(First published May 14, 2013. Last updated November 21, 2020) As a Mentor Coach and ICF Assessor, coaches often ask me how to distinguish between coaching at the three credential levels. Here is one fundamental distinction that I make, and...
Category: Coaching Mentoring Tips
Announcing The Upgraded Target Approach: Clarifying the ICF Core Competency Model
I’m very excited to announce my new product, “The Upgraded Target Approach; Clarifying the ICF Core Competency Model.” This is an 87 minute audio-visual presentation, with supporting documents. The “Updated ICF Core Competency Model” released by the International Coaching Federation...
ICF releases Updated PCC Markers
On October 21, 2020, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) widely released their Updated PCC Markers, to align with the Updated Core Competency Model that was released November 14, 2019. These markers represent behaviors a "Professional Certified Coach" engages with at...
Coaching out of your mind
The French Open Tennis Finals were played last weekend in Paris and both the Women’s Singles and Men’s Singles Finals were surprisingly one-sided wins. On 10/10/2020 (I love to write that date😊) an unseeded player ranked #54 in the world,...
Coaching emotions and feelings
Have you noticed that your emotions, and the emotions of others, are "raw" in 2020? I imagine you'd think that is a silly question. Yes, of course! That emotions are raw is no surprise as we are globally in circumstances that...
Shifting three common training techniques to coaching approaches
Every coach training program has its “flavor” of what they teach coaching students. While the intention is good to use “tools and techniques” (I’ve shortened to T&Ts in this article) in support of client awareness, these are often used from...
Racism Antiracism and Coaching
I’ve had a personal epiphany since June 17, 2020 and it is truly shocking to me. I never knew that having white skin automatically meant that I was part of systemic racism. I’ve never asked myself questions like, “What does...
Create or allow space for silence, pause or reflection
In this global pandemic environment of sheltering in place, having “Space” for one self is an ideal, and not a reality for many. That includes physical space, emotional space, alone time space, and space to think and feel. Yet “space”...
Transcript requirement changes
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...
The Life Gym of Coaching Skills Training
To say that we are living in unprecedented life circumstances is an understatement. The coronavirus has impacted all of us, including all of my family, friends, and clients, no matter where in the world they live. We are all grappling...