Coaching and Leading with Cultural Humility (Part 3)
November 6 – 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Coaching and leading with cultural humility explores how coaches can create inclusive, ethical, and culturally responsive practices. Cultural humility is not a finite goal of “competence,” but a lifelong commitment to self-reflection, openness, and awareness of bias. In coaching, this approach deepens connection, strengthens trust, and supports more authentic and equitable relationships.
This workshop invites participants to examine the impact of their own social identities on coaching relationships, explore strategies to recognize and interrupt ethnocentrism, and practice centering the client’s lived experience as the primary source of expertise.
Through discussion, case studies, and reflective practice, participants will learn to apply a cultural humility lens that honors diversity, equity, and trust in the client - coach relationship.
Learning outcomes include:
• Understand cultural humility as an ongoing coaching practice
• Explore the impact of social identity on coaching relationships
• Identify and interrupt bias and ethnocentrism in coaching
• Strengthen inclusive, client-centered coaching approaches
DEIB Learning Series (Complimentary for Members)
This workshop is Part 3 of a 3-part DEIB learning series, offered free of charge for ICF Central Florida members:
• Part 1: Global Cultural Competency — May 14
• Part 2: Advancing Cultural Competencies in Coaching — August 7
• Part 3: Coaching in Cultural Humility (This session)
Session Duration: 2 hours
CCE Credits: 1.5 Core Competencies (CC) | 0.5 Resource Development (RD)
About our Facilitator:
Dr. Jennifer Koster is the DEIB Engagement Manager at the International Coaching Federation, where she leads global engagement strategies, supports member resource groups across regions, and develops inclusive learning experiences that reflect the evolving needs of the coaching profession. She works closely with the VP of DEIB, to build alignment and expand programming that fosters equity, access, and belonging. With a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, an ACC credential, and a background in higher education, Jen brings clarity, strategy, and a touch of humor to every project—whether she’s designing a course, managing engagement, or making complex concepts actually make sense. In addition to my education, I spent many years working in the business sector in various roles in the banking, collections, and non-profit sectors. This work led to me teaching business courses later on. In 2014, I took a huge leap of faith to start a full-time college teaching career. I returned to my high school and started teaching at the secondary level. Career change doesn’t have to be scary–it is refreshing (and I would know!).
