Think through real leadership questions with senior peers
A free online forum, hosted by Claristrat Institute, where executives, coaches, alumni and faculty talk through the questions they are working on.
- Free to join
- 100+ executive members
Open to senior leaders at any stage of the decision
You do not need to be enrolled in a program. Members join because they are:
- Looking for a better way to do good at work, and beyond it
- Weighing a career transition, or a move into executive coaching
- In a Claristrat program, or thinking about one
- Looking for senior peers to think alongside
Eight forums, from complexity to business practice
Each forum is a running conversation on one subject. Reading and posting take a free profile.
- The Meaningful Life ForumPurpose, vocation and the work that matters to you. (opens in a new tab)
- The Complexity ForumComplexity science, and deciding when cause and effect are unclear. (opens in a new tab)
- The Body ForumSomatics: how pressure and presence show up in the body. (opens in a new tab)
- The Mind ForumDepth psychology: complexes, archetypes and what drives behavior. (opens in a new tab)
- The Neuroscience ForumWhat brain research shows about attention, threat and learning. (opens in a new tab)
- The Adult Development ForumHow adults keep growing in the way they make sense of their work. (opens in a new tab)
- The Business Practice ForumBuilding and running a coaching or advisory practice. (opens in a new tab)
- The Leadership ForumLeading people and organizations through change. (opens in a new tab)
Also in the community
- Member Projects
- Where new members start: say what you are building, wrestling with or exploring.
- Free Resources
- A shared library of articles, papers, assessments, tools and templates, ICF resources among them.
- Announcements
- Where members post their own launches, offers and events.
- Program spaces
- Spaces for participants in the Professional and Advanced programs.
Three norms keep the forums high-trust
Protect real stories
Anonymize names, organizations and details when you share a real situation. Coaches follow the ICF Code of Ethics.
Honor your sources
When you quote a book, a model or a thinker, link it so others can read further.
Keep promotion in its home
Launches, offers and events go in Announcements, so the forums stay on shared learning.
Fabiana Pereira HotzFounder of Claristrat Institute, and host of the community
Join with a free profile
- Create your profile on Circle, the platform the community runs on.
- Introduce yourself in Member Projects: what you are working on, and what brought you.
- Follow the forums you want to read.
The community opens at community.claristrat.org, in Circle's own layout. Its sidebar links back to the programs, the info session and a call with Fabiana.
You know how to lead. We’ll teach you how to coach.
At Claristrat, you’ll learn to help another leader make a difficult decision without giving them the answer. Use that training in your current role, board mandates, fractional advisory or your own coaching practice.