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You know you need your MENTOR COACHING hours!
You know coach recordings are required.
You know the credentialing exam is waiting.

But the process feels complicated. The requirements feel unclear. And without someone alongside you who truly knows the pathway - it is easy to keep postponing what matters.

This is the gap nobody talks about when you sign up for coach training.

You can complete 60, 125 or more hours of excellent training - and still feel completely unprepared for what the credential journey actually demands. Because training teaches you to coach. Mentoring teaches you to coach at the level the ICF is assessing you for.

These are not the same thing.

The ICF's ACC and PCC assessments are specific, rigorous and nuanced. Assessors listen for particular behaviours, particular qualities of presence and particular markers of competency - at a level that most coaches only begin to understand when they receive expert feedback for the first time.

Our ICF Mentor Coaching Programme is designed for coaches at exactly this stage. You will receive:

● Expert guidance on your ACC or PCC credential pathway - step by step
● Feedback on your coaching recordings aligned to the specific ICF BARS and Core Competencies
● Support from MCC mentors who have guided hundreds of coaches to their credentials
● Group and one-to-one mentoring across a structured programme
● Clarity - finally - on exactly where you are and what you need to do next

You do not have to figure this out alone. And you should not have to.

September and December intakes are now open. https://www.empower-world.com/icf-mentoring-programme

Where are you in your credential journey right now - and what is the one thing holding you back?

Tomorrow: Listen for what has not yet been said – potentially the most important message to understand.

For 75 minutes, we invite you to pause the urge to advise, fix or prepare your response and experience a different way of listening.

Join Jeanine Bailey, International Coaching Federation Master Certified Coach (MCC), live for:

Listening Beyond the Words
The conversation skill rarely taught, but everyone needs.

You will explore how deeper listening supports people in slowing down, hearing themselves more clearly, and accessing their own insights.

📅 Tomorrow, Tuesday, 25 August 2026
🕖 7:00 PM Qatar time (GMT+3)
💻 Live online
💡 Complimentary

No previous coaching experience is required. Simply bring your curiosity and a willingness to listen differently.

Registration is still open.

🔗 Reserve your place: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qVynbrv0QbOdOsj2eJGiOw

Burnout is not a badge of honour. It's a business cost.

Too often, being "busy" is worn as a symbol of success. But behind the long hours and constant pressure are exhausted people, declining performance and significant costs for organisations.

Research shows that poor mental health costs UK employers an estimated £51 billion each year, while billions of working days are lost globally due to anxiety, depression and burnout.

The solution isn't another wellbeing initiative that sits on the sidelines.

It's leadership.

Leaders who listen.
Leaders who role model healthy boundaries.
Leaders who create psychological safety.
Leaders who understand that people perform at their best when they are well.

As Nicola Spencer-Perera shared on Empower World's Coaching and Leadership Podcast, the same high-profile global event was delivered successfully - but with a very different human experience when wellbeing became part of the strategy, not an afterthought.

Because when people thrive, organisations thrive.

What's one thing leaders can do today to create a healthier workplace?

Click the link to read: “Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honour - The Cost to Organisations Is Real” https://go.empower-world.com/Ew-Blog-24-August-2026

🎧 To listen to Podcast Episode 261: "Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honour - The Cost to Organisations Is Real," click the links below.

YouTube: https://go.empower-world.com/YT-Podcast-EP-261
Direct Link: https://go.empower-world.com/Podcast-EP-261
Spotify: https://go.empower-world.com/SP-Podcast-EP-261
iTunes: https://go.empower-world.com/IT-Podcast-EP-261

When someone brings you a challenge, how quickly do you begin searching for an answer?

We advise. We reassure. We share what worked for us.

All with the best intentions.

But sometimes, the most supportive thing we can offer is not an answer. It is the space for another person to think, reflect and discover their own way forward.

In just a few days, Jeanine Bailey, ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), will guide a complimentary live experience exploring one of the foundational skills of professional coaching:

Listening Beyond the Words
The conversation skill rarely taught, but everyone needs.

Come and experience the difference between listening to respond and listening in a way that supports genuine insight.

📅 Tuesday, 25 August 2026
🕖 7:00 PM Qatar time (GMT+3)
💻 Live online
⏱️ 75 minutes

No previous coaching knowledge or experience is needed.

🔗 Save your complimentary place: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qVynbrv0QbOdOsj2eJGiOw

Here is something most coaches do not talk about.

Many of us have spent years coaching without ever having someone truly listen to our sessions. Not to assess us. Not to catch us out. But to genuinely help us see what we are doing well - and what we are missing.

That kind of feedback is rare. And when it comes from a Master Certified Coach who has spent decades coaching and mentoring coaches - it does not just feel good. It changes how you coach.

Our ICF Mentor Coaching Programme gives you exactly that. Detailed feedback on your real coaching sessions, aligned to the ICF Core Competencies, delivered by MCC mentors with the experience and skill to help you go from competent to truly masterful.

If you are working toward your ACC or PCC credential - or simply want to know that your coaching is as strong as it can be - this programme was designed for you.

September and December intakes are now open. https://www.empower-world.com/icf-mentoring-programme

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Most of us are running on empty. And calling it normal.

Nicola Spencer-Perera spent 27 years in high-pressure corporate environments before burnout changed everything. Four things she said stopped us in our tracks.

"A lot of companies are introducing apps now, but if they're still running at that high speed, and employees are still expected to over-deliver - it's not going to work. It's not free fruit and yoga. You can put a plaster over the challenges, but it's just that - a plaster."

Real change is not a once-off programme. It is a culture shift.

"If a leader is dysregulated - not behaving in a real, connecting human way - it can affect a whole team. No matter how hard you try to regulate yourself, if you're then going straight back into that environment, you're not going to feel great."

Culture flows from the top. Every single time.

"For every £1 an employer invests in its workforce in mental health and wellbeing support, the return is almost £5. There is evidence that it does offer a great return - but it's the mindset change."

This is not a soft argument for cultural change. It is a business case for change.

"If you are a leader in an organisation and you are concerned about employees - start to listen. Take note. Really listen to how they are feeling. And take charge of your own wellbeing too. How do you want to feel? How are you really feeling? What small changes can you make to support yourself?"

The simplest and most powerful place to begin is with ourselves.

Burnout is not a badge of honour. The cost to organisations - and to people - is very real and requires change - starting at the top.

YouTube: https://go.empower-world.com/YT-Podcast-EP-261
Direct Link: https://go.empower-world.com/Podcast-EP-261
Spotify: https://go.empower-world.com/SP-Podcast-EP-261
iTunes: https://go.empower-world.com/IT-Podcast-EP-261

Which of these landed most for you?