Puget Sound Coaches Association

ICF Core Competency #4· Coaching Presence

Ability to be fully conscious and create spontaneous relationship with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible and confident.

  1. Is present and flexible during the coaching process, dancing in the moment,
  2. Accesses own intuition and trusts one's inner knowing - "goes with the gut",
  3. Is open to not knowing and takes risks,
  4. Sees many ways to work with the client, and chooses in the moment what is most effective,
  5. Uses humor effectively to create lightness and energy,
  6. Confidently shifts perspectives and experiments with new possibilities for own action,
  7. Demonstrates confidence in working with strong emotions, and can self-manage and not be overpowered or enmeshed by client's emotions.  

NOTE: Each competency listed has a definition and related behaviors. Behaviors are classified as either those that should always be present and visible in any coaching interaction (in regular font), or those that are called for in certain coaching situations and, therefore, not always visible in any one coaching interaction (in italics).

 

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