The International Coaching Federation made a welcome announcement to transcript changes, effective July 1, 2020.
As an ICF Trained MCC, PCC and ACC Assessor, this will make our jobs easier, and have the potential to improve quality of feedback received by an Applicant. The quality of the transcript impacts the quality of feedback that ...
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Note: This article was first published in February 2015, updated December 2017, July 2019, and since then to reflect most current information.
A critical part of the ICF credentialing process is to submit coaching session recordings when you apply for your MCC, PCC or ACC credential. This is called a Performance ...
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Today, the ICF announced changes to the coaching log submission requirements for ACC, PCC and MCC credential applications.
Here is where you can read the full announcement here
The key point being this. You need to keep your coaching log of clients if ICF audits ...
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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 ‘normal’; we are exposed to school exams in childhood, and we are either an A student, B, C or…. There are labels, and judgments associated with exams. We’re being critiqued ...
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 (as a CCE’s provider). The general announcement to all ICF members ...
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One thing I’ve noticed over the years of mentoring coaches toward their ICF credential, and listening to many hundreds of coaching sessions as an ICF Assessor, is that you can have hundreds or even thousands of coaching hours, and not be demonstrating good coaching skills.
There’s a belief that ‘practice makes perfect’ and yet that is not my experience. As legendary American ...
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The Winter Olympics are currently on in Sochi, Russia and I’m enthralled as usual with high performing athletes. These amazing athletes have a lot to teach us coaches, and our clients.
One thing that always strikes me is the concept of going for your Personal Best. For example, I was ...
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I’m guessing this has happened to you, as it has to me.
When you are being assessed or evaluated in an exam process, do you move from your natural flow and knowing, into letting your mind take over and being critical of yourself?
You start criticizing yourself before you even ...
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As a general principle in my life, I’m always looking for ways to reduce unnecessary self-created stress and anxiety because I’m aware it’s our thinking about a situation that creates stress; there is very little inherent stress for most of us, unless you are doing a ...