ICF Core Competencies Flashcards
What does it mean to demonstrate ethical practice in coaching?
Understanding and consistently applying coaching ethics and standards of coaching.
Includes personal integrity, sensitivity to clients, and maintaining confidentiality.
What is involved in embodying a coaching mindset?
Developing and maintaining a mindset that is open, curious, flexible, and client-centered.
Acknowledges client responsibility and engages in ongoing learning.
What does establishing and maintaining agreements entail?
Partnering with the client to create clear agreements about the coaching relationship, process, plans, and goals.
Includes logistics, fees, scheduling, and defining success measures.
How is trust and safety cultivated in coaching?
Creating a safe, supportive environment that allows the client to share freely and maintaining mutual respect and trust.
Involves understanding the client’s context and demonstrating empathy.
What does maintaining presence mean in coaching?
Being fully conscious and present with the client, employing an open, flexible, grounded, and confident style.
Involves managing emotions and allowing space for reflection.
What is active listening in coaching?
Focusing on what the client is and is not saying to fully understand communication in context.
Includes reflecting, summarizing, and exploring client emotions.
What does evoking awareness involve?
Facilitating client insight and learning through powerful questioning and other techniques.
Encourages exploration beyond current thinking and reframing perspectives.
How is client growth facilitated in coaching?
Partnering with the client to transform learning and insight into action while promoting autonomy.
Involves designing goals and celebrating client progress.
