Welcome to Individual Mentor Coaching!
ICF Core Competencies
Here are the ICF eight core competencies in two formats – one with the full descriptions and one with the eight summarized on one sheet.
Core Competency Resources
How will you be evaluated when you submit your recording(s) for review? As you consider the minimum skills requirement for the ACC, PCC and MCC, go to this page for ICF resources. Go to these pages:
Life Coaching Comparison Tool
Here is a popular resource of mine that compares coaching (not only life, but leadership, executive, career, etc) to counseling, consulting, spiritual direction, mentoring/discipleship and pastoral care.
When to refer a client to therapy
Here is an ICF document that discusses when to refer a client to therapy.
Andrew Gorter and Client
Begin with PCCI faculty member, Andrew Gorter, coaching a client. This is a great coaching
recording to start with as you may be refreshing your thoughts on what especially good
coaching sounds like.
Susan Britton Whitcomb and Client
Next listen to Susan Britton Whitcomb, formerly on faculty with PCCI. A 20 minute coaching sample with Susan speaking for approximately only 3 minutes. But…it’s stunning good coaching. For coaches who need to speak less, and may need to be convinced that speaking less can produce powerful results – here you go.
John Ramstead and Client
And then, here is a link to a recorded executive coaching session, with John Ramstad (also
former PCCI Faculty) – a real client of his, not a demo. Whether your thing is Executive/Leadership or Life coaching, you will hear another great coaching session here. Can an entire session be accomplished with meaningful results in less than 25 minutes?Absolutely -listen to hear this demonstrated.
And what do you do when a client says something like: Is that a good idea? How does that sound? Listen to hear this happen twice – with excellent examples of how to respond as a coach.
Beverly Lucas and Client
Finally, here is a former PCCI student – Beverly Lucas, ACC – coaching in a class (Cross-
Cultural Coaching)
I strongly recommend that you listen to the introduction and the debriefing from Christopher McCluskey and Kim Avery with all of these recordings.