Your Coaching Journey
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If you want to coach others, then first assess your client life satisfaction. It is fascinating to consider how each of us finds a path in life that we travel year after year that may (or may not) support us in living a life of passion, fulfillment, and significance in the way we would like. As you engage your coaching journey, take a few moments for some useful self-assessment. Ask yourself, "How satisfying, fulfilling, and rewarding is the path I travel? How many mysteries do I discover each day?"
PONDERINGS FOR PLAYING THE MASTER'S GAME
Your Passion, Purpose or Calling?
How much do you consider the sort of person you are being in every moment? How powerfully do you show up every day? Are you being your authentic self? Are you aware of the conscious or unconscious values and beliefs guiding you as you choose your thoughts and actions? Do you clearly assess how well they work or don't work? If life is a game, how are you currently playing it? Do you have a passionate purpose, a calling?
Are You Living It Fully?
How often are you focusing your mind on being who you want to be, doing what truly inspires you, or experiencing the results that you know you can produce? How much do you daily actions align with who you really are? How much do you fully engage and enjoy each moment, no matter where you are or what you are doing? Whatever your life looks like for you, the answers to these questions define how powerfully you play the game of life. In turn, this has an impact on how much you have to offer other people as a transformational communicator.
Enjoy pondering these questions. They will add greatly to your vision and commitment as a coach.
Take time for yourself this time of year as life emerges all around. Take time for coaching and for being coached.
Marilyn Atkinson, PhD
President, Erickson Coaching International
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Up-level Your Game! Open Ended practice - a Relevant Pursuit: a simple exercise for you from Marilyn Atkinson
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As I listen to and mentor coaches, I once again become aware of the huge value of tape listening in up-leveling our game. For people with former careers as consultants, counselors, teachers, directors, etc., the habits of telling, leading and stating choices have become deeply embedded. If this has been your background consider the following, as a practice, even if only once per month:
- Get a client tape and listen to it with another coach (or even just alone).
- Listen to all questions and score for open-ended. Carefully study for degree of open-ended and how it could be even stronger.
- Notice if there are any leading questions where in fact you "pull for" a specific answer.
- Scare your "open curiosity" level from one to ten.
- Scale your warmth from one to ten.
- Notice your wrap-up: were you eager to say good-bye and move on, or did you pause to genuinely acknowledge your client?
Ask: Where could i up-level my game?
Marilyn Atkinson, PhD
President, Erickson Coaching International
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The First Step to Advanced
Coaching: Expanding your Coach Position! by Rae T. Chois, MCC |
 If
you are a Solution Focused Coach, you will recognize Coach Position is
a neutral, detached and non-judgmental perspective. You will be at
ease as a casual observer in the transformational power and process of
any conversation. Entering a wide expanded posture supports you, as
coach, in listening deeply and asking the very best questions to
inspire and awaken the best in the client.
In what you might
call this 'Zen detached' witness posture, you can see the person you
are connected with as the magnificent creator of his or her life. You
will engage in powerful questions and presence to support the client to
create his or her own awareness
With this as our foundation...let's go further.
Will
you play with me for a minute? If you know the work of Robert
Schienfeld, you will recognize this metaphor and see that I am using it
in a different way.
Okay, just for fun, let's pretend we are
all players on the field in The Human Game. Of course, as players, on
the field, we are all doing our very best to live our highest purpose
while inspiring and awakening the best in other people. This is who we
are as Solution Focused Coaches.
Of course when we coach
another person, we step off the field of play of our "own life" and
into the stadium of the client's game. We support the client to become
clear on where he or she is right now, and where he or she wants to be.
Okay, for the purpose of learning more about Coach Position, may I ask, "If you watch any game up close, what do you see?"
For
example, pretend you are watching a football game from the front row.
Even if you have not watched a game this close in the past, what are
your expectations of what you will see?
· Perhaps you would see all the detail of what was happening on the field of play,
· You may see flying sweat and hear the grunts and groans of the athletes,
· You might even see the meanness and viciousness of the aggression of the game.
The
bottom line is: advanced coaching (at the Professional or Master
Certified Coach Level) is not a front row endeavor. Why? Because the
perspective is so limited...
If you are coaching from the
front rows, the support and service to the client will be restricted
because it is so easy for you (as coach) to get pulled into the story
line of what is happening. When you ask questions about the details,
the client and you can easily get caught up in vicious circle of
details. Then you enter the "spin zone" like a cat chasing its tail and
not moving forward.
What is the best stadium coaching row in The Human Game? You actually want to take yourself to the skybox perspective.
The
skybox is the elevated viewing box at any stadium and is often a
furnished luxury area. It is a comfortable place to be and this higher
level viewing allows you to "see and deeply appreciate" the whole of a
client's life. You see the patterns in the field and how they are
executed, and you are not engrossed or snagged by the details.
You
create trust with another by stepping away from your own personal ideas
into the wider expanse of curiosity, the person's transformative aims,
here and now. You, as the coach, take "Coach Position" in the skybox
and hold no agenda of the other person. As you do this, the client is
free to open up to a range of useful viewpoints, which offers new
perspective and growth. From this expanded place, the flow of
observation, awareness and true transformation begins.
Stepping
into and holding Coach Position from the skybox means making sense or
creating awareness from the perspective of the whole system. Coach
Position is seeing the whole landscape of a person's life from the
skybox... and perhaps even the skybox beyond the skybox.
Holy Quantum Coach Position Batman! :o)
From Quantum Coach Position, you are listening "as if":
· The client is whole, complete and all ready has all the inner resources to be a success,
· You are embodying the other Erickson Coaching Principles (as taught in the Art & Science of Coaching) fully.
You
will begin to build the skill set of a Master Certified Coach even if
your accrued hours are way below 2500. It is 100% Guaranteed!
Entering
and exiting Coach Position can be a fun game throughout the day. The
best time to practice is when you find yourself on the playing field
living out a dysfunctional pattern in consciousness. In these times,
become aware, STOP, enter Coach Position, explore awareness in its
totally from this expanded perspective.... and then respond to life.
Try it... See how effective and fun it can be. Life is simple when you
make choices from the skybox.
If you would like more
information on entering and holding a quantum coach position, please
email raechois@ericskon.edu and I will write more on this in the
future.
Rae T. Chois, MCC
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Summer Spectacular Programs
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For additional information about the programs and to register, please contact our enrollment
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THE ART & SCIENCE OF COACHING
PROFESSIONAL COACH CERTIFICATE COURSE
The ICF Accredited Fast Track
Summer Intensive Program.
If
your aim is to complete coaching training in as little time as possible, we
invite you to take Erickson's fast track coach training Summer Intensive
course.
The time to achieve Certification may take as long as 12
months. You can take our accelerated coach training course in 1 month, in July,
in Beautiful Vancouver, BC.
Enjoy a rich and supportive learning
experience with participants from around the world.
Erickson offers you
a unique approach to coaching that is not offered in any other coach training
program currently available. Take the opportunity to make coaching excellence
your reality. Become the coach you imagine yourself to be.
Module 5 can
be taken in one of 3 classes offered each year.
Venues in Beautiful
Vancouver,
BC:
Granville Island
Hotel(Class
is FULL)
Rosedale on
Robson Hotel, Downtown Vancouver (space
available)
Dates:
Module I July 2 - 5
Module
II July 9 - 12
Module III July 16 - 19
Module IV July 23 -
26
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ONLINE LIVE - DISTANCE LEARNINGModule I Starts July 13th, 2009 Module I Starts August 11th, 2009
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& Science of Coaching ONLINE L.I.V.E. you gain
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the comfort of your own home or office, from anywhere in the world.It
is a dynamic learning environment and a wonderful unfolding of our
professional training program, that we are certain you will enjoy!
NEXT
COURSE: JULY
Dates & Times:
Mondays,
3:30-7:30 pm,
Pacific Time
Module I July
13 - September 28
Module II October 19 - December 7
Module III January 4 - March
1
Module IV March 15 - May 3
NEXT
COURSE: AUGUST
Dates & Times:
Tuesdays, 6:30-10:30 pm,
Pacific Time
Module I August 11 - October 13
Module II October 27 - December 15
Module III January 12 - February 23, 2010
Module IV March 9 - April 19, 2010
Click here to learn more COACHING FORWARD - 1 Day Free programONE
DAY ONLY:
June 20th,
Limited Enrollment!  Experience this
energetic, dynamic and fun initiation into coaching. This powerful information
will give you an insight into a useful set of coaching skills that draw on
dynamic frameworks of Erickson's Solution-Focused
Coaching.
Come for a day of exploration and decide if coaching is your next
step. Venue: Erickson College, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: Saturday, June 13th, 10 am - 5 pm
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COACHING TEAM THINKING
& TEAM INNOVATION
July 29 - 31, 2009 in Vancouver
August 5 -7, 2009 in Ottawa
 In
many companies innovation is an elusive quality, it is either present
or not - rather than a process that can be trained and managed. How can
we manage a team and design an environment that consistently generates
innovation?
This course examines and defines the structure and
principles of innovation and provides specific tools to enhance the
creativity and strategic thinking of individuals, teams, and
organizations. You will learn how to develop an environment and coach
team members such that innovation becomes a consistent result.
Venue:
Erickson College Vancouver
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FOUR QUADRANT THINKING
Evening of July 31st, August 1st, 2nd, evening of August 3rd
Free introduction on the evening of July 31, 7 pm to
9:30 pm
 This
course will train you how to work with four quadrant thinking using four key
types that, together, will up-level your ability to
combine logic
and reasoning integrating both the Heart and the Mind. The four types of four
quadrant thinking are distinctly different kinds of thinking processes that each
train important human capabilities.
The aim of this program is to understand how to use all four systems together as an
orchestration of next step human abilities.
This special course
trained by Marilyn Atkinson will assist you to build balance and flexibility in
your life and to develop your genius into key areas of intuitive creativity.
Venue: Erickson College Vancouver
Cost reduced to 1/2 price for the first 10 persons who register. It is
only open to graduates of The Art and Science of Coaching or The
Erickson NLP Practitioner Program.
Click here to learn more
STANDING IN CONTRIBUTION: A TRAINERS TRAINING
 This
training combines the art and elegance of fundamental Integral NLP and
Solution-Focused Ericksonian coaching frameworks with the essential
structure of training for masterful delivery.
It has produced major changes and
developmental breakthroughs for its participants.
A
Trainers Training can assist people in any field be it business,
coaching, education, or therapeutic healing - to develop their
transformational potential as a trainer, team facilitator, leader or
coach.
"The whole program is designed to give you all the tools you need to conduct an excellent, at times inspirational presentation ... I have been involved (in one capacity or another) in training for 17 years. I lecture to large groups, work one to one, with small groups of between 3-8 people, and all sizes in between. I have been on many training events.
I still learned so much from this. I know my presentations can only get better ...
- Jack Stewart of Manchester, England
Venue: Vancouver (venue TBA)
Part I: August 1 - 4, 2009
Part II: August 6 - 9, 2009
Click here to learn more
ADVANCE OF THE SPIRIT
August 10 - 13, 2009
Advance of the
Spirit is a program designed for those who want to continue their own growth and
inner exploration both with capacity and range of connection to others and also
within themselves.
We offer this unique coaching program only once a
year in Vancouver.
Trained by Dr. Marilyn Atkinson, this is a program that offers you the next
level in your personal coach training journey after the Art and Science of
Coaching! This course qualifies as 25 Continuing Coaching Education Units
(CCEU).
Venue: Erickson College Vancouver
Click here to learn more
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Attention Summer Intensive Participants! Special Guest Presentation
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COACHING FOR MEANING AND PURPOSE with Richard
Bowell
 Richard
Bowell, will
be presenting 2 one-day introductory trainings to coaches, managers, leaders and
interested individuals on the significance of meaning and purpose in the
future of coaching, and in the larger context of ever changing world.
Scheduled to work with Summer Intensive dates!
The event marks the release of Richard's new book, 'Coaching for Meaning and Purpose' with Sir John Whitmore who writes the introduction and adds his
endorsement.
 Richard works globally as a facilitator,
inspirational speaker and coach, and is author of several books including 'The
Seven Steps of Spiritual Intelligence', 'Coaching for Meaning and Purpose' and
'The Wisdom Process', published internationally and endorsed and acknowledged
by leaders in their fields - worldwide.
Endorsements
for Richard's Work:
Dr
Stephen Covey,
Author of The 7 Steps of Highly Effective
People and The 8th Habit
'Richard
Bowell's book presents a fascinating and enlightening sequential
framework in both exploring and developing Spiritual Intelligence'
Robert
Dilts,
Author of Tools of the Spirit and NLP
Pioneer
'Finding meaning and purpose in our lives
and actions is one of the core tasks of our generation and Richard's book helps
to provide a great start on that task'
Venue: Erickson College Vancouver
Dates: July 7th and July 14th, 2009 (9:30 am to 4:30 pm)
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COACHING COUPLES in Seattle
August 14 - 16, 2009
 How
would your life be different if you had a model for coaching couples that could
help you assist couples to achieve the happiness, intimacy, and fulfillment that
they desire?
It could change your Coaching practice, your closest
relationships, and the impact you have on the world. That's exactly what can
happen if you attend this program.
Discover the core questions that every
Couples Coach needs to master, and how to avoid the mistakes questioners make
most often when working with couples, and the simple rules for asking these
questions more effectively.
Experience this 3
daytraining with
Marilyn Atkinson and Tony
Husted to
learn
how to gently ask deep questions, and be in control of the conversation during
tough situations. Learn to use questions to promote communication, drive growth,
identify potential hidden problems to get the relationship back on track. Ask
better questions, get better answers, you clients will achieve a better
relationship!
For information and to register, please contact our enrollment advisors at 604.879.5600 Toll Free 1.800.665.6949 or via email info@erickson.edu
PASSION INTO PROFIT
 This could be your next step to Kick Up your Revenues
for this Summer! Email us at Teresia@teresia.com
to book your personal consultation with Teresia and see if the PIP program is
your next best step. For more information
visit www.passionintoprofitforselfemployedprofessionals.com"Make us your #1 resource in turning your
passion for coaching into a profitable business"
BLISScipline A.I.M.
 BLISScipline A.I.M.
FREE, live,
28-day guided practice.
The BLISScipline
Energy Practice is a 25-30 minute daily practice combines appreciation,
meditation, future visioning, mind and heart expansion, and action planning for
the day. Our participants are people (and fellow coaches) who are ready to step
away from daily "overwhelm" and stress into a joy-filled, energized, engaging
new daily habit of both BLISS and inner discipline.
For more info: www.BLISSciplineAIM.com
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What Students Say
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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COACHING
"I believe coaching in its truest form is that ability to
hold pure space for the customer without any attempt at judgement or
interference, free from advice giving. Truly a "zen" like attendance only.
Where the processes or tools allow the customer to ride
a journey of self-discovery and empowerment.
What an enriched and enlightened discovery, when the
customer creates the very answer he/she seeks, by means of their own imagination
and resourcefulness.
Erickson College fully provides the coach with a
complete package that supports the knowledge required to place every customer in
the driver's seat of self discovery.
Thank you Erickson for standing as a leader in the
coaching field with principles that put the customer first. I applaud your
integrity and am proud to be an Erickson
Graduate."
Mark Marcynuk
"Excellent!
My thoughts have shifted dramatically. I learned to to truly believe in
the infinite possibility of people and the human dynamic."
Fiona Nicholson
"What a great program - I learned more than I expected and am really motivated to carry on and become a really good coach."
Susan Catheart
"Layer upon layer, a picture of an entirely different way of life emerges."
Mike McCarthy
"The atmosphere was one of the most supportive & safe I have experienced. It provided an environment for opening and moving through apprehension to potential"
Blake Wright
"Very practical oriented and very result-oriented. The theory and the practise worked very well"
Ellen Gerde
"So motivational & inspirational. An amazing learning opportunity. Wonderful people."
Andea Ferguson
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Solution Focused Coaches Association Meetings: "Flow States and the
Processes"
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"Flow States and the
Processes" - Optimizing
your Understanding of Erickson's
Systemic Integral Model of Coaching Host: Richard Hyams
Networking 6:30- 7:00 Meeting 7pm
- 9pm
OUR TOPIC FOR
JUNE:
"Flow States and Processes" with Richard Hyams
Those
of us who coach regularly with Erickson's Coaching framework often benefit from
revisiting the overarching and underlying principles, tools and processes that
support this model in a way that deepens our understanding and empowers our
skill-set. It can take up to 2 years and beyond to have a "Solution-Focused"
breakthrough into a comprehensive appreciation of the depth and width of this
work.
Much of this means
the questioning and releasing old assumptions.
If you
wish to accelerate your own understanding join Richard Hyams and Heather
Parks for a spirited and stimulating evening to
unravel the "madness" behind the methods. Be part of the expanding Solution
Focused Revolution through knowing how the tools, principles, and processes
fit.
RSVP is not require but
appreciated!
ABOUT RICHARD
HYAMS:
Richard Hyams TASC and NLP Trainer, Creator of the
Coaching Forward Seminar and Professional Uplifter. The
overarching theme ofRichard's
professional life has been oriented around a mission to discover and deliver
technologies for assisting ourselves towards becoming the prime creative force
in our own lives and with aligning with our own internal source of
power. In his capacity as Trainer and Facilitator, Richard draws on his understanding of Accelerated
Learning techniques, his improvisational theatre background, his own research
and experimentation as well as his vast knowledge of the field of human
excellence. His presentations are known to be fun, concise, engaging,
informative, and infused with energy. Participants walk away with both
confidence in the skills learned and an experience that is dynamic and
entertaining. -------------------------------------------------------------------
Our SFCA Mission: "The Solution
Focused Coaches Association is a community of peers
which promotes awareness of the
field, provides inspiration for its
members and creates a forum for continued growth and
transformation."
Hello
Coaches,
Thanks
to all of you who took part in our May meeting. We had a great "session"
with Milton and a wonderful opportunity to witness the
flow and elegance of his mastery with language and client connection.
And... it
was proposed that we initiate scheduling a few evenings where we can work
together as a group to get more acquainted with some of the processes we use in
Solution Focused Coaching (thanks for the suggestion Teresia!). We will schedule
our 1st such get-together
on:
Tuesday July
7th (7:00-9:00, or whenever
we finish).
Please rsvp for this practice evening and send along any
suggestions for the practice for the evening (one or more processes you are
interested in practicing).
Join
us for this last official SFCA meeting of the season. We'd love to see you! We
will also draw for 2 ICF Complimentary Meeting Passes.
Warm
regards, Heather
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THE
ART & SCIENCE OF COACHING
Professional Coach Certificate courseJuly 2009 (Class is nearly full) Beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada
Module I July 2 - 5
Module II July 9 - 12
Module III July 16 - 19
Module IV July 23 - 26
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The Art and Science of Coaching
ONLINE LIVE
July 13th
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With The Art &
Science of Coaching ONLINE L.I.V.E. you gain coaching skills that you can apply
right away.
This course is the same as our in person coach training,
only
done from the comfort of your own home or office, from anywhere in the
world.
It is a dynamic learning environment and a wonderful unfolding
of our professional training program, that we are certain you will
enjoy!
Module I Starts July 13th (3:30 pm to 7:30 pm Pacific Time) Module I Starts August 11th (6:30 pm to 10:30 pm Pacific Time)Click here to learn more |
Coaching Forward
June 20th
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Experience this energetic, dynamic and fun initiation into coaching.
FREE PROGRAM
limited enrollment
This powerful information will give you an insight into useful set of coaching
skills that draw on dynamic frameworks of Solution-Focused
Coaching
Venue: Erickson
College, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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