Interim President's Message Dec 2018

Dear HKICC members and friends,

Looking at the simmering harbour while writing this on a lazy Saturday afternoon, I feel blessed and thankful for this rare moment of peace and tranquillity as we approach the end of 2018, a memorable and eventful year for me. I am very honoured to be the interim President of the HKICC, excited to be married to Vanessa in May, and to top it all off, am expecting a new family member in the coming few months.

As I start thinking about how to get ready for our little one, we at HKICC is also busy thinking about the changes and refinements we need to make to better serve you our members. Trailing on the success of our cosy and warm Christmas Party a few weeks ago (many thanks go to Noor in co-ordinating this, who sadly will be stepping out as VP of Strategic Planning to concentrate on developing her business) , we are planning a first-ever Chinese New Year gathering (tentatively on the evening of Thursday, 21 February 2019 so please mark your calendar) to welcome the Year of the Pig with exciting new initiatives for new and experienced coaches:

• We will organize the third Let it Shine series, as well as a coaching support group The Coaching Lab for new(er) coaches.
• Angela Spaxman, first President at HKICC, will lead a HKICC Coach’s Roundtable series for more experienced coaches to share experience, ask questions, and support each other.
• We will start the latest Community Outreach Project with KELY, a non-governmental organisation which aims to provide support to youths between the ages of 14 to 24. We have to thank our member Eileen Tong as the brilliant project lead and also our past president Carole Lewis who will serve as mentor coach to our coaches
• Stanley Chiu, newly appointed VP of External Affairs, is committed to promoting coaching amongst different professional and business communities in Hong Kong
• Additional new and renewed initiatives will include refining Membership Benefits to attract and support coaches

With our many initiatives we are continually looking for passionate and proactive members to be either project leads or VPs to help us better serve your community.  If you are interested or have any suggestions please do let us know.

I look forward to a fruitful year ahead at HKICC, and I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, rewarding New Year.

                                         

Regards
Nicholas Wai
Interim President, HKICC

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