“Grounding supports reflection, awareness and intention as the client identifies their agenda and the way forward for the session.”
― Leslie Avant-Brown
Conductors North Star Advanced Coaching Series
Grounding the Agenda
January 5th – February 16th, 9:00 am – 11:00 am PST
Bi-Weekly on Thursday’s
Cost: $500 or $2000 for the four part series
The course provides up to 10 International Coaching Federation Continued Coach Education Units
Grounding the Agenda provides an introduction and opportunity to practices the skills within Blooming Willow Coaching’s signature Grounding Module. This offering provides an introduction to how Healing Centered Coaches use a Healing Centered Coaching Approach to support clients to identify their multi-layer growth and healing agenda for the session. During this offering students will also have an opportunity to practice skills to transfer the power in the session from coach to client as they support growth and healing.
January 5, 2023 – Identifying the Focus – Grounding in the Client’s Transactional Agenda
+ How are coaches inviting healing as clients identify their focus for the session? What’s the role of silence, pausing and permission in healing? How are coaches encouraging clients to use their voice in identifying the focus for the session?
January 19, 2023 – Focusing Inward – Grounding Beyond the Surface
+ What can coaches do to support client to go deeper? How can coaches learn to sit in uncomfortable feelings and emotions? What is the role of values in supporting healing?
February 2, 2023 – Identifying Success – Grounding Intention
+ What does success look like for our clients? How are clients identifying goals for growth and healing during a session? What is the benefit of client led intention?
February 16, 2023 – Checking for Clarity – Grounding Conscious Relationship
+How do coaches support growth and healing clarity? How do conscious relationships support healing? What is the role of a healing centered coach in clarifying the client’s agenda?
Faculty
Leslie Avant-Brown, MPA, MCC
Leslie Avant-Brown, MPA, MCC
CEO - Principal Owner
Leslie Avant-Brown is an innovator, facilitator, coach and thought leader within movement work. Her relentless desire to fuel systems change in support of vulnerable communities has changed the fabric of this work. With her down to earth demeanor, she brings a unique mix of laughter, curiosity, healing, creativity and strategy to support conductors of change – those who are designing innovative strategies that benefit future generations. She believes that moving beyond traditional leadership approaches will revolutionize the way that people work and thrive. “I have dedicated my life to supporting communities to build trust, identify new leadership, increase diversity of voice and choice, incorporate growth and healing strategies and build sustainably. I do this because I know, what we plant today will bloom tomorrow”
In 2016, through a partnership with Beyond Emancipation, her CCRW Coaching Model (focused on foster and probation youth) received the notorious International Coaching Federation Prism Award Honorable Mention (Coming 2nd only to Coca-Cola Russia) for its innovative design supporting culture change. She went on to support the development of an ICF Accredited, Community Coaching Certification Program at Leadership that Works, the first of its kind. Through this pioneering effort, she certified over 100 coaches in this new community accreditation, radically shifting how communities are supported through coaching.
Leslie serves as CEO at her firm Blooming Willow Coaching, a culturally relevant, Healing Centered Coaching practice that allows her to partner with individuals, organizations and businesses. Her specialization areas include “all things” coaching including: one-on-one and group coaching, coaching facilitation, coach training, and designing sustainable coaching models that support growth and healing in communities.
Previously, she worked as the International Program Director for Leadership that Works, and supported the development, implementation and facilitation of cutting edge coaching programs that supported value-driven transformation in India, Europe and the United States.
Prior to earning her coaching certification Leslie worked in the nonprofit capacity building sector, supporting work that promoted social justice -- she has a background in leadership development and evaluation. “What brought me to the field of coaching was the idea of supporting deep change while aligning my strengths to support conductors of change.”
Leslie received her professional coaching certification through Leadership that Works and holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Michigan. In her free time, Leslie enjoys finding new adventures, spending time with her wife, belly laughing, eating delicious food and of course creating!!