{"id":7971,"date":"2018-08-23T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T11:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7971"},"modified":"2025-04-09T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:38:38","slug":"coaching-competencies-empower-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-competencies-empower-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Competencies Empower Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last blog, empower and empowerment were defined and then explored as part of coaching.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/en\/training.html\">Coach training<\/a> involves a paradigm shift from giving solutions to empowering the client to discover and create their own strategies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7509\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/be-clear-on-coaching-services-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Coaching Competencies \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coaching Competencies Empower Clients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/resource\/icf-core-competencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Core Coaching Competencies<\/a> from the International Coach Federation covered in coach training that all support empowering the client.\u00a0 The details in nine of them call out specific ways to empower clients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Establishing the Agreement\u00a0<\/strong>includes empowering the client each session to choose both what they want to discuss and how they want to have the conversation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Establishing Trust and Intimacy\u00a0<\/strong>includes showing genuine concern, demonstrating respect, and providing ongoing support.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Active Listening\u00a0<\/strong>states that the coach encourages, accepts, explores, and reinforces the client\u2019s expression of feeling, perceptions, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Powerful Question\u00a0<\/strong>says to ask clients questions that move them toward what they want.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Direction Communication\u00a0<\/strong>involves using language that is appropriate and respectful.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creating Awareness\u00a0<\/strong>had the coach help clients discover for themselves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Designing Actions\u00a0<\/strong>includes promoting active experimentation and self-discovery, celebrating successes and capabilities, and encourages stretches and challenges plus a comfortable pace of learning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Planning and Goal Setting\u00a0<\/strong>include helping the client identify and access resources plus targeting early successes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Managing Progress and Accountability\u00a0<\/strong>includes acknowledging the client, promoting self-discipline, and developing the client\u2019s ability to make decisions, address key concerns, develop themselves, determine priorities, set the pace of learning, plus reflect on and learn from experiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The value of coaching with a professional who has completed their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\">coaching certification<\/a> is found in how it empowers individuals to grow, create meaningful change, and achieve what they want \u2013 in other words, they are empowered and develop their own empowerment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last blog, empower and empowerment were defined and then explored as part of coaching.\u00a0 Coach training involves a paradigm shift from giving solutions &hellip; 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