February 25, 2010

Dear Colleague:

I look forward to your participation in the Kansas Leadership Center Coach Training
Program.

The following dates should be in your calendar:

Module 1: April 26 and 27, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Module 2: See teleclass dates, below
Module 3: August 6, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Module 1 will take place at the Wichita Independent Business Association, 445 North
Waco Street, Wichita, KS 67202-1160.

You will receive an email with a short pre-course assignment in the week before our first
meeting. In the meantime, please contact me at 620.753.3470, if you have any
questions.

Coach Training Program Goals

Our goal with this 30-hour course is to allow you to learn and practice core coaching
skills that will support you in applying the KLC principles and competencies in your civic
leadership development work.

Upon completion of the three training modules you will know how to:

• Approach each coaching relationship with curiosity and an open mind,

building and leveraging trust in a powerful coaching relationship.

• Base each relationship on the assumption that the client is “creative,

resourceful, and whole,” and therefore fully capable of acts of leadership that
mobilize people to make progress on the hardest of problems.

• Help clients set goals, identify barriers and interference, and develop action
steps and accountability to enhance their life and leadership.
 • Support clients in applying the KLC principles and competencies in their life
and work, including:
o designing meaningful leadership experiments,
o moving beyond their default approaches to situations that require
leadership,
o knowing and articulating their own values and the purpose of their
work.

Employment as a KLC Coach

Along with our intention to teach coaching skills that will be useful to you outside of
KLC, this training program is designed as professional development for individuals who
may be invited to serve as leadership coaches within KLC programs.

By the end of 2010, more than 140 individuals will have received coaching as part of
KLC programs. We expect that number to grow in coming years, creating a need to add
to our current pool of 15 KLC coaches.

If you wish to be considered for employment as a KLC coach, you must first
demonstrate basic understanding and ability to apply the ICF core competencies in a
coaching conversation. You must also demonstrate the ability and commitment to
integrate the KLC principles and competencies as the primary language and framework
for all KLC coaching engagements. Likewise, it is our expectation that all KLC coaches
will be sufficiently inspired to experiment with the KLC competencies in other aspects of
your work, and bring that learning to your coaching relationships.

Your suitability for the KLC coaching pool will be evaluated during Modules 2 and 3 of
the coach training, and with input from KLC staff and program faculty. If at any time you
wish additional feedback or information related to employment as a KLC coach, please
do not hesitate to request it.

Training module dates and objectives

Module #1: Coaching Context and Competencies

April 26 and 27, 2010,
WIBA
445 North Waco Street
Wichita, KS 67202-1160

Objectives:
• Understand the context and environment required for powerful coaching
relationships.
• Gain an introduction to the Coaching Core Competencies as defined by the
International Coach Federation.
• Practice and receive real-time feedback on their use of the core coaching skills of
Active Listening, Powerful Questioning and Facilitating Learning and Results.
 • Develop understanding and begin to practice Establishing the Coaching
Relationship.
• Begin to create links between coaching competencies and KLC competencies,
with the goal of helping clients become more active in their experimentation with
the KLC competencies.
• Gain comfort in coaching through practice.

Module #2: Teleclasses and Buddy Coaching

Objectives:
• Continue to practice and receive real time feedback on core coaching skills.
• Practice integrating the KLC principles and competencies into the coaching
conversation.

Each participant will be assigned to a group of 6-9 people for a series of six 90-minute
teleclasses. You must participate in at least 5 of the 6 scheduled teleclasses. If
necessary, you may make up a missed teleclass with another group. Please let me
know as soon as possible if you have a schedule preference.

• Group 1: Tuesdays from 3:30 PM to 5 PM on May 25, June 1, 8, 22, 29, July 6
• Group 2: Tuesdays from 7:30 PM to 9 PM on May 25, June 1, 8, 22, 29, July 6
• Group 3: Thursdays from 8:30 AM to 10 AM on May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, July 1
• Group 4: Thursdays from Noon to 1:30 PM on May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, July 1

Likewise, each participant will be matched with a peer for a minimum of two hours of
“buddy coaching” to be completed by the end of June. Direction for buddy coaching
and providing feedback will be provided during Module #1.

Module #3: Coaching Presence

August 6, 2010

Objectives:
• Understand and access - as a core foundation of coaching - the ready,
resourceful and resilient state of body, heart and mind know as “Presence.”
• Incorporate the KLC leadership principles and competencies as a tool for direct
communication within the coaching relationship.
• Learn and practice establishing, developing, and closing the coaching
relationship within the context of KLC programs.
• Review, practice and receive real time feedback in core coaching skills.

I know that this is a lot to digest. If you have any questions or concerns before we meet
on April 26, please contact me at 620.753.3470 or julia@coachjulia.net.

Sincerely,
Julia Fabris McBride
Coaching Initiative Director