📢 Message from the Board
🌿 Welcome to the Second Half of 2025
As we step into the second half of the year, many of us are taking a well-deserved summer break — a vital time to recharge, reflect, and reset. For us as coaches, self-care is more than a necessity; it’s a powerful act of leadership. Our bodies and presence are our most important tools, and by embodying wellbeing, we model the transformation we hope to inspire in our clients.
🔄 A Look Back: Growing Together
This past quarter marked the launch of our new Coaching Beyond the GROW Model series. We kicked things off in April with a lively Spring Drinks gathering, where Core Committee Member Henry Chamberlain introduced the series to a full room of both new and returning members — over wine, cheese, and plenty of connection.
In May, Kathleen Yu opened the series with Coaching with Psychometrics to Elevate Your Practice, showing how assessments can deepen client insight and accelerate growth.
In June, Dr Clara To followed with Wellness Coaching: Expanding Your Toolkit, highlighting wellness not just as a niche, but as a foundational mindset for coaches.
🔮 What’s Next: Inner Journeys & Community Milestones
In August and September, we’ll continue the series with a two-part “adventure”: The Hero’s Journey & Coaching with the Subconscious, again led by Henry Chamberlain. These sessions will explore self-awareness and inner growth— essential themes for us as maturing coaches and leaders. Expect to be surprised, challenged, and inspired.
📅 We’ll also be hosting our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on September 24, just before the final session of the series. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate our shared progress and lookahead together.
🤝 Growing Our Impact as a Community
I’m deeply grateful to the Core Committee, who joined me two years ago in the journey of revitalising HKICC post-COVID. Together, we’ve expanded our presence in Hong Kong’s coaching ecosystem, offering:
- 🌱 The Coaching Lifecycle series
- 🌟 Coaching Beyond the GROW series
- 💬 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that introduce coaching to new corners of the community
With thanks to Core Committee Member Rainbow Chow, our work in Education is growing strong. We’re excited to launch a new SIG: “Leader as Coach”, and will be calling for interested members soon.
We’re also thrilled to announce the upcoming return of our Pro Bono Coaching Program in partnership with Habitat for Humanity — led by Ian Cheng and supported by Core Committee Member Vipul Malhotra. This is another way we’re giving back and growing forward.
💡 Share Your Ideas – Help Shape Our Future
As HKICC continues to evolve as a connector and enabler within the coaching ecosystem, we warmly invite your ideas.
What would you love to see?
What initiatives could bring more meaning or value to this community?
✨ Let’s co-create the future of coaching in Hong Kong — together.
Wishing you a restful, nourishing summer,
Warm Regards,
Nicholas Wai
Nurturer & Co-creator of New Horizon (NCNH)
Photo from: https://cognomie.com/how-will-you-recharge-your-resilience-this-summer/