ICF Core Coaching Competency #7 is about the use of Direct Communication, which is an "ability to communicate effectively during coaching sessions, and to use language that has the greatest positive impact on the client." One of the sub-points...
Category: #5 – Active Listening
Designing Actions occurs anytime in a coaching session
Don't make the mistake of waiting until the end of a coaching session to first ask what actions the client is going to take. Here is a foolproof way to integrate many of the core coaching competencies in a way that supports...
How Creating Awareness actually works
The ICF core coaching competency of Creating Awareness is often misunderstood. Awareness in a coaching session is an "output" of engaging with other competencies, which you'll know if you've seen The Target Approach. When you are being fully present with...