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

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 …

A coaching relationship is geared specifically to an individual client. To maximize the process for that person, a coach co-creates the relationship, process, and even …

A coach is an accountability partner – this means working with the client so they define how they hold themselves accountable and how the coach …

Planning and goal setting start with partnering for the coaching relationship and then move to developing goals that are SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attractive, Realistic, …

Designing actions starts with specific action steps for moving forward and is enhanced as a competency when it includes designing actions that provide for learning, …

Creating awareness involves using the direct communication and powerful questioning competencies. At a beginning level of competency, it means generating awareness of new techniques or …

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 …

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 …

Active listening is focusing completely on both what a client is saying and is not saying within the context of who they are to gain …

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, …