BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Events//ES METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/Asia/Tokyo X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE TIMEZONE-ID:Asia/Tokyo X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e2027d8a-5e9d-48d8-b3a0-941fec1785cf@360exp.net SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260911T002848 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20261002T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20261002T120000 SUMMARY:From Complaint to Choice: Moving Clients from What Happened to Wha t’s Possible LOCATION:Convention Room AP Akihabara DESCRIPTION:ICF Japan Coaching in English Group October Meeting: From Comp laint to Choice: Moving Clients from What Happened to What’s Possible Pr esenter: Cory McGowan\, PCC\, team coach\, and founder of Adventure Partne r CCE: 2 Date: Friday\, October 2\, 2026 Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. JST\, with networking afterward. Doors will close at 7:00 p.m.\; please arrive early . Location: Convention Room AP Akihabara\, Akihabara 1-1\, Akihabara Busin ess Center Building 5 F Cost: ¥3\,500 (ICF Global members affiliated with the ICF Japan Chapter) or ¥4\,500 (non-ICF Global members and ICF Global members not affiliated with the ICF Japan Chapter). If you are a member o f an organization registered with the ICF Japan Chapter as an ICFJ corpora te partner\, you may attend at the corporate partner price of ¥3\,500. Of fer limited to two people from the same organization. Special Note: Regist ration closes on October 1 at 5:00 p.m. JST. Please register early\, as we cannot make exceptions for requests to register after the deadline. ICFJ affiliates\, take note: The Peatix form will ask for your ICF Global membe rship number\, so please be ready to fill it in. If you attend the event a s an ICF Global member affiliated with the ICF Japan Chapter\, you must pr ovide your ICF Global membership number. If you are an ICF Global member N OT affiliated with the ICF Japan Chapter\, you must register for this even t as a non-chapter member. ICFJ corporate partners\, take note: The Peatix form will ask for the name of the organization you are affiliated with\, so please be ready to fill in this information. From Complaint to Choice: Moving Clients from What Happened to What’s Possible What do we do when a client has a really good complaint? Our clients trust us. One of the way s this shows up is their willingness to share things they may not share wi th anyone else—and sometimes those things are complaints. A colleague wh o did something they didn’t appreciate. An event that didn’t go the wa y they hoped. A promotion that didn’t come through. And sometimes\, it r eally does seem like they have every right to complain. Part of our role a s coaches is to listen without an agenda and empower the client to decide what they want to do with the situation\, if anything. But we can also not ice when a client is so activated by what happened that their reaction is limiting what they can see and the choices available to them. In this sess ion\, we will explore a process for working with these situations. Drawing on the ontological coaching tradition\, we will look at who the client is being in relation to what happened and how we can support them in taking responsibility—not blame—in a way that creates greater freedom and cho ice\, without requiring anything from anyone else. By the end of the sessi on\, you will: Understand the process and why it can be effective Be bette r able to recognize when this process may—and may not—be appropriate P ractice coaching to help clients recognize their freedom of choice Receive a practical tool you can use to work through your own challenging situati ons and share with your clients ICF Core Competencies you will strengthen in this session: 7. Evokes Awareness 7.02 — Challenges the client as a w ay to evoke awareness or insight 7.04 — Asks questions that help the cli ent explore beyond current thinking 7.05 — Invites the client to share m ore about their experience in the moment 7.08 — Helps the client identif y factors that influence current and future patterns of behavior\, thinkin g or emotion 7.09 — Invites the client to generate ideas about how they can move forward and what they are willing or able to do 7.10 — Supports the client in reframing perspectives 8. Facilitates Client Growth 8.01 — Works with the client to integrate new awareness\, insight or learning into their worldview and behaviors 8.02 — Partners with the client to d esign goals\, actions and accountability measures that integrate and expan d new learning 8.03 — Acknowledges and supports client autonomy in the d esign of goals\, actions and methods of accountability About the facilitat or: Cory McGowan is a PCC and certified team coach\, and a long-term resid ent of Japan based in the mountains in Minakami\, Gunma. His business\, Ad venture Partner\, creates curated leadership experiences for leaders and l eadership teams in Japan and Asia that combine ontological coaching\, outd oor adventures\, and connection with rural Japan community. He would love to show you why Minakami is the best place in Japan\, and invites you to c ome out sometime on a Monday Adventure .\n\nBoletos: https://peatix.com/ev ent/5167034 URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/e2027d8a-5e9d-48d8-b3a0-941fec1785 cf END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR