Set the stage to get what you need from the Conference with a deep dive into how you are feeling, showing up, and want to be seen. You'll have an opportunity to pause and reflect and then expand your point of view within a small group. You will leave with new insights and a take away for the coming week.

Are you interested in expanding your executive coaching practice to include group coaching? Join this session to learn group coaching best practices and ideas on how to conduct your initial sessions. There will also be a Q&A to answer questions from those aspiring to enter into the world of executive group coaching.

“So, what do you do?” a prospective client asks. “Well…” commence jargon-filled psychobabble that simultaneously tells them WAY too much and yet nothing at all. In this engaging session, we will dive deep into the critical challenges that often hold all coaches back from reaching their full potential. We'll call out the most common roadblock: saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Discover the power of strategic differentiation as we unravel the importance of aligning your branding pieces to effectively communicate the right messages at the right time. You'll gain a fresh perspective on how to craft a cohesive and impactful narrative that sparks opportunities with your target audience. This is your chance to invest in mastering your self-presentation using the Clarity & Connection Matrix for executive coaches.

Adults with ADHD can be highly energetic, creative, fun, courageous, and occupy a large variety of roles in the corporate world from C-Suite offices to frontline sales. At the same time, more than 85% of these lively humans share that their ADHD has negatively impacted their workplace performance, collegial & family relationships, and career paths. As a result, more and more professionals with ADHD are seeking executive coaching for help. In this fun, insightful, and high-energy session, participants will learn about the ADHD-wired brain, how to stay in the "coach zone", and how to more effectively partner with clients for their success. Presenter Aaron Tabacco is an international clinical expert in ADHD (PhD, RN), Certified Executive Coach, and BECI Coaching Faculty who will lead this session from a neurodiversity perspective. Approximately 40% of Aaron's coaching clients self-identify as persons with ADHD.

In this highly interactive session, explore how you can use your CliftonStrengths in your role as a coach. ECI Faculty Director Jennie Caleshu recently became a Certified Strengths Coach and will lead the group in an interactive discussion on ways their Strengths show up in their coaching. The focus of this session will be how you can invest in your own Strengths to develop as a coach (not necessarily in coaching others on their Strengths). While you do not need to have completed the StrengthsFinder assessment to attend, if you'd like to know your CliftonStrengths you can purchase the assessment here and use code 6VF887JYO to save $10.

Working in an international and multicultural environment either as coach, advisor or leader: How to build trust, and does trust building differ within different cultures and/or in an international context? Is trust perceived the same way when you look at trust creating across different cultures? Reflect on recent practical experiences and research on this interesting and challenging topic.

Struggling to get the "G"? This session will focus on ways to construct supportive, sustainable and engaging goals with coachees, both within sessions and across an engagement. The session is relevant for all coaches but it will have a particular focus on working within organizations, either as a third party or as an internal leader. This will be an interactive workshop, with coaches sharing their favorite goal modalities as well as play-time with my goals setting philosophy: Zone 2 Goals. We will discuss some of the most common goal modalities, as well as share new research that may upend what you think you know about goals.

How does our work as coaches uniquely position us to make a difference in the world? How do we make sure that our coaching is part of a larger vision, which represents our values and our hope for humanity? Can coaching be a calling? Join Benjamin Mertz for a session of storytelling, visioning, and inspiration! Through large group and small group dialogue, let's challenge one another to be the best version of ourselves in a world desperately in need of healing. This session will also feature an interview with Dr. Mark Rittenberg about his experiences in South Africa and the Middle East as part of human rights and peace movements.