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Message
from the
President
As I’ve pointed out in the last
newsletter, I’d like to focus this
message on HKICC’s survey, which we did
last month. We sent out about 470 requests
and received 105 responses. Without
interpreting them, here are the responses.
The survey posed 12 questions:
1) Primary job nature - 25 % said they are
coaches, 14% in human resources, 12%
trainers, 9% management.
2) Gender among coaches – 67% and
33% split between female and male.
3) Where coaches come from- 65% coaches
are based in Hong Kong, 9.5% in the UK, 6%
in Asia and 5% in North America and 5% in
Europe.
4) Age group among coaches – 43%
aged between 40 to 49, 26% between 50 to 59
and 23% between 30 to 39.
5) Reasons behind joining/subscribing to
HKICC - 65% because “sharing of best
practices, 61% professional development, 56%
network opportunity, 42% sense of community,
22% professional credibility, and 19%
leadership development.
Read
more
Coach SK
President, HKICC
president@coachinghk.org
| Top Ten things to know about asking for referrals |
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Adapted from
http://www.topten.org/public/AG/AG355.html
1. Ask people outright. Explain what you
do and say you’d like referrals.
2. Build your reputation so that
asking for referrals is easy.
3. Create an atmosphere where referrals can
occur. People refer people to people they
like and trust.
4. Remember that you get clients by being
calm and relaxed – not by sounding
desperate.
5. Consider what referring
‘you’ means to others. Let
them know if they will get something out of
it.
6. Consider what people referring you could get? A great referral
can lead to credibility and stronger
relationships.
7. Be positive and keep up with the loop of
referrals in your community.
8. Give referrals to get referrals,
9. Remember to show your appreciation to
people who refer others to you.
10. Maintain relationships with people who
refer others to you.
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| Committee Member Profile – Mau Chi-wang |
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Vice-President ( Membership)
Managing Director, Paradigm Shift Consultancy,
specialized in political communications and
executive coaching/training.
What moved you to give your time
so generously to make a contribution to
HKICC?
Basically, a few years ago, when I joined
HKICC as a member and tried to learn
something from this community, I found the
workshops and some of the programs very
inspiring and intellectually well grounded.
Besides, this community is very beautiful and
full of “diversity” and everyone
here is very unique. I do want to contribute
myself towards the further success of HKICC
and that is why I became the VP (Membership)
last April.
What do you most like about the
community? What do you least like about it?
I like the warmth, uniqueness of different
members, the diversity of our group and
seeing changes in some members when they
become involved more in coaching, personal
& corporate growth of our community.
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| Member Profile – Carole Lewis |
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Life coach
Corporate coach
How did hear about us?
I heard about the HKICC through another
coach, when I first began to get interested
in coaching.
What made you join as a
member?
I attended a few meetings, which I very much
enjoyed and decided that I wanted to be part
of the coaching community in Hong
Kong.
What is one quality which you
think is essential to have as a
Coach?
The ability to be able to give 100% attention
to your client without letting other
distractions get in the way.
How would you describe
coaching?
I like the explanation I was given when I
went through my coach training; Coaching is
a synthesis of elements from business,
personal development and sports.
Having a coach is like having a mentor to
believe in you, a manager to keep you on
track, a personal trainer to keep you
motivated and a sports coach to give you
objective input from the
outside.
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| FEATURE: The Power of Vision |
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Adapted from:
http://www.solutionbox.com/news/c22-vision.asp
If we really want to create something new in
life, it simply makes sense to work out what
that is, and then create a structure to
constantly remind yourself.
To keep it real. To keep you inspired, motivated.
The author of this article shares a story
from a client of his which suggests how to do
just that. Here is his story..
'EACH DAY DREAM A LITTLE DREAM..
..even if it is only in your head it will
soon be in your life.
A while back I was focused on all that was
lacking in my life. My focus each morning as
I woke seemed to gravitate to all I didn't
have and all I didn't want to have happen. I
struggled and struggled until one day it hit
me. I was separated from what I truly desired
in life in fact I didn't even know what I
wanted I had no vision - nothing to desire.
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An afternoon of expertise
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This is a ½ day
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Dear Friends,
I can't wait to share some news
with you this month. I'm delighted to
welcome Carole Lewis to the editorial
team! Carole has already
been busy looking
for great articles
and interesting topics for us. Take a
look at what Carole
has sourced this month: "Top
10 things to know about asking for referrals"
is, I think so valuable for anyone who wants
to know more about building and developing a
practice, and the feature "The Power of Vision"
is really inspiring. Do try out the
exercises. Oh - please meet
Carole at the Member's Profile this
month! I would
really like to say thank you
to Carole for her generosity in helping
the coaching community and it's a pleasure
to work with you.
Thanks Carole!!
Fancy joining us in the editorial team?
Read
more
Lorraine Lee
Editor, HKICC
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and published in South China Morning Post.
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