Professional Development Sessions

As coaches, we are often invited to step into the role of facilitator. Whether leading a professional development workshop, guiding a team through strategic planning, or presenting at a conference, how people are convened can be the difference between a gathering that energizes and one that could have been an email.

This interactive session draws directly on the ICF Core Competencies, particularly establishing trust and safety, maintaining presence, and cultivating awareness. Participants will learn practical tools, modalities, and frameworks to design gatherings that reflect a coaching mindset rather than a directive approach.

Grounded in Jewish communal values such as kavanah (intentionality), areivut (shared responsibility), and b’tzelem Elohim (honoring the dignity of each person), the session explores how coaching-informed facilitation can strengthen trust, invite diverse perspectives, and support more meaningful engagement within Jewish organizational contexts.

Burnout is often framed as something individuals must push through or fix on their own. In this reflective and practical webinar, we explore a different perspective: burnout as a signal — an invitation to pause, listen, and realign.

Drawing inspiration from physician and burnout expert Dr. Neha Sangwan’s work on burnout and the wisdom of Shabbat as a structured pause for renewal, this session connects these ideas with the ICF Core Competencies. Coaches will learn how presence, active listening, and evoking awareness create space for clients to recognize the signals of burnout and reconnect with what matters most.

Participants will explore how intentional pauses support sustainable performance, deepen coaching presence, and help clients move from exhaustion to clarity and choice.

The session will include practical coaching applications to support both coaches and the clients they serve.

Hosted by: Simcha Zevit, ACC, Imun Program Manager, Simcha Zevit Coaching

This is all about building community and connection. Meeting and mingling matters! We’ll get to know each other in a series of break out groups with prompts to guide our conversations. 

The deep, mystical Jewish wisdom of Kabbalah has important concepts that can empower coaches and their clients. Participants will learn concepts that enable their clients to connect and live from a deeper purpose. The session will cover mystical Jewish concepts about holding multiple, conflicting truths; understanding deeper meanings behind mistakes, triggers, and enemies; and rebalancing giving and receiving.  We will use these concepts to enrich our own lives and hold space for our clients' journeys.