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A community for coaches who are curious, want to learn, explore, experiment, innovate and continue to professionalise their practice. As coaches we know that a good way to do all of the above is through community and collaboration!

As coaches, keeping up to date with the latest research in coaching approaches, models, tools and technologies is no easy task. This global community of practice is all about teaming up, sharing best practices, inspiring, challenging each other and exploring the future of coaching together.

As a community, we host regular events, activities, projects and initiatives to continue learning.

There are no fees to join the community. In the future, there may be some premium features or options to access certain resources or aspects of the community that require time and budget.

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As a consumer, you join the community and learn from others’ questions/responses, resources and enjoy the learning that can be gained from the repertoire of coaching knowledge the community creates.

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Firstly, yes I know it’s a made up word – an engager is someone who engages in the community, helps others with their questions, asks questions themselves, perhaps shares resources and adds value to the community as a whole by actively engaging with the community.

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As a co-creator, you take the engagement a step further and you might set-up activities, events or initiatives for the community members with the aim to experiment, learn and innovate with one another and draw from our collective brains.

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As a whole, Coaching Innovators is a co-created space, where all the learning experiences are co-designed and co-delivered by community members, for free, in their free time, and out of a shared passion for coaching. We respect and admire each other’s courage, work and contribution.

For most people, the default is to show up in consumer mode. We may feel more comfortable in our comfort zones and this may feel like a much safer choice. Co-creation and participation is often perceived as being riskier: Do I say and do the right thing? What will others think of me? It may seem ‘safer’ to start out by observing and seeing what’s happening.

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As a whole, Coaching Innovators is a co-created space, where all the learning experiences are co-designed and co-delivered by community members, for free, in their free time, and out of a shared passion for coaching. We respect and admire each other’s courage, work and contribution.

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We also know that’s not where growth happens. Growth and learning happen by getting stuck in and getting involved. It’s also why this community was created, for us to learn from each other, co-create, experiment and innovate as we know that both growth and learning happens through action.

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That’s why in our community, every member can host an event, facilitate an activity, take the lead for an event type, add in new channel topics, come up with project ideas and experiments and rally a team to make it happen, start a learning cluster, and much more. This is your personal learning playground. There are no expectations, no KPIs, or anyone telling you what you need to do. It’s you, your creativity, your ideas, your way of doing things, and your courage to leave your comfort zone behind and fully immerse yourself into learning by doing and facilitating your own growth as a coach.

We’re happy you’re here!

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Step 1: Follow us on LinkedIn.

Step 2: Fill in our joining form.

Step 3: Say hi and introduce yourself in the Introductions channel in Slack.

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While interacting with other members, we ask that you keep the following principles in mind to help us to maintain a safe and inclusive environment:

Welcome and support people of all backgrounds and identities. Any environment (Slack, LinkedIn, etc) supported by the Coaching Innovators community is a safe environment where people are free to express their identities.

Be a respectful community participant that values other's skills, and contributions.

Maintain an environment where people are free from discrimination or harassment.

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Coaching Innovators is a place for connecting, learning, and growing, with a strict “no selling” policy. Selling or promoting your product or service can ONLY BE DONE in our community dedicated places. (e.g. slack channel #promote-your-services)

When community members ask for advice or recommendations, and you are able to help them with a paid service or product, please reply publicly, explaining how you can help and how they can reach out to you.

Never contact that person via private message with a sales pitch. Never pitch your product in a conversation with someone you’ve met in the community, unless invited to share. Never approach someone in DM asking to get feedback on your service/ product, “pick their brains” or do any other form of market research.

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When sharing curated content inside the community, please ensure you mention the source and author as long as it is known to you. (e.g. name or link) Always respect copyright laws.

Avoid reposting your personal Social Media posts in the community. Writing for your peers within the community and writing to an audience or followers are different things, and will require a different tone of voice and approach.

Posts that link to personal articles, podcasts, blogs, newsletters, awards and personal achievements will only be allowed in the Slack channel #proud-me.

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Community builder - Virtual Reality Coaching - Leadership and Career Coach - ICF ACC - Learning & Development Consultant and Facilitator

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Community builder | Mindset Coach for Career Growth | ICF Accredited Coach | LinkedIn Consultant | Marketing Lead

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Community builder - Business Coach for Senior Leaders & Entrepreneurs • LGBTQIA+ • Leadership Facilitator • Nature Coaching 🌳

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Community builder. Consultant. Facilitator. Communication culture worker. Founder of Curios Consulting.

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Community builder | Executive Coach | Account Manager| Programme Lead | Tech Whiz - specialising in global leadership programmes

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Community builder - Founder of lightbulb.coach ltd | Accredited ICF Coach (PCC)| ICF Coach Mentor | Coach Educator | VR Coach | Talent and L&D Consultant

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Community builder | Leadership Coach | Forbes U30 | ICF RO Board Member | Professional Coach (ICF & EMCC) | HR & Learning Expert | Mentor Coach

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Community builder - Certified Mental Health Coach - VR researcher

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All events we host can be accessed via our Coaching Innovators calendar.

More to come on future events;

Coaching Showcase - sessions where coaches share their expertise, their tools or their experiences for other coaches to learn from. Interactive and purposeful.

CoachCast: What’s Hot - learning session focusing on coaching themes, hearing from experts and current trends in coaching

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CoachLink is a casual yet structured networking event for coaches to connect, learn from each other and make meaningful connections ✨

​These sessions are 40mins, interactive and purposeful.

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Chapters for Change is a coaching book club where we delve deeper into the coaching literature and have stimulating facilitated conversations in small groups. ✨

​There are 3x 60mins virtual sessions, across 3 weeks.

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The Coaching Debate Club is a facilitated debate club for coaches on the hot topics that have our coaches talking and questioning.

Debates are always respectful, fun and educational.

Our first topic is "Is AI the new coach in town?" 🤔

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Community builder | MAPP | Certified Coach | Hybrid human-AI coaching enthusiast | Events Lead

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coachinginnovators@gmail.com

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