Emerging Coach Series

The One Humanity Emerging Coach Series

Building a One Humanity
Leadership Coaching Community

The One Humanity Emerging Coach Series is focused on supporting the new coach in their journey of learning, growing, and community building. The series features sessions with our coaching program alumni who bring in a question that the community will co-explore and work with. The space is also open to those curious about coaching who might want to explore and learn more about this path.

Featured Speakers and Topics
The program is moderated by Ina Gjikondi, PCC, Director of the  One Humanity Leadership Coaching Program

 

Events
Our upcoming leadership and coaching events.

Applied Coaching in Organizations: Clarifying the Differences in Coaching, Directing and Consulting  

This session explores the differences in how a coach and a consultant conduct their work with a client.  You’ll learn how coaches help people grow through questions and partnership, while consultants provide expertise and solutions.

Date and Time
February 19, 2026 12:00 - 12:45 pm

Registration Link
https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/4cjLpdFbTTayG3zwczIsnw

Speaker Bio

Allison Thiriez is a Human Resources professional with over 25 years of experience across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors. Her expertise spans the entire employee lifecycle, including recruitment, compensation, benefits, employee relations, compliance, coaching, professional development, performance management, payroll, and offboarding.
Beyond her technical expertise, Allison is a trusted business partner, active listener, connector, and problem solver who works to align people strategies with an organization’s mission and impact.

Allison earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and a Master of Public Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also holds a certificate in leadership coaching from the e-Co Leadership Coaching Certification Program at the GW Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. Allison is SHRM-SCP and HRCI certified.
 

Trust Building in Online/Virtual Coaching

In her recent Ph.D. study, she explored strategies that executive coaches employ to address trust-building barriers in online coaching delivery. In this webinar, she will share key findings from her research, offering practical insights on how trust with clients can be cultivated and sustained in virtual environments.

Date and Time
April 23, 2026 @ 12:00 - 12:45 pm EST

Registration Link
https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/94PGOFSrRCmG3aWyk0BCLg

Speaker Bio

Izabela Holmes, PCC is an executive leadership coach, drawing on over 20 years of experience as an HR executive in central banking and investment management. Her coaching philosophy centers on valuing individual differences, meeting people where they are without judgment, and supporting their journey of personal and professional growth.

She is recognized for her authentic leadership and her unwavering commitment to bringing out the best in others. She believes that leaders hold a sacred responsibility to remove barriers to performance, inspire meaningful change, and foster a safe environment where people can celebrate their uniqueness, take risks, and learn without fear of failure.

In her recent Ph.D. study, she explored strategies that executive coaches employ to address trust-building barriers in online coaching delivery. In this webinar, she will share key findings from her research, offering practical insights on how trust with clients can be cultivated and sustained in virtual environments.

Coaching and the Practice of Loving Kindness: What Metta Has to Offer a Divided World

In a world marked by polarization and disconnection, the Buddhist practice of metta—loving kindness meditation—offers powerful tools for bridging divides.

This talk will explore how metta practices support both coaches and clients in cultivating compassion for themselves and others, even across difference. Drawing on both ancient wisdom and contemporary coaching applications, we'll examine how loving kindness strengthens our capacity to hold complexity, work with difficult emotions, and remain open-hearted in challenging times—essential qualities for coaches navigating their own responses while creating space for clients to do the same.

Date and Time
March 19, 2026 @ 12:00 - 12:45pm EST

Registration Link
https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/_SS4iZE3S_y4J2TuZANb_g

Speaker Bio

Kimberly Stietz is the founder Mindful Transformations, LLC, a leadership and life coaching service that seeks to empower high performers, change makers, and spiritual seekers to live more mindfully.  Prior to founding Mindful Transformations, Ms. Stietz practiced business and human rights law at Covington & Burling, LLP for seven years. Ms. Stietz also has experience in international development, the federal government, and the non-profit sector.

Ms. Stietz received her undergraduate degree from Luther College in “The Politics and Religion of Development” and her law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2024 she completed her training as an Executive Leadership Coach through George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.  She is a Reiki Master and also a certified mindfulness meditation teacher through Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s two-year teacher training program.

Ms. Stietz loves the outdoors, yoga, cooking, baking, and traveling the world. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her two children, and her dog, Ms. Lily.

The Gift Of Pausing

Taking an hour to pause and reflect on the richness that sprouts from the parenthesis in our lives and our coaching work.

Date and Time
May 21, 2026 @ 12:00 - 12:45pm EST

Registration Link
https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/hetOHwrITHCRk-928FkJvw

Speaker Bio

Pauline Boet is a Leadership Coach (ACC) and former CSR leader, serving executives and change makers who believe that their inner growth will also support a deep shift in the systems around them. Pauline has also been trained in prospective to help bring about a future we can all love. She has 3 young kids, a flower garden and coaches in french & english.

 

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