In a quality coach training program, coaches learn to identify different personalities in the moment and learn to identify different learning styles. This is then …
Co-creating the Coaching Relationship
Center for Coaching Certification Skills, Tools and Techniques
Skills Tools and Techniques
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 …
Feedback and 360s of Coaching Competencies
Feedback on coaching competencies creates awareness of skill application. Sometimes our self-evaluation is in keeping with the feedback of others and sometimes we are surprised …
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 …
Planning Implementation and Application of Coaching Tools and Techniques
In the book “Know Can Do” by Blanchard, Meyer, and Ruhe they cite that a lack of planning how to use information from a training …
Self-evaluation of Coaching Competencies
Prior to beginning a coach training program, it is a good idea to review the Core Competencies of a coach published by the International Coaching …
Learning Exercises to Develop Coaching Competency
Developing competency as a coach includes training. Training generally includes an opportunity to practice techniques during learning exercises. Some of the practice occurs in class, …