Message from the President
Dear HKICC Friends,
In the past couple of months several people have asked me if it still makes sense to become a coach in Hong Kong as it seems that the number of coaches here has grown rapidly over the past years.
Indeed, taking the number of professional coaches who are members of the HKICC as an indicator, the number grew from less than 20 in 2003 to close to 100 today. We estimate the total number of professionally trained coaches in Hong Kong to be around 120-140.
So do we have already too many coaches in Hong Kong?
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Charlie Lang
President, HKICC
president@coachinghk.org
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Top 10 Reasons To Play
The Measurement of Creativity
Meet Our Members: Gudrun Kittel-Thong
Sponsored Events
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| The Top Ten Reasons to Play |
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Article by: Linda Naiman
Adapted by Carole Lewis from: http://www.creativityatwork.com/articlesContent/playwork.html
- Play is the path to fun and profit.
- "Fun is the new status symbol." *
- "Non-stop work is for losers" *
- Even God rested on the 7th day!
- We need time to be idle.
- Play helps us find our genius.
- Play is crucial to attaining a work/life balance.
- The bow kept forever taut will break. - Zen saying
- Play is smart corporate strategy for solving problems.
- Play keeps our passions alive in the workplace.
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| The Measurement of Creativity |
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Article by: Ian Rose
Adapted by Carole Lewis from: http://www.creativityatwork.com/Newsletters/Aug-Sep05RoseROI.html
There has been a lot of debate in recent years about measuring the ROI of creativity in business. Ian Rose weighs in:
Organizations have not measured creativity for two reasons. First, because of the perceived amount of effort it would take to develop a measurement system and maintain it over time. Second, in most cases, no one in senior management ever asks for this "evidence of effectiveness." Therefore, if the key players are not asking: "Why aren't you measuring?", why then should precious resources be allocated to what is essentially a non-issue?
This is just as well. Many managers are not equipped to recognize creativity when they see it, let alone measure it. They are paid to get the problem solved; the focus is on the result, not on how the result was achieved. There is often little time to think back after the project, to determine what was done to achieve the result, and what else could have been done to do it better. Instead, it is off again to the next problem.
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| Meet our Coach Members: Gudrun Kittel-Thong |
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Gudrun Kittel-Thong
 Certified Professional Coach (International Coach Academy)
Master of Education, M.Ed.,
Director of IPC Institute of Psychotherapy and Counselling Ltd.
What led you into coaching?
My professional background is teaching and counselling.
When I came across the coaching approach I was attracted by the focus on developing the strengths of an individual rather than remedying weaknesses and starting in the present.
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How many Chinese Certified Coaches in Asia?
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Dear Readers,
It's summertime when traditionally many of us think about taking a break and creating time for fun and play.
Why restrict it to summer? What would your life look like if you created time for more fun and play every day? What would your experience of work be like if you had more fun doing your job? What would your relationships look like if you injected more fun and laughter? How can you tap into that part of you which is alive, energetic, creative and playful? We have a right as human beings to be playful and frivolous!
Glynis Ferguson
Editor, HKICC
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT
WHAT: Taming the Impossible - Effective Tools for Lasting Change Coaching
WHEN: 7 - 8 p.m., Thursday, 18th September
WHERE: 29/F, Times Media Centre, 133 Wanchai Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
PRESENTER: Helene Liu
WHAT: Story Telling and Art as Coaching Tools - When Words are not Enough to Express Feelings.
WHEN: Wednesday, 15th October
WHERE: To be advised
PRESENTER: Gudrun Kittel-Thong |
For Book Lovers
Angela Spaxman's favorite books on coaching and leadership:
Measuring Hidden Dimensions by Otto Laske. This book provides a convincing case for why personal development is crucial for coaches, and lack of awareness or immaturity could be unethical for coaches. It also describes a framework for assessing your own and your coachee's level of development.
Leadership Without Easy Answers by Ronald Heifitz. A very inspiring read in terms of what leaders do to move whole societies. There are lots of examples from American politics to explain what it takes to influence change in deeply embedded societal issues.
Synchronicity, the Inner Path of Leadership by Joseph Jaworski. This book is very personal and at times moving. It touches on what truly defines great leaders, far beyond just management skills. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to make a real difference with their leadership.
Entangled Minds by Dean Radin. If you're curious about the true power of intuition and intention, this book provides a thorough analysis of the current scientific knowledge on paranormal mind-mind and mind-matter connections. It makes a strong case that "there's something strange going on" and that followers of science must take the lead from quantum physics and drop the classical view of how the world works.
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