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CTI Japan celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Writing for Transforum today is Hide Enomoto, a trail-blazer who was not afraid to take risks for the sake of achieving his vision to take Co-Active Coaching to non-English speakers. In 2000, Hide founded CTI Japan, which has become the most successful CTI business outside of North America.
Last weekend, CTI Japan celebrated its 10th Anniversary by hosting a 3-day event titled “Weaving a New Story.” Close to 250 people came to the event and it seems to have generated all sorts of emotions, from sheer inspiration to grudging discomfort not just in those who have participated, but also who were not able to be there. It’s like the event has created a ripple of energy that is beginning to spread across the whole Coaching community in Japan. And that was exactly our intent.
For years, I have been feeling that the Coaching community has become somewhat complacent. This is not just in Japan, but everywhere in the world. And when you become complacent, the growth stops as with everything else. We wanted to “rock the boat,” so to speak, so that we can break out of that complacency, to get out of the comfort-zone.
Hide Enomoto (right) speaking to Phil Sandahl and Karen Kimsey-House, who are listening to simultaneous translation.
Each of the 3 days we had a theme; Day 1 was about “Waking up to our Original Urge.” The question we posed was, “What brought you to Coaching in the first place?” “What kept you going?” Nobody came to Coaching looking for coaching. We all had some urge that eventually brought us to Coaching. Coaching is not the end, but the means to achieve what we set out to do.
Day 2 was about “Waking up to the World.” In order to weave a new story about coaching, I believe we need to be in touch with what’s happening in the world because it is a context that gives meaning to coaching. “Why Coaching now?” This is a question we have to keep asking ourselves. Otherwise, it will become ‘out of context’ and lose its ground in the rapidly changing world. We also looked at unconscious assumptions we as coaches hold about Coaching. This was a liberating experience for a lot of people.
Day 3 was about “Waking up to Our Mission.” The questions we asked ourselves were, “What is calling us?” “How can we respond to that call?” It is also my belief that those who came to coaching did not come to coaching just for the sake of it. What if we were all called to Coaching in order to achieve something larger together that would require things we learned through Coaching? What would that be?
As you can see, “Wake Up” is the key operating word here. As individuals, as coaches, as communities, as organizations, we need to stay awake and help others to stay awake so that we can continue to evolve, without falling into the trap of complacency. We need to stay awake in order to stay relevant to what’s happening in the world and actively participate in its evolution. I believe that Coaching, as a tool and as a profession, can play a much bigger and important role to keep all of us awake and evolve. It is my hope that this event has triggered something amongst the coaching community that will prompt them to bring out the best in coaching. We have just scratched the surface of what’s possible.
[See photos of the celebration on CTI's Facebook page.]
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