We build our dream house on strong coaching foundation – 9 Masteries
2. We design supportive environment for our creative growth
3. We contribute as a way to reciprocal
4. We care the core of coaching and simplify the rest
Our Format:
1. We meet once a month on a fix venue for 1.5 hours
2. We take turn to host the gathering
3. We have a theme for each gathering
4. We are a circle of collective wisdom, no teaching but coaching and sharing
5. We ask permission
6. We respect every opinion
7. We donate to maintain the running of the Chapter
Our Notice Board:
1. We run a Blog to list events and capture the inspirations
Our Founding Members:
1. Bonnie Chan
2. You
3. You............
If you are interested to join with us to grow, please email me at bonnie@coachlite.com for details.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Chapter Members' Corner
All IAC members are welcome to join the local chapter. If you are not yet an IAC member, you are also welcome to join and share our coaching passion.
Visitors' Corner
Sunday, June 17, 2007
What's New in the IAC's Coach Certification System?
by Barbra Sundquist, IAC-CC (source: IAC VOICE, Jun 07 issue)
The IAC Certifying Team is excited to announce that as of July 1, 2007 we will be using the IAC Coaching Masteries™ to evaluate certification submissions (and for the balance of 2007 you can still elect to be evaluated using the 15 Proficiencies - more about that below).
To bring you up to date…
When the draft Coaching Masteries™ were released in January 2007, the Certifying Team began doing "dual" scoring. This means that we scored tapes twice – first against the 15 Proficiencies, and then against the Coaching Masteries™. The score that applicants received was the 15 Proficiencies score (because the Coaching Masteries™ were not yet the official scoring system).
Why have we been doing dual scoring?
For the past six months we've been doing dual scoring to compare the scores received under the "old system" (the 15 Proficiencies) with scores received under the "new system" (the Coaching Masteries™ ). We wanted to determine if there were any problems with the application of the Coaching Masteries™ and if the scores obtained under the two systems would differ significantly in any way.
What did we discover while using the Coaching Masteries™?
The certifiers found that they could score quite easily using the draft Coaching Masteries™. Each of the nine Masteries has a full page description that gives specific indicators of the behaviors and results that would occur when the Mastery is used at a masterful level. We used the same 1 – 5 point scale as we have been using with the 15 Proficiencies, with 5 points indicating "highly effective" use of the Mastery.
Generally speaking, the scores between the Coaching Masteries™ and the 15 Proficiencies were consistent to within a few percentage points. Although we weren't necessarily aiming to have consistency between the two scoring systems, the results do underscore our belief that "great coaching is great coaching", no matter what scoring system is used.
Having said that, we did notice a few places where there is some variability based on scoring of specific masteries vs. specific proficiencies. For example, in the Coaching Masteries™ there is a greater emphasis on appropriate use of silence than in the 15 Proficiencies. So a coach who has a problem with silence may only see that reflected to a minor degree in their 15 Proficiency scoring, whereas it would "score them down" more heavily under the Coaching Masteries™ . On the other hand, under the 15 Proficiencies there is a specific Proficiency that measures "navigating via curiosity". An applicant could blow an entire Proficiency (and many do!) by failing to demonstrate a curious attitude. In contrast, while the Coaching Masteries™ do measure curiosity, it is just part of one Mastery and does not have as great an effect on the applicant's overall results.
We did make some recommendations for changes
During the past six months while the certifiers were doing dual scoring, we noticed some areas of the Masteries that needed tweaking. For instance, there were some behaviors that were duplicated in two or more Masteries. The problem with that is that it tends to "double-credit" or "double-penalize" an applicant. We wanted to avoid that.
The certifiers spent many hours testing and discussing these types of application issues and made recommendations to the IAC Board for changes in wording (most of the recommendations were minor wording changes). We're happy to report that the Board has accepted and endorsed all of our recommendations.
We're now ready to do "real" scoring using the Coaching Masteries™
Yippee! Starting July 1, 2007 the Coaching Masteries™ will be the official IAC scoring instrument. That means that unless you specify otherwise, your tapes will be evaluated using the Coaching Masteries™. You do have the option of being evaluated under the 15 Proficiencies until the end of 2007. If you want us to use the 15 Proficiencies in scoring your tapes, you must specify that in writing at the time of your application.
And since I know someone will ask… no, you can't have your tapes scored under both systems and then pick the highest marks!
All members have access to the same descriptions of the Masteries that the certifiers use. As a result, we feel that it will be easier for applicants to choose which of their tapes to submit for certification.
Best of luck to everyone!
About the author: Barbra Sundquist is an IAC Certifier and Certified Mentor Coach who enjoys demystifying the whole certification process! To pre-register for Barbra's brand new 11-CD IAC Masteries self-study program, please go to www.BecomeACertifiedCoach.com.
The IAC Certifying Team is excited to announce that as of July 1, 2007 we will be using the IAC Coaching Masteries™ to evaluate certification submissions (and for the balance of 2007 you can still elect to be evaluated using the 15 Proficiencies - more about that below).
To bring you up to date…
When the draft Coaching Masteries™ were released in January 2007, the Certifying Team began doing "dual" scoring. This means that we scored tapes twice – first against the 15 Proficiencies, and then against the Coaching Masteries™. The score that applicants received was the 15 Proficiencies score (because the Coaching Masteries™ were not yet the official scoring system).
Why have we been doing dual scoring?
For the past six months we've been doing dual scoring to compare the scores received under the "old system" (the 15 Proficiencies) with scores received under the "new system" (the Coaching Masteries™ ). We wanted to determine if there were any problems with the application of the Coaching Masteries™ and if the scores obtained under the two systems would differ significantly in any way.
What did we discover while using the Coaching Masteries™?
The certifiers found that they could score quite easily using the draft Coaching Masteries™. Each of the nine Masteries has a full page description that gives specific indicators of the behaviors and results that would occur when the Mastery is used at a masterful level. We used the same 1 – 5 point scale as we have been using with the 15 Proficiencies, with 5 points indicating "highly effective" use of the Mastery.
Generally speaking, the scores between the Coaching Masteries™ and the 15 Proficiencies were consistent to within a few percentage points. Although we weren't necessarily aiming to have consistency between the two scoring systems, the results do underscore our belief that "great coaching is great coaching", no matter what scoring system is used.
Having said that, we did notice a few places where there is some variability based on scoring of specific masteries vs. specific proficiencies. For example, in the Coaching Masteries™ there is a greater emphasis on appropriate use of silence than in the 15 Proficiencies. So a coach who has a problem with silence may only see that reflected to a minor degree in their 15 Proficiency scoring, whereas it would "score them down" more heavily under the Coaching Masteries™ . On the other hand, under the 15 Proficiencies there is a specific Proficiency that measures "navigating via curiosity". An applicant could blow an entire Proficiency (and many do!) by failing to demonstrate a curious attitude. In contrast, while the Coaching Masteries™ do measure curiosity, it is just part of one Mastery and does not have as great an effect on the applicant's overall results.
We did make some recommendations for changes
During the past six months while the certifiers were doing dual scoring, we noticed some areas of the Masteries that needed tweaking. For instance, there were some behaviors that were duplicated in two or more Masteries. The problem with that is that it tends to "double-credit" or "double-penalize" an applicant. We wanted to avoid that.
The certifiers spent many hours testing and discussing these types of application issues and made recommendations to the IAC Board for changes in wording (most of the recommendations were minor wording changes). We're happy to report that the Board has accepted and endorsed all of our recommendations.
We're now ready to do "real" scoring using the Coaching Masteries™
Yippee! Starting July 1, 2007 the Coaching Masteries™ will be the official IAC scoring instrument. That means that unless you specify otherwise, your tapes will be evaluated using the Coaching Masteries™. You do have the option of being evaluated under the 15 Proficiencies until the end of 2007. If you want us to use the 15 Proficiencies in scoring your tapes, you must specify that in writing at the time of your application.
And since I know someone will ask… no, you can't have your tapes scored under both systems and then pick the highest marks!
All members have access to the same descriptions of the Masteries that the certifiers use. As a result, we feel that it will be easier for applicants to choose which of their tapes to submit for certification.
Best of luck to everyone!
About the author: Barbra Sundquist is an IAC Certifier and Certified Mentor Coach who enjoys demystifying the whole certification process! To pre-register for Barbra's brand new 11-CD IAC Masteries self-study program, please go to www.BecomeACertifiedCoach.com.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Our GO-al Statement
Dear Kerri,
I admire your endeavor and like the idea of IAC Chapter, in particular to create the presence of IAC worldwide and let more coaches and potential coaches to know about this profession and be attracted together for our/their personal and professional development.
My vision is to set up a HK Chapter this year, and then extend to have 2 more IAC Chapters in China, say Shenzhen and Shanghai in 1-2 years time. I would also like to liaise with any of our member(s) located in Japan (or even VOCIE subscriber) to give him/her support to create a Tokyo Chapter. Kerri, I agree with you that a guideline and a successful Model is a must to kick off. Let’s dream to double and triple our Chapter in the upcoming 2 years.
Cheers, bonnie
I admire your endeavor and like the idea of IAC Chapter, in particular to create the presence of IAC worldwide and let more coaches and potential coaches to know about this profession and be attracted together for our/their personal and professional development.
My vision is to set up a HK Chapter this year, and then extend to have 2 more IAC Chapters in China, say Shenzhen and Shanghai in 1-2 years time. I would also like to liaise with any of our member(s) located in Japan (or even VOCIE subscriber) to give him/her support to create a Tokyo Chapter. Kerri, I agree with you that a guideline and a successful Model is a must to kick off. Let’s dream to double and triple our Chapter in the upcoming 2 years.
Cheers, bonnie
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