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"Community Events" brings you the latest news about upcoming community events including professional development opportunities and upcoming conferences and events brought to you by local coaches and peers.  Please see our Submission Guidelines below.  

Member Submissions

Be in Demand! Get EQ-i and EQ 360 Certified!

Submitted by: David Cory

Group Mentor Coaching (All levels) with Cathy Shaughnessy, MCC and ICF Assessor

Submitted by: Cathy Shaughnessy

Business Coaching Advantage – Essentials & Advanced Coach Training

Submitted by: Maggie DiStasi, PeopleDynamics Learning Group Inc.

Fall Certifications! EQ-i2.0 & EQ360, Change Style & Resilience Assessments from EI Advantage

Submitted by: Janice Gair

Kids Coaching Connection - “Taking Relationships with Kids, Youth and Families to a Whole New Level”

Submitted by: Susan Howson

BECOME A CERTIFIED RESILIENCE COACH

Submitted by: Rita McDowall


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Be in Demand! Get EQ-i and EQ 360 Certified!

Get certified to use the measures of EQ used by Amazon and Microsoft as the basis for their leadership training and coaching - and get certified by the company that Amazon and Microsoft get their coaches certified by - The Emotional Intelligence Training Company Inc. (EITC)

EITC was one of the first companies to partner with MHS to offer the EQ-i Certification Course and for the last 23 years we have been the leading provider of the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 Certification Course globally.

Get certified in the 4 half-day live online course and then take your learning deeper with the 2 half-day live online course, Developing EQ where you will learn how to help clients develop their EQ through coaching and training and get a complete turn-key workshop for use in your organization, including participant workbook, interactive exercises and learning activities, video clips, and power-point slides. Learn more.

David Cory

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Group Mentor Coaching (All levels) with Cathy Shaughnessy, MCC and ICF Assessor

As a trained Mentor Coach, and ICF Assessor, I have provided hundreds of hours of feedback for credential candidates at all levels. Come join a group! ACC and PCC candidates: https://perspectiveinaction.com/mentor-coaching-program MCC candidates: https://perspectiveinaction.com/mccprep

Cathy Shaughnessy

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Business Coaching Advantage – Essentials & Advanced Coach Training

We are committed to creating inclusive spaces and advocating for equity in the world.

BCA COACHING ESSENTIALS & ACC CREDENTIAL PROGRAM

Coursework and virtual practicum make for a compact 4 to 6 month program of intense learning, and you complete the training hours and coach assessment required to apply for your ICF ACC credential (with appropriate number of coaching hours). March 2023 start.

BCA is grounded in solid research and practical experience, including understanding how the brain works, change theory, positive psychology, conversation intelligence, and the context of leading in a complex, fast-changing world.

Learn more here.

TEAM COACHING ADVANTAGE™ Program

For coaches that want to learn the theory and develop the skills and mindsets required to confidently coach teams – from recognizing an opportunity for team coaching and contracting for it, to creating the container for meaningful team engagement and psychological safety and knowing how to recover when things go wrong. March 2023 start.

OVERCOMING BIAS & FOSTERING INCLUSION FOR COACHES™ Program

As coaches we have an opportunity in every conversation to co-create experiences with clients which invites feelings of being deeply seen, heard and valued. To engage in this work from a place of honesty and vulnerability we must begin first with being open to seeing the expansive wholeness of who we are as coaches and how our lived experiences shape how we see and communicate with the world around us. February 2023 start.

Contact us to learn more: call Maggie at 416-988-5115 or email info@peopledynamicslearning.com

Maggie DiStasi 

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Fall Certifications! EQ-i2.0 & EQ360, Change Style & Resilience Assessments from EI Advantage

Looking to add to your toolkit for the Fall? Our certification programs are gearing up!

EQ-i2.0 & EQ360 Certification: November 28-Dec 1, 11-3 EST.

It’s about how we perceive ourselves, express ourselves, build relationships, make decisions, and manage stress! EQ applies to everyone – supervisors, managers and is essential for leaders. Cost: $1495 More info here!

Change Style Indicator Certification: Self paced program. The Change Style Indicator is a leadership assessment designed to measure an individual’s preferred style in approaching and addressing change. It provides insights on personal preferences for managing through change and provides context for how those around them might perceive and respond to their preferred style. Cost: $899 More info here!

Hardiness Resilience Gauge Certification: Self paced program. In this report, your clients will learn about your own hardiness and how key qualities that you possess can enhance or undermine your stress resilience and adaptability across a range of circumstances. Developmental strategies are provided. Cost: $699 More info here!

Need more info? Contact us at info@eiadvantage.ca

Janice Gair

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Kids Coaching Connection

“Taking Relationships with Kids, Youth and Families to a Whole New Level”

ICF Fully Approved ACSTH Program

Now, more than ever, the children, youth and families of the world need us. They need us to support them through all of the confusion, worry and fear that they are experiencing.

You know the power of coaching. You are one yourself. Your soul is now urging you to coach kids, youth and families. Or perhaps a teenager/young adult in your life is wanting to become a coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Kids Coaching Connection program is for you, and them.

The Kids Coaching Connection program is an experiential program made up of five core courses.

Kids Coaching Connection Divine Elementals

This is the first of the 5 courses in the Kids Coaching Connection program. Participants realize a transforming and life changing experience designed to foster foundations of trust, communication and meaningful connections with kids, youth and families.

Kids Coaching Connection Training - Divine Elementals

November 4 - 6, 2022
Location: Live, Online
Investment: $995.00 + HST

Past Participants Say it all:

“The Kids Coaching Connection program is the right tool for any coach, trainer, teacher, parent, Leader to take as it takes you from Ordinary to Extraordinary while giving you a safe place to land” (BVR0

“The Kids Coaching Connection program is very profound and insightful. It is the foundation for understanding one’s self in order to provide the best coaching service to a child” (A. R.)

For full course description and to register go to: https://www.kidscoachingconnection.com/courses or contact: Susan Howson susan@magnificentcreations.com416-708-6232.

Susan Howson

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BECOME A CERTIFIED RESILIENCE COACH

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  • Are you ready to address stress, overwhelm and dis-ease in your clients and yourself?
  • Are you passionate about helping and empowering others to live their best lives in these chaotic times?
  • Are you looking for tools to augment and differentiate your business?
  • Are you ready to transform yourself and your coaching practice?

We are proud to be pioneering a new generation of coaches who are responding to the disruption and stress of our times and elevating our health and strength one client at a time.

Rooted in the latest evidence-based behavior-change principles and healthy lifestyle management best-practices, the Certified Resilience Coach Program, now in its eleventh offering, addresses all the core competencies of resilience development and coaching within a single program experience.

In the program you will learn to:

(I) EMBODY RESILIENCE
(II) COACH RESILIENCE
(III) GROW YOUR BUSINESS

The program includes a done-for-you resilience coaching system and tools. It also allows you to earn: 36 ICF Continuing Coach Education credits.

The next offering runs January 23 – April 2, 2023 and includes three live (3 hour) web sessions on January 28, February 25 and April 1.

For program details including learning outcomes, dates, fees, and to register visit: https://leadershipwellness.mykajabi.com/CRCP

*Register with a colleague and save 20%, register with 2 colleagues and save 30%. Book a call here to learn more.

**Read our blog to learn about what resilience coaching is.

Rita McDowall

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Submission Guidelines

ICF-Toronto Chapter Members (paid the $100 fee):
  • Limited to 1 free submission per month
  • Additional submissions $50/insertion
ICF-Toronto Guests:
  • Submission (up to 250 words with link to your site):  $100/insertion
Please note:
  • Submissions by ICF-Toronto Members will only be accepted for events they themselves are presenting.  All other events will be deemed to fall under the "Guest" category.
  • All listings are linked to our monthly e-bulletin that is published on the 15th of each month and emailed to all members (or next business day if the 15th falls on a weekend).
  • Maximum 250 words.
  • Submissions will be sent to mailto:kim@icftoronto.com in either plain text, HTML or Word doc format.
  • Payment must be received and processed by the deadline in order for the submission to be distributed.
  • Lead time:  All submissions must be received and paid for 3-4 business days before the publish date.
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