Meeting/Event Information

Cultural Competence in Coaching

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

6 pm - 8 pm 

Via Zoom

This webinar is approved for 1.5 Core Competencies and 0.5 Resource Development CCEU's

This presentation focuses on the importance of cultural competency in coaching. The learning objectives include; recognizing the differences among cultural knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity, displaying personal cultural proficiency, distinguishing the six stages of cultural competency, and understanding the importance of intercultural communication in coaching.  It emphasizes the need for intercultural communication and provides ways to improve it. This presentation will  include; group activities and discussions to encourage participants to reflect on their experiences and develop action plans to improve their cultural competency.  

About our presenters:

   Kathleen Fee

My name is Kathleen Fee.  I am an ICF Certified Inner Leadership and Life Coach with an expertise in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging  (DEIB) and a passion for social justice.  I received my Master's Degree in Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice from the Univeristy of Oklahoma, graduating with honors during the pandemic.  I am also a certified paralegal with expertise in civil litigation and trial.  

As a legal professional I am uniquely qualified in the DEIB space, being skillled in the statutes and law that regulate and affect DEI and its participants.  As a certified coach, my work has a focus on the inpowerment of women, while maintaining inclusivity of thought leaders in all different spaces.  

I received my ACC in 2009, and my PCC in 2017.  I received my Master Certified Leadership Certification through Coach for Life Institute, an ICF Accredited Coach Training Program by creating my own 10-step Inpowement process and coaching model focused on the inside job of guiding clients to finding their voices and speaking truth to power. 

With my personal passion for social justice, I devote my free time volunteering for candidates that are constituent focused, non-profit organizations working on voting rights, and helping women fight addiction.  

     Paul Steele

Paul’s introduction to coaching came while designing national programs in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development in the Sultanate of Oman. He holds a master’s degree in Intercultural Service Leadership and Management from the School of International Training (SIT) and is a 2024-2025 Fellow with the American Express Leadership Academy for non-profit organizations. His professional experience has included the public, private and non-profit sectors across Japan, Korea, China, Oman and Chicago. He works full-time for Lions International, managing a team of 200 volunteer leaders across 80 countries in Europe and Africa; and is on the Advisory Board for Refugee Jumpstart.

Paul is a certified DEIB Chapter Leader through International Coaching Federation (ICF). He hold an ACC certification, and his coaching practice specializes in executive coaching,  Small and Medium Enterprise leaders, group coaching, non-profit leaders, and on cross-culture career transitions.

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