How Coaching Companies (Intermediaries) work with Sponsors and External Coaches to create Triple-Win Relationships?
2026-04-21 18:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Hong_Kong) | Happy Moment, 6/F, Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
How Coaching Companies (Intermediaries) work with Sponsors
and External Coaches to create Triple-Win Relationships?
Session 3 in the Real Conversations on
What Makes Coaching Relationships Work in the Coaching Ecosystem series
(click here for a recap video of Session 2)
Date: 21 Apr 2026 | Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Happy Moment, 6/F Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central,
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (Sheung Wan MTR Exit E5)

When large organizational sponsors look for external coaches to support their leadership and talent development efforts, they often look to coaching intermediaries, who maintain a pool of suitable and qualified coaches to match with the sponsors’ requirements.
In this third installment in What Makes Coaching Relationships Work in the Coaching Ecosystem series, HKICC has invited 2 panel speakers from two of the most prominent and active coaching companies in Hong Kong to explore how they create and maintain these three-way relationships to make it win-win-win for all involved.

Get insider views from coaching intermediaries on how they work with external coaches
Learn from the other side of the table on how to create and maintain a win-win-win partnership
What qualities are the sponsors looking for and how coaching intermediaries source and maintain their coaching pool to match these needs

Target audience:
External Coaches, HRD/L&D/Culture & People leads, anyone who would like a behind-the-scene view of how relationships in the coaching ecosystem work
Who should join:

Coaches who want to better position themselves for corporate engagements
HR, L&D, and People leaders working with external coaches
Anyone curious about how the coaching ecosystem actually functions

Event Details:
📅 Date: 21st April, 2026
🕒 Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
📍 Venue: Happy Moment, 6/F Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (Sheung Wan MTR Exit E5)
Fee: Early Bird on or before 7 Apr 2026
HKICC Members : HK$150 (Early Bird HK$120)
HKICC Members Tickets for 2 (Extra 10% off) : HK$270 (Early Bird HK$216)
Non-HKICC Members : HK$250 (Early Bird HK$200)
Non-HKICC Members Tickets for 2 (Extra 10% off) : HK$450 (Early Bird HK$360)
Speakers

Dawn Isaac
COO and GM Hong Kong, Black Dog Consultants
After 12 years in multinational banking leadership, Dawn joined Black Dog Consultants in 2014 following a six-month sabbatical that deepened her focus on developing leaders and began her own journey as a professional coach. Today, as COO and GM for Hong Kong, she leads learning, facilitation and coaching across Asia Pacific—supporting people to become the kind of leaders, teammates, and humans others genuinely want to work with.

Henry Chamberlain
Founder and Managing Director, HCC Global
Henry founded HCC Global in 2011, bringing together his experience as an organisational psychologist and executive coach, and his work with senior leaders across Asia. His work sits at the intersection of coaching, behavioural science, and leadership development—supporting organisations to navigate how coaching works within complex systems, particularly where conventional approaches fall short.
HCC takes a deliberately curated approach. Coaches are selected through direct observation, often trained through its ICF-accredited Transformational Coaching programme, and supported through ongoing supervision. This enables HCC to partner closely with organisations—aligning sponsor expectations, coaching integrity, and individual growth—while building long-term, trusted relationships with its coaches.
Facilitator:

Nicholas Wai
Executive and Career Coach (PCC) for 15 years
President of HKICC

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HKICC Coaching Book Club #3 - An exploration into the Coaching Mindset on 7 May 2026 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
2026-05-07 18:30 - 20:00
HKICC Coaching Book Club #3
An exploration into the Coaching Mindset
Date: 7 May 2026 | Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm |
Venue: 61st Floor, Sky Club, Higher Reading (Conference Room), The Arch, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong

We as coaches like to think the GROW model as coaching practice 1.0.
GROW model (Whitmore et al.)
was developed in the 1980s from executive coaching practice (often credited to Graham Alexander, Alan Fine, and later popularized by Sir John Whitmore). It is a practical coaching framework to structure conversations that help coachees set goals, explore reality, generate options, and commit to actions. It’s an applied tool for performance improvement and behavior change.
GROWTH MINDSET was developed from research by renowned psychologist Carol Dweck and colleagues in the 1990s/2000s. It is about beliefs: people who see abilities as developable (growth mindset) vs. fixed traits (fixed mindset). It explains how beliefs about intelligence or talent shape motivation, learning, and response to setbacks.
In our next HKICC Coaching Book Club, Alex Fong will explore with us how Carol Dweck’s landmark work in Psychology Growth Mindset can work to support the GROW model in our coaching practice.
Bringing the two together will be a good example of how theory can inform practice and vice versa . As a scholar practitioner , Alex is in a good position to explore with us how the two can be deployed to help us turn the lens inward — to examine the quiet, often invisible beliefs that shape how we listen, how we respond, as we hold ourselves back or propel ourselves forward as coaches as we practise the GROW model.
What to Expect

Honest self-inquiry: What does your own mindset tell you about challenge, failure, and feedback? Where do you default to “fixed” thinking without noticing?
Practical application: How do your mindsets show up in real coaching conversations — with clients who are stuck, with colleagues, or with yourself?
Challenges on support : How does our own mindset affects our ability to support reflection that would lead to genuine shift, not just intellectual agreement.
Community learning: As always, the real gold comes from the perspectives around the table — coaches at different stages, bringing different stories and struggles.

Why This Session Matters for Coaches
We spend so much time helping clients shift their mindsets. But when was the last time you sat with your own?

What do you believe about your own capacity to grow?
How might expanding your own mindset unlock new presence, patience, and possibility in your coaching?

This is not about getting it right. It’s about getting curious — together.
Join Us.
Book: Mindset by Carol Dweck
(no need to have finished it — just bring your willingness to reflect)
Come ready to be challenged, supported, and seen. Whether you’ve read the book twice or just heard about it, you are warmly welcome.
Because the most important mindset to explore… is your own.

Event Details:
📅 Date: 7th May, 2026
🕒 Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
📍 Venue: 61st Floor, Sky Club, Higher Reading (Conference Room), The Arch, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Fee: Early Bird on or before 23 Apr 2026
HKICC Members : HK$150 (Early Bird HK$120)
HKICC Members Tickets for 2 (Extra 10% off) : HK$270 (Early Bird HK$216)
Non-HKICC Members : HK$250 (Early Bird HK$200)
Non-HKICC Members Tickets for 2 (Extra 10% off) : HK$450 (Early Bird HK$360)
Participants are to purchase their own book (physical or kindle) and ticket prices do not include cost of book purchase
Host
Alex Fong
Alex’s multi‑faceted role as a strategist, entrepreneur, professor, and coach helps him connects strategy to execution, ideas to markets, and people to purpose — as a leadership coach, angel investor, adjunct professor, and founder of Tapping Point — helping organisations, founders, and teams scale responsibly and turn ambition into measurable, sustainable impact.

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How the Coaching Ecosystem Works #4 Rethinking Leaders as Coach: From Skills to Mindset - How leaders can be inspired to think—and lead—like coaches
2026-05-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Happy Moment, 6/F, Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
How the Coaching Ecosystem Works #4
Rethinking Leaders as Coach: From Skills to Mindset
How leaders can be inspired to think—and lead—like coaches
Date: 27 May 2026 | Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Happy Moment, 6/F Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central,
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (Sheung Wan MTR Exit E5)

In this fourth instalment in What Makes Coaching Relationships Work in the Coaching Ecosystem series, HKICC has invited 2 panel speakers from two of the most prominent and active coach training companies in Hong Kong to explore Leaders-as-Coach’s role in the development of the coaching ecosystem.

What if coaching wasn’t just a skill—but a way of leading?
Many organisations invest in training leaders in coaching skills.
And yet, after the workshops end, a familiar pattern often emerges:

The tools are used…occasionally
The intention is there…but doesn’t always translate
The impact feels inconsistent

So what makes the difference?

Beyond Skills: The Shift to Mindset
The most effective leaders don’t just use coaching as a tool.
They think differently.
They listen differently.
They create space for others to think and grow.
In short, they operate from a coaching mindset.
And often, that shift begins not in training—but through being coached well.

In This Session, We’ll Explore

What truly distinguishes having coaching skills from embracing a coaching mindset
Why skills alone often don’t sustain in real leadership contexts
How coaches can influence leaders to think—and lead—like coaches
What happens when a coaching mindset starts to spread
How leaders navigate the boundary between coaching and leading in practice

Who Should Join

Leaders and people managers developing their coaching capability
Coaches working with leaders and organisations
HR / L&D professionals designing leadership development initiatives
Anyone interested in how coaching really takes root in organisations

Event Details:
📅 Date: 27th May, 2026
🕒 Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
📍 Venue: Happy Moment, 6/F Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (Sheung Wan MTR Exit E5)

Fee: Early Bird on or before 13 May 2026
HKICC Members : HK$150 (Early Bird HK$120)
HKICC Members Tickets for 2 (Extra 10% off) : HK$270 (Early Bird HK$216)
Non-HKICC Members : HK$250 (Early Bird HK$200)
Non-HKICC Members Tickets for 2 (Extra 10% off) : HK$450 (Early Bird HK$360)
Speakers

Tony Dickel, PCC
Co-Founder & CEO, Transcend International
Tony Dickel is Co-Founder of Transcend International, a global coach training organisation established in 2008. A key contributor to the development of coaching in Hong Kong, he has served as President of both ICF Hong Kong and HKICC.
He is known for his work in coaching education and leadership development, integrating mindfulness, coaching supervision, and team coaching into practice. Tony has developed his own coaching and leadership models, grounded in deep inquiry into how leaders grow and evolve.
Through his work, Tony supports leaders to become more self-generative and self-corrective, building the awareness, presence, and vertical development needed to lead with clarity, adaptability, and impact.

Margie Poon, MCC
Co-Founder, Paradigm21 Executive Leadership Coaching Academy
Margie Poon Edmonson is Co-Founder of Paradigm21 and a driving force behind the global Leaders as Coach movement. Since 2006, she has advanced leadership excellence across Hong Kong, Asia, and over 20 countries through coaching education and executive development.
She leads global executive coaching initiatives and delivers ICF-accredited professional coaching education to leaders and organisations. A co-author of 50+ leadership and coaching books, including the award-winning What Great Leaders Should Know, she brings both depth and scale to her work.
Through her work, Margie equips leaders and HR teams through Leaders as Coach initiatives and AI-integrated leadership solutions, enabling organisations to build sustainable, future-ready leadership capability.
🎙️Facilitated by
Nicholas Wai, PCC
President, HKICC

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