In my mentoring of coaches toward their MCC, PCC or ACC credential, I make the distinction about coaching the āWhoā versus coaching the āWhatā of your client. In a recent group mentoring session, I was again making this distinction when...
Author: Carly Anderson
Simplify Simplify Simplify
As coaches, we are oriented to helping our clients to become the best version of themselves, to believing in their capabilities, and to support in their confidence to achieve what it is they are seeking to. One of the temptations...
Are you leading your coaching client?
One of the things that distinguishes coaching from other modalities such as teaching, training, and consulting, is the agenda is client-driven. The client chooses the focus of what to be coached on in every session.Ā The coach seeks to understand that...
Ways to conclude a coaching engagement
Coaching is a process that has a starting point, and eventually an ending point. Iāve previously written about how to create a coaching development planĀ and recommend reading that article in conjunction with this one. The purpose of any coaching engagement...
The (Incredible) value of checking in
This article was first published in ICF Coaching World, Issue 21. If you'd like to read it there, or access the incredible resources in the publication, you can access it here (it may take awhile to download). You can read...
Strengthen your client self-belief and confidence
When I think of a coaching tool, I think of something I can pull out of my coaching ātoolkitā at any time. I know the tool is there. I know what the tool is designed to do, and I know...
Three ways to prepare for your coaching client conversation
In my capacity as a trainer of coaches, and as a mentor coach, Iām often asked how I prepare for my coaching conversations. There are some bigger picture things, and then simple in-the-moment things that Iāve found work for me,...
What is the gap your coaching client wants to close?
Most often, our clients come to a coaching session with a topic they want to explore. Our initial focus as the coach is to understand exactly what it is about their topic they want more clarity around, in order to...
End of one chapter and beginning of a new
This is an article co-written by Carly Anderson & Karen Boskemper. 2017 brings changes to The Mentor Coaching Group, with Karen moving on to other projects. In this article, we recount some of the things we've both gained, and learned,...
Five Lessons Learned from Mentoring Coaches toward MCC (and Mastery) Skill Level
Over the past few years in particular, Iāve been mentoring coaches toward mastery skill, and to prepare to submit for the ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential. Many of these coaches are trainers for a coach training school, or have...