Events
1 event,
MCC Special Interest Group
Host: Carrie Williams, MCC
CCEs: 1.5 Resource Development
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm– 1:30 pm Pacific Time
This SIG is for members who have earned their MCC credentials only.
This group is for MCCs to meet and learn from each other. We will discuss challenges, coaching trends, and how to advocate for the development of the coaching professional practice worldwide.
1 event,
Storytelling for Systems: How to Share Coaching Outcomes
Host: Jen Wilson, PCC
Date: Friday, October 2, 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
Learn to demonstrate coaching’s organizational value while protecting client confidentiality.
1 event,
Latine Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Roland Palencia, Elaine Padilla, PCC, and Carolina Quezada
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am Pacific Time
Location: Oak Knoll Manor Community Room, 111 S Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
Come connect with fellow Latina/o/x coaches in a welcoming, informal space designed for dialogue, learning, and community building.
1 event,
Coaching Supervision SIG
Hosts: Courtney Birch Webster, PCC, ACTC, and Fred Walkover, PCC
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
This Special Interest Group is a reflective learning space where trained coaches come together to deepen their practice through structured dialogue, feedback, and shared inquiry.
1 event,
Topic: ICFLA Member Connect
Host: Lindsay Benitez, ACC, Director of Membership
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Pacific Time
Get ready to unleash your creativity, share your brilliant ideas, and connect with other members. Hosted by Lindsay Benitez, ACC, Director of Membership, this is your chance to connect with fellow ICF Los Angeles members.
1 event,
Inglewood Coaching Cafe
Facilitator: Michele Roberts, ACC
Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
Time: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Pacific Time
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
1 event,
Mastering the Invisible: Identity in the Coaching Space
Speaker: Kemarah Sika, Executive Coach
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
Join us to reflect on your identity in practice, understand systemic dynamics, and develop skills that deepen trust and safety in the coaching space.
2 events,
Long Beach Coaching Cafe
Facilitator: Mary Tabata, PhD, ACC
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific Time
Location: Cassidy's Corner (located in The Hangar Food Hall), 4150 McGowen St., Unit 7, Long Beach, CA 90808
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
Credentialing SIG: #7 Evokes Awareness
Hosts: Carly Anderson, MCC, and Nina Rubin, PCC
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
We’ll answer your credentialing questions and spotlight Core Competency #7 Evokes Awareness
2 events,
West San Fernando Valley Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Jen Wilson, PCC, and Sarah Benator, JD
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Time
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
Valley Village Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Paul Sanbar, MCC, ESIA
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
1 event,
Latine Coaches Virtual Cafe
Facilitators: Alex Ojeda, PCC and Elaine Padilla, PCC, and Mónica O. Duarte, PCC
Date: Monday, October 19, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Pacific Time
The ICF Los Angeles and ICF San Francisco Bay Area chapters are partnering to launch this Virtual Café, a gathering space created to connect, uplift, and amplify Latine coaches by centering their lived experiences, cultural perspectives, and professional journeys.
2 events,
Group and Team Coaching SIG
Host: Marielle Hajducko, PCC
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific Time
CCEs: TBD
The Group & Team Coaching SIG is a space for coaches who are working with, or considering moving into, group and team coaching and want to sharpen their understanding and practice through real-world conversation and shared learning.
Trends in Coaching: What’s Changing, What’s Human, and What’s Next
Speakers: Charlotte Jordan, CEO of Coaching.com, and Michael Welsh, Head of People, Programs & Strategy at OpenAI
Host: Susan Smalley, PCC, CPCC
CCEs: 1.0 Core Competency & 1.5 Resource Development
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Pacific Time
Location: Hotel Angeleno, 170 N Church Ln, Los Angeles, CA 90049
As AI and evolving organizational needs reshape coaching, human coaches have a powerful opportunity to redefine their value. Join an engaging conversation on what’s changing, what organizations will expect next, and how coaches can evolve their practice for the future.
1 event,
Central Coast Coaching Cafe
Facilitator: Diana Ideus, MCC
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Pacific Time
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
1 event,
Westside Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Greta Petruska CPC, ELI-MP and Claire Campion, Career Transition Coach for Women
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Pacific Time
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
1 event,
Pasadena / San Gabriel Valley Coaching Cafe
Facilitators: Kendra Nitta, PCC, and Elaine Padilla, PCC
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Whether you are an experienced coach, just launching your practice or coach curious, a Coaching Cafe is for YOU! Attending a Cafe is an informal opportunity to build relationships and share ideas.
1 event,
The Coach's Book Problem: Why Writing It Isn't the Same as Getting Clients From It
Speaker: Julie Broad, Founder of Book Launchers
Host: Alina Ugas, Leadership Wellness Strategist
Date: Monday, October 26, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Pacific Time
CCEs:1.0 Resource Development
Your book won’t bring in clients just by being published. Join Julie Broad, founder of Book Launchers, to learn how AI tools decide which coaches to recommend. She’ll also cover the five things that make your book easier to find and turn it into a way to attract clients.
1 event,
Emotional Intelligence Special Interest Group
EQ at Work: From Individual Insight to Organizational Impact
Speaker: Shruti Rustagi, PCC
Host: Desiree Briel Rodi, Ph.D., PCC
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.25 Core Competencies and 0.25 Resource Development
Shruti Rustagi will offer a practitioner's view of bringing emotional intelligence into the workplace. The session is anchored in her four-pillar framework of curiosity, openness, adaptive resilience, and empathy that Shruti developed through her work with middle managers and functional leaders navigating organizational change.
1 event,
Boundaries That Build Trust: A Practice Lab for Coaches
Host: Dr. Joan Flora, PCC
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies
The Boundaries That Build Trust SIG is a practice-based learning community grounded in boundary tensions coaches encounter in practice. It explores moments of emotional pull, over-responsibility, uncertainty, and relational strain.
1 event,
New Coaches Cafe (Virtual)
Host: Alex Ojeda, PCC
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Pacific Time
Are you a new coach and have been in practice for less than three years? Once a month, we will meet to discuss what challenges each of us is facing in our business and share tips, knowledge, and resources to support and uplift one another.