Oct 18, 2021
This week, as I was thinking about being present and what it really means, my mind travelled back to when I took the Master Certified Coach exam. The International Coaching Association, responsible for the exam, talks about five behavioural markers regarding presence, that I want to share with you today. We will explore the concepts of curiosity, partnership, powerful silence, and much more.
What You Will Learn In This Episode:
- What it means to be present with our employees, our kids, or our coachees
- What it means to act in response to the whole person, and not only to who they are or what they say
- How we can support the client to be the one who decides what happens in a coaching session
- Why sometimes silence is more powerful than a coaching question
Curiosity is an excellent tool in a coaching session, and it is a massive part of being present. But curiosity needs to be contextual, it needs to be based on active listening instead of just being curious. When we are genuinely curious about our clients, it will allow us to know them better, connect more deeply with them, and have a better grasp of their potentiality.
Resources:
- The International Coaching Federation's PCC Markers for the Core Coaching Competency "Maintains Presence":
5.1 Coach acts in response to the whole person of the client (the who).
5.2 Coach acts in response to what the client wants to accomplish throughout this session (the what).
5.3 Coach partners with the client by supporting the client to choose what happens in this session.
5.4 Coach demonstrates curiosity to learn more about the client.
5.5 Coach allows for silence, pause or reflection.
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