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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 (Asia/Hong_Kong) | 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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Brick by Brick: Creating a Vision for the Future You on 2 Jul 2026 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
2026-06-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Happy Moment, 6/F, Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Brick by Brick: Creating a Vision for the Future You
Date: 2 Jul 2026 | Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Happy Moment, 6/F Infinitus Plaza, 199 Des Voeux Road Central,
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (Sheung Wan MTR Exit E5)
HKICC is starting a new event series overviewing various tools that can augment the coaching experience and impact for the coach and coachee alike. This first event is also testing the grounds for a dedicated special interest group in supporting coaches as they start their professional journey. For this first event, we are happy to invite HKICC member Katherine Sum to share her passion and expertise in LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP).
Traditional vision boards are excellent, but what happens when you bring your aspirations into three dimensions? LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) is a hands-on facilitation method that uses the brain-hand connection to bypass the analytical mind, unlocking deeper insights and aligning core values with future goals.
In this high-energy, experiential 90-minute workshop, we will use the power of 3D modelling to prototype your professional reality. Whether you are a coach looking to have a clearer vision of your professional journey or expand your toolkit with creative modalities, a coaching client seeking a breakthrough, or simply curious about how the LSP process works, this session offers a fresh, tactile approach to goal-oriented coaching.
Please Note: To ensure an optimal, highly engaging experience with full storytelling participation, this session is strictly limited to 20 participants.
What can you expect?
At this interactive workshop, you won’t just sit and listen – you will dive straight into the bricks. We will begin with a dynamic “Skills Building” warm-up to unlock your metaphorical thinking. From there, you will actively build, reflect, and share models representing your core strengths and future aspirations.
We will specifically focus on:
● How 3D spatial reasoning clarifies abstract career and personal goals.
● The transition from a current professional strength to an action plan that support the ‘future you’
● How the storytelling aspect of 3D modelling using LSP acts as a catalyst for active listening and deeper coaching conversations.
You will also have the chance to ask questions, engage in discussion, and connect with other coaches and coaching clients who are passionate about innovative personal development tools.
Takeaways
● A Tactile Anchor: A physical, memorable 3D representation of what success looks and feels like for your professional reality 12 months from now.
● Cognitive Breakthroughs: Firsthand experience of how spatial modelling and metaphors can bypass subconscious blocks to reveal hidden resources.
● Methodology Insights: A clear, practical understanding of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® process and how it can be integrated into coaching practices.
● Networking: New connections with like-minded practitioners and users interested in creative, interactive coaching tools.
Target audience
● Professional Coaches: Practitioners looking to have greater clarity in own professional journey or expand their toolkit with creative, hands-on coaching modalities.
● Coaching Clients: Anyone interested in personal development or seeking a breakthrough regarding their future professional goals.
● LSP Curious: Individuals eager to understand the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® process and its professional applications.

Event Details:
📅 Date: 2nd Jul, 2026
🕒 Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm (90-minute session)
📍 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 June 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)
Speaker

Katherine Sum (she/her)
Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator & Coach, Dramatic Difference
Katherine is a skilled facilitator & coach and a specialist in Learning & Development (L&D) support with fifteen years of experience in the field, including a decade as a Facilitator and Director of Client Service for Dramatic Difference. Formerly the Director of Marketing and Communications for the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Hong Kong, Katherine was awarded the Platinum Facilitation Impact Award in 2019. She also worked in the government as an Executive Officer; and MNC in the HR & Communication Team.
Born in Hong Kong and educated both locally and in Switzerland, Katherine brings a highly exploratory, agile, and engaging style to every encounter. She is widely recognized for her ability to connect deeply in the service of her participants’ outcomes and is passionate about building collaboration across teams and cultures. Unleashing the power of interpersonal skills for cross-cultural managers of business support functions.
In her spare time Katherine enjoys playing badminton.
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Join the Next HKICC Coaching Book Club on 25 Jun 2026 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
2026-06-25 18:30 - 20:00 | 3/F, World Trust Tower, 50 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong, 3/F, World Trust Tower, 50 Stanley Street,, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Join the Next HKICC Coaching Book Club
Date: 25 Jun 2026 | Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 3/F, World Trust Tower, 50 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong
On 25th June, Ian invites you to explore Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning – not as a book summary, but as a reflective conversation about what truly sustains us as coaches, as parents, and as human beings.

Why This Book, Why This Host
Frankl’s core insight – that meaning can be found even in suffering – resonates deeply with Ian’s own coaching philosophy. Frankl spoke of three pathways to meaning: through creative work, through love and relationships, and through the attitude we choose toward unavoidable hardship.
As coaches, we often sit with clients who have lost a sense of purpose – in their careers, their families, or themselves. And as human beings, we carry our own questions about what makes the struggle worthwhile.
Ian knows this search personally. He spent fifteen years working across three family businesses — his father’s, his cousin’s, and his uncle’s. He first read Frankl in 2017, in the middle of that journey. But it was only after he left that the book truly opened up for him.
Reading it again, he found himself resonating with Frankl’s observations from the concentration camp — not because the experiences are comparable in severity, but because of what they share in structure. In a family business, as in the camp, there are many things outside your control. And the harder you try to control them, the more it works against you. What Frankl offered was a different question entirely — not “how do I control this?” but “what meaning can I find within it?”
That shift is what Ian now brings to the sons and daughters he coaches — caught between personal ambition and love for the family, unsure whether the life they are living is one they chose or one that was chosen for them.
What This Session Offers You

A safe space to ask: What gives my own coaching work meaning – beyond success metrics?
Dialogue about how we support clients who are struggling to find their ‘why’
Practical connections between Frankl’s ideas and our work as coaches and as human beings
A chance to reflect on a moment in your own life where Frankl’s ideas would have changed how you saw things
An honest look at the gap between the meaning we help our clients find and the questions we quietly carry ourselves

Book: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
You don’t need to have finished the book. You don’t need to be an expert on logotherapy. You just need to bring your curiosity – and perhaps a question of your own.
Event Details:
📅 Date: 25th Jun, 2026
🕒 Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
📍 Venue: 3/F, World Trust Tower, 50 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong
Fee: Early Bird on or before 11 June 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)
Come ready to sit with questions that don’t have easy answers – and to discover that sometimes, the questions themselves are the meaning we’ve been looking for.
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
Host by

Ian Cheng – Family Business Coach, ICF Accredited
Ian Cheng is an ICF credentialed coach who works with sons and daughters navigating life inside a family business. With a background in engineering and an MBA, and experience living and working across the US, Canada, Japan, Thailand, and Hong Kong, he brings both analytical rigour and genuine empathy to his coaching.
His own introduction to coaching came during a period of uncertainty while working in his uncle’s business. A coach helped him clarify his identity, values, and strengths. That experience is what brought him to this work.
Ian trained in Solution-Focused coaching through Erickson International and strengths-based coaching through Gallup.
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Tools for Coaching Series : Integrating AI into Your Coaching Practice on 18 Aug 2026
2026-08-18 18:30 - 20:30
Tools for Coaching Series
Integrating AI into Your Coaching Practice
Date: 18 Aug 2026 | Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm | Venue : TBC

AI is changing the way we work—but how can coaches embrace it without losing the human connection at the heart of coaching?
Join us for a highly interactive and reflective evening with Kainny Chin, one of HKICC’s newest leadership team members, as we explore how AI can become a thoughtful partner in your coaching practice.
This is not another session showcasing the latest AI tools. Instead, you’ll step back to develop a practical, sustainable and ethical approach to using AI that fits your coaching style, values and everyday workflow.
Together, we’ll explore:

How AI fits into your current coaching practice and routines
Which coaching tasks AI can genuinely support—and where human judgement remains irreplaceable
The mindset shifts needed to work confidently alongside AI
Ethical considerations every coach should be thinking about
Practical ways to stay current without feeling overwhelmed

Whether you’re AI-curious, already experimenting, or unsure where to begin, you’ll leave with greater clarity and the foundations of your own personal AI strategy—one that enhances your effectiveness while keeping the coaching relationship at the centre.
Come prepared to reflect, experiment, discuss, and discover how AI can support your practice without defining it.
Event Details:
📅 Date: 18th August, 2026
🕒 Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
📍 Venue: TBC
Fee: Early Bird on or before 4 Aug 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)
Facilitator

Kainny Chin
Transformation and Spiritual Coach
A former executive banker with nearly two decades in change management and business strategy, Kainny specialises in empowering clients to navigate dynamic changes strategically.

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