SeattleCoach! "Connection. Curiosity. Challenge."

​The SeattleCoach Coaching for Leaders (CFL)
​Facilitator-Coach Team

Through the years, SeattleCoach has trained hundreds of leaders in tech, healthcare, non-profits, human services, real estate, and other key sectors.   ​Now, the members of this team of world-class SeattleCoaches,
are coming together to meet the growing demand.

Patricia Burgin, MA MCC,
SeattleCoach Founder and Head Coach
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These fun-loving SeattleCoaches have been meeting together with Patty quarterly at the College Club to launch a major expansion of a proven idea.

They are the CFL Facilitator-Coaches, and we'll keep this page loaded ​with resources as they test and learn.

Because when the coach is ready, the opportunities will appear.

In our third and final meeting of 2023 on  October 28, we talked about our stories.

  1. I asked one of my all-time favorite people to talk about how to stories to inspire, coach and facilitate. And the CFL facilitators brought their own stories--the ones that illustrate Key Coaching Skills. 
  2. And we heard stories of how CFL programs are springing up with younger and emerging leaders, in health care, tech and in non-profit organizations. In-person will always be our favorite--but we're learning that the needs of modern teams can absolutely be factored in.

If you've been part of the fun in 2023 . . .

  1.  Click here and I'll approve your membership in our super-secret Facebook group asap. It's been a great place between quarterly meetings for everyone's ​questions, stories and potential collaborations.
  2. And click here to make sure you're on Patty's list for 2024. ​
The bar is going up in 2024. You'll need to be:
  • entrepreneurial--and focused on launching CFL engagements
  • collaborative
  • available to meet, and 
  • have some biographical web presence​

Some pics and notes from our 2023 offsites.
We've found major energy in four areas of focus . . .
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CFL: Younger & Emerging Leaders

Whose license plate? Hmm?

CFL in Health Care

CFL with Modern Teams

As leaders learn to coach, they are better equipped to navigate the challenges of today's dynamic people-management environment: 
  • Hybrid teams (with in-person and remote members)
  • Global teams and cultures
  • Teams that are diverse in every way (think diversity, belonging, & opportunity)
  • And teams that want to promote work/life balance and well-being

CFL in Non-Profits

​Two articles to use in sequence that will help you to talk with potential sponsors about CFL specifics . . .
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Once I've had an initial conversation, I send them a copy of ​
​What Happens When Your Leaders Learn to Coach?  
​People who contact SeattleCoach receive an automatic copy in response.
In addition, if you as a CFL Coach Facilitator were the source of their interest, I ask that they add your name to my little form. And then I contact you.


​Then, when a sponsor is ready to start planning,   
it's a good time to begin reviewing things "from the balcony" . . . 
The CFL Course Objectives and Content Outline
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And The  Coaching for Leaders Playbook (second edition),   
will be available soon.
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Along the way, I make sure to clarify our two training options  . . .
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Door #1

Door #2

Since 2008,  SeattleCoach has developed two proven  Training Options . . .​

 
 Since our first Cohort launched in the Spring of 2008, mid-career professionals have been applying for our Flagship Cohorts. These SeattleCoach Cohorts are approved by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for coaches who are pursuing professional certification at the ACC and PCC level.

In 2015 leaders and their organizations began to ask us for customized executive coaching education. In response, we co-created rich cohort experiences for organizational leaders and their teams. Rather than focusing on professional credentialing, these veteran leaders and their sponsors are aiming to increase leadership effectiveness. They are building coaching cultures.
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​Door #2 is Coaching for Leaders (CFL).

 We've noticed that  coaching cultures  grow on a foundation of three essentials . . .
  1. ​Enthusiastic sponsors who understand the ROI of bringing coach training and development to their leaders and people managers,​
  2. leaders and people-managers who raise their hands to participate,
  3. and external executive coaches who know how to facilitate and model the learning. 

3. Finally, these docs and links are specifically for SeattleCoach CFL facilitators and triad coaches
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Our upcoming dates at the College Club where we'll continue to work together on your progress + next steps . . .

  • Saturday, January 27, 2024, 9-3pm: A day together to evaluate and plan. Patty will announce two CFL Coordinators for 2024-25.

Please contact Patty  if you don't see invitations to any/all of these dates.