ICF Coaching Competencies

Embodies a Coaching Mindset – Hot Fudge Sundae anyone?

by Sheri Boone & Jamee Tenzer | Nov 11, 2020 | Coaching, ICF Coaching Competencies

As we begin to incorporate the new ICF Core Competencies into our coaching, mentoring and training, we are spending some time looking more deeply at each competency and how the changes affect our work. Today we are drawn to look at Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching...

Is 2019 the year you will master the ICF Core Competencies?

by Sheri Boone & Jamee Tenzer | Feb 5, 2019 | ICF Coaching Competencies, ICF Credentials

If mastery feels like too big a concept, perhaps you’d like to take a few steps and begin to move in that direction. As coaches we can get so busy building our businesses and supporting our clients, that we forget about supporting ourselves in the area of skills...

Clarity and Presence in the Midst of Chaos

by Sheri Boone & Jamee Tenzer | Jul 16, 2018 | ICF Coaching Competencies, Mentor Coaching

We’ve been noticing lately a feeling of disruption in the force that is affecting our clients, mentees and students – and frankly, ourselves. There seems to be something afoot that we all share as members of this community and of the world community. That shifting...

What questions are you asking in 2018?

by Sheri Boone & Jamee Tenzer | Jan 15, 2018 | Coaching, ICF Coaching Competencies, ICF Credentials, Mentor Coaching

You may have a personal question about a relationship that is meaningful to you, or maybe a philosophical question about your life’s path, or a question about where you are going as a coach and how you would like to grow this year. One thing we know as coaches and...

Is it time to have a deeper conversation about Creating Awareness?

by Sheri Boone & Jamee Tenzer | Feb 21, 2017 | ICF Coaching Competencies

The ICF has established 11 Core coaching competencies. Any coach who is ICF credentialed uses these competencies as a foundation for their coaching. As many of us know, it is easy to let time slip by as we build our coaching practices without reviewing and refreshing...

5 Tips to Tune Up Your Hearing

by Sheri Boone & Jamee Tenzer | Dec 1, 2016 | ICF Coaching Competencies

We’re all working so hard to listen, but are we really hearing anything? As coaches we are trained to listen. We practice listening and we get assessed on our listening skills. With our friends and family we also listen. At times we may not listen deeply enough or...