Regional Advisory Council, EMEA ICF EMEA Regional Advisory Council Virtual ELM 24 th October 2014

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Who are we?

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA The voice of the region The ICF Board of Directors approved the establishment of a network of Regional Advisory Councils in 2012: 1Europe, Middle East and Africa 2Latin America 3Asia Pacific 4West (U.S.) 5East (U.S. & Canada) 6Northwest (U.S. & Canada) 7Midwest (U.S)

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Goal of RACs The primary purpose for these councils is to create a community of ICF leaders creating synergy and spirit through inspiration and support to serve the members and the coaching profession.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA ICF EMEA RAC: the start The 5 members of the EMEA RAC were elected in March 2014 by the chapter boards, followed by a thorough application and selection process by the Nominating Committee. Candidates are ICF accredited members with previous ICF leadership experience.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA The 5 members of EMEA RAC

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Sylviane Cannio MCC Specialist in Strategy and Intercultural Communication. A humanist training executives with a coach attitude since the late 80s. A pioneer of coaching in Belgium. International keynote and book writer. Founder of Nova Terra Coach Training. Active in the ICF since 2002: President ICF Belgium , Chair of the ECC Brussels 2006, Director at the Global Board and Vice- President in 2010.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Dóra Hegedu ̋ s ACC Business/executive coach with 1,000 hours experience, built on 15 years of corporate career and NGO leadership. Co-founder of Coach Academy ACSTH. ICF mentor coach. Since 2008 served ICF as founder/board member/president of ICF Hungary, member of ELM CT, member of ICF Global 2012 conference steering committee. President of the Federation of Hungarian Coach Organizations. ICF President's Awardee 2012.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Tiina Hellgrén ACC Business and executive coach since Leader at the insurance branch and experience of board work over 20 years. Served ICF since 2011 as board member/president of ICF Finland, RAC preparation team, PM and member of SC on Global Conference Malmö, member of HPO Team. Founding member of Ethical Committee for Mentoring and Coaching in Finland.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Kathryn Pope PCC Executive & Leadership coach with background as a marketing director and consultant across varied industry sectors. Active member of the ICF from 2002 with many chapter, regional and global roles: 5 years on UK ICF board (2 as President) - 2 years on the ELM Coordination Team and the originator, champion and Chair of ICF Global 2012 London. Keynote speaker in Europe, and qualified Coach supervisor.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Gürkan Sarioglu ACC Worked in ICT sector for 37 years, from Engineer position up to the CEO / Board member positions. Started coaching, as his second profession at the age of 60. An ACTP graduate and a member of ICF since President of ICF Turkey between Leader of the Internal Regulation Committee and Chapter’s Ethic Liaison. Member of the “National Professional Competencies” team on Coaching.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA How do we function?

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA How do we function? RAC meets virtually every 2nd week for one and a half hours. Members manage their own dedicated projects in between. We take our decisions unanimously. We use Google Drive, Dropbox, Basecamp and Zoom as our communication means. Projects are suggested by the half yearly EMEA Leaders Meeting and RAC reports back to ELM. We strive to become a high-performing body of ICF – our team coach, Ludmila Egorova supports us to achieve it.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Mission To represent all the EMEA Chapters and their interests in the ICF community, To work as both the Institutional memory and the Voice of the region, and Act as a strategy level influencing body and bridge within the ICF community.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Vision To have established an RAC that is valued by the EMEA Chapters, –for being engaged on the core interests of the region –by representing, facilitating and enabling them to their satisfaction, –whilst having built an effective and productive relationship with ICF Global and other RACs.

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Our values

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Main strategies Establish a high-performing team with well-defined processes Develop a greater focus on strategic thinking Encourage implementation and action at Chapter level Influencing ICF Global and advocating policies that impact EMEA Ensure a better use of existing resources Share information, knowledge and best practice within the region Align with and manage the expectations of both the ELM and ICF Global

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA What have we done so far?

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Topics raised at ELM Frankfurt 1.Setup a Modelling Structure of best practices 2.Shared Internet platform 3.“institutional memory” 4.Collation, storage + distribution of “best practice” for chapters [One stop shop for growth ideas, branding/marketing, business models] 5.Source ”next practice” ideas – from chapters + other sources 6.Speakers database for chapter events 7.Hold awareness of the region’s strategic issues 8.Think about a way to bring global resources to chapters 9.Counselling → Chapter Contract w. Global 10.How to be mediator: Global ←→ local 11.Membership of chapters & local fees 12.Optimization and support on credentialing 13.Advise on regional strategic, financial investments 14.Re-look + improve current agreements (conference, chapter, marketing, etc.) 15.Define what is meant by “sponsor” according to chapter agreement 16.Define and agree on SLA between Global and Region 17.Dialogue with CL – hear the chapter 18.Prepare for EMEA LM 19.Communication kit (about RAC) for the chapter leaders 20.Define the engagement model (chapters ←→ RAC) 21.Who can contact RAC 22.European Marketing Structure? → local Strategies / Political Structure 23.Rasing the profile of ICF EMEA (media coverage) 24.ICF message in Europe: Visibility, Cultural influence 25.Help smaller networks develop: Mediterranean, Nordic 26.Strategic review of regulation of the profession 27.Lobbying body (EU, Gov. Bodies) 28.Creating task force around topics 29.Platform for volunteers to offer specialized support to serve EMEA community 30.Worldwide Expo (Milano) 31.Policies for e.g.: brand use/abuse, questions from 2014 ELM, sponsorship of events 32.Coordination of strategic projects 33.Is EMEA region most appropriate ‘collection’? 34.Define a clear vision 35.Future of CT

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Delivery to Date (forming phase) Minimum service level agreement Voting rules Definition of roles in meetings Mission, vision, values, strategies Selection of the 5 projects from the 35 proposed by ELM Frankfurt Creating mini-teams for the projects Decision making process Selecting a team coach and start the team coaching process Active participation in promoting ICF Global 2014 Malmö (6 weeks) Participating at the Global Leaders Forum in Malmö Exploring the future of CT and RAC

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Our projects for 2014/15 1.RAC communication kit for the chapter leaders 2.Hold awareness of the region’s strategic issues 3.Think about a way to bring global resources to chapters 4.Optimization and support on credentialing 5.“Institutional memory”

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA 1. RAC communication kit

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA 2. The region’s strategic issues

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA 3. Bring global resources to chapters

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA 4. Optimization and support on credentialing

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA 5. Institutional memory

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Comments and feedback

Regional Advisory Council, EMEA Contact us! Contact person for ICF Global Board: Contact person for ICF staff members and RSC: Contact person for other RACs: Contact person for EMEA CT and ELM: Contact person for EMEA chapter leaders: