Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings

The DCF offers Special Interest Group (or SIG) sessions before our featured monthly program.

Our SIG structure is designed as a progression to support members in building skills and business acumen and move to more advanced coaching topics as their experience deepens.

Exploring Coaching as a Profession SIG
Fundamentals of Starting Your Coaching Practice SIG
Marketing for the Established Coach SIG
Executive and Business Coaches SIG

Exploring Coaching as a Profession SIG

The Exploring Coaching SIG offers a Q & A forum for individuals interested in exploring coaching as a profession. Bring your burning questions and gather with others considering coaching as a career.

Our discussion may include, and is not limited to:

• understanding how coaching differs from related professions
• learning what makes an exceptional coach
• determining if self-employment suits you
• choosing your niche and specialty
• investigating training programs, certification and mentor coaches
• getting started . . .

Facilitated by:
Judy Sabah, MCC, PMC; judy@judysabah.com; 303.777-1765

Fundamentals of Starting Your Coaching Practice SIG

The Fundamentals of Starting Your Coaching Practice SIG helps new coaches create a step-by-step process for building a flourishing coaching practice. Each month, Coach Training Alliance certified coaches and SIG leader Barbara Flood will guide first-year coaches through the intricacies of building a wildly successful coaching practice! FSYCP is specifically designed to meet the needs of coaches in their first year of practice.

Facilitated by:
Barbara Flood, MSW, Ph.D.; barbaflood@aol.com; 303-906-1545

Marketing for the Established Coach SIG

The Marketing for the Established Coach SIG is dedicated to supporting experienced coaches (at least 2 years of experience) in growing their businesses. The meetings are conducted like a Master Mind session – sharing ideas and experiences for taking your business to the next level.

Facilitated by:
Brenda Cody, M.S.; Brenda@WorkSolutionsGroup.com; 720-989-8743
Karen Van Cleve; coachkaren@comcast.net; 303-987-5957

Executive and Business Coaches SIG

The Executive and Business Coaches SIG is for executive coaches who are interested in a learning community in which to discuss current literature and best practices in executive coaching. This SIG is for experienced and actively practicing executive coaches.

The Executive Coaching SIG will meet offsite and NOT before the regular DCF meeting.
(Please contact Gary Hawk for details).

We meet on the third Wednesday of each month in 2010.

The 2010 meeting dates for the Executive and Business Coaches SIG:
January 20
March 17
April 21
May 19
July 21
August 18
October 20
November 17

(We will skip February, June, September and December).

Facilitated by:
Gary Hawk; garyhawk@getclarity.com; 303-333-4757 (office), 619-972-6540 (cell)