Coach Express

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Cross Cultural Coaching Teleseminars
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This month we have been profiling and interviewing cross-
cultural coaches. All these coaches are graduates of ICA
and they are all involved in coaching across cultures in
very different ways.

Prabha Chandrasekhar
Prahba works for a relocation company (Global Adjustments) and companies
to support their staff as they move countries for work. She coaches clients
coming to India for the first time, clients returning after a long break, even
Indian nationals adjusting to having foreign people in their workplace.

Download Prahba’s Recorded Interview

Bercedah Stark

Bercedah imigrated from Iran to German at the age of 15, and currently
lives in Switzerland. She has a thriving coaching practice with clients
from all over the world

Download Bercedah’s Recorded Interview

Tereska Buzek

Tereska speaks 3 languages, has lived in 5 continents and visited
43 different countries. She works with people who are crossing not
only geographical cultures (from one country to another) but also
across professional and workplace cultures (from one profession
to another)

Download Tereska’s Recorded Interview

Michael Moniz
Michael is a life coach living in Orlando Florida. He has spent most of
his career working in the training and development field helping
others with professional image, self leadership, communication skills,
and setting and achieving personal and professional goals.

Michael brings a very different cross-cultural experience to our Spotlight
calls - gay and lesbian coaching.

Register to attend Michael’s LIVE Call

by Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland

I have been writing up our new curriculum at ICA and one of the modules is based around confidence. I have been reading and thinking a great deal about what makes us confident. So before I go further, let me ask you the following question:

*How confident do you feel right at this moment?

Now, if you answered ‘very confident’ let me check in with you. Are you feeling really confident because you have done the task you are working on over and over again and so you know you can do it?

I have come to understand that confidence comes from within us. Let me use an example. I am very confident in reading a profit and loss statement. I gained this skill from studying accounting many years ago at senior school. I found I was really good at it and so my confidence grew. My teacher at the time enthused my motivation for this subject and so I practiced it more and over time became an A student. I understood the strategy behind the accounting practices.

Now, many years later, I continue to read profit and loss statements. It is like reading a book, I know the language, the structure, the details. I don’t need to ask someone if they think I am good at this particular skill as I know it intuitively. This is confidence.

Now let’s change this scenario a little. Imagine that I hadn’t learnt this skill at some stage in my life. One day I attend a board meeting or a financial meeting and a profit and loss statement is placed before me. I read it, feel that maybe I get it and then I begin to participate in a conversation around it. My ideas are encouraged and then someone challenges one of my ideas based on my interpretation of the P&L statement. I begin to doubt myself, as this whole P&L stuff is new to me. My doubts grow until I accept the other person’s point, not without a good argument though. I walk away feeling uneasy, even angry, as I was sure I had a good idea. I look to a colleague and ask them their opinion. They don’t support me or give me the answer I was seeking. So I decide to try the direct approach. I ask them whether they think I am great at interpreting P&L statements. They are nonchalant about my question and don’t make me feel great.

Okay so let’s stop and look at this picture of this person. Visualise how they are standing, feeling, looking. Not a great picture. I imagine they are slouched over, they are not looking happy and they also appear a little agitated.

Have you felt like this before? Of course you have! We have all felt like this at some time or another. This is the feeling of a lack of confidence.

But here is the very interesting point I want to highlight about confidence. At the moment when this person began to not feel confident, that is to feel doubt, they stepped outside of themselves to ask for recognition. This is also the time when our ego appears. It really isn’t a nice moment and it certainly doesn’t make us feel confident.

So here is the confidence equation.

Confidence = Self management

Self management = self awareness + self belief

So next time you are not feeling confident, ask yourself the question:

What do I need to do right now to better self manage?

* Become a Coach Teleseminar

Free teleseminar providing information about the coaching
market, careers for coaches, coaching as a workplace tool and
the ICA English speaking CPCP curriculum.

Register here

* Spotlight on Cross Cultural Coaching, with Michael Moniz

Michael brings a very different cross-cultural experience to our Spotlight
calls - gay and lesbian coaching.

Register here

* Chinese (putonghua) Certified Professional Coach Program

Learn about new opportunities for studying within a multilingual
community. Enrollments are now open for our chinese Certified
Professional Coach Program (CPCP).

Register here (putonghua)
Find out more (english)

Are you ever on the receiving end of spontaneous acts of kindness and generosity? I had one such moment last week.

I decided my car needed a wash, and not just any wash - a complete overhaul. I wanted to get rid of the 3 week old banana skin squished into the bit between the back seat and the door, and remove the crayon drawing from the side window! So I booked an expensive car detail. Not the sort of thing I would normally blow $80 on, but there you go, it was just one of those days. (more…)

Dr.Sraban Mukherjee, an ICA graduate,  has recently received the ACC credential from ICF. He is the first such credential coach in India and South Asia.

Dr. Mukherjee is a known face in the HR Consulting fraternity in India and has more than 30 years of experience in leading HR functions of large corporate houses in India. He has been instrumental in bringing large-scale people-oriented changes in his areas of responsibilities at different organizations in India. At the age of 50, he felt that his skill of dealing with high potential managers required further enhancement. He then thought of unlearning his skills before starting on a new learning journey. He enrolled with ICA and completed his graduation in December 2007. His next goal was to make coaching popular in India whether at corporate or individual levels.   He has written several articles in business magazine, given interviews to leading newspapers and has spoken on ‘the importance of coaches for  professionals’ at different forums. Though he is working as Head of HR Consulting yet he continues to coach people in his free time. His coaching model has been published in Peer Resource Network Bulletin and newsletter of ICF, Australia-Asia chapter. His paper on “Behavior Change process in Coaching” has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Coaching in Organization. He is also a certified MBTI and DISC assessor

Dr. Mukherjee is a Doctorate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Presently, he is associated with Hero Mindmine Institute Limited, a part of USD 4.2 billion reputed Hero Group of India, as Head (HR Consulting & Leadership Coaching). He is based at New Delhi India and may be reached at sraban2002@yahoo.co.in or +919810122614.

Pooja khandelwal:  I have had a happy childhood being the only child of my parents and having grown up with their warm, secured, disciplined and value-bound upbringing.

Pooja khandelwalI has an MBA with marketing and, with her 15 years experience in Marketing, has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet people with varied viewpoints, motivations and beliefs.  Pooja is a strong believer in human values, with her sincerity and straightforwardness earning the confidence of many clients.  After reaching a turning point in her life, Pooja questioned ‘Is this my truth? Is this the life I want to live?’ and followed the path of a fresh start, a new outlook, a rebirth.  In addition to being a certified coach, Poojah practices Active Meditation, is a qualified as a graphologist and  dream-analyst and is a practicing Tarot card reader. As Pooja’s life meandered towards helping others discover their true-self, she decided to upgrade her skills and qualify he coach training with an international accreditation. Upon completing ICA’s Certified Professional Coach Program, Pooja successfully achieved the ACC credential through the ICF.

Through these varied techniques, years of exposure to distinct outlooks of people and my personal experience of life, Pooja is now partnering with clients (coaching) in an empowering thought provoking process to enthuse maximum personal and professional achievement, leading to a journey of life-fulfillment.

–You can contact Pooja via pooja121@gmail.com.