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Christine Billy is a Master Certified Coach, passionate catalyst of change, who thrives at talent, team, and business development.  In this episode, she shares with us her coaching journey and how she is passionate about growth in her clients and in other coaches. She also shares useful and practical tips on how to grow your coaching business. To find out more about her, visit her website: https://www.billy-coaching.com/

Nathalie Ducrot is a MCC Executive and Team Coach, Trainer, and Speaker. In this episode, Nathalie shares her coaching journey and her vision for the future of coaching. She gives us some tips on how to improve your coaching skills and how volunteering with ICF can help you grow. To find out more about her, visit her website:Developing people, teams and organisations through applied optimism (prooptim.com)

Ellen Kocher is a Health and Wellness Coach, Workplace Wellbeing Specialist, Speaker, facilitator, and Author. In this episode, she shares her journey as a Coach to promote Health and well-being in corporations and the aging demographic. She also shares some insights on the ICF Converge 2023 and the upcoming challenges in our society and in coaching. These are articles mentioned in the show; check them out now: A Coach-Approach For Empowered Leadership — What Is It And Why Is It A Must Right Now? JOIN OUR WELLBEING CONVERSATION ON BELONGING

Natacha Andenmatten, ICF PCC Coach, and Helmut Buss, ICF ACC Executive Coach, are our guests today. They share what Ethics means, what it means for organizations, and in coaching. Ethics is not only taught; it needs to be lived.  They invite us to continuously improve our ethical mindset in our coaching practice and discuss the future of Ethics at ICF Switzerland.

Marina Riedi is a trainer and coach on Emotional Intelligence at her company, EQ Power GmbH, and the National Coordinator for Switzerland for the International Society for Emotional Intelligence. In this interview, she talks about her coaching journey, her coaching successes, and about the importance of ICF.

Esther Goette is an ICF Certified Professional Coach specialized in executive coaching and leadership development. She is originally from Germany, living now in Geneva. She has more than 20 years experience as a global brand management expert in operations/line management. Moreover, she has been ICF Switzerland's Community Leader in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, became later on a Board Member and then President of the Swiss Chapter. Listen to this podcast to understand Esther's journey to Coaching. She shares how to start a coaching business, current topics and concerns of her coaching clients are, but also how she as a coach (and beyond) has changed her approach.

Sonja Robinson is an inspirational leadership coach focused on establishing relationships of mutual trust. Acting as a thought leader within talent management, Sonja coaches individuals and teams at middle and senior level to enhance personal and professional purpose, learning and growth, increase performance, and deliver impactful results for the organization. With an expertise in designing and managing customized leadership, peer coaching and skills training programs, Sonja has designed regional and global leadership development programs annually, covering development areas like time management, delegation, communication, coaching skills for leaders, conflict management, feedback, mediation and behavioural change. She has managed and delivered multicultural project teams of up to 20 on global event projects with FIFA, collaborating with team members and senior level stakeholders including CEOs, politicians, diplomats and members of Royalty and government. Sonja has also taken part in Volunteer Leadership with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for over 12 years. Sonja holds a masters in coaching and consulting for change from Oxford SAID university of Oxford. She is a certified CORETM coach, and ICF-accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and CHART Certified Coach. www.prime-coaching.com This podcast reflects Sonja's journey to coaching as well as her contribution to ICF Switzerland and the relationships that she has been built up as a result with ICF Switzerland volunteers that she has met such as e.g. Virginia Williams, Nathalie Ducront, Thomas Freitag. Moreover, Sonja shares insights into her coaching activity and her client base, what makes her successful as a coach, what authenticity means for her as a coach, and how has learnt to know and trust herself. At the end of the interview, Sonja shares deep thoughts about truly listening, truly understanding and how important this is for coaching. Recorded on 26 June 2023, interviewers: Natalia Pliszczak, Rachael Des Lauriers & Matthias Läubli

Über Christine Kranz: Seit über 25 Jahren coacht Christine Kranz Top Executives. Dabei arbeitet die Liechtensteinerin mit der von ihr entwickelten weltweit führenden Reflexionsmethode. Ihr Fokus ist nachhaltige Potenzialentwicklung und sie erreicht dies mit Meisterwerken von Monet, Kahlo und Rembrandt. Zum Beispiel nutzt sie die Kraft der Archetypen als Spiegel für weibliche Führung. In der Reflexion der eigenen Assoziationen zu weltberühmten Meisterwerken liegt der Schlüssel für bahnbrechende Erkenntnisse. Christine Kranz ist Autorin mehrerer Reflexionsbücher und Gastdozentin an verschiedenen Hochschulen und Universitäten. Weitere Informationen zur Symbolon-Methode: https://www.symbolon.com/ - Wie ist Christine zum Coaching gekommen?  - Was hat sie erfolgreich gemacht als Coach? - Wie hat sie ihre Ausbildung am C.G. Jung Institut in Zürich geprägt als Coach? - Was bedeuten Konzepte wie "Individuation" und "Schattenarbeit"? Wie können diese Konzepte mit Coaching in Verbindung gebracht werden? - Kann man sagen, C.G. Jung habe schon gecoacht? Worin unterscheidet sich Therapie und Coaching? - Wie kam es zur Gründung des Unternehmens "Symbolon" gekommen? - Wie können Kunstwerke im Coaching genutzt werden, um andere Zugänge zu Themen zu finden? - Welche Bilder sind besonders bedeutsam und hilfreich für die Arbeit von Christine Kranz im Coaching? - Wie kann die "Heldengeschichte" im Coaching eingesetzt werden? - Was macht neue Erfahrungen so wichtig im Coaching? Warum genügen Erkenntnis und Einsicht nicht? Muss die Erkenntnis emotional erlebt werden? - Welche Erinnerungen hat Christine Kranz an die ersten Jahre des ICF Chapters in der Schweiz? Ihr erster Eintrag eines Treffens in ihrer Agenda war im November 2001, noch vor der Gründung 2003 - Was gefällt ihr am International Coaching Verband, so dass sie seit Beginn Mitglied ist? - Was hat sie motiviert, selber aktiv zu werden und Verantwortung im Vorstand zu übernehmen bei ICF Deutschland? - Wie beurteilt sie den Beitrag von ICF zur Professionalisierung des Coaching-Berufes? Wie ist sie zur Zertifizierung zur Master Certified Coach (MCC) gekommen? Interview vom April 2023, mit Maeve Baechler & Matthias Läubli

Fran Bruning is an ICF Associate Certified Coach and Certified Group and Team Coach (Ignite Global). She is currently studying for her Masters Degree in Coaching, Mentoring and Leadership at the University York St. Johns. As an Executive Coach, Motivator and Trainer, she specialises in personal and professional development for individuals and groups. She believes that nobody should be held back because of past experiences and limiting beliefs and everyone deserves to unlock their potential and thrive! Info sheet and contact details: https://www.fbruning.com - What led you to become a coach? - What is your coaching style? - What is important to you as a coach? - What are the main coaching topics that come up in your coaching practice? - What was your development journey as a coach? - Why did you decide to join ICF? - What do you like about ICF Switzerland? - What are your most favourite topics or events that ICF Switzerland organises? - How do you look back at the process of preparing for your ACC certification? - Is there anything that has changed as a result of your preparation for the ACC certification? - What are some other training programmes you have done to continue developing yourself as a coach? - What are your plans into the future, for you as a coach? - There is a lot of coaching trends on the market at the moment, which ones resonate with you and are important to you? - Where can people listening find more information about you and connect with you?

We had the honor to speak with our guests Jan Urfer, CEO of Sensopro and Lea Weyermann, the internal Coach at Sensopro. Sensopro is a Swiss start-up company which is internationally operating in the health/sports business. They realized in the early stages that their human capital is one of the key factors to growth and success. In this podcast you hear the questions from Karin Treichler and Sensopro's answers about: - What benefits brings coaching to a company and to the employees? - What can change in the company through coaching? - How is it to have an internal coach in the company?

Lenka Willems has more than 10 years of experience in various HR-roles, ranging from recruitment, HR projects to Learning & Development. She is an Associate Certified Coach and an active volunteer in the International Coaching Federation in Switzerland. Additional information is available on her webpage https://www.beunstoppableyou.com/.  - How did Lenka come from L&D to coaching?  - What was really helpful to pursue this dream?  - What was her limiting belief that was holding her back to become a coach?  - What critical incident allowed her change the way she was looking at this limiting belief?  - What does she like in coaching?  - What concepts are at the core of Lenka's coaching?  - Who are Lenka's typical coaching customers? What are their topics?  - To what extent is her HR experience relevant for her role as a coach?  - How does she see the fact that she coaches only virtually/remotely? Is there anything she is missing due to the coaching virtual setting?  - What metaphor describes her coaching approach?  - What brought her to International Coaching Federation in Switzerland, for which she is active as a volunteer? 

Matthias Läubli is a married father of 2. He holds a master’s degree in Psychology, supplemented by a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Coaching, a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Change Management & Organizational Development as well as a coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation. Moreover, he has more than 10 years of experience as HR professional in international companies. Today, he works with both, corporate and private clients, that contact him for development & assessment centers, career counseling & business coaching. He is the current Zurich Chapter Leader, electrical guitar lover and amateur soccer player. - What’s the boundary between a session with a psychologist and a coach - What are emerging coaching trends - How to choose a coach - How has the pandemic reshaped the coaching industry - What has changed in Matthias’ coaching style evolves over the years Interview Anna Shakhovets, 25 November 2021