Take Stock of Your Accomplishments - The Rewards of Membership

Welcome to July and the second half of the year.  Quoting Ferris Bueller: “Life moves pretty fast; if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!” 

As you take stock of what you have accomplished so far this year, consider the value of your membership in ICF and ICFTN to achieve your goals as a professional coach. 

• Are you on target to meet your professional development goals this year?

• Will you meet your CCEU requirements by December 31?

• Is your goal to attain a credential or move to another level of credential?

• Do you have a peer coach?

• Have you taken full advantage of the benefits of your membership?

• Are you leveraging the ICFTN network?

The answer to these questions and more can be found on the ICF website and by engaging as an ICFTN member. We are delighted to have an exceptional program this month with David Drake who will speak at the membership luncheon as well as during the afternoon workshop. David will share his particular passion for change and transition through narrative coaching. He will offer us an opportunity to separate the signals from the noise and perhaps put your goals for the year in perspective.

Benefits of your membership in ICF:

1. Business development

   1. Instant credibility

   2. Member pricing from media and business solutions partners

   3. Member toolkits

   4. Credentials coach finder and directory

2. Lifelong learning and professional development

   1. Communities of practice

   2. Continuing coach education

   3. Reciprocal peer coaching

3. Global and local connections

   1. Networking and peer engagement

   2. Discounted event registration

   3. Leadership opportunities

4. Research

   1. Cutting edge industry research

   2. Research portal

ICF is conducting a global survey of coaches and coach clients/stakeholders. The results of the survey will be made available to us and be useful as we look at trends in our profession and how the perception and use of coaching is changing. Take the survey now:  https://coachfederation.org/research/global-coaching-study

Donna Yurdin, ICFTN President