Direct communication requires accurately evaluating and interpreting multiple sources of information. For example, an awareness of the client’s intended meaning, learning style, and personality is …
Evaluating CC7 Direct Communication
skills
Evaluating CC6 Powerful Questioning
Powerful questioning is a skill developed over time. It begins with questions that are short, simple, and open-ended. Most often the questions start with the …
Evaluating CC4 Coaching Presence
Being open, flexible, and confident while fully conscious of the client is the coaching competency of presence. It includes being curious, trusting your instincts, experimenting, …
Evaluating CC2 Establishing the Coaching Agreement
Establishing the coaching agreement includes both an initial agreement for the coaching relationship and an agreement at the beginning of each session as to what …
Evaluating CC1 Ethics and Standards
In the ICF Comparison Table, the only competency that is not directly evaluated during an oral exam for credentialing is Ethics and Standards. At the …
The Importance of Coaching Competencies
Learning and developing coaching competencies is foundational for being a coach. On it’s surface, it demonstrates a respect for the work and for professionalism. More …
Continuing Education for Coaching Competency
After learning coaching competencies, planning for continuing education supports retaining, applying, and enhancing what you learned. Training reinforces what you are doing right, reminds you …
Self-directed Study for Coaching Competency
One fun, inexpensive way to further develop coaching competencies is self-directed study. There are a myriad of resources available to support ongoing learning. Coaching is …
Coaching for Coaches to Enhance Competency
Coaches are advocates of coaching – after all that is the reason they are doing the work. The old expression “what is good for the …
Practice and Experience Coaching Develop Competency
It makes sense that coach training includes coaching. More than that, it makes sense that it includes coaching, being coached, and observing coaching. Ultimately, learning …