International Coaching Federation
HAWAII CHAPTER
The Hawaii Chapter of the International Coaching Federation was started in 2023 by a group of volunteers and has continued to grow. With over 70 members of ICF-accredited coaches, our chapter warmly welcomes you to join our ohana.
2026 MEMBER SURVEY
…is CLOSED!
Join us at our April Chapter Membership meeting to hear insights from the membership survey and other exciting news!
Wednesday, April 29 • 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
In Person with breakfast: 1451 Queen Emma St. Honolulu, HI
Virtual via Zoom
NEW Events & Happenings
Enhancing Your Visibility: Leveraging Speaking Engagements to Elevate Your Coaching Practice
April 28, 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. ✨ Earns 0.75 Core Competency / 0.75 Resource Development CEUs
Facilitator: Dale Wilsher, PCC is an executive leadership coach, keynote speaker, and personal development expert dedicated to helping professionals amplify their impact.
Want to boost your profile? Learn how speaking gigs can put you in the spotlight and open new doors and earn CEU!
Public speaking is a powerful tool for coaches to increase visibility, establish credibility, and attract clients. Yet, many struggle with how to leverage speaking engagements effectively. Dale Wilsher leads the session and provides a step-by-step approach to identifying ideal speaking opportunities, crafting compelling messages, and converting engagements into business growth.
Participants will engage in interactive exercises, including refining a talk title, brainstorming signature topics, and writing outreach emails to secure speaking gigs. By the end, attendees will have a clear roadmap for integrating speaking into their coaching business model, positioning themselves as thought leaders, and using speaking engagements as a strategic growth tool.
What you will learn:
Craft a compelling speaking topic that aligns with their coaching expertise, engages their ideal audience, and positions them as a trusted authority.
Identify and secure speaking opportunities by learning where to find ideal events, how to approach decision-makers, and what outreach strategies convert to bookings.
Leverage speaking engagements to grow their coaching business by implementing audience engagement techniques, strategic calls to action, and effective follow-up methods to turn attendees into paying clients.
Cost: $10 for ICF Hawaiʻi members
$20 for General Admission
Agreements + Presence - Deepening Partnership
May 27, 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ✨ Earns 1.0 Core Competency CEU
Speaker: Lyssa deHart is a Master Certified Coach, clinical social worker, and author who loves exploring how stories shape who we become. A self-described “recovering therapist,” she brings a mix of neuroscience, metaphor, and deep listening to her work with leaders and coaches around the world.
This presentation explores two coaching capacities that shape the quality of the entire conversation: Agreement Setting and Presence. And, how these elements of coaching increase partnering in a coaching conversation. We will look at how a clear, co-created agreement helps both the coach and the thinker get oriented to what matters, why it matters, and what would make the conversation useful. From there, we will explore presence, as the coach’s ability to stay grounded, curious, responsive, and connected to the thinker. Along the way, we will touch on bias, cognitive load, self-regulation, and co-regulation, and why these matter if we want coaching to support the thinker to do the work of creating the dots, connecting the dots, and owning the dots.
What you will learn:
● How a strong agreement gives the conversation direction.
● How presence helps the coach stay in real partnership.
● And, why insight is stronger when the thinker does the work.
Cost: $20 for ICF Hawaiʻi members
$25 for General Admission
Your Superpowers: Unleashing Strengths for Personal Growth and Team Innovation
May 19, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. ✨ Earns 0.75 Core Competency / 0.25 Resource Development CEUs
Facilitator: Amy A. Kessler is Founder of Potentia Coaches. Her passion for creating a sense of belonging stems from her deep belief in the power of Clifton Strengths, which highlights the unique contributions we each bring to our teams, clients and those we lead.
Discover how to tap into your hidden strengths to boost your growth and power up your team vibes.
Consider how contact lenses help us see the world more clearly. Our combination of talent strengths is like those lenses altering how we see the world around us. These talents tend to come so naturally that we don’t think about it; they are automatic. At our best, we are energized and fulfilled. At our worst, we are depleted and de-energized.
But it’s not enough to know our strengths. We must value our contributions and what others can count on us for. It’s important to understand what conditions, through relationships and tasks, our strengths need to thrive. As leaders, we must also be aware of the strengths of those we lead and collaborate with. Rooted in positive psychology and neuroscience, this knowledge helps us to bring out the best in ourselves and others, maximize productivity and innovation, and foster well-being.
What you will learn:
Introduce a preliminary understanding of your Top 5 strengths' role in the unique value each of us brings.
Raise self-awareness, and “other awareness,” by focusing on what’s right, rather than fixating on what’s wrong.
How overuse (or underuse) of our top strengths leads to our biggest weaknesses
Cost: $10 for ICF Hawaiʻi members
$20 for General Admission
The Thing Beneath the Thing: Mastering Agenda Setting with the Genco Method
August 26, 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. ✨ Earns 0.75 Core Competency / 0.75 Resource Development CEUs
Facilitator: Tijen Genco, MCC, Advanced Certified Team Coach, and National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach
As a Master Mentor Coach and ICF Assessor at all three levels, Tijen has seen firsthand that one of the biggest challenges for coaches is the agenda-setting process. It's easy to get caught on the surface of a client's request and miss the deeper need.
This meeting is designed to help you move beyond surface-level structure to the core of where true transformation resides. Using Tijen’s Genco Method Coaching with Precision© framework, which blends holistic listening with Lean/Six Sigma principles, you'll learn to sculpt an agenda with precision and presence.
This three-part, interactive session will provide you with the tools to help clients achieve their desired outcomes, from behavioral change to neural recalibration, ensuring that these outcomes are not only achievable but also resonant and sustainable.
What to Expect:
• Introduction to Genco Method Coaching with Precision©: We'll dive into the core principles of my integrative methodology for agenda setting.
• Collective Coaching Practicum: Watch and participate in a live coaching session. Under my mentorship, you'll practice shaping the agenda in real-time and get instant feedback.
• Integration & Reflection Circle: We'll close with a group dialogue to solidify your insights and learn how to apply them to your practice immediately
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
• Heightened awareness of common missteps that block deep listening and client-centered agenda development.
• Best practices for defining session outcomes based on the client’s authentic, underlying needs.
• Increased capacity to revise and evolve the agenda in alignment with the client’s emerging insights.
• Strengthened trust in intuitive listening and relational agility during sessions. paying clients.
Cost: $10 for ICF Hawaiʻi members
$20 for non-members / guests
Meeting Dates and Times:
April 29 - Hybrid in person + virtual
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.June 24 - Virtual only
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.August 26 - Hybrid in person + virtual
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.October 28 - Virtual only
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.December 9 - Chapter Annual Meeting, Hybrid in person + virtual
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
2026 Chapter Membership Meetings
Bi-Monthly on the last Wednesday of the month. We offer a mix of times and in-person and virtual formats that offer flexibility for our members to connect, get educated and inspired. Save these dates and plan to to meet peers, exchange best practices, and expand your professional network. Each session offers chapter updates, meaningful learning opportunities, and focused discussion to help you grow as a coach. Mark your calendar and invest in your development, community, and craft!
