An International Coaches Conference | Coaching for a Greater Purpose Conference

Coaching for a
Greater Purpose

August 2025

Hosted by: Frankfurt International School

WHAT WE DO IS BIGGER THAN TEACHING THE X'S AND O'S OF OUR PARTICULAR SPORT, WE TEACH THE Y'S OF LIFE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ATHLETIC COMPETITION.

The conference will feature speakers from the world of sports. Scroll down for history and highlights from the 2nd conference from January 2024.

Come back here for further updates about the 3rd CGP conference in August 2025 to held at Frankfurt International School (FIS).

For more information listen to this CGP podcast from our friends and sponsors the Globetrottin' ADs.

From Classroom to the Court: this podcast was recorded live in January 2024 at the CGP Conference at the International School of Düsseldorf. It is a great listen and highlights the engaging conversations that take place at the CGP.

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Speakers

Highlights from 2nd CPG

DAVID NURSE (Virtual)

NBA Mindset Coach, 2x Best-Selling Author and Top 50 Worldwide Motivational Speaker

David Nurse has been transforming the way hundreds of NBA stars play on the court, and hundreds of corporate executives dominate in the board room for the past 15 years. David is widely renown as one of the top mindset specialists in the entire world! His two books, Pivot & Go and #1 Amazon Best Seller Breakthrough, (and the most immersive book ever written on taking action:

Do It - The Life Changing Power of Taking Action.

MARK HULL

Mark Hull serves as the Director of International Development for the 3D Institute and is the co-author and creator of the 3Dimensional Coaching Course for Certification and Credit. He works globally with universities, Olympic and other national governing bodies, along with International Schools to train coaches in a holistic approach. He has done 3D Workshops in 59 countries on six continents. He also oversees the multiple translations of the 3DI course content.

Mark presented The One Word Challenge:

One Word is among 3D Institutes top strategies for coaches, players and teams. It is simple and powerful. It creates a focus point for a year long journey that really can direct a team and change your life.

DANIEL NIEDZKOWSKI

Daniel started off his coaching career at the International School of Düsseldorf as a U12 soccer coach. Since then, Daniel's career path has led him to work as an assistant coach for a number of teams including Wuppertaler SV, FC Remscheid and Bayer Leverkusen. Since August 2016, Daniel has been working as the assistant coach of the Germany U21 national team. Daniel is currently the head of the Deutschland Fußball Bund Pro-License training course.

Daniel shared his coaching journey which led to a highly engaging 40 minute Q&A session among conference attendees.

About

The Coaching for a Greater Purpose (CGP) Alliance.
The alliance is a group of five schools who have agreed to support the creation of a recurring coaches conference aimed at international school coaches. The following five schools have made a commitment to support the conference and act as hosts in a rotation schedule:

International School of Brussels (ISB)
International School of Düsseldorf (ISD)
Copenhagen International School (CIS)
American School London (ASL)
Frankfurt International School (FIS)

By bringing coaches from across Europe together the alliance aims to help raise the level of coaching and to provide coaches with an opportunity to forge relationships “across enemy lines”.

The concept of “greater purpose” is a way to put to words the desire to create opportunities for coaches to learn about how they can make an impact on their players, teams, communities, and the world beyond. Sports can be a powerful tool for leveraging change and having a positive impact on young people so it seemed very clear from the start that this should be the focus of this conference.

The CGP Conference will rotate from one school in the alliance to another every eighteen months. By rotating hosts the hope is that the conference has a fresh perspective and a geographical shift that provides some equity in terms of costs and travel requirements.

1st CGP Conference: August 2022 hosted by ISB - Keynote Speaker: John O'Sullivan

2nd CGP Conference: January 2024 hosted by ISD

3rd CGP Conference: August 2025 to be proudly hosted at Frankfurt International School