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…