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Stairway to Success Analogy of a Coaching Relationship

Staircase to Success

The analogy of building a staircase aligned to building a coaching relationship is a tool for the client and the coach to use as they co-create the coaching relationship.

The Center for Coaching Certification (CCC) designed the Stairway to Success coaching model to provide prospective on effective coaching.  This model is explained both in the free webinar on coaching certification and in the Certified Master Coach program.

Staircase to Success

Imagine the coaching process as a stairway leading to a doorway called ‘success.’  The client defines success; the coach upholds the foundation of the stairway.  The coach walks with the client up the stairway.

The Stairway to Success requires a foundation.

  1. Training
  2. Competency
  3. Ethics

The client and coach partner on building the relationship and the steps of the Stairway to Success.

  1. Agreement
  2. Understanding
  3. Rapport
  4. Communication
  5. Exploration
  6. Strategy

Moving up the staircase supports the client achieving their results.

  1. Success

In this blog series each of these steps is explored in more detail.

 

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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