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President's Message 2005

We are all very excited with the new start of 2005. Upon the handover of the presidency from Angela at the last AGM meeting on January 26, a devoted and motivated EXCO team has been formed, staffed by some brilliant and passionate people. They are all willing to contribute of themselves to the community in terms of their time, effort and executive management experience to better serve our fellow members, the HK corporations and society as a whole. We have created 3 new Vice President Posts: Mr. Charlie Lang and Ms. Veronica Lee are the post bearers who will be in charge of the Corporate Coaching and Training. Monika Parker will be our Membership Ambassador and we invite you to share your concerns, ideas and visions for HKCC with us, at any time, through Monika. I’m sure the HKCC will grow with your full support.

It is the time of year that we review our priorities and make decisions about what we would like to accomplish in the coming year. The HKCC is also engaging in visioning. We are anticipating the growth of the HKCC beyond our present Mission which enlists the following:

• We will aim to educate the community through credible information about coaching, which will raise the public’s awareness toward the profession and at the same time assist our coaches.
• In parallel, we would like to offer a Code of Ethics for coaches. In achieving these, your genuine support is most appreciated.

Aligning with our mission, supplemented with regular interflow amongst our members, we are now channeling our efforts to the following aspects: - Firstly, creating a HKCC Code of Ethics for the coaches. Secondly, expanding our focus on corporate coaching and training program. Thirdly, providing a platform for the coaches to learn more, to synergize and to inspire or vice versa. Fourthly, enlarging our membership and finally increasing the credibility and popularity of coaches and coaching through press release.

The HKCC is gradually extending it’s professional services to better support society as a whole. In the past years, we have been collaborating with the Salvation Army and the Management Development Centre of Vocational Training Council by providing new insight in management and training. My drive is fueled by an increasing social recognition towards the profession. To keep abreast of the changes, we are exploring every opportunity to collaborate and establish new alliances for the benefit of the HKCC members, the individuals, the corporations and the community as a whole. With the terrific success of the Speed Coaching Day on 29 Jan, 2005, we will schedule this as a means to go public on a regular basis: to impart the idea of “coaching” as a profession and how it benefits the individuals.

Think high and see wide. In the long term, we envision the HKCC to be the leading coaching community in Asia by giving definition to “coaching jargon”. The HKCC was founded in 2002 with a view to extending the practical support amongst our coach members, please feel free to voice out your idea to our R&D. Please email me your thoughts to president@coachinghk.org and thanks in advance for your generous contributions. They mean a great deal to the future of the HKCC.

Sincerely,

Bonnie Chan
President, Hong Kong Coaching Community