Prism 2008 Winners

The International Coach Federation-GTA Chapter is delighted to announce the winners of the 2008 PRISM Award. This award celebrates organizations who have created excellence and enhanced business performance through their commitment to coaching as a leadership strategy.

This year, ICF-GTA held the awards in conjunction with Coaching Awareness week at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Toronto.  Major sponsors for our event were:  The Coach Training Institute (CTI) and SOHO (Small Office Home Office).

In addition, we innovated the next level of the Prism Awards by rolling out the International Prism Awards website www.prismaward.com.  This URL had been purchased by the ICF-GTA several years earlier, along with www.coachingawareness.com and this was the year to put it to good use.   The new prism site will provide  ICF Chapters worldwide with the tools necessary to run their own programs.  For a limited time, it will be run by ICF-GTA volunteers.  We hope to attract an International Sponsor to grow it further.

We are pleased to provide you with the special case stories of this years winners! 

Valerie Davis Niagara Institute	Goldcorp Inc.       Goldcorp Inc. and its coaching partners at the Niagara Institute have completed a coaching initiative that is broad in scope and had an ambitious breadth in a Large Private Sector company. The project involved: Many managers within Goldcorp Inc. world-wide and many coaches Several coaching retreats Many points of individual and team coaching Project completion on a broad scale over a period of a year There were also clear efforts to leave a coaching culture in the organization post-project which was seen to be evidence of sustainability Congratulations on your 2008 Prism Award! For Goldcorp: Steve Reid – Chief Operating Officer  George Burns – President, Canada and U.S. Johan Jacobs – Coordinator, Training and Development For the Niagara Instutite: Program facilitators  - Ken Ainsworth,  Donna Porter and Arthur Ridgeway Goldcorp Lead Coach -Palma Robinson Niagara’s Goldcorp Executive Coaches:  Randy Brooks, Nick Evans, Sharon Flanagan, Jenny Howe, Paul Hurst, Donna Manske, Helen Notzl, Beverley Patwell, Gail Rappolt, Palma Robinson, Bernard Theoret, Sharon Varette PRISM Winner Goldcorp, Inc. (G) supported by The Niagara Institute (N). Left to right, Ken Ainsworth (N), Johan Jacobs (G), George Burns (G), Palma Robinson, Valerie Davis and Gail Rappolt (N).
Adria Trowhill, MCC   Posi-TRAK Coaching & Consulting	Christian Children's Fund of Canada This proposal was clearly laid out and showed the breadth and depth of this initiative for the client. The Christian Childrens’ Fund of Canada . This project also had the distinction of clear goals and objectives that were directly related to the strategic focus of the organization. Some of the many positive things about this submission were: Two major coaching retreats Many points of individual and team coaching Completion of the project on a broad scale over a period of two years, showing  a clear didactic element, on the subject of coaching, in its project plan Good examples in terms of how the coaching had moved the organization forward in a “coaching mode” Clear efforts to leave a coaching culture in the organization post-project which was seen to be evidence of the sustainability of the coaching culture created A final positive thing about this project is that it is still in place and expanding Congratulations on your 2008 Prism Award!  Supporting Coaches: Craig Trowhill, Janet Tisdall, Anna Ciciretto Prism Winner Christian Children's Fund of Canada(C), Posi-TRAK Coaching and Consulting (P) left to right, Anna Ciciretto (P), Dan Stevens (C), Diana Brierley (C), Adria Trowhill (P), Abebaw Assefa (C), Janet Tisdall and Craig Trowhill (P).
Pat Comley, Ed. D. ATC Pathways in Understanding	Honorable Mention: The Brick Group Ltd. The Brick initiative was a very well laid out, with clearly told story of a coaching approach to management being taken in a private sector company.  The most important set of results, from the point of view of the evaluation committee was the thorough process that was used to support this coaching culture. Honourable mention was given to this proposal in the category of Private Sector Companies, because: The proposal was clearly tied to the organization’s leadership strategies It demonstrated that the senior sponsors had a good understanding of their interest in taking a coaching approach These leaders also seem integrally involved in the initiative Congratulations on your “Honourable Mention” at the 2008 Prism Award  Honourable Mention The Brick Group, supported by Pat Comley, Pathways in Understanding. Left to right, Kim Dixon, The Brick Group and Pat Comely, Coach