Dear Co-Active Coaches,

Welcome to the August edition of The Inquiry. The lazy days of summer are upon us, and so is the heat! There’s plenty to refresh you in this month’s newsletter, including several wonderful articles on the topic of staying motivated as a solopreneur. Here’s a snapshot of what you’ll find in The Inquiry this month:

In CTI News, we announce that our Systems Coaching Integration course, the fifth course in the Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) curriculum, was accredited by the International Coach Federation for 18 continuing coaching hours. We also announce our first-ever midweek Core Curriculum coaching series in San Rafael, CA. We’ve had many requests for a midweek series, and are excited to pilot it this fall. In addition, our first-ever course in South Africa was held in August. You can read more about all of these events in CTI News.

Our staff profile this month in Community focuses on Sabrina Roblin, our Vice President, School Director. When I think of Sabrina, the words wise, calm and compassionate come to mind. Honestly, she’s amazing! Read on to discover why we call her our resident ritual keeper. And while you’re in Community, check out what’s happening in the Co-Active Network. With more than 7,400 members and 40 niches, the calendar is full of great events. Why not join in or try something new this month?

We invited our readers to take on some big questions related to our feature topic for articles: Staying Motivated as a Solopreneur. What challenges have you faced? How do you stay motivated when working alone? How do you recover when you become discouraged? CPCCs Joelle Jay and Margo Bebinger, and coach Janet Moore offer insights, strategies and tools on these topics that they know from personal experience really do work. I saw myself reflected in many of the situations they described, and was able to take away several suggestions I’m putting to use right now.

We’re pleased to announce and congratulate CTI’s newest CPCCs. What an accomplishment!

It’s been a couple of years since we checked in with you on The Inquiry to get your comments and suggestions. Over the next three months, we’ll be inviting, digesting and acting on your feedback, to ensure the newsletter continues to be a powerful must-read for you. During this time, we’ll be publishing on a quarterly schedule, with our next edition appearing in October. Our featured topic will be What Can’t You Be With in Your Coaching? The response to our request for articles on this topic has been strong, and the material we’ve received to date is both revealing and inspiring.

As always, we welcome your ongoing feedback at newsletter@thecoaches.com!

Chrystine Langille Vice President, Marketing

CTI News

Systems Coaching Integration Now Accredited by the ICF
In early July, the Systems Coaching Integration course (formerly “Dojo”), the fifth course in the Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) curriculum, was accredited by the International Coach Federation for 18 continuing coaching hours. Now the entire ORSC curriculum is accredited for a total of 84 hours!

Systems Coaching Integration: Moving Toward Mastery is the newest course in the ORSC curriculum. The three-day advanced course provides a learning space to deepen and hone the skills of Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching. This course integrates the dimensions of Relationship Intelligence, System Geography and Relationship Path through hands-on practice, group supervision, a deepened understanding of the underpinning of the model and practice, practice, practice.

With the accreditation of Systems Coaching Integration, effective August 1, 2006, CTI revised the ORSC course packages to include the Systems Coaching Integration course, and we’ve scheduled the course in many more locations. Here is a list of upcoming Systems Coaching Integration courses:

Students who wish to participate in the future ORSC Certification Program will be required to complete the Systems Coaching Integration course.

New Midweek Series Being Offered in San Rafael, CA
We are thrilled to announce that CTI is offering our first ever mid-week Core Curriculum series in San Rafael this fall.  The courses will run from Tuesday through Thursday. Daily course times are the same as the weekend courses. 

Course dates:

	Fundamentals	October 17–19, 2006
	Fulfillment	November 7–9, 2006
	Balance	December 5–7, 2006
	Process	January 9–11, 2007
	In the Bones	February 6–8, 2007

For more information, please call 1-800-691-6008 or visit our website at www.thecoaches.com.

CTI Completes Its First Fundamentals Courses in South Africa
The first Fundamentals course in South Africa was held August 4-6, and the second was held August 10-12. The course was co-led by Marita Fridjhon and Jim Patterson. Marita is originally from South Africa, and it has been a long-held dream of hers to bring Co-Active coaching to her homeland.

Community

Introducing CTI Staff Member Sabrina Roblin
Sabrina Roblin is our Vice President, School Director at CTI and much, much more! She’s also our ritual keeper and space holder extraordinaire. Sabrina’s peaceful energy calms distressed students and co-workers alike. Getting to know her better is a treat. Sabrina tells us more about herself here.

Co-Active Network
The Co-Active Network’s main community now has more than 7,400 members! Their conversations continue to be vibrant, innovative and informative. There are more than 40 niche and geographic communities to check out. Come join the fun!

The network exists to support every member in achieving his/her greatest vision for Co-Active coaching and leadership in the world. Each community has its own resources, discussions and community events. You can check the full calendar on the Co-Active Network. Many main community events have been recorded on audio podium. The list of recorded sessions is available under the “Resources” section of the main community; look for the topic “Audio Podiums from Network Main Event Sessions” for a full list.

Articles

Learning from the Masters: A Path to Success for Solopreneurs
“Of all the challenges of being a solopreneur, one of the most challenging is isolation. By definition, solopreneurs work alone. If you’re not careful, you can start to believe you are alone—completely on your own in your quest to envision, design and implement your business,” says Dr. Joelle Jay, CPCC, who is an executive and leadership coach, speaker and author specializing in leadership and personal effectiveness. Read more about what she has to say about solopreneurship.

The Enthusiastic Solopreneur: Tools for Maintaining Motivation
Janet H. Moore, JD, provides executive coaching and consulting to lawyers, and international lawyers in particular, through International Lawyer Coach, Inc. In this article, she says, “As Ralph Waldo Emerson quipped, ‘Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.’ The most successful coaches seem to have enthusiasm in spades, and this enthusiasm propels their coaching careers—and their clients—towards greatness. Sometimes the isolation of the solopreneur life can threaten a coach’s enthusiasm. If this happens to you, recapture it with some of these strategies.”
To find out more, click here.

Staying Motivated as a Solopreneur, or Is There a World Outside of These Four Walls?
Margo Bebinger, CPCC, is an executive coach, a leadership consultant to organizations and their internal teams, and a co-leader and mentor in the International Co-Active Leadership Mentor Program. She is also a solopreneur. She says, “Having quit the day j-o-b more than a year ago to focus solely on a business, I have learned a little bit about working alone, and getting myself back on track when it feels hard or lonely or disconnected, or...” Click here to read more.

Celebration

Please join the CTI team in congratulating all of the Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches who have finished the rigorous certification program and passed their exams!

Diane Ahern, Elizabeth Ault, Barbara Wyckoff-Baird, Linda Balkin, Julie Cobb, Beth Craig, Scott Day, John Doan, Adam Dorsay, Helen Easton, Sonia Evans, Donella Hess-Grabill, Melissa Grossman, Terry Yoffe-Herman, Anne Keeton, Carla Kinder, Lisa Kollisch, Tony Kord, Chris Kwak, Marcia Spindell Lentz, Sharon Lewis, Dee Dee Levy, Terry Wilson-Malam, Lori Michaud, Ase Johanna Olsen, Deborah Oresegun, Shane O’Toole, Emily Perry, Deanna Peterson, Rebecca Pronchick, Phyllis Rosen, John Russell, Paul Scheriff, Kathleen Schulweis, Prema Sheerin, Amy St. Clair, Stephanie Stamatos and Lori Stelling.