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Message
from the
President
Please accept my best wishes for the New Year.
This is a season when many of us take stock of our
past, while we also plan for the future. Like each
of us, HKICC is constantly assessing its purpose
while moving forward. One area we agreed in recent
committee meetings is to conduct a survey among 600
members and subscribers and find out what we can do
to better serve as a Community. I hope you will
join me in the upcoming survey to tell us what is
important to you as a coach or someone interested
in coaching. The survey will be sent out in mid
January. I guarantee it will take less than 10
minutes to complete. Your input is important for
HKICC.
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Coach SK
President, HKICC
president@coachinghk.org
| Top 10 Ways to Help Your Coaching Clients |
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By Angela Spaxman
- Listen fully and reflect on what you hear so
that your clients have much more clarity about where
they are and where they want to be.
- Ask powerful questions to uncover the aspects
of an issue that they haven't considered
before.
- Share your intuitions and experience to give
your clients more insight and more choices.
- Focus your clients on the bigger picture or
on the details, depending on what they need or what
they have overlooked.
- Emphasize the positive so that they see more
of what is possible and take more action.
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| Committee Member Profile – David Mooijaart |
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VP Executive Coaching
What moved you to give your time so
generously to make a contribution to HKICC?
It sounded smart to join forces with other
coaches and create some instruments from which each
of us can benefit. We have created a first version
of an “Executive Coaches Directory” and
are working on an executive coaching event first
half of 2007.
What do you most like about the
community? What do you least like about it?
I like the atmosphere, I learn a lot from those I
have met until now. The least I like is the slow
pace at times, but that could have to do with my
personal lifelong struggle: impatienceJ.
What is your definition of
coaching?
Serving another human by being with them.
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| Member Profile – Helen Lee |
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Management Consultant
How did you hear about us?
A friend referred HKICC website to me
What made you join as a
member?
I am interested in executive coaching and would
like to understand more.
What is one quality which you think is
essential to have as a Coach?
Caring and helpful
How would you describe
coaching?
It is a long term approach that we can improve
our relationship with people and ourselves
Tell us about your work.
I have more than 15 years working experience in
human resources management in several multinational
companies in management consulting, insurance,
electronic and garment manufacturing industries
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| Cultivating a Coaching Culture – How to do it? |
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By Charlie Lang, Progress-U Ltd., published in Human
Resources, 12.2006
“Coaching” has become a buzzword in the
past few years. Consequently, an increasing
number of HR professionals think about how to
harness the benefits of coaching for their
respective organizations. Let’s look at what
coaching actually is, what the benefits of
developing a coaching culture are, and how it can
be done.
Coaching
According to Merriam-Webster the word
“coach” derives from the German word
“Kutsche” which is “a large
usually closed four-wheeled carriage having doors
in the sides and generally a front and a back seat
inside and an elevated seat in front for the
driver.”
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| The 2006 HKICC Christmas Party |
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By Lorraine Lee
The HKICC held its annual Christmas Party in mid
December and some 30 members and friends of the
community gathered at The Viceroy restaurant in Hong
Kong and enjoyed an evening of yummy Indian cuisine.
Despite rainy weather outside, our atmosphere of
conversations and laughter were relaxed, warm and
friendly. Supporting the party's theme of
international cultural costume, some members were
beautifully attired: President SK Shum together with
first lady Galia looked spectacular in their Chinese
emperor & empress matched costumes, Florence Lau
wore an 'ao dais' an elegant ladies' Vietnamese
national dress, Angela Spaxman was in a smart casual
Canadian style outfit....just to name a few.
Highlights (and there were a few!) of the evening
included.
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--Facilitated Coaching Skills
Practice--
HKICC's January Professional Development
Meeting
Angela Spaxman and John Bower
will facilitate a series of exercises designed
to challenge your listening and
concentration skills. Experienced coaches
and complete beginners are welcome to join
this practical evening. You will
have a chance to practice key coaching
skills in a supportive environment.
And don't be surprised if you also uncover
some useful personal insights
through the interactions.
When: 6:30pm (mingling)
7:00pm to 8:30pm, Wed. January 31, 2006
Where: DD Centre, 901 Tai Yip Building, 141
Thomson Road, Wanchai.
How much: Free for HKICC members, $100 for
non-members
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Elegance is an
Attitude
Have you thought about
excellent and successful communication would lead
to an elegant attitude. Excellent
communication always accompanies with the synergy
effects of both the open-ended & close-ended
questions. Want to find out more about the
key to successful and better communication by the
NLP approaches. Please click
here to learn more about this approach
or call Jess 2960-1998 or
visit www.nlppro.com .
We would also like to
congratulate our Master Trainer – Dr. Alex
Cheung for his awarded as the “Best
NLP Trainer” of the 2006 Asian Top 10
Corporate Trainers by the HK Daily News.
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DO YOU
WANT A RAVISHINGLY PASSIONATE
RELATIONSHIP??
Would you like to explore an
extraordinary modern language for love and intimacy
that can fundamentally change your outlook on how
to find and sustain the love you yearn for?
Using the revolutionary work of David Deida,
author of nine books on intimacy and relationships,
we will take a timely look at the differences
between masculine and feminine and how we can use
these differences to magnify the gifts
you give to a partner and to the
world.
Join us for two evening DVD
viewings and a weekend workshop. To learn more, click
here
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Do you
want to become a better leader in 2007?
Then it is perhaps time to learn the most important
coaching frameworks and key coaching skills.
Join our upcoming coach training for managers on 16
January 2007 (1-day course).
For more details and registration, click
here
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Dear Friends,
Happy New Year to you ALL!
I love this time of year – for renewal,
for recharge as it brings the desire to be a better
person. There’s hope in the air and in the
heart for a renewed focus on getting the most out
of life and for greater joy and satisfaction. Well,
when there’s a will, there’s a way and
you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve if
you put your mind to it. You decide. What’s
your new year going to look like?
For me, I want to continue on the path of
greater self discovery and knowledge
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Lorraine Lee
Editor, HKICC
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