The 11 coaching competencies a series Coaching Presence

The 11 coaching competencies: a series Coaching Presence Designing Actions 1

Coaching Presence Ability to be fully conscious and create a spontaneous relationship with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible and confident. Définition ICF - intuition / self-confidence - sees many options, deciding in the moment - comfortable working with strong emotions 2

Coaching Presence • Certification criteria: depth of partnership; building on the client’s agenda ability to go beyond a coaching tool to respond to what is happening within the client attentive to the client’s way of thinking, learning and being 3

Coaching Presence Coaching presence is creating a « space for growth" A. Cardon 4

Coaching Presence As soon as we begin explaining things to our clients we have abandoned the “space of presence” and entered into our own expertise. 5

Coaching Presence Our physical posture Our facial expressions Our comfort with silence 6

• Rituals for opening and closing presence • • IN SITU Before – What do you do to leave your personal preoccupations, other professional concerns, your cares and distractions to focus on a session? Begining– Ex : Remove my watch Closure – Ex : synopsis of the session, review of commitments, put back on my watch. What rituals do you use to create your « coaching presence » ? COACHING BY PHONE Begining : Agreeing on a framework • • • No computer Alone with the door closed – no interruptions Cell phone turned off These conditions apply to both coach and client Closure: State the time, review the session and commitments, decide on the next appointment. How do you create « coaching presence » for phone sessions ? 7

Designing Actions Ability to create with the client opportunities for ongoing learning, during coaching and in work/life situations, and for taking new actions that will most effectively lead to agreed-upon coaching results Définition ICF Brainstorming Exploring concerns and opportunities Defining actions Facilitating immediate application 8

Designing Actions Certfication criteria: PARTENERSHIP Defining together actions which : - are pertinent to the client’s goals - respect the client’s manner of learning and being - set the client in motion 9

Designing Actions How do you build partnership with your clients ? How do you open your client to additional options ? 10

The 11 coaching competencies: a series Coaching presence Patricia Comolet, ICF-ACC camcomcoaching. com +33 (0) 6 23 82 23 46 Designing Actions References: Alain Cardon Metasystème David Lefrançois chez Coach-Up Institut 11 ICFF: www. coachfederation. org