Hybrid Program - Monthly Meeting
Coaching with Depth - The Crucial Role
of Cultural Humility
Date: June 12, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 8:30pm MT
6:00pm - 6:30pm:
An opportunity to chat socially with other members and/or
join an ICF-CO Board Member for discussion on Chapter Shapers
6:30pm - 8:30pm:
Chapter Meeting
CCEs: 1.5 in Core Competencies and 0.5 in Resource Development
Speaker: Joel Pérez
Location:
Virtual - Zoom
or
In-Person
Posner Center for International Development
1031 33rd St., Denver, CO 80205
(IEEE Classroom)
Description:
Join us for an insightful presentation tailored specifically for coaches, featuring Dr. Joel Pérez, who will explore the concept of cultural humility and its transformative impact on coaching practices and organizational change. Drawing from his own experiences transitioning from cultural competency to cultural humility, Dr. Pérez will guide you in understanding the profound benefits of adopting a posture of cultural humility. This approach will enable you to become a more effective coach, better equipped to meet the diverse needs of clients who hold different salient identities than your own. The webinar will emphasize the importance of self-awareness and self-critique, key elements of cultural humility, to help you deepen your practice and enhance your ability to facilitate meaningful change.
Takeaways:
Understanding Cultural Humility: Gain a clear understanding of what cultural humility is and how it differs from cultural competency.
Benefits of Cultural Humility in Coaching: Learn how adopting a posture of cultural humility can enhance your effectiveness as a coach, particularly when working with clients from diverse backgrounds.
Self-Awareness and Self-Critique: Develop a deeper sense of self-awareness and the ability to engage in self-critique, which are essential components of cultural humility.
About Our Speaker:
Dr. Joel Pérez is an executive and leadership coach, speaker, and consultant, passionate about helping leaders and organizations achieve their goals and develop a posture of cultural humility so they can have the impact and create the culture they desire.
Joel is owner of Apoyo Coaching and Consulting, LLC and a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF). He specializes in career transitions, identity-conscious leadership coaching and coaching professionals that want to develop their cultural humility. He has a certification in the MBTI, Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Gallup Strengths Certified Coach and is a certified coach through the Academy of Creative Coaching. He has over 20 years of experience in higher education, serving in various key leadership roles.
His first book Dear White Leader: How to Achieve Organizational Excellence through Cultural Humility, is focused on helping leaders develop their cultural humility for individual, organizational, and community change.
Joel earned his doctorate in higher education administration at Claremont Graduate University. He has been married for over 27 years and has four children, and he enjoys cheering on the Los Angeles Dodgers and watching movies.