The intention with this book is to serve all those who want to perfect their coaching skills and are committed to take it to a higher level of coach professionalism by going through the ICF credentialing system.

In this book we show how we, Assessors, work with the ICF core competencies when focusing on those coach behaviours which can be observed and hence assessed during a coaching session.

This book came about because as a long time ICF assessor I was inspired by all the good coaching that I listened to that happened to be NOT my style of coaching. Over the past decade this made me realize that coaching is so colourful that we need to embrace it, collate it and celebrate it in its wholeness and diversity. The art of coaching manifests itself that while you are following the ICF quality framework represented by the ICF core competencies you can still make your coaching human and unique by developing your own style. You can play with the competencies in a flexible manner as you shape your own coaching style. We hope that our book helps you follow the ICF competencies in an enjoyable way when your learning is more than just a compliance exercise.

This book serves to further the transparency of our profession, so you as a coach know what us ICF assessors are looking for. Most of us often have close or even over a decade of assessor experience while we are constantly trained, developed through calibration exercises on a regular basis and have permanently ongoing professional discussions on the ICF platforms to make sure that we are aligned with each other and with the latest and highest standards of our profession. As we pass on this knowledge and experience to our readers – I say this with a twinkle in my eye – we know that this will also make our assessor work easier because we shall find even more good coaching when we listen to coaching recordings.

This book demonstrates for the first time how peers, experienced MCC coaches can work together, committed to share their knowledge and experience, to support coaches globally in their development while at the same time contributing to the growth of the coaching profession.

Use this book to find your own inspiration for becoming an even better coach. To support your development, we offer a webinar series where the contributors of the book will be the speakers and will share personal stories about their coach professional life and work. Online twice every Wednesday from 18th September to 4th December we shall be your guide to your own unique coaching mastery along the coaching standards set by the ICF competencies.

Webinars: 18 September - 4 December 2024 / every Wednesday

Special Guest: Professor Jonathan Passmore, co-editor
Hosted by: Judit Ábri von Bartheld MCC, ACTC, co-editor

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