Coaching World Issue 17: February 2016 | Page 5

Editor’s Note Get Started © One of the things I love most about being part of the ICF team is partnering with honorees in our International Prism Award program to share their coaching success stories. In this issue, we’re telling the story of SAP’s Global Coaching Practice (GCP), which delivers highimpact coaching aligned with ICF standards to employees worldwide. (Read SAP’s story on page 12, and learn more about the Prism Award program at Coachfederation.org/prism.) G PA SA / W olf ra m Sch eibl e What I find most inspiring about SAP’s coaching success story are the GCP’s grassroots origins: This high-impact global offering began with a small group of managers who sought coachspecific training to sharpen their own skills. After experiencing coaching and coach-training firsthand, they realized the modality’s potential benefits for the wider organization and took the first steps to weave coaching into SAP’s culture. They got started, and in so doing, they changed SAP for the better. This issue of Coaching World is filled with resources to help you get started and take the first step toward achieving your next business development goal—regardless of whether you’re a new or longtime coach. Turn to page 22 to discover why it may be worthwhile to step into the organizational coaching space. A Q&A with bestselling author Gretchen Rubin (page 14) outlines steps you can take to kick-start habit change. Beginning on page 18, Suzanne Bates provides easy-to-implement tips for stepping out with enhanced executive presence. As you contemplate your goals for 2016, I invite you to share how we at Coaching World can help you achieve them. Email me at [email protected] and let me know what you’d like to see more of in CW this year. Abby Tripp Heverin Communications and Awards Manager Coaching World 5 Coaching World magazine was recognized by the American Society of Association Executives with a 2015 Gold Circle Award in the e-magazines category, by GD USA with an American InHouse Design Award in the publications category, and by the APEX Awards program with an Award of Excellence for one- to two-person produced magazines.