What is coaching’s greatest possibility for humanity and the planet?ICF Foundations Saima Butt and Amy Friskney

ICF Foundation reflects the passion and commitment of coaches to make a difference. Each of us want to make a difference and how can we create, though our emerging potential as coach educators, the difference? When we apply coaching to humanity’s greatest challenges the seemingly impossible becomes imaginable. The imagined becomes compelling and with human will, the compelling becomes possible. This in turn, multiplies the impact of coaching for societal progress.

What does, in our coach trainings, ultimate success be like and what would be the consequences? A place where the stand for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging become realised.

This session, immersed in small group dialogue and wider room sharing, will strive to create shared meaning for social progress and question how we as coach leaders and trainers flourish as a whole and not just as the parts.


For Saima, coaching and societal progress are inextricably linked. Her purpose is to connect people with the abundance of their potential. She holds a vision for humanity in which people come together to generate social change for an equitable place for all to thrive.

She is co-founding director of a business approaching 20 years delivering in private & public sector organizations. Leaders are drawn by her passion in applying strategic thinking and intuitive awareness in delivering focused outcomes for business success.