There’s a paradox present for coaches; simultaneously to know and practice good coaching skills, and yet not knowing how those coaching skills will best serve our client, in this coaching session. I’m working from the premise that we believe that...
Category: Coaching Mentoring Tips
Why am I still writing?
When I first began coaching 20 years ago, I was like every other new coach; trying to figure out how to use questions as a main way of drawing out knowledge from my client. This was so different than the...
Effective use of visual language
Imagine you are walking down a path with beautiful trees on either side. The sun is shining through the trees, creating a soft glow of light on the path ahead. There’s a puddle and you easily jump over it. As...
No gap No coaching
Over a decade ago, I worked for a leadership consulting and coaching company. I was a coach inside an organization where clients had four coaching sessions to integrate and implement concepts from a two-day communications workshop they had attended. Participants...
ICF announces changes to coaching log submission
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...
Master the basics of coaching then continually elevate
I have a very sweet memory of me at around age 8, being a ballerina in some local play. I don’t remember the details, just the feeling of dancing around in a floaty fairy-like costume, often pointing my toes in...
Part 2 – Distinctions on coaching session structure for ICF credential success
To read part 1 of this article, go here Managing Session Progress Once you’ve established the coaching session agreement and invited the client to choose where to start exploring, you use your coaching skills to the best of your level...
Part 1 – Distinctions on coaching session structure for ICF credential success
A coaching conversation is a conversation with a purpose. And the purpose of the conversation is ultimately determined by the client. We as the coach may support the client to define or refine the purpose or outcome of the coaching...
Flossing the mind
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...
ICF announces changes to MCC, PCC and ACC credential applications and renewals
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...