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Patrick Williams

One of the early pioneers of coaching, Pat is often called the ambassador of life coaching. Pat has been a licensed psychologist since 1980 and began executive coaching in 1990 with Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kodak and other companies along the front range of Colorado. He then started his own coach training school, the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), which specializes in training those with a human services orientation. He has authored 6 books about professional coaching with W.W. Norton books. Pat is a past board member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). He is past president of ACTO, the Association of Coach Training Organizations and an honorary VP of the Association of Coaching Psychology and a Founding member of Harvard University’s Institute of Coaching. In May of 2006 Pat was awarded the first Global Visionary Fellowship by the Foundation of Coaching for his Coaching the Global Village initiative to bring coaching methodologies to villages in developing countries and to leaders of non profits and nongovernmental organizations who serve them. He is passionate about coaching and dedicated to ensuring it remains a respected profession. He is most recently certified by Points of You ™, a company with creative tools for training and development. His newest book, with Balboa Press is Getting Naked: The Importance of Emotional Transparency at the Right Time, in the Right Place, with the Right Person. Pat continues to speak and train others in aspects of optimal living.

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Ethics in a Historical View & A Framework for Ethical Decision Making

By Patrick Williams
November 17, 2017
in :  Ethics
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26

We can look to Socrates as an early coach of sorts and later on Aristotle as well. Both men set the stage for all ethical guidelines that evolved in professions over centuries

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Case Studies and Questions to Ask Yourself

By Patrick Williams
November 17, 2017
in :  Ethics
0
53

When we think of Ethics in a profession, we may get lost in legalistic discussions of rules, rubrics, and detailed guidelines of how professionals should behave.  Simplifying that to a common-sense approach may help make the application more simple, clear, and practical.

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Supervision or Peer Consultation: An Op-Ed Blog

By Patrick Williams
October 23, 2015
in :  Future of Coaching
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4

This whole idea of supervision is misguided. Who supervises the supervisors? Is this just another monetized certification?

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Safari So Good! Reflections of Tanzania (Lessons from the Serengeti)

By Patrick Williams
July 13, 2015
in :  Cross Cultural Analyses
2
2

I recently returned from an 18-day personal odyssey with nine men into the deep bush of Tanzania. This journey was both an opportunity to be “unplugged” from my normal routine of work and personal life, as well as a learning experience about two tribal societies who represent ancient ways of living with the earth. Our tour was called Back to …

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Is Work-Life Balance a Myth?

By Patrick Williams
May 18, 2015
in :  Personal & Life Coaching
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4

It is a measure of energy, focus and satisfaction, not a static attempt to get high scores and then achieve balance.

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The Pause That Refreshes

By Patrick Williams
May 18, 2015
in :  Personal & Life Coaching
0
5

In our coaching engagements, we model and may even teach the power of pause…. a purposeful use of silence and focused listening giving us and our clients time to slow down and hear our inner voice.

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Is Wellness An Overused Term???

By Patrick Williams
May 6, 2015
in :  Personal & Life Coaching
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2

Wellness is the integration, balance, and harmony of one’s mind, body, spirit, and emotions in which all parts of the individual are working in balance and harmony.

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Online Coaching: The Next Step in Technology and Client Service

By Patrick Williams
March 4, 2015
in :  Ethics, Future of Coaching
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21

As the ways in which we can communicate online become more common and available, so do the ways in which we can offer our services to and connect with our clients.

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Coaching and Social Action: Giving of Your Coaching Expertise to Create Positive Change

By Patrick Williams
February 18, 2015
in :  Advocacy Coaching, Sustainability
0
9

Published in, and reproduced with permission from, choice, the magazine  of professional coaching __________ I believe we need the inhabitants of this planet to exhibit ideals and values and then to live in congruence with those ideals and values. When I think of what the process of coaching brings to others, the words that come to my mind are connection, …

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Border Line: Understanding the Relationship Between Therapy and Coaching

By Patrick Williams
February 12, 2015
in :  Personal & Life Coaching
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13

Life coaching seems to be revealing itself as an evolutionary step beyond traditional therapy. Traditional therapy will not become extinct, but rather it will increasingly serve only those clients who need clinical services.

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