Topic: Life Balance and Well-Being: The Foundation on Which Business, Executive and All Other Coaching is Built

Date: Tuesday, July 15th 2008

Time: 3:00 to 4:00pm EDT

Coaching and the ‘Wellness’ movement emerged and evolved along similar timelines and from some of the same influences. Join this provocative discussion about the links between well-being, life balance and coaching.

Vikki will facilitate a robust conversation around

• the definitions of well-being and balance coaching

• the timeline chronology of well-being and balance coaching in relation to the coaching field as a whole

• awareness of the key influencers who shaped the well-being and balance coaching niche

• perspectives on the current status of the well-being and balance coaching niche.

• the future of this coaching niche

Dr. Vikki Brock is an executive and leadership coach with over 20 years Fortune 100 leadership experience and over 10 years as a successful entrepreneur.

She graduated from the University of Washington’s Executive MBA Program in 1989 and in June 2008, completed her Ph.D. in Coaching and Human Development from the International University of Professional Studies. Her dissertation work on the evolution of coaching encompasses interviews of over 150 key influencers. She plans on publishing several books documenting “Who’s Who in Coaching: Who Shaped It, Who’s Shaping It”.

An International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach (MCC) since 1998, she is also a certified practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). In her business Call Me Coach and as a member of the executive coaching team of The Ken Blanchard Companies, she has coached numerous leaders, sales executives and coaches from Fortune 1000 companies.

Vikki emphasizes authenticity, collaboration, and inclusion as the foundation for personal and organizational health and increased productivity. Bottom-line, she supports people worldwide to create success from inside themselves by their own definition.

To attend this Uncommon Conversation and participate live with questions or comments, please see the ‘registration for an Uncommon Conversation’ box to your right.

If you can’t attend live, please post your thoughts/questions below and remember to come back The Coaching Commons where the recording will be posted for your listening pleasure.

Cost to attend the call: Free, except for your own long-distance telephone charges.

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