This article recently appeared in the ICF Global Blog When I was a newer coach, I remember thinking, âWhen will I be âthere?â When will my coaching skills be integrated so that I donât have to consciously think about what...
Category: #4 – Coaching Presence
The Difference between a Teacher and a Coach
by Karen Boskemper, PCC, Co-Leader of The Mentor Coaching Group, and ICF Assessor I was recently reading a Facebook post by spiritual teacher, educator and writer, Nithya Shanti (http://www.lovingsilence.org/), whose life work is committed to supporting those who wish to...
Ways a Coach completes a session
My last blog article was on âWhen a coaching session really begins.â In this article, I want to address the ways a coach completes a coaching session with their client. Here are five of the main ICF core competencies most...
When a Coaching Session Really Begins
A coaching session is a structured conversation so both coach and client know that this is a coaching conversation that has a purpose, versus just having a nice conversation. Thereâs a definite beginning and an ending to a coaching session,...
Great Coaching is Not Time Bound
As someone who trains and mentor coaches, Iâll often hear coaches say that if they had more time in a coaching session, they would have been able to ask this or say that. Some coaches say that 30 minutes isnât...
Be Present to Client Language
One of the best ways for a coaching client to feel heard is to use the clientâs language in our reflections, messages and questions. There are many of the ICF core competencies affected by how well the coach listens including...
Be attentive to your clients agenda
I think that every coach would agree that we are hired to support our clients to discover and achieve what they want, and find their way to implement their ideas, not our way or our ideas. This empowers our client...
Own your faux pas with coaching clients
As coaches, we may sometimes inadvertently say things to our client that we then realize is not the best thing to have said. We model being authentic and human when we own our faux pas. The coach who is confident...
Coach Clients to their Emotional Honesty
One of the often misunderstood areas of coaching is how to coach clients to express their emotions appropriately, and how to handle the emotions of others. ICF core competency #4: Coaching Presence states that the coach, âdemonstrates confidence in working...
Be Curious About Client Meaning and Language
I recently attended a Panel Discussion at my local Performing Arts Center. The title of the discussion was, âDo the Arts Make Us Better People?â The moderator started out by saying that we need to define what âbetterâ means. She...