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One of the most powerful ways to become a better coach is to observe coaching and receive feedback on your coaching skills in a supportive and honest environment. Whether you are a New Coach or a Senior Coach, you will find great value in this very special hands-on session. Each person will work in a group and have an opportunity be coached, observe coaching and/or offer feedback as an observer. Focus will be on the 11 Coaching Competencies and written feedback will be provided for each coaching sessions. Plus, Master Certified Coaches and Evaluators Michael Stratford and Carly Anderson will be there to guide and support your coaching efforts. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to improve your coaching skills and effectiveness with your clients.

We are honored to have top senior coaches Michael Stratford, Christian Michelson and Carly Anderson with us on a panel and they will discuss their insights about coaching. They will be discussing what it means to be a coach during these times and the importance of taking your coaching practice deeper and moving from being a performance based model to becoming a transformational coach. The night promises to provoke, challenge, inspire and educate!

• Identify the difference between performance based coaching and transformational coaching

• See how to use the core coaching competencies at the Master Coach level

• Learn how to deepen your coaching skills and take your practice to the next level

MICHAEL STRATFORD Master Coach, Author, Speaker

“Provoking and Invoking Personal and Professional Transformation”

Michael Stratford is well known as a leader in the field of coaching, coach training and development. He has trained over 6,000 coaches worldwide.  As part of leveraging his expertise, he has authored curriculum for many coach training organizations.

Most recently he co-developed the Core Dynamics Coach Training with Tom Stone, the founder of Human Software Engineering.  Together they have created the Next Generation of personal and professional development.

In field of Executive Coaching, He has earned a reputation for helping others achieve a level of excellence in communication, leadership, and team performance.  Michael has coached a range of clients from executives and teams in Fortune 50 companies to Rock Bands.  In particular, he has worked with individuals and groups on Leadership Development at Cisco Systems, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, GE, the Whirlpool Corporation, Wells Fargo, and with the Next Gen organization – Blizzard Entertainment the world’s largest MMPORPG, (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game).

In the field of Education he teaches at the Chapman College Leadership Development Services having co-created their Coaching Skills for Business Leaders Program.  He was also part of the Wharton Business School Leadership Retreat Team whose focus was to upgrade the Retreat to be congruent with the MBA course curriculum.  He especially loved teaching Shakespeare Workshops in the Gross Pointe High School summer programs.

Michael specializes in the Art of Provocative Inquiry for Leadership Development. His creativity, mastery of language, and sensing acuity have helped his clients align with emerging trends and personally congruent solutions.  Michael has a light and playful approach.  Yet through his keen insights, masterful coaching and training, he quickly reveals a depth of knowledge and understanding on a wide range of human and organizational issues.

A prolific author, Michael has written four books on coaching including Masterful Questions and The Game of Coaching, as well as Haiku, two children’s stories and numerous articles in his “Provocation Series.”  He has been featured in Men’s Health Best Life, as well as in a special profile on coaching for the NBC Evening News.   Currently his writing projects include more Provocation Articles, another children’s story A Dog Named Stay, and Quintessential Leadership: 5 Timeless Practices for Successful Leaders http://www.liwleadership.com/liwusa/c_michaelstratford.htm

Michael lives in Southern California with his brilliant, gorgeous and talented wife Carly.  His creative and loving son currently works for Blizzard in Austin, Texas.

CHRISTIAN MICKELSEN

Christian Mickelsen is the author of “How to Quickly Get Started in Professional Coaching”. He has been studying personal coaching for over a decade and has served 2 years on the board of directors of the International Association of Coaching. He’s been seen in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, MSN, and the Boston Globe and he has developed numerous support programs for professional coaches. To get 3 free tools to help you get more clients starting right now, visit www.CoachesWithClients.com

CARLY ANDERSON

Coaching valued senior employees to fulfill the potential expected of them.

Carly works with senior level employees who are highly valued by the corporation, yet find themselves in conflict or challenges that are barriers to fulfilling the potential expected of them. Carly brings about rapid transformation through heightened personal awareness, and practical approaches to dealing with confrontation. Her coaching process is solid and thorough. Her expertise is in the areas of personal authenticity and leadership presence. Using a range of traditional and non-traditional coaching approaches, she quickly gets to the heart of an issue, to bring about a shift in performance. She employs whatever is needed to get the job done, including interviews, assessments, core dynamics and human design information, mediation coaching, shadow and individual coaching.

Carly has been accredited since 2004 as a Master Certified Coach (MCC) by the International Coach Federation. She has coached business leaders, managers and senior employees on three continents for companies such as Google, Microsoft, GE Healthcare, Cochlear and Lloyds TSB Bank London. From 2006-2008, she worked with a global leadership development company, providing coaching to leaders in Google and Crowe Horwath, as well as holding an internal role, evaluating the readiness of colleagues using a company driven assessment tool. Earlier in her career, Carly studied media communications in Australia and has worked extensively in the media and service industries, both as a consultant and in management positions. She co-founded a corporate communications consulting company in Sydney in 1993, helping publicly traded corporations and government agencies graphically display and communicate their vision, values and strategic intent to stakeholders. She sold her holding in the business in 1999.

Carly is a founding Board member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) in the Australia/Asian regions and serves as an active member of the ICF Credential Review Committee, which evaluates candidates and certifies professional coaches globally. Originally from Australia, Carly has lived permanently in the United States since 2001. She is a huge sports enthusiast, having played competitive sport earlier in her life, and maintains a healthy lifestyle that includes a regular Bikram Yoga practice. Carly lives in Laguna Hills, California with her husband, Michael Stratford. http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyanderson