Sunday Show with Magdalena Mook, CEO of the ICF
In early March, Bucharest hosted the largest coaching and leadership conference in Southeast Europe. One of the key speakers was Magdalena Nowicka Mook, the CEO of the International Coaching Federation, the guest of today’s Sunday Show

Mihaela Ignătescu, 16.03.2025, 12:58
Magdalena Mook has a huge experience in consulting, coaching, association management, and fundraising. She is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the organization by partnering with the ICF Global Board of Directors and its six unique family organizations that represent the ICF ecosystem. Through her leadership, the organization has become the leading voice for the global coaching community with more than 56,000 members and 50,000 ICF-credential holders worldwide.
Ms. Mook received her M.S. in Economics and International Trade from the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. She holds a degree from Copenhagen Business School in International Management and Consulting. She was recognized as #1 Coach: Global Influence Thinkers50 and a finalist in the Thinkers50 Distinguished Award in Coaching and Mentoring. Most recently she was recognized as #10 of Top30 Global Gurus in Organizational Culture. She is also a trained professional coach and systems facilitator.
She currently serves on a Key Global Associations Council of ASAE and was recently appointed to the 2023 ASAE Foresight Works Advisory Group. She is a frequent keynote speaker, having presented on organizational culture, trends in coaching, cultural competencies, ethics, regulation, and systemic relevance all over the world. She is a regular contributor to Forbes Magazine, Harvard Business Review, and other major publications.
She was kind enough to join me in our studio for a talk about this event, coaching in general and her role at the helm of the international organisation.