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In this expanded position, Luke will oversee the organization's strategic business growth and operations, as well as its expansion into the corporate and educational sectors.

About D. Luke Iorio

D. Luke Iorio -- masterful coach, speaker, and author -- has directed iPEC's expansion from 6 to 12 cities (and growing) over the past 6 years, and, in that time, has seen the school's enrollment grow by nearly 250%. During this period of rapid expansion, Luke has guided efforts to grow and systematize iPEC's infrastructure to maintain excellence in student support and other areas.

Prior to joining iPEC in 2004, Luke founded LINC Performance Group, a marketing and management consultancy. At LINC, Luke worked with entrepreneurs from various service-related businesses who experienced growth from 35% to 300% and more by engaging Luke to improve their marketing, advertising, and sales efforts.

While Luke was with LINC, he enrolled in iPEC's Coach Training Program and met iPEC's founder, Bruce D Schneider. Soon after the initial meeting, Bruce brought Luke on staff to act as a business consultant. That quickly evolved into a full-time position as iPEC's Vice President in charge of marketing, and later operations as well. Luke left his own business and joined iPEC full-time, drawn to coaching and Schneider's work on Energy Leadership (www.energyleadership.com).

Before owning his own business, Luke worked at Corporate Investment International as vice president of business development and as a certified business intermediary for mergers and acquisitions, specializing in working with entrepreneurs with businesses netting under $20 million in revenues.

Throughout Luke's career, he has developed a keen understanding for the needs of the modern professional and entrepreneur. His insight provides him with a unique skill set that helps him assist individuals in the navigation of significant business and life transitions.

A sought-after speaker in the area of leadership and entrepreneurship, Luke is currently co-authoring the book Skillpreneur, which aids entrepreneurs whose skills and expertise lie within their profession, in understanding the unique challenges of learning to grow a business. Luke is also working on an eBook series on workplace engagement - the top issue identified by corporations as critical to sustaining growth, retaining top talent, and developing their next generation of leaders.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Luke attended Seton Hall Preparatory School and went on to Fairfield University, graduating with a degree in marketing. Luke currently resides in New Providence, New Jersey with his wife and two children.

About iPEC Coaching

Founded in 1999 by Bruce D Schneider, MCC and Ph.D., the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) is an Accredited Coach Training and Certification Program. The Institute graduates Certified Professional Coaches in the specialties of life, career/transition, health and wellness, relationships, sales, business, corporate, and executive coaching.

iPEC is the most comprehensive coach training program in the world, developing the most masterful coaches anywhere. iPEC's Core Energy Coachingô process is the most effective approach to professional success in the 21st century.

The methodology and Core Energy Construct are based on Bruce D Schneider's decades of experience in the field and science of energy and consciousness. In addition to that, iPEC has built upon the very best of other paradigms, such as consulting, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), mentoring, quantum physics, metaphysics, adult and accelerated learning theories, emotional intelligence, and leadership development.

The coach training program lasts approximately 9 months, including four in-person 3-day training intensives, peer work, peer coaching, mentor coaching, practice development, tele-classes, niche development, self-study projects, and reading, in addition to a business development program. The 350+ hour program ends in written and oral examinations for certification.

The program is accredited by the International Coach Federation, and exceeds their standards for certification of coaches.

Leading Accredited Coaching Institute Partners with Newly Formed Coaching Service To Bring Affordable Coaching Programs to Corporations Globally

(Shrewsbury, New Jersey, May 13, 2010) The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching, iPEC, the most comprehensive and experiential coach training program in the world, announced today that it is entering into a venture with Roving Coach International (RCI), a newly formed coaching service. The partnership is dedicated to offering coaching services to corporations across the globe.

Through this partnership, Roving Coach International will integrate into its business model the use of iPECís Breakthrough Laser Coachingô process. This approach is proven to encourage significant mental and emotional shifts in coaching clients to enable them to reach their full potential and to live more successful lives.

Roving Coach International, using this process, will provide on-the-job coaching in crisp 30-minute sessions, designed to quickly identify individualsí challenges and opportunities and empower them to set aggressive goals for success.

About iPEC

Founded in 1999 by Bruce D Schneider, Master Certified Coach and Ph D., the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC, www.ipeccoaching.com) is the most comprehensive and experiential coach training program in the world, with an end goal of training masterful coaches to effectively lead themselves and others to where it is that they want to go.

?With training offered in or near most major metropolitan cities in the United States, IPEC is the originator of the Core Energy Coachingô process, the most effective change process and leadership framework in use today. As a result of the program, iPECís more than 3000 certified coaches are some of the most forward thinking and innovative coaches in the profession.

About Roving Coach International

Roving Coach International offers coaching services to corporations across the globe, helping middle managers and other employees find the confidence they need to grow and succeed. RCI's coaching, offered remotely and on-the-job in crisp 30-minute sessions, is designed to quickly identify individuals' challenges and opportunities, and empower them to set aggressive goals for success. For more information, visit www.rovingcoach.com.

(ARA) - When you first entered the workforce, you probably didn't anticipate the economy turning so sour. In fact, you've spent many years diligently promoting yourself up the career ladder and establishing a nice set of skills ñ only to find out your company can't afford to keep you around any longer.

So what do you do now?

Now you can take those skills you've refined over the years and re-evaluate where you are in life. Here are some ideas to consider for your future:

1. Search for a new job.
While it may seem like everyone is unemployed, there are, in fact, job positions being posted. You just need to find them. Ask yourself these questions first: Where else can you reasonably consider relocating ñ across town or across the country? What salary do you really need to earn? What are you looking for at this point ñ something similar, which may or may not exist anymore, or venturing into a new field?

Next, determine if you or your resume needs a makeover. Would working with a career coach help you think through what you want to do with your career and professional life? A career coach can also help you discover how your options match your values, lifestyle, priorities and long term goals.

Finally, with clearer vision now in place, start looking everywhere. Online resources, newspapers, placement agencies, professional contacts ñ you have many resources at your fingertips. Plan on this taking a lot of effort ñ the more work you put into finding a job, the better opportunities you'll discover during your search.

2. Put your skills to use.
Many people who hire career coaches quickly discover this is a potential career that allows them to produce fulfilling results in both their personal and professional lives. A certified professional coach helps individuals and businesses in a variety of ways, including creating a clear vision and goal achievement strategy; becoming more aware of what beliefs, skills, attitude, behaviors and resources are needed to succeed; streamlining decision making and ensuring it matches goals and priorities; forming a detailed, specific plan that lays out key milestones and progress; and, holding clients accountable to what they want to do and who they want to be.

Certified Professional Coaches are earning the reputation as catalysts for change and partners for success.

To learn more about becoming a coach and the training involved, visit the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) at www.ipeccoaching.com. Reasons to become a coach are: the challenge of thinking outside of the box, helping others, self improvement, personal financial growth (experienced certified professional coaches earn between $77,000 and $134,000 per year) and a growing field needing more coaches (part or full time).

3. Go back to school.
This is a very popular route for many laid-off workers to take for obvious reasons. It allows you to change your career path, updates you with the latest information available, and strengthens your resume with a higher degree of education. The educational options are wide open ñ from online to specialized courses to full four-year degrees, with many opportunities for scholarships and grants available.

4. Network.
The easiest way to network in your community is to get out and volunteer. And organizations are desperately looking for volunteers to help because of higher demands and less available money. See if you can find an organization that will appreciate your skills, because this will be another great addition to your resume.

You may discover that receiving a pink slip wasn't the worst thing that could happen, because it gave you the opportunity to take a good look at yourself and discover if you were going in the right direction. Now you just need to take advantage of the opportunity and find what's best for your future.

 

(ARA) - It seems the aspirations of baby boomers are changing from ones of retirement, to those of entrepreneurship. Over the past decade, Americans age 55 to 64 have seen the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity, especially since the traditional business model and large corporations no longer provide the job security they used to.

Despite a bleak economic outlook, America is on the cusp of an entrepreneurial boom, according to a study conducted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

One of the most popular endeavors for those in this age bracket is that of a professional business or life coach. Boomers are well suited to this professional calling based on their vast business and life experience. Coaching is the practice of focusing existing talents and channeling them to create true significance and empowerment to change in the lives of others.

Even before the entrepreneurial boomers took to the profession, the coaching industry has seen tremendous growth, with revenues topping $1 billion in 2008. The International Coach Federation, because of the demand for coaches, has seen an explosion in its membership since its creation in 1995. Membership has grown from fewer than 1,000 members to more than 14,000. Additionally, between 25 to 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies use executive coaches, as reported in a recent survey by The Hay Group, an International Human Resources consultancy.

"Baby boomers comprise the largest segment of our student and graduate base," comments D. Luke Lorio, president of iPEC's coach training division. "The baby boom generation brings with it the experience, skills, contacts, drive and other resources to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities such as coaching. They reached a point in their careers where they want to capitalize on their experience and often give back to others. Coaching has provided them an outlet to help others while also earning substantial incomes."

On average, experienced life coaches are earning an average of $77,000 per year, and experienced corporate/business coaches are earning an average of $134,800 per year, according to the 2009 Sherpa Executive Coaching Study.

With baby boomers living healthier and longer lives, they are no longer following traditional retirement paths and instead are seeking second and third careers. There's been a shift away from lifetime jobs with long-term employment - with a noticeable drop among people ages 35 to 64 years old during the past 50 years, according to the study.

Jim Kelly, president of Real Leaders Lead Executive Coaching (RealLeadersLead.com), is a baby boomer success story. The 63-year-old certified professional coach was attracted to coaching because it was a career that was truly aligned with his values of giving back and empowering others to live their dreams.

"My 35 years of real world leadership and life experience, including a tenure as CEO of a multi-million dollar company, is the ideal foundation for a coaching business. I went through the ups and downs of every career and the struggles of building successful businesses. It is that experience that allows me to help leaders navigate similar experiences much more quickly than if they go it alone," says Kelly. "My coaching business is strong because clients are investing in the one thing they know will produce a return: themselves."

Here are six ways to know if a career in coaching is for you:

• People usually come to you for advice and you have a positive impact on them.
• You value personal growth and seek a career that will utilize your strengths.
• You see great potential in people and are frustrated when they don't exercise that potential.
• You emphasize strong relationships and a balanced life with many interests, including vitality in health and career.
• You're not afraid of hard work to create more personal and financial freedom.
• You know you have a gift - and you want to share it to help yourself and others live a more powerful and fulfilling life.

To find out more about careers in coaching, contact www.iPECcoaching.com.

(December 4, 2009) By STUART VINCENT Special to Newsday
After more than 20 years in sales, management and training, including 12 with AT&T, Siobh·n Murphy of Babylon was looking for a new direction for her career.

"I knew that my life's calling was something different, and I wound up going to a therapist because I was unhappy about what I was doing at work," said Murphy, 48. "I wanted to work with businesspeople. I wanted to talk to them about everything -- personal development, spirituality, business savvy." Then she read a Newsday article about the growing profession of job coaching. "As soon as I read it, I knew that was what I was looking for, and I signed up for the training and met people who felt like my tribe," she said.

Murphy took online courses from Coach U (Click here to connect to coachinc.com.) and is now a certified leadership and career coach. "It was really a place where I could bring all my talents and training and gifts together."

Nancy Massar, 62, of Oyster Bay had worked for IBM for 18 years, mostly in business consulting and instruction. After taking early retirement in 2002, "I decided to explore the next chapter of my life, and coaching kept coming across the screen in many different ways," she recalled. "My belief in people and my passion for both personal and professional development led me to it." Massar graduated from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (Click here for ipeccoaching.com.) and specializes in leadership development and life coaching.

For some baby boomers, coaching has become a second career, offering them the chance to use their life and business experience to help others, and to earn a good living. The profession appeals to boomers because it speaks to that generation's core values -- giving back, achieving personal growth and being driven by relationships with others, said D. Luke Iorio, 32, president of the Shrewsbury, N.J.-based IPEC's Coach Training School.

"When you put those three together, that's what coaching is about. Coaching is about helping others to achieve, sometimes to overcome a particular situation they're in now; others, they're doing very well but want to go from good to great. . . . Coaching thrives off of working in partnership so the coach and client partner to achieve success."

Experiences help
Murphy's experience proved to be valuable when she worked with Adam Cole, 39, vice president of YES Inc. of Hauppauge, and his sales team to help them expand their furniture and equipment business.

"When you're speaking to somebody in sales, if you don't use the right terminology, they think you're just there to throw some fluff at them," Cole said. "In Siobh·n's case, she did know how to sell, she did know how to interact with people effectively."

Bob Ford, 42, a national account executive with Employment Background Investigations in Owings Mills, Md. who was coached by Massar, said her experience was valuable in helping him deal with job and personal issues. "It lends itself to a certain level of credibility," he said. "She's worked with large organizations and has coached large sales groups before."

Coaching can also be lucrative. According to the 2009 Sherpa Executive Coaching Survey, coaches earned an average of $250 an hour and $64,000 annually with three years' experience, $260 an hour and $88,300 annually with three to five years of experience, and $335 an hour and $134,800 annually with five or more years' experience. Diane Brennan, past president and board member of the International Coach Federation (Click here to connect to coachfederation.org), which has more than 13,800 members worldwide and provides certification for coaches, said baby boomers have fueled the growth in coaching.

According to a 2007 ICF global coaching study, about 39 percent of respondents were boomers, with another 24 percent older than that age group. The study surveyed 5,415 respondents from 73 countries.

"Coaching tends to be, especially in North America and the U.S. in particular, a field that many people who already have had careers are attracted to," said Brennan, 53 a former health administrator who has coached for a decade. "The biggest response that I've heard from people in the years I've been involved in coaching is when we learn about this field called coaching most of us say, 'Ah, this is what I've enjoyed about what I've done in my previous work.'"

That was the case for Mitchell York, 52, of Sayville. Following the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks, he was laid off from his job as senior vice president for Ziff Davis Media, where he was publisher of the now defunct Interactive Week.

"I decided not to go back into corporate life. It had been 20 some-odd years, and I decided to do some other more entrepreneurial things.

Helping people
"I wasn't really interested in consulting. I was interested in helping people because it was something I had already done as the head of organizations and business units. The things that always appealed to me most were helping people figure out their own development issues, sales issues, and helping people figure out their own best way to do things as opposed to my telling them how to do things."

York graduated from Coach U and was certified by ICF. In addition to his own executive and career coaching practice, he works as a coach for ClientWise Llc, a training and coaching company in the financial services industry.

Michael Coritsidis, 54, of Lido Beach, whose background is in retail and real estate, is a career and job-readiness coach for the nonprofit group FEGS and runs workshops such as a recent employment program at Freeport Library.

Though not a certified coach, he developed a seven-step coaching program drawing on his on-the-job experience. "When I do consulting and seminars, it's more like a boot camp-type of thing," he said. "I love the idea of empowering people to go out there and accomplish what they have in mind, especially job readiness."

Linda Benison, 51, of Oceanside, who was laid off from her job with a not-for-profit a year ago and attended the Freeport workshop, said she got some good advice and motivation from Coritsidis. "You need someone to pick you up when you are looking for a job," she said.

This insightful guide for prospective coaches provides you with 9 key points of differentiation between coach training schools. Selecting the right coach training school can be a challenging process and you want to sure you get exactly what you’re seeking – whether it be an all inclusive program, in person training, areas of specialization, business development support or more.

This report answers the most frequently asked questions regarding certification, training methodology, differences between coaching models and philosophies, and other factors that help you understand the uniqueness of the school you're looking at and determine which program is right for you.

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One of the most important things that most individuals want to know about is the school’s underlying philosophy and principles. Most schools are based on the traditional coach approach, which is about helping people take their goals to fruition, or taking them “from where they are to where they want to go.” Essentially, this philosophy of coaching involves working with individuals, couples, groups, or organizations to help them clarify and focus on a goal, determine action plans and next steps, hold them accountable, and move them forward as they seemingly desire.

That traditional model provides focus and organization, and does help people to achieve their goals. (Mostly, because coaching works to some degree in any form). However, because people and their lives are much more complicated than they appear to be, and because every aspect of their lives has an impact on the goal they say they want, the results the traditional method of coaching brings are often insignificant and short-lived. This is because the traditional model of coaching focuses on a person's actions. When you help change someone's actions, they will get some results; but changes at this level aren't sustainable because the underlying thoughts and emotions that truly drive actions are not addressed. Without changing core thoughts and emotions, clients will revert back to their old routines and actions.

The only way to create sustainable change and exponentially greater results is to help individuals change the way they think and feel by helping them break through their limiting thoughts and emotional responses, and replace them with supportive, empowering beliefs that get them to take powerful and consistent action. This is the heart of iPEC's philosophy and process: The Core Energy Coaching Process^TM.

This unique process is intended to help people be at the cause of their lives, instead of its effect. You see, too often people react to circumstances; they get “behind the eight ball” as it’s said. The vast majority of the time, this is where the sense of overwhelm, stress, and uneasiness comes from. At iPEC, we believe that no one has to live at the effect of life.

The Core Energy Coaching Process is about reversing this situation, giving individuals the opportunity to be the cause of all of the great things that they truly want to experience in their lives.

The Abilities of a Core Energy Coach

• Core Energy Coaches help clients identify desired goals, and are highly skilled at working with those clients to break through any blocks to achieving those goals.
• Core Energy Coaches help clients identify how their past experiences have formed beliefs that are holding them back and work with them to re-engineer those beliefs so they can achieve greatness.
• Core Energy Coaches are master level coaches who are able to help clients create success, however they measure it, in a very short period of time, and based on the above change model; this is success that actually lasts.
• Core Energy Coaches recognize that the challenges that clients face are often symptoms of another underlying cause. Core Energy Coaching addresses the root cause(s). They do not focus on just making the symptoms tolerable. This, in turn, has an exponential impact on all areas of a client’s life and potential -- and, of course, our coaches experience this first hand in the training.

Randy was first introduced to the world of life coaching when he was searching the internet for baseball coaching drills. Shortly thereafter, he came across an ad in the newspaper, no bigger than a business card, and Randy's life was changed forever. He found iPEC Coaching, he found empowerment coaching and, most importantly, he found his calling. The appeal of life coaching was too hard for him to resist. He enrolled in the iPEC coach training program, not knowing how dramatically it would change every aspect of his life. Two weeks after completing Module 1, Randy gave notice to his employer and started his own coaching business. Having a Masters Degree in Social Work and having spent 15 years in the non-profit sector, this was the biggest and best risk he had ever taken. Randy's passion has always been helping teens and youth. With this in mind and his incredible sense of enthusiasm, he started YPCoach.

Coach Randy (as his teens affectionately refer to him) offers a full service coaching practice for adolescents and young adults between the ages of 13 to 23. Within 8 months, Randy completed iPEC's program, graduated as a Certified Empowerment Coach, was already working with 15 clients, and was speaking at numerous locations around the Tri-State area -- including schools, camps, houses of worship, and youth groups. Randy has developed a youth empowerment program called the LEAP program and heads a landmark movement called Project NextGen. As a result of his coaching abilities and achievements, iPEC offered Randy the opportunity to be trained to become an iPEC instructor. He is working harder than ever and loving every moment of it!

When individuals ask Randy whether or not they can make a living as a coach, he quickly tells them that they can do it. Not because he did it, but because they really can do it!

Prior to attending Module I of her iPEC certified coach training program, Madeline Estrada had the opportunity to appear on a home makeover show on HGTV. Ironically, this show was hosted by a Life Coach who appeared on Oprah. In conversation, he told Madeline that he initially received all of his clients solely through word of mouth and referrals. For Madeline, this information made perfect sense and fit her personality, as she envisioned her practice to be filled in the same manner. Keeping that intention and using this approach, she was able to attain an amazing iPEC record-breaking achievement of getting 21 paying clients before graduating!

According to Madeline, she often felt as if she were an instrument, whereby someone or something worked through her to bring about miracles in her life. She stays passionately involved and is successful in many communities (she is a Reiki practitioner in New York and New Jersey, a yogi, a full-time graphic designer, actor, model, and artist, to name a few), and her connection and love for these people helped her grow her clientele and business. Her clients have commented on how her authenticity, credibility in the community and tremendous joy for life attracted them to her instantly.

Madeline believes her success as a Life Coach also comes from the exceptional support she received from the staff, trainers, classmates, and graduates who are part of iPEC's loving and supportive community. Her connection to them remains deep-rooted and if her path with iPEC hadn't crossed, she feels she wouldn't be who and where she is today.

Sue Nodine completed the iPEC program and received her Certification in August, 2002. She later became a trainer for iPEC and supervised and mentor coached students in the program. After six months of coaching experience, she was ready when opportunity knocked. Sue was invited to attend a coaching seminar at a company that had made a decision to replace the annual Performance Review with a program called Catalytic Coaching. The seminar was to inform the management and supervisor levels of the decision to embrace coaching. Sue asked who would be working with personnel to ensure the program's success. The CEO asked if Sue could do that for them and she replied "Yes, I can!"

The result: The company went from 150 employees to 212 employees with aggressive growth continuing well into the following year. A strong commitment to coaching (and to Sue) from the top remained, and they were very pleased with the changes in the culture.

According to Rene, as a result of the confidence she had from the training received at iPEC, she was able, before graduation to establish a successful full-time coaching business. She broke the iPEC record, at that time, for most paying clients before graduation with 18 (the previous record was 16)! The new record has been set at 21 by Madeline Estrada -- featured above. In addition, she was featured in a health and fitness magazine that published an article about her business. The response was so great that the magazine invited Rene to be a regular contributor to its monthly publication. Since then, another magazine has decided to feature her. Rene is a natural networker and loves "getting out there."

The result: Her business is already yielding referrals for more personal and professional clients. She states, "I haven't even begun to touch the surface of the opportunities available in coaching. This is so exciting and rewarding! Thank you iPEC!!!!" We say, thank you, Rene, and keep going strong.

Even though our coaches send us client success stories all the time, this particular client success was interesting enough to add to the website because it demonstrates how coaching can assist the type of client who, feeling down, would normally seek therapy. And without any therapeutic intervention, the coaching process helped turn his life around. Note: It is important to realize that coaching is not a replacement for therapy. However, there are many times when people seek therapy when they could really benefit more from coaching.

From Ellie: "I have a client who built a very successful business from scratch. He told me that he hated his life and his job and could no longer walk through the door of his business. At our first session it had been a while since he put in an appearance at his shop. After only 2 months of working together, he was going to work 2 - 3 days a week. After 3 months he was back at work enjoying it completely and felt excited again about being there. The bottom line was burnout. He had forgotten to allow himself to have fun at work and to have a balanced life. Thru our coaching relationship he found himself again, and gave himself permission to find the joy in his life. He is still a weekly client and continues to grow in many ways of self acceptance and self love and continues to maintain a successful business."