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Event link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83700235599
Zoom event ID: 837 0023 5599
Access code: 163230

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About the conference

On December 2, 2025, the ICF Poland Charter Chapter brings together a focused program on leadership coaching. Across four expert-led sessions, participants will explore design thinking in leadership practice, the coaching mindset in action, communication through a coaching lens, and inclusion driven from the inside out. The day blends practical tools with reflective inquiry to help leaders and coaches translate insight into everyday impact.

Live participation is free for everyone.

Program (CET)

• 09:30–09:50 – Opening
• 09:50–11:00 – Design Thinking in Leadership Practice – Prof. Joanna Żukowska, ACC
• 11:00–12:10 – Leader with a Coaching Mindset – Sofia Rodrigues
• 12:30–13:40 – Coaching for Communication in Leadership – Christina Michaelidou, ACC
• 13:40–14:50 – Driving Inclusion from the Inside Out – Malcolm Fiellies, PCC
• 14:50–15:10 – Ending

Session overviews

Design Thinking in Leadership Practice – Prof. Joanna Żukowska, ACC

Design thinking is a modern approach that supports leaders in creating innovative solutions and leading teams effectively. This talk introduces practical tools – empathy map, customer journey map, ideation, and rapid prototyping – that help leaders understand stakeholder needs, spark team creativity, and implement solutions that answer real business challenges.
Participants will learn to:

• Apply empathy and journey mapping to surface stakeholder needs.
• Use ideation techniques to generate high-value options.
• Prototype quickly to test assumptions and reduce risk.
• Translate insights into implementable actions within their teams.

Leader with a Coaching Mindset – Sofia Rodrigues

What distinguishes today’s most effective leaders isn’t just what they do – but how they think. A coaching mindset brings curiosity, openness, and deep listening into leadership, creating space for innovation, ownership, and sustainable growth. This session shows how leaders can embody coach-like behaviors in everyday interactions to strengthen trust, decision-making, collaboration, and empowerment.
Participants will gain insight into:

• How a coaching mindset transforms leadership behavior.
• ICF Core Competencies most relevant to leadership roles.
• Practical tools and reflective questions to build presence and empathy.
• Real examples of shifting from directive to developmental leadership.

Coaching for Communication in Leadership – Christina Michaelidou, ACC

Communication is harder than ever amid complexity, cultural diversity, and hybrid work. Drawing on coaching principles and practices, this session explores how leaders can strengthen communication to support engagement and performance.
Participants will learn to:

• Build trust and transparency through coaching conversations.
• Foster open dialogue and active listening as core competencies.
• Navigate difficult conversations with empathy and clarity.
• Use coaching techniques to create conditions for inclusion and high performance.

Driving Inclusion from the Inside Out – Malcolm Fiellies, PCC

Inclusive leadership is both a moral imperative and a strategic advantage. Coaching equips leaders with self-awareness, deep listening, and reflective practice to challenge assumptions, embrace diverse perspectives, and lead with authenticity.
Participants will discover how coaching can help leaders:

• Uncover unconscious biases and broaden decision-making lenses.
• Enhance cultural intelligence for local and global impact.
• Foster psychological safety and trust in high-performing teams.
• Integrate inclusive thinking into strategy and daily operations.

Speakers

Prof. Joanna Żukowska, ACC

Deputy Director of the Institute of Enterprise and Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Environment at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. She leads the postgraduate programs Academy of the Professional Coach and Enterprise in the Era of Expanding Defense Potential, and chairs the SGH Coaching Conference organizing committee. An ICF-accredited coach (ACC), she holds an International Trainer Certificate, and is a tutor and mentor. She completed a one-and-a-half-year Train the Trainer and Educational Leadership program at the University of Groningen, and was a scholarship holder at the University of Bologna and Fordham University in New York.

Sofia Rodrigues

An experienced association-management professional, Regional Manager for Europe & Africa at the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Sofia supports and guides ICF chapters across the region, promoting coaching as a driver of organizational and leadership development. She is committed to advancing coaching ethics, professional standards, and membership benefits, and is known for building coaching cultures that enhance team dynamics, leadership effectiveness, and overall performance – advocating for the profession on a global scale.

Christina Michaelidou, ACC

ICF Life & Business Coach and Board Marketing & Communications Director, ICF Cyprus Chapter. Christina empowers individuals to unlock their potential and supports entrepreneurs worldwide in achieving balance, clarity, and growth in life and business. Leveraging over a decade in creative agencies and seven years as an entrepreneur, she actively advocates for the power of coaching. She is the author of Design Your Wins Every Day, inspiring people to acknowledge their daily wins.

Malcolm Fiellies, PCC

Regional Director for Europe & Africa at the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Malcolm shapes the growth of the profession by elevating standards, upholding ethics, and fostering a vibrant global coaching community. With expertise in governance, leadership development, and ecosystem building, he empowers ICF chapters and coaching communities across two continents. A proud South African, he holds a bachelor’s in accounting sciences and a Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching, and contributed a chapter to the ICF Nigeria publication The World of Coaching: An African Experience (“Transforming Africa Through Coaching”).

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