The path to mastery in coaching is a balanced act between polishing our skills and deepening our own self-awareness. Everyday, our challenge is to find the equilibrium between form and flow. Bottom line, coaching is a human-to-human experience and it is when we embrace this ongoing exercise of BECOMING that we can find our authentic place in the coaching process.
We chose to begin looking at the competencies in a manner that made sense for us. Ethics is first and foremost as it outlines our responsibilities as coaches. Second only to that, we feel Coaching Presence to be a critical factor in the success of a coaching session. If we’re not present, there’s a great likelihood the other competencies will be compromised in some way, therefore more difficult to demonstrate.