ICF Core Competencies
The number of ICF core competencies.
8
A tool used for developing goals with clients.
SMART
Professionalism, collaboration, humanity, and equity are identified as what by the ICF?
ICF Core Values
When a coach develops an ongoing reflective practice, they are demonstrating this core competency.
Comp 2: Embodies a coaching mindset
It's the coach's job to stay outside but sometimes finds themselves inside with their client.
The Box
This core competency includes "Maintains confidentiality."
Comp 1: Demonstrates Ethical Practice
A tool that helps a coach challenge their client to look at a situation from a different perspective
Reframing
An individual who is employed within an organization and coaches either part-time or full-time the employees of that organization
Internal Coach
This core competency is intended to create clarity about the coaching relationship, process, plans, and goals.
Comp 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Name one of three words that begin the most powerful questions.
Why, How, What
Name one of the four core competency domains
Foundation, Co-creating the relationship, Communicating effectively, Cultivating learning and growth.
The ability of a coach to accurately describe what is going on with impact.
Articulate
Partnering with Clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential
Coaching or the Definition of Coaching
Facilitates client insight and learning by using tools and techniques such as powerful questioning, silence, metaphor or analogy.
Comp 7: Evokes Awareness
Name something that may appear "below the surface", unseen to many coachees.
Beliefs, values, thinking, emotions
This core competency includes "reflects or summarizes what the client communicated to ensure clarity and understanding."
Comp 6: Listens Actively
When a coach asks questions that help the client explore beyond current thinking OR helps connect the dots, they are demonstrating this.
Challenging
As an ICF Professional, this is created regarding the roles, responsibilities and rights of all parties involved prior to start of service
Coaching agreement or contract
Notices, acknowledges and explores the client’s emotions, energy shifts, non-verbal cues or other behaviors.
Comp 6: Listens Actively
This is something that a client thinks to be true and might hold them back in some way.
Limiting belief
When a coach shows support, empathy, and concern for the client, which core competency are they demonstrating?
Comp 4: Cultivates Trust and Safety
A coach might elicit these to gain further insight, cue issues, and concerns, or connect to what's possible.
Values
Protection of any information obtained around the coaching engagement unless consent to release is given
Confidentiality
Remains focused, observant, empathetic and responsive to the client.
Comp 5: Maintains Presence
This can be described as non-judgemental observation or awareness, and the degree to which you are grounded in that awareness.
Mindful presence