From IT Boardrooms to Inclusive Teams: A Conversation with Heena Jethwa, Coach, Technologist, Inclusion Advocate
After 30 years in IT, Heena Jethwa found her purpose in coaching. In this DEIB series interview, she shares her journey from tech boardrooms to systemic team coaching, why belonging matters, and how coaches can catch their own unconscious biases.
Finding My Tribe – The Moment I Knew I Was on the Right Path
How one ICF Netherlands member discovered belonging, confidence, and a community that helped shape her coaching journey
Mind Your Trap A Conversation with Pritam Jha ; Coach, Geologist, Explorer
Mind Your Trap A Conversation with Pritam Jha ; Coach, Geologist, Explorer Interview by Sibel Aydin Gorcek – DEIB committee This interview is part of an ongoing series by the ICF Netherlands DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) Group, featuring conversations with its volunteer members. Our goal is to bring visibility to the people behind…
In conversation with Marjolijn Vlug: integrity, inclusion and the future of coaching
Interview by Sibel Aydin Gorcek – DEIB committee We had a nice chat with Marjolijn Vlug focusing on the DEIB Volunteer Group and its activities within the ICF Netherlands Chapter, exploring her transition from HR to full-time coaching and her commitment to making the profession more inclusive. COACHING: CONNECTION & HOLDING A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE…
Referral is part of professional coaching
In coaching werken we met mensen die zich bezighouden met wezenlijke vragen over richting, betekenis, gedrag en verantwoordelijkheid. Dat maakt ons werk betekenisvol en soms ook complex. Niet alles wat een coachee inbrengt, hoort vanzelfsprekend thuis binnen coaching. En juist daar, op die grens, wordt ons vak ethisch.
Is there a silver lining in the DEIB backlash?
Blog door Heena Jethwa – ICF NL DEIB Team
In coaching, we’re trained to lean into discomfort. To stay curious even when the ground beneath us feels shaky. And lately, the ground has felt particularly unstable.
Like many in the DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) space, I’ve felt despondent. With headlines of DEIB roles being cut, policies reversed, and contracts threatened, especially in the U.S. I found myself spiraling. Was this really happening? Had I woken up in some kind of dystopia?
Professional Coaching Code: A Significant Step Towards Quality and Transparency in the Coaching Sector
Utrecht, 19 November 2024 – Five leading professional organisations for coaching, NOBCO, LVSC, StiR, ICF Netherlands, and Noloc, have joined forces to enhance the quality and transparency of the coaching profession. Together, they have developed and signed the Professional Coaching Code on 19 November in Utrecht. This sets out an essential quality standard for professional…
NOBCO and ICF Netherlands jointly publish White Paper: ‘Coaching has social importance’
Introduction NOBCO, the largest professional association for coaches in the Netherlands, and ICF Netherlands, the Dutch representation of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), jointly publish a White Paper in which they state that professional coaching has social added value. In the White Paper ‘Coaching in an nontransparent market’, the organizations answer the question what coaching…