Author: Saba Imru Mathieu

  • Keep calm, it’s only your final exam!

    Today was exam day,  the last day of the coach certification programme at the the Insitute of Coaching (IDC), where I teach. It consists of a full day of examinations, with written exams in the morning and supervised coaching sessions in the afternoon.  We hold two certification programmes a year so I experience this ritual…

  • Interview at United Nations World Summit on Information Society Forum – 2015, on the use of the world café methodology to hold multistakeholder collaborative Knowledge Cafés for WSIS delegates.

  • Impressions from the Knowledge Café at the World Summit on Information Society

    On 12 June,  I had the pleasure of facilitating a World Café for the World Summit on Information Society hosted at the International Telecommunication Union, attend by delegates from all over the world and representatives of all the UN agencies. ITU, like all other UN agencies, has a tradition for fostering open dialogue and reaching consensus,…

  • Knowledge Café: WSIS+10: From – Vision to Implementation In 2011 I introduced The World Café into ITU, the UN ICT agency,  where I was then employed.  The World Café is a wonderful collaborative meeting methodology,  and this highly participative tool became immediately very popular in an organization that supports dialogue and consensus. I am proud and honoured…

  • What’s all the hype about leadership? And why should you care?

    So much is being said about leadership, it’s hard to figure out what you should and should not be doing, and in fact, you might shrug it off altogether, thinking that you don’t lead anybody anyway, so why should you care? Here are 3 reasons why leadership is everybody’s business. 1. Everybody expresses leadership in…

  • Last day of Open Doors on Coaching (English and French) on 7 June !

      It’s free, it’s fun, it’s interesting ! Want to know more about coaching ?   Envie d’en savoir plus sur le Coaching Professionnel et ses bénéfices? Sign up at http://coachingstudio.webs.com/what-s-on-book-a-seat

  • Training future coaches @ Institute of Coaching

    Last day of the course this year teaching at the Institute of Coaching. This is the view from the classroom. How inspiring! Training people to become professional coaches is a real privilege.  Aspiring coaches have to learn a whole new skill set, but also challenge their own mindset to adopt the coaching attitude.  For our students,…

  • A wonderful introduction to the purpose and impact of coaching. Hear from Janez what coaching is about and how it helps to be a better person and a better leader. Janez is an Executive Coach in Slovenia and is credentialed by International Coach Federation.

  • Open Doors on Coaching / Portes Ouvertes sur le Coaching

    Open doors on coaching from 19  May to 7 June 2014.  Enroll here  Learn about personal and corporate coaching. All sessions are free of charge.  Each two-hour session comprises: – an interactive presentation about coaching – a practical demonstration of how coaching works – Q & A and light refreshments

  • The Institute of Coaching Geneva, where I teach, asked faculty and students to say what they personally feel about coaching in 2 minutes. So here’s my take….