Outcomes of the July Board Meeting - Part 1

On July 8 to 10, the ICF Board met for its usual mid-year face-to-face meeting. I was extremely pleased to witness and be a part of the deep, strategic and holistic conversations we had. The richness of the agenda reminded me how much our Board and the organization have committed to do this year and how all of the different elements we are working on are interconnected.

If you have questions or comments about the following information, I encourage you to post your thoughts at the end of this post and/or join members of the Board for the next Real Talk with the Board call (see schedule).

Update on ICF Board Discussions, in Anticipation of the July 2010 Board Meeting

I’d like to provide you with an update of the Board’s activities, in anticipation of our upcoming meeting scheduled for July 7-9 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We are six months into the year and there are many initiatives and decisions that we are being called to make.

As usual, I’d like to hear comments and input from you in one of the various feedback channels that are listed at the end of this post. Please let me know your thoughts on any of the following areas the Board is discussing:

What can we all do to increase sustainability?

After the reflections made at the ICF ECC Conference around creating a breakthrough to break the pattern toward planet destruction (download the July Coaching World to read the article), I would like to open a conversation about what we can do, as individual coaches and as an organization, to role model and foster sustainable behaviors. Please share, discuss and give suggestions around this topic.

Giovanna D'Alessio, MCC
2010 ICF President

giovanna@coachfederation.org

A message from Colleen Bracken, PCC, ICF Membership & Community Committee Chair

Recently, a large sample of the ICF membership was surveyed by the global ICF Membership & Community Committee to share their thoughts on a very important issue: minimum eligibility requirements for ICF members.

If you didn’t receive an invitation to complete the survey but would like to, please click here to share your thoughts now. The survey will be available through June 21 and takes less than five minutes to complete.

Last year, as part of the feedback collected from a member survey as well as focus group work, the great majority of ICF survey and focus group participants indicated that the ICF should institute some type of minimum eligibility requirement in order to uphold and ensure the future of ICF’s standard of excellence. Many members thought the requirement should revolve around training.

Partnering for building a successful ICF

ICF’s Management Agreement with IMG

Since the year 2000, ICF has employed the assistance of a management company to run the association’s day-to-day operations. While the ICF Board of Directors sets overall policy and strategic direction for the organization, our management company partners with us to “make it happen.” Since May 2005, the ICF has been in a partnership with IMG. So for the last five years, under the direction of ICF’s elected leadership, IMG has provided service and support to our growing global membership.

Due Diligence Before Renewing the Contract

In early 2009, a special taskforce was appointed to look into the possibility of renewing the ICF/IMG contract for another period. The role of the taskforce was to engage in a due diligence process to consider the performance of IMG so far, to make sure any new agreement was in line with industry standards, to negotiate favorable terms for any new agreement, and to assess the way in which ICF and IMG worked together. This taskforce, on which I had the privilege of serving, worked for many months to perform this due diligence. Now, I would like to share the results of our work with you.