News From ACTO
President’s message: September 2019
Courageous Conversations Have you ever been in a conversation with a trusted colleague or friend and held back from starting a dialogue about a sensitive topic? You trust the person but this is uncharted territory and the last thing you want to do is damage your relationship. Instead of creating an opportunity for dialogue, you choose to say nothing and feel a sense of relief in not going “there.” Initiating a dialogue on a sensitive [...]
President’s message: August 2019
What Does "Inclusion" Mean for Your Coach Training Program? The importance of inclusion in our coach training schools was the subject of a recent discussion I had with a colleague. She asked me what I meant by the term "inclusion" which led me to wonder what inclusion means to each of us as coach trainers. When I look at the ACTO Stand, it is clear that "ACTO is committed to creating diversity, inclusion and belonging [...]
ACTO Diversity Committee Update
A critical first offering from our Committee as a resource for ACTO members: Please make the investment in watching this video, with speaker Dr. Robin DiAngelo. This serves so well in providing a place for us to come from, free from guilt or shame or defensiveness and to be in a place to receive and learn. It will be of value whether you were at the 2019 ACTO Conference, or whether you were not, whether you [...]
President’s message: July 2019
Earlier this month I presented at the Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) conference in Boston, MA. Higher education professionals work tirelessly to support students with disabilities and are more enthusiast each year about integrating coach skills into their work. This year’s keynote speaker was Haben Girma, J. D., a leading advocate for people with disabilities. Haben is a woman of color and the first Deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. She [...]
President’s message: June 2019
When I joined ACTO over 9 years ago, my goal was to learn how to create a bigger, better, coach training program. And at my first ACTO Conference, I felt small, and rather intimidated, to be among the best and brightest in coach education. Yet I quickly learned that ACTO members were caring and insightful people who opened their hearts and their doors to my questions and concerns. Of course, as well-trained coaches, ACTO members [...]