I have a very sweet memory of me at around age 8, being a ballerina in some local play. I donāt remember the details, just the feeling of dancing around in a floaty fairy-like costume, often pointing my toes in...
Author: Carly Anderson
Part 2 – Distinctions on coaching session structure for ICF credential success
To read part 1 of this article, go here Managing Session Progress Once youāve established the coaching session agreement and invited the client to choose where to start exploring, you use your coaching skills to the best of your level...
Part 1 – Distinctions on coaching session structure for ICF credential success
A coaching conversation is a conversation with a purpose. And the purpose of the conversation is ultimately determined by the client. We as the coach may support the client to define or refine the purpose or outcome of the coaching...
Flossing the mind
For many coaches, recording coaching sessions to submit to the ICF can bring up anxiety and stress-filled thoughts, and scary feelings of inadequacy. This is ānormal'; we are exposed to school exams in childhood, and we are either an A...
ICF announces changes to MCC, PCC and ACC credential applications and renewals
Today, February 15, 2018, the International Coach Federation (ICF) announced a range of changes that will affect the MCC, PCC and ACC credential applications. Rather than outline them all here, I've made a PDF of the email I received today...
The topic is not the client’s agenda
More often than not, a client will come to a coaching session with a particular topic or situation they want to talk through, in order to gain clarity about how they can move forward. What I often notice when I...
Types of trust in a coaching relationship
Note: This article has been updated in 2023. When we engage in coach training, we often hear the idea that our client has all the answers within them and our role is to help them get in touch with those...
Exploring Client Behaviors
Iāve uncovered a blind spot, which I always find exciting! Because itās often challenging to notice a blind spot in ourselves. Others most often can see in us what we cannot. The blind spot was uncovered as a result of...
Speech is Silver and Silence is Golden
Note: This article has been updated in 2023. You may have heard the saying, āSilence is Golden.ā When researched this saying, I found it is a part of a saying that goes, āSpeech is silver and silence is golden.ā In...
Creating Awareness at MCC Skill Level
Earlier this week, I presented a version of this information in one of the MCC Mentor Coaching Group Programs Iām leading, and thought it might be useful to share with you. The distinctions are aimed toward MCC skill level, yet...