We all have experiences in our life where we feel more or less trust with another person. The more trust we feel with someone, the more safety there is for us to further express our deeper thoughts and feelings. Our...
Category: Coaching Mentoring Tips
Expand client learning beyond their presenting situation
Coaching clients often bring something to coaching they want to solve or resolve. Sometimes the client has opportunities they want to speak aloud and explore, to dream about and plan for in their future. A Professional Coach can support their...
Offering observations, insights and feelings
Coaching skills generally fall into two broad categories; Coach asking customized and responsive questions to clarify, explore, expand, or elicit further self-discovery by their coaching client. Coach sharing customized and responsive comments, informed by being present to what the coach...
Engaging in ethics clarifying conversations
One of the things we coaches need to become masterful at is the ability to have conversations with potential clients, as well as at any time within a coaching session with a current client, about the boundaries of coaching. I...
What is Process Partnering?
This article was originally published September 2017, and last updated February 2024. The ICF definition of coaching is, "Partnering with clients in a thought provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential." Core Competency...
Top Ten Tips for Recording Coaching Sessions for your ICF MCC, PCC or ACC credential application
(This article was first published in 2015, and last updated October 2024). A critical part of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) credentialing process is to submit coaching session recordings when you apply for your MCC, PCC or ACC credential. This...
Exploring Space as a Coach
When looking up to the night sky, perhaps with a full moon over the ocean, what feeling do you experience? Even if youāve never experienced exactly that scenario, simply gazing up to the night sky with stars, clouds and the...
How realistic is it to do pure coaching?
Mentoring clients studying coaching skills in my mentoring programs often ask whether doing āpure coachingā sessions is a realistic expectation. Pure coaching refers to when the coach stays in ācoaching mindsetā through an entire coaching session, refraining from giving unasked-for...
Finding center
Our world is complex, and our relationship with the world is complex. Our personal āworldā and what is going on at any given time is also complex. There are known elements and unknown; both can be experienced feeling emotions ranging...
How to demonstrate more ICF core competencies by having a Coaching Plan
Note: This article has been updated in 2023. Thereās an easy way for a coach to demonstrate more competencies in their coaching, which is by having a Coaching Plan for your coaching engagement. Definition of a Coaching Plan A Coaching...