I’m always searching for new and interesting ways to describe coaching skills to the coaches I’m mentoring toward their ICF credential.
This is one metaphor I’ve used for a while, so thought I’d share it here too. It involves a helicopter and the different views it offers us depending on our coaching skills ...
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Most often, our clients come to a coaching session with a topic they want to explore.
Our initial focus as the coach is to understand exactly what it is about their topic they want more clarity around, in order to move toward their desired future state. We need to understand ...
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Recently, one of our mentoring clients was coaching on our group mentoring call, and we noticed a very powerful thing occur. The coach (thank you Laura) was using a lot of “How” questions.
The client was able to articulate her perceptions, ...
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By Karen Boskemper, PCC and Co-leader of The Mentor Coaching Group
As an ICF Assessor and Mentor Coach, I’m always working with the PCC Markers.
As with everything new that we learn, it takes time for our neural pathways to re-wire and ...
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Let’s face it; there’s nothing like receiving some acknowledgement to make you feel good! As coaches and mentors, listening for what we can genuinely acknowledge in our client is an essential skill, one that builds trust and supports the client to gain confidence.
Well that acknowledgement goes both ways! ...
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Have you ever struggled to answer these questions: “What is group coaching? How does it differ from individual coaching? What results do you get from group coaching?”
Holly Williams of the Magus Group, recently co-authored the book, Being Coached: Group and Team Coaching from the Inside. This book is ...
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Sometimes our clients get caught up in a story they are telling themselves, either about themselves, others, or their situation. They may say something like, “I need a big win. Things just aren’t going my way.”
A coach can challenge the seeming truth of the story by asking a question such ...
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Written by co-leader of The Mentor Coaching Group, Karen Boskemper, PCC. Here’s where you’ll find more about Karen. 
The term ‘partnering’ has become fashionable within the ICF and one that is critically important to understand, if you are seeking to be an effective coach. And it’s a term specifically used in five places in the PCC Markers, for ICF Assessors to find evidence of this coaching behavior.
The ICF ...
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There’s an easy way for a coach to demonstrate more competencies in their coaching, which is by having a Coaching Plan for your coaching engagement.
A Coaching Plan does not have to be some extensive document. It could be a simple intake questionnaire you ...
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