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Bring the Power of Identity into Your Coaching Toolkit

  • Tuesday, September 10, 2013
  • 5:00 PM - 8:45 PM
  • REI, 222 Yale Ave N, Seattle WA 98109

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Life is challenging. The choices you make – at work,with your spouse or partner, your family, your friends and in your community –shape your world. Making the right choices for the right reasons is the key toliving a meaningful, productive life - and those choices begin by knowing whoyou are at your core – by clarifying your identity. Come explore identity and how to bring it into your coaching practice in ways that help your clients realize greater self-awareness and self-confidence.

The session will present a framework for understanding and applying the concept of personal identity in coaching practice in practical and concrete terms. The ‘Identity Discipline’ is a powerful platform for clarifying one’s life purpose and the unique strengths that fuel our ability to realize our purpose. 

Coaches will be introduced to, and experience, a proven, systematic, practical, and fun process designed to help them help their clients align howthey live with who they are – at home, at work, and in their community.
Attendees will work with the Identity Discovery Deck™ – a deck of cards and associated worksheet – to:

a. Consider the meaning of identity and learn The Identity Circle’s framework
b. Evaluate what their “identity circle” reveals about their unique strengths
c. Draft an “identity statement”. An “identity statement” articulates a person’s life purpose in terms of the unique contribution they are capable of making – as coaches, leaders, business owners, team members, parents, friends, etc.

At minimum you'll take away:
  • A new, dynamic and practical definition of identity that helps you and your clients tap its inherent, life-shaping power
  • New insights into your unique strengths and purpose, i.e., your identity
  • A new set of tools you can use with your clients to help them align how they live and work with who they are

ICF CCEs available for attending this event. Be sure to register online and check in at the event in order to receive them.

About Our Speaker 
Shannon Patterson

Shannon Patterson is a consultant, facilitator, and educator in the fields of psychology, business, and identity. She holds a faculty appointment at Argosy University and is an associate of The Identity Circle, a consulting firm specializing in identity research and practice. Her expertise and passion is helping people and organizations evolve through aligning what they do with who they are – whether in the workplace, marketplace, or classroom. Shannon’s work is grounded in 15 years of experience across the urban planning, education, and personal development fields. 

Shannon’s work with individuals includes identity coaching with individuals and groups, using  Identity Mapping® and the Identity Discovery Deck®, which are personal and leadership development tools. She also offers coaching and development in emotional intelligence and is certified by the Seattle firm, Learning in Action.  Shannon’s experience and belief is that when we live who we are (identity) and evolve how we are (EQ), we are able to create relationships that fuel our ability to make meaningful contributions to our personal and professional communities.

As an organizational identity consultant, Shannon helps leadership teams discover and articulate the unique value their organization contributes to the marketplace. This clarity fuels their ability to create powerful relationships with their customers and employees.  

Shannon holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Washington, an M.S. in Transportation Planning from University of Washington, and an M.S. in Organization Development from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management.