EMCC USA

09/01/2026

If you follow us, you know that we are growing and expanding the team, so we can bring more value to our members.

Meet our new Committee leader for the Programs and Events Comitee: Paul S. Sanbar.

An Ingenuity + Leadership Coach, certified coach supervisor, and hands-on visual thinking facilitator, Paul Sanbar has dedicated himself to the field of self-development and to effecting positive change through purposeful play, storytelling, and expansive conversations, initially as a humanistic psychotherapist and now as an ICF-accredited Master Certified Coach and an EMCC-accredited coach supervisor (ESIA) and coach practitioner (EIA-SP).

Paul will support our planning and events and will help us bring even more interesting topics to you in the upcoming months. Welcome to the team, Paul!

08/10/2026

Dear Members and Friends, EMCC USA is looking for volunteers to join different committees. Contribute to the profession, join a team who cares about coaches and their growth and get the visibility in the industry, that can boost your career even further. Contact us on: [email protected] for more information.

08/07/2026

📣 A New Secretary Joins the EMCC USA Board

EMCC USA is delighted to announce the appointment of Michelle M. Lopez, Ph.D., PCC, CEC, CMC as Secretary of our Board of Directors.

Michelle is an executive and systemic team coach and the President and Founder of Next Gen Latinos, LLC. An ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Certified Executive Coach (CEC), she brings nearly three decades of leadership experience across higher education and coaching, along with a deep commitment to developing the next generation of leaders. She also serves on the faculty of Peter Hawkins' Team Development Essentials programme within the systemic team coaching community.

In her role as Secretary, Michelle will help steward the governance and continued growth of EMCC USA as we advance excellence in mentoring, coaching, and supervision across the United States.

Please join us in warmly welcoming Michelle to the Board. We look forward to the energy, insight, and heart she brings to our shared mission.

Welcome, Michelle! 👏

07/16/2026

The coaches who grow fastest have one habit in common: they reflect — relentlessly.

After a session, the amateur asks: "Did that go okay?"

The professional asks:
- What did I notice in myself during that conversation?
- Where did I want to rescue, fix, or impress?
- What did I miss?
- What would I do differently next time?

Reflective practice is how raw experience becomes real expertise. It's not a nice-to-have — at EMCC it sits at the heart of professional practice, supported by supervision and continuous development.

You don't get better by coaching more.

You get better by reflecting more on the coaching you do.

07/14/2026

Before technique, before models, before a single question — there's presence.

Presence is the quality of being fully there: undistracted, unhurried, genuinely curious about the person in front of you.

Clients can feel it instantly. It's the difference between a conversation that feels transactional and one that feels transformational.

You can't fake it. You can only cultivate it — through your own reflection, your own supervision, your own inner work.

This is why EMCC describes excellent practice through presence, reflection, and partnership. The skills matter. But who you are in the room matters more.

How do you prepare your presence before a session?

07/07/2026

The hardest skill in coaching? Keeping your mouth shut.

When a client brings a problem, every instinct says: solve it. You can see the answer. It would be faster.

But the moment you hand over your answer, three things happen:
- The client stops thinking
- The solution becomes yours, not theirs
- Their commitment to act quietly evaporates

The skill isn't having the answer. It's resisting it — and asking the question that helps the client find a better one.

"What have you already considered?"
"What would good look like here?"
"What's really getting in the way?"

Powerful questions beat clever answers. Every time.

What's your favorite coaching question?

07/02/2026

"What's the ROI of coaching?" — the question every buyer asks. Here's how to answer it.

Coaching rarely shows up as a single line on a spreadsheet. Its return shows up as:

- Better decisions — leaders who think more clearly under pressure
- Stronger relationships — less friction, more trust across teams
- Sharper focus — energy spent on what actually matters
- Retention — people stay where they feel they're growing
- Resilience — leaders who navigate change instead of freezing in it

The organizations that win with coaching don't treat it as a perk. They treat it as capability-building — and they measure the behaviors that drive results.

Coaching isn't a cost. It's leverage.

How do you measure coaching impact? Share below.

06/30/2026

"Coaching is just expensive advice."

Not quite. Let's bust a few myths.

MYTH: A good coach gives great advice.
REALITY: A good coach helps you reach your own insight — which you're far more likely to act on.

MYTH: Coaching is for people who are struggling.
REALITY: Most coaching clients are high performers who want to go further.

MYTH: Anyone can call themselves a coach.
REALITY: True — which is exactly why accreditation and ethics matter.

MYTH: Results can't be measured.
REALITY: Clarity, behavior change, and outcomes absolutely can — and should be.

The profession earns its credibility one well-coached conversation at a time.

Which myth do you hear most often?

06/29/2026

Who holds the ones who hold others?

Coaching supervision is some of the most demanding work in our profession — and often the most solitary. We hold the cases, the dynamics, the ethical knots, the emotional weight our coaches bring. And then, too often, we carry it alone.

I'm delighted to share something built to change that. 🔵

Introducing The Supervision Circle — a new monthly gathering from EMCC USA, created as a reflective home for coaching supervisors. A place to step out of the supervisor's chair and back into the circle.

Each month, we'll restore, reflect, and refine together:

🟠 Bring a live case and think it through with peers who genuinely understand the terrain

🟠 Explore practical techniques, models, and lenses you can use the very next day

🟠 Set down the weight the role quietly accumulates — and stay well in the work

🟠 Build a standing community of fellow supervisors, not a one-off webinar

Whether you're newly accredited or decades in — whether you supervise individuals, teams, or internal coaching functions — you belong here.

This isn't a lecture to half-watch with your inbox open. It's a confidential, collegial, genuinely reflective community of practice.

The conversation begins September 2026, and continues every month after.

Bring a case. Bring a question. Or simply bring yourself. 👇

🔗 Register here: https://www.emccusa.org/event-list

And if a colleague who holds this work comes to mind — tag them below. The Circle is better with them in it.

Join us on our in-person or online events, conferences and webinars and advance in the profession.

06/25/2026

Coaching is a global profession. Your community should be too.

EMCC USA gives you the best of both worlds:

GLOBAL — accreditation and standards developed by EMCC Global, refined over 30+ years and recognized across borders. Your credentials travel with you.

LOCAL — a U.S. community that understands your market, your clients, and your context. Real connection, not just a membership card.

Standards that mean something. People who get it. That's the combination serious practitioners are looking for.

Join us at emccusa.org