Coach Express

by Robyn Logan

ICA has been in a rapid growth phase for the last few years. (65% average per annum!) And with the company’s growth comes a growing Alumni.

Most educational institutions run an Alumni program of some kind or another. They generally consist of professional development programs, guest speakers and networking events. Sometimes they are free and sometimes you have to pay to belong to the Alumni.

At ICA we like to think we do things differently - and the organization of our Alumni is no exception. Read the rest of this entry »

Can you relate to any of the following statements?

- You have committed yourself to your current profession for many years, but you are starting to think more and more about going out on your own
- You know you’d make a good coach, you’re just not sure about the business side of things
- You are the sort of person that others naturally come to for advice and support, you always have been.

If the answer is ‘Yes’, then we invite you to join a special ‘Become a Coach’ teleconference.

Teleconference: Wednesday, 20th February at 8.30pm NY EST

Register now –> http://tinyurl.com/28auub

Please scroll down the list to find the capital city closest to you.

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By Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland

On the 29th December 2007 my family and I embarked on a new journey. We packed up all our worldly goods and moved to Shanghai. We spent the first few weeks travelling and staying in serviced apartments. The time came when we all strongly felt the need to find a place of our own to call ‘home’.

So the hunt for an apartment began and eventually we found the ‘perfect’ place for us to live. We have all settled into it remarkably well, enjoying exploring the new space and designing the layout of each room. It was at this point of our journey that I started to notice that being in a new space and a new country gave me some distance to observe myself. This may sound like a rather unusual thing to say. The reason why I say it is because we live so close to our behaviours and patterns of life that we are inseparable from them and therefore cannot always ’see’ what we do.

Moving to a new place is a little like placing your life under the microscope or magnifying it. When you place your patterns of behaviour into a new context they automatically change. The context in and of itself creates the change.

But let me give you an example of what I mean and it is not an example based on a business activity but an everyday domestic activity.

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By Robyn Logan

Yesterday will forever be known as “Apology Day” in Australian history. On this day, Wednesday 15th of February 2008, the newly elected Prime Minister of Australia stood up in parliament and delivered a public apology to the indigenous people of this country. Much of the content of Kevin Rudd’s apology was directed towards acknowledging the wrongs done to the “stolen generation” by previous governments. These are people who were affected by various government policies and laws that saw up to 100,000 Aboriginal children taken forcibly from their families between 1910 and 1975 and placed in Church or state institutions. Most were under 5 years old and many went on to experience terrible abuse in their new homes.

The indigenous people of Australia have requested an apology for a long time. For many Australians it represents the first crucial step to real reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians and a fresh opportunity to work together towards finding pragmatic solutions for the material disparities currently experienced by indigenous communities. Yet former Prime Minister John Howard steadfastly refused to issue a formal apology during his more than 11 years at the helm. The closest he ever came was to express “deep and sincere regret that indigenous Australians suffered injustices under the practices of past generations”.

Yesterday’s apology went much much further than that. Kevin Rudd did two key things. First, he acknowledged that atrocious events actually took place and that the physical and emotional damage to those involved was profound and lasting, not just to them but to the wider indigenous community. The second thing he did was to repeatedly and clearly say three simple words “I am sorry”.

Here is an excerpt from his speech:

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Teleclasses are like phone tutorials. They are live, interactive training classes conducted over the telephone through state-of-the-art conference call technology.

Teleclass Features

1. Flexibility - Teleclasses are an excellent way to learn coaching. They allow students to train from anywhere, even if they have a full time job.

2. Interactivity - Teleclasses are very interactive, similar to a graduate discussion: part lecture, part question, part discussion. In more advanced classes, students will coach another, then the trainer will provide feedback.

3. Intense Learning - Teleclasses are concentrated learning environments. They teach you to communicate and learn over the telephone, which is a critical skill for coaches (most coaching is done over the telephone and most coaches have clients from all over the world)

ICA Teleclasses

1. Extensive Choice - We now offer around 80 classes a week for students to choose from. That’s about 345 a month, 3810 a year. Additional classes are be added regularly. Our teleclasses run in a loop and are constantly repeated so there is no problem if you miss one.

2. Small Class Size - At ICA our classes have between 12 and 20 students at any given time. As soon as the number starts to creep over 20 we simply add another class at that time. Ths means our company grows organically with our student and we are able to keep class sizes down.

3. Truly International - Due to our growing student body we are able to offer multiple time zones for each class, so no matter where you live in the world you can access a class at a time that suits you. The class times run from 6 am USA EST through to 10pm, including weekends, allowing students to train from any country in the world.

4. Culturally Diverse - the flexibility and choice of telelcass delivery means that instead of being in a classroom with just people from your local area, you train with students from all over the world. This means you are exposed to multiple perspectives and develop strong international networks.

5. Tailored - with so many teleclasses on offer you are able to totally tailor your program. This means that the speed with which you work your way through the program is completely up to you. The quickest time students take to complete the CPCP is 6 months. This would be doing 6 teleclasses a week. If you do 3 a week, it will take 1 year. You can take up to 2 years if you want:

6. Life long learning - Our course fees include lifetime membership: this means you can take the classes as many times as you want, for the rest of your life.

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