HKICC Coaching Book Club #3 – An exploration into the Coaching Mindset on 7 May 2026 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
HKICC Coaching Book Club #3
An exploration into the Coaching Mindset
Date: 7 May 2026 | Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm | Venue: TBC
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: TBC
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.
