The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching Earns Top Spot Among Leadership 500 List for Exceptional Leadership Development Programs

Prestigious Leadership Award Recognizes Industry Leaders Nationwide

SHREWSBURY, N.J.  – TheInstitute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), a top-rated, ICF-accredited Coach Training Program, and innovative provider of leadership development and consulting services, has been selected as a recipient ofLeadership Excellence Magazine’s Leadership 500 Excellence Awards, earning a spot on the top ten list of Leadership Partners & Providers in the Midsize Category. iPEC was first recognized for its cutting-edge leadership in 2013, among the “Large Consulting Groups” category. iPEC receives this honor for the exceptional achievements and initiatives set forth in itsCoach Centric Leadership™ Engagement Program, a one-of-a-kind, transformational experience designed for corporate leaders who want to create energized, engaged organizations that drive innovation and growth.

Leadership Excellence and HR.com partnered to identify and recognize the top 500 leadership organizations and their strategies, ranking companies that are significantly transforming the business world, via breakthrough competencies and best practices in the field of coaching, consulting, and management training. Rankings were based upon peer and end-user ratings, third party nominations, a social media voting process and specified criterion which includes: vision/mission; design content and curriculum; involvement and participation; measurement and accountability; presenters, presentations and delivery; take-home value; and outreach.

“For the second consecutive year, it’s an absolute honor to be recognized on the Leadership 500 listing, and is certainly a testament to the depth and breadth of leadership development services we offer to industry verticals like IT, hospitality, and the pharma markets, to name a few,”  said Zackarie Lemelle, CPC, CBC, Managing Partner, Leadership Engagement Services at iPEC. “Each year, more than 600 individuals experience our Coach Centric Leadership™ Engagement Program, igniting a cultural shift in their organizations, which amplifies greater performance, productivity, and ROI at every level of the business. Our meaningful difference, “it’s not what we do, it’s HOW we do it,” keeps our program at the forefront of today’s corporate landscape.”

iPEC’s Coach Centric Leadership™ Engagement Program is based on Energy Leadership™, iPEC’s exclusive methodology designed to reveal and further develop an individual’s authentic leadership style, via a sharp focus on who they are at their core, traversing well beyond the confines of traditional coaching and consulting, employing an “inside out” versus “outside-in” approach. Through a mix of experiential learning, consulting, mentoring, neuro linguistic programming, physics, attitudinal assessments, and holistic strategies, all levels of an organization are fueled by a sustainable output of growth and business innovation.

“Leadership is an art that requires constant practice and focus to master. The firms recognized in the Leadership 500 Excellence Awards program significantly help firms grow and develop their leaders through some of the most impactful programs we have ever seen,” stated Debbie McGrath, CEO of HR.com.

Recipients of the Leadership 500 Excellence Awards for 2014 were named on April 10, at the 2014 Global Leadership Excellence Forum in Vail, Colorado. iPEC’s achievement in the Leadership Partners and Providers midsize category will be featured in the June 2014 issue of Leadership Excellence Magazine.

To learn more about iPEC and the Coach Centric Leadership™ Engagement program, visit www.ipeccoaching.com, “like” iPEC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ipeccoaching, or “follow” iPEC on Twitter at https://twitter.com/iPEC_Coaching.

About iPEC

The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) offers the most comprehensive and experiential coach training program in the world. An ICF-accredited Coach Training Program, iPEC is the originator of the Core Energy Coaching™ process – the most effective leadership framework and change process in use today. In addition, iPEC offers the highly successful and powerful Coach Centric Leadership™ Engagement Program to corporations, organizations, governments, law enforcement agencies, and non-profit organizations around the world. iPEC is recognized byLeadership Excellence Magazine as one of the Top Leadership Development Programs, for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014.

About HR.com and Leadership Excellence 
HR.com and Leadership Excellence have joined forces to bring 30 years of dynamic, high quality leadership content customized to any organization every month. HR.com, the largest global social networking and resource site for HR Professionals, is the only place to earn IHR (Institute for Human Resources), HRCI and WorldatWork credits all at the same time for no cost. HR.com is committed to providing a deeper understanding of the HR function for more than 250,000 members by offering 12 Interactive Excellence Essentials monthly e-publications, a groundbreaking Personal Development App for personal coaching on the go, guaranteed pass re-certification prep courses, certification and re-certification credits, 22 Expert Certification Programs, 19 Certificate Programs, 3,500+ webcasts, 230+ virtual conferences, blogs, community networks, industry news and advisory boards. http://www.hr.com