The Vision Coaching coaches have been very busy, both professionally and personally. I just returned from Long Beach California where I combined business with pleasure - I attended the International Coach Federation (ICF) Annual Conference and was able to spend the balance of the week vacationing with my wife and 14-month old son. At the conference, it was pretty exciting to have an opportunity to hear two thought leaders in the coaching world speak; David Rock (author of Quiet Leadership) and Sir John Whitmore (creator of the G.R.O.W. Model).

David Rock shared fascinating data that helped me understand why coaching works, in a scientific way, by demonstrating what happens cognitively when someone is being coached. Sir John Whitmore, Britain's Number One Business Coach, was honoured with the President's Award at the conference, in recognition of the work he is doing to promote coaching in a humanitarian capacity. (pictured, right) And, even more exciting, we captured some terrific film footage of Sir John for the coaching documentary we have in the works.

And speaking of inspirational people, our very own Marilyn Singh reached an incredible personal milestone last month. After over a year of dedicated training, she not only entered a body building competition for the very first time in her life, she placed 2nd! See her "before" and "after" pictures below!

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