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Have you ever thought of adding coaching to your services, or even becoming a coach full time? For the month of July, ICA is extending a special offer of 10% Discount to all consultants, trainers and service professionals wanting to pursue coach training with International Coach Academy.

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I recently moved my family and myself to Portugal, partly for personal reasons (I want my children to be exposed to other cultures and languages) and partly for professional reasons (ICA is gaining a strong presence in Europe and I wanted to explore that market for myself first hand). We have been here a month now and I still pinch myself daily to make sure I am not living a dream. When I think back now to the trepidation I felt about moving so far away (Melbourne Australia is a good 30 hours by plane) and the feeling of overwhelm as I started on the process of renting our house, finding a place to live in Lisbon, finding a crèche for my children etc. etc., I am amazed that we actually made it. But we did, and it was well worth the effort. So before I get into my observations of the coaching market here - let me just invite all our readers to make your dream a realilty today. (more…)

I have just turned on the television to listen to the evening news. The feature story is about the closure of a Ford factory
in a town. Over hundreds of workers are to be sacked as a result of the closure. The Ford factory is the main industry in the town with only a couple of other industries operating in the area. There is definitely not enough jobs in the town to go
round for all the sacked workers.

The news clip showed many angry workers, fear on their faces as they highlighted the impact that the closure would have on them, their families and the local community. Some workers had devoted their entire working life to Ford, hoping to retire there. Others mentioned the impact on their children and families as they would now have to look for work outside of their town, requiring them to drive great distances to seek employment, sacrificing family time for travel time. Other workers commented on feeling left out of the conversation, the planning, the decision that lead to the closure. Anger from misplaced loyalty to a company that they considered to be a part of their community, extended family in the greatest sense of the notion. Feelings of desperation, anxiety, and disempowerment showed on their faces and their words.

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ICA has the world’s first Certified Master Business Coach on board!

The Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC) is the first international professional association dedicated
exclusively to the business coaching industry. Since business coaching is a self-regulated industry, the WABC is committed to setting the highest international standards of ethics, integrity and professional responsibility for its members. WABC does this by engaging in a number of self-regulatory activities to build and maintain public trust. One of the initiatives is developing an advanced certification program.
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We are very excited to welcome Kurt Stewart to the Management Team at ICA. Kurt is joining us in International Development. He will be developing an ICA presence in Non-English speaking countries around the world. Kurt is based in Portugal and speaks English, Portuguese and French.

Kurt’s appointment is further demonstration of our commitment at ICA to truly develop ICA globally. We currently have students from over 50 countries around the world and many of our students are bi (or tri!)-lingual. And due to our scholarship program (50% discount to some non-English speaking countries) our international student enrollments are growing rapidly (click here for further information regarding scholarship programs) (more…)