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Setting the Foundation

At the Center for Coaching Certification, students learn that the competencies of Meeting Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards plus Establishing the Coaching Agreement call for coach training to include learning the ethics of developing coaching competencies as well as being ready with an agreement. 

To offer professional coaching services in keeping with these competencies, plan for:

  • Coach Training
    • Identify the skills – ICF’s 11 Core Competencies
    • Study the Code of Ethics
    • Practice coaching methodology
    • Gain credibility
    • Earn trust of coachees
  • Coaching Engagements
    • Develop your agreement
    • Design forms you want to use
      • Coaching Relationships
    • Introductory Coaching Session
    • Planning for the Coaching
    • Pre-Session Prep
    • Questions
    • Post-Session Reflection
      • Reporting to a Sponsor
    • Choose how you will take notes and prepare
    • Setup your workspace
    • Decide on location for coaching
      • Phone or Online
      • Their Office
      • Your Office

There are variables based on your plans to be in business as a coach or alternatively work inside of a company as a coach.  This quick checklist is a starting point in your thinking and planning as you move toward coaching certification and then to offering coaching services.

Cathy Liska

For content specific to coach training and coaching, guest blog posts are welcome.

Most blog posts here are written or curated by Cathy Liska, Guide from the Side®, CDP, MCC.

Cathy is CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification, CCC. As Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach with over 30 years of experience in business management and ownership. Cathy built her diverse team at CCC that includes trainers, customer service, and coaches. She was Co-Leader for ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice, on the Leadership Team for the review and updating of the Code of Ethics in 2024, and active in the Ethics Water Cooler. To ensure she stays current in related areas of expertise, Cathy has earned the following: ICF’s Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Coach Trainer, Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Grief Support Group Facilitator, Certified in the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool, Certified Apartment Manager, Certified Civil and Family Mediator, and Certified in DISC.

Cathy’s clients range from attorneys to corporate executives, government to nonprofit, entrepreneurs to children, under or unemployed to newly retired. She specializes in communication, management, conflict, and leadership. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion to serve others so they achieve the results they want.

Podcast: https://www.coachcert.com/podcast.html

Publications: Coaching Perspectives (a series of books with chapters by coach training graduates) https://www.coachcert.com/resources/recommended-reading/coaching-perspectives-series-by-the-center-for-coaching-certification-and-more.html

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