Modell ‘raises the bar’ at ICF Global
The president of ICF Global set himself a tough agenda when he took over the helm, but, he tells members, don't forget to be sensitive to each other
Ed Modell, president of the International Coach Federation (ICF) Global, often describes himself as "the poster child for the transformative power of coaching".
In 2002, he switched careers, becoming a coach after 28 years as a lawyer in Washington DC. That year he nearly lost his life following "minor surgery, which turned into a major nightmare".
Modell was in a medically induced coma for three weeks. Doctors told his wife four times that...