Will I make a good coach after retiring from a successful career?

Will I make a good coach after retiring from a successful career?

That you are asking this question is a good indication that you likely will make a good coach! Will I make a good coach after retiring from a successful career?

The competencies of a coach, taught and developed during coaching certification, include:

  1. Foundation
  2. Demonstrates Ethical Practice
    2. Embodies a Coaching Mindset
  3. Co-creating the Relationship
  4. Establishes and Maintains Agreements
  5. Cultivates Trust and Safety
    5. Maintains Presence
  6. Communicating Effectively
  7. Listens Actively
    7. Evokes Awareness
  8. Cultivating Learning and Growth
  9. Facilitates Client Growth

Many skills developed in your career can be adjusted to use as a coach.  Read the following while reflecting on the skills you bring to the process:

The process to become a coach starts with exploring the difference between being a professional in another field – a subject matter expert, and a coach – a partner holding the client as their own best expert.  This evolves in the review of the coaching competencies and the Code of Ethics.  The coaching mindset is developed through the awareness that telling people answers isn’t helping or developing them; asking questions so people figure it out does help and develop them.  Practice of coaching competencies means you learn that building rapport through cultivating trust and safety plus being present to the client means they know they can trust you and will openly share and explore.  This is supported by really listening and asking questions.  The growth and development are strengthened when you invite their noticing insights and planning their forward progress.

Now how do you feel about the possibilities for you being a good coach?

 

Cathy Liska

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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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