Afrocentric Insights for All Coaches: Diverse Perspectives on Coaching

Across the African continent, traditional norms emphasize community, balance, and a recognition of interdependence. Irrespective of skin color, we are all part of the African Diaspora and these principles can serve us to expand our vision of coaching.

Join us livestreaming or watch later to engage in a dialogue with emotional intelligence coaches grappling with big questions about culture and coaching. What is “Afrocentrism” and is that relevant to all coaches? Has coaching become “white centered” and how do we expand that? What will make professional coaching work better for people from all spaces and places?

The first livestream in this series was about DIVERSE SOURCES OF WISDOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHEudA4FbJ8

TODAY'S PANELISTS
Thaïs Yafet is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consultant and Leadership Coach, with 15 years of experience creating safe spaces for people to be themselves. In 2010 she was awarded the Grand Prize for “Women Driving Progress” by Essence Magazine and Ford Motor Corp., for her entrepreneurial and global business endeavors in the garment manufacturing, logistics, retail and tech sectors. She’s held executive roles in fashion and skincare, working across 55 different countries from the board room to the shop floor, creating collaborative workspaces that deliver. Her passion is helping people and organizations achieve their purpose, values and goals.

Issac Carter, Ph.D., is the Founder of the Coaching Imperative and is a DEI Strategist and Executive Coach, Certified EQ Assessor & Practitioner, Black Male Feminist, and Musician. For over 25 years, Issac has helped individuals and institutions understand, embrace, and leverage diversity. Issac's experience includes several senior-level roles focused on personal and professional development. Issac's Afrocentric approach to coaching focuses on reclaiming our shared humanity and realizing our collective potential.

Fiorella Velarde, M.S; M.Ed, Regional Director - Six Seconds Latin America. Fio is a Florida-based psychologist, educator and trainer, committed to creating value with emotional intelligence by assisting organizations and individuals to reach their full potential. More: https://linktr.ee/6secondshispano

Gerald Bush is owner and Chief People Strategist for GBKB Consulting. Gerald has spent over 20 years in corporate America leading change management, diversity, equity & inclusion, leadership development, employee engagement, employee retention, coaching and employee relation’s strategies that resulted in organizational transformation. Gerald is an EQ Practitioner, EQ Certified Coach, ICF Certified Coach-PCC, Certified Trainer/Facilitator and Society for Human Resource Management-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). Before starting GBKB Consulting in 2018, Gerald served as an HR executive for CVS Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Sport Authority and Footlocker where he was instrumental in growing revenue and building innovative human resource strategies.

Tekena Ikoko, MBA, is an author of over 16 books that sold over 500,000 copies, including the best-seller, Dinah, An Untold Story. As an Engineer and a satellite communication specialist, Tekena had over 15 years of work experience in the banking/IT sector before commencing his journey into coaching/mentoring with his brands like MouldAfrica, TekenaSpeaks, Cankata Consulting, and EQ2Homes through which he has supported over 15,000 participants in personal development.

Joshua Freedman, MCC; cofounder and CEO, The Six Seconds EQ Network, working since 1997 toward a world with more emotional intelligence (EQ). Josh's goal is for everyone to make friends with their feelings... and to use emotions to step toward a future that works for all of us. He is a Master Certified Coach and author of the international best-seller, At the Heart of Leadership, and five other books on EQ in business, for families, and in schools. Six Seconds' tools & methods are used in over 200 countries... from developing business leaders at FedEx (6sec.org/fedex) to growing courageous leaders from the future of the planet in Kenya (6sec.org/wmf) to partnering with UNICEF to bring EQ to millions of children for free (6sec.org/popup)... we’re working toward a billion people practicing EQ.

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