Coaches conference 2020

Friday - Saturday, November 13 - 14, 2020, 8am - 4:30 pm PST, Zoom conference

Celebrate Leadership as Service

Last year we created our first ever Coaches Conference to celebrate 10 years of Dr. Mark Rittenberg’s vision to bring humanity back into the workplace. Now, in this world turned upside down, our ability to connect with each other, make a positive impact on our world, and share heart and meaning is even more critical.

Join us to share and build your knowledge, reconnect with your community, and celebrate our collective impact on the world.

Turning your Scars into Stars: An Organization Coaching Experience - Keynote by Lytwaive L. Hutchinson

Imagine being selected to lead an Information Technology Office of over 540 employees, with a Nation-wide mission. On day one, you find out that apathy runs deep in the organization from previous mismanagement, but armed with your newly found coaching knowledge, you set-out to transform scars into stars.

Coaching for Equality - Keynote By Michelle King

How can we use the power of coaching to support men and women on their journey to understanding inequality, privilege and bias? In this talk Michelle King, gender equality and organizational culture expert, will share how coaching can enable the creation of more inclusive cultures at work.

Marketing to Increase your Income - Keynote by CB Bowman

Welcome to a workshop that will leave both you and your coaching practice inspired and invigorated. CB Bowman a marketing mastermind in the field of Executive Coaching will lead you through critical touch points to enhance your practice by creating and or adjusting your marketing communication skills for your client reach. She will help you identify what is this mysterious word "Marketing" and why it is the most critical part of your work. She will also discuss how you protect your practice when pandemics attack your income. Join us for a learning, laughter and productive workshop. Come with your "Can-do” voice and leave with your "Wow I Can’t Wait to Try" voice. BTW CB has launched two highly successful coaching companies and is on her way to her third. She is the CEO of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches which has a membership waiting list and The MEECO Leadership Institute. Her new Company set to launch in 2021 is Workplace Racial Equality.

Secrets to Creating Your Circle of Influencers: How to Leverage Who You Know to get What You Want - Valerie Hope

African proverb: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." In times when we are forced to limit our physical contact with others, it’s crucial to know how to shine the light on whom to invite into your squad, your tribe, your crew, or your circle to fulfill your goal and visions of 2020 and beyond. When we intentionally seek to build meaningful relationships with people who possess key strengths, resources and connections, we optimize our chances for success. If you find you are not playing full out because you've run out of time, energy and ideas, consider this an opportunity to recharge and rebuild those stretch goals that are waiting for you.

Step 1 in Authentic Leadership – Relationship with Self - Shawn Comboy & Alison Godfey

What is that pesky voice in your head whispering? Is it empowering you or is it standing in your way? We all know how important relationships are to us and have examples of those that have helped us navigate some of our most difficult times. In this session we will examine our most important relationship—the one that we have with ourselves! How we show up for ourselves plays a big role in how we show up for others and how successful we are at being authentic—as leaders, as coaches, and as human beings. This will be a fast-paced exploration of how we are showing up for ourselves and the impact it has on our authenticity. Bring your energy, an openness to be honest with yourself and to share with the group and we promise you’ll leave with tangible actions to transform those voices into a stronger support mechanism for growth!

What Else Doc? Coaching Nuances and Strategies for Medical Culture - Monique Jericho & April Elliott

Imagine a career trajectory with a passion that sustains 15 years of intensive academic competition and training, and spirals down into a barren psychic space, where half of your colleagues are depersonalized, demoralized and chronically exhausted? As physicians, we have explored the rocky terrain of the medical profession and have asked ourselves: why? Dr’s Jericho and Elliott, physicians with extensive experience in leadership, mentorship, training, and coaching, are inviting you to experience the world of the physician client. This session connects the journey of the healthcare professional to coaching techniques that work within the sometimes alexithymic culture of medicine. The session will also apply to those who coach individuals in high stress jobs, especially now during Covid19 with many lines blurred and many facing burnout.

Attracting Your Dream Clients: Psychographics and Ideal Client Interviews - Lis Best

Who are your dream clients, and how can you attract them? In this hands-on session, you will identify the key questions your future clients are asking themselves so that you can speak directly to them - on your website, in your marketing, and on your sales calls. We'll talk about how to create a list of dream clients, how to conduct an ideal client interview, and how to take the psychographic data you glean and translate it into new coaching clients.

Create Magic At Work - Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) Tools for Remote Coaching - Amy Lynn Durham

Dare to set an intention that will transform the workplace! Ignite & infuse a real connection with your coachee/employee! Forge new partnerships using field-tested rituals that promote human connection! This session will include interactive demonstrations of modalities based on bringing Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) in to the workplace to help eliminate feelings of loneliness and isolation. Join the session to participate in unforgettable rituals! Activities that one can use with coachees/employees that act as a catalyst in embracing our authentic selves and our overall life purpose.

Vision Quest: When did you stop evolving your vision? - Scott Krawitz

Let's face it: life can get busy! We—and our coachees—are constantly bombarded by personal and professional challenges and opportunities via multiple, increasingly noisy channels; it's no wonder true North can get blurred in the background! What's a mindful coach to do?? Vision Quest to the rescue!

You’ve Been Asked to Submit a Coaching Proposal – Now What?!? - Anita Mires

You’ve cultivated a relationship for your coaching services and it’s looking good for a client engagement. Then the client says that before you can proceed, you need to submit a proposal. But you’ve never done a proposal before. Or you have but aren’t sure if you prepared it correctly. In any event, you could use some help in decoding and perfecting the proposal process. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to make sure your proposal hits the mark and gives you a good shot at being considered. Step-by-step instructions and a template will be provided.

Flattening' the Sales Learning Curve - J. Ryan Williams

Of all the coaching skills, SALES is the one that comes least naturally to many coaches. And worse than learn learning a new skill, practicing this skill, one proposal at a time, gets lonely quick. In this facilitated discussion we'll bring together a peer group who has experienced similar pains in selling programs but also a group that will share what is working in their sales practice. We'll be candid and employ "vegas rules" to encourage open sharing of what and how we do it and for those comfortable we'll get into how to think about pricing for coaching programs.

Courageous Coaching for Diversity - Bill Collins & Tonya Echols

Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging issues require coaches to access deeper levels of expertise. In this interactive session, we will explore the internal and external work coaches must undertake to effectively engage clients on the often deeply rooted impact of systemic/institutional bias in the workplace either as an agent or a target. Learn what it means to be a diversity-informed coach and the delicate balance that must be maintained to hold the client’s agenda without judgment while challenging them to face thoughts and behaviors that foster bias and racism.

The Coach/Mentor Hybrid: A New Breed - Mark Thomson & Don Borges

As BECI Coaches, we have been trained and certified in a focused and unique world-class protocol of amazing heart and meaning! It is a profound process that has proven to be extremely effective at every level of professional and personal development. Right now, there is an emerging global hybrid that involves the blending of Mentoring into the Coaching environment; setting up that dual role as a separate calling and endeavor altogether. We believe that BECI belongs at the front of this growing movement. Let’s study this “new breed” and determine how to brand ourselves in this new arena. How and when to utilize Mentoring while at the same time honoring - indeed enhancing - the integrity of our BECI Coaching.

Collab Jam - Frieda Hoffman & Jillian Tuck

Habit Design for Sustainable Change for Coaches and Clients - Peter Arnstein & Clare Gustavsson

Behavior change is a fundamental outcome of successful coaching. Do your clients want to design, implement and practice habits for sustainable positive change? Is motivation level and ability a barrier? Support your clients by introducing simple, proven, research-based methods designed to overcome obstacles to building the habits they need to achieve their aspirations. First, learn a system for building good habits for yourself. This session draws on material from BJ Fogg (“Tiny Habits”), James Clear (“Atomic Habits”), and the late John Wooden (UCLA basketball) - among others - to offer a practical, easy-to-use system for measurable success for you and your clients.

Social Justice, Community & Song with Benjamin Mertz

On Friday afternoon, Benjamin Mertz will lead us on a musical exploration of racial and social justice, and on Saturday afternoon, together we will celebrate our community with a joyous afternoon of song.

Benjamin Mertz is a musician, activist, and educator based in Richmond, California. He leads workshops in Black Spiritual music, African-American history, and racial justice issues. Benjamin has worked for over ten years with faith communities, civil rights groups, nonprofit organizations, and schools. He has recently worked alongside organizations like Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI) and the NAACP. With an approach firmly rooted in civil rights literature and the oral traditions of the African diaspora, Benjamin brings an open-hearted and nuanced perspective to the cultural and social issues of these times. His years of on-the-ground experience as an activist and songleader give him a unique and holistic understanding of how social and demographic data translates to peoples' lived experiences. Benjamin has been a part of the BECI family since 2017.

Cohort Connections with Susan Houlihan

Join your cohort-mates for a facilitated conversation to reconnect and share stories. Don’t worry if you don’t know us yet - we’ll connect with you!

Coaching in Turbulent Times with Mark Rittenberg & Ingrid Gavshon

“I can’t breathe I can’t breathe;” millions of Americans woke up to the murder of George Floyd. The cities burnt brightly with protests as racial injustice rang out once again. A defining election where results matter and don’t matter based on the “lose / lose” situation that Americans find themselves in. A threatening pandemic has sent everyone home to shelter in place. Work and home operate from the same bedroom, living room, family room. No private time, all running together like the rivers in our minds.

Coaching in turbulent times must meet the challenges that people are facing, and a kinder, more compassionate coaching is required. Small gains ... Families take a walk in the park, everybody cooks together, a Scrabble game! Holidays are celebrated online as Zoom calls crisscross the country and beyond to bridge the divide.

The session will speak about the different sorts of coaching relationships between coach and client and hear from the people attending, and what they have discovered as life affirming actions as they move into coaching individuals and groups in turbulent times

Moving Forward Together - Doy Charnsupharindr & Mehmet Sevinç

As we bring the coaches conference to a close, we look ahead to the future toward great possibilities. Let's take a moment to pause and reflect on what you are taking away from our time together. What are some of the acts of leadership that you can commit to? And how will you be able to continue to stay engaged with this community as we move forward together?

2019 Coaches Conference & 10th Anniversary Celebration

FAQs

I haven’t (yet!) attended the 10-day coaching institute. Can I still come to the conference?

Yes! The conference is open to all interested in the Berkeley coaching methodology and experience.

What's the refund policy?

Refunds are available upon request. Please email amelia@berkeleyeci.com to request a refund or transfer.

Can I update my registration information?

Yes! Just email amelia@berkeleyeci.com to change your information.

Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable? Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?

Yes! If you can't make it, please feel free to send someone in your place. We would appreciate an email to let us know in advance: amelia@berkeleyeci.com.