On April 1, 2025, updates to the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics took effect. The code is designed to guide ethical decision making, guide the ethical training of coaches, uphold ethical standards, and provide regulatory oversight. This article...
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Assisting our coaching client to explore their stories
As a way to attempt to make sense of our experiences, we often create a story about what is happening, or what happened. Stories can be an account of factual events, or how we interpret and recall events. The crafting...
Assessor Mindset: Insider thoughts
Itās hard to believe that 2025 is my 20th year of being an active and continuous ICF Assessor for MCC, PCC and ACC credential reviews! So I thought Iād share some insights into Assessor Mindset, from my perspective. My intention...
Updates to ICF credential exams
As part of the ICF Credential application process, each coach applicant needs to pass a knowledge exam about coaching. This exam was previously called the āCoach Knowledge Assessment" and more recently the "ICF Credentialing Exam." On November 18, 2024, ICF...
Use client metaphors and visual concepts
We use metaphorical words and visual concepts in everyday speaking, to the point we may not even realize we are, because it is such a natural way of communicating. Someone who says, āI want to grow my skillsā in a...
Practice, Review, Prepare and Rehearse to Uplevel your Coaching
Iāve always enjoyed watching high performing athletes, because thereās the ability to observe in real time how they perform in their field of expertise. We can vicariously experience how the athlete responds to the pressure of the moment. We can...
From awareness to action
For many coaches, one of the most fulfilling aspects is when our client has an insight about themselves or their situation, and witnessing something shift and transform in real time. Itās like a light bulb went off inside of them....
Re-contracting during a coaching session
How often have you attended a meeting, and not known what the outcomes were? Perhaps you felt yourself less engaged as a result, and even wondered, Why am I even here in this meeting? Or at the end of the...
The pursuit of excellence
The Summer Olympic Games in Paris have now concluded. Last week I was on staycation and delightfully binge watched as many events as possible from my sofa in California! My television network (CBS/Peacock) did an excellent job of making every...
Celebrating 200 MCC coaches mentored…. so far!
I enjoy mentoring coaches to develop capability, capacity and competence. Whether that is at beginner level (ACC), intermediate level (PCC), or mastery level (MCC). A milestone was reached in June 2024, when the 200th coach (I know of) I've mentored...