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ICF Coaching Core Competencies

Eleven core coaching competencies were developed to support greater understanding about the skills and approaches used within today's coaching profession as defined by the International Coach Federation. They will also support you in calibrating the level of alignment between the coach-specific training expected and the training you have experienced.

These are the competencies that are used as the foundation for the ICF Credentialing process examination. The core competencies are grouped into four clusters according to those that fit together logically based on common ways of looking at the competencies in each group. The groupings and individual competencies are not weighted - they do not represent any kind of priority in that they are all core or critical for any competent coach to demonstrate.

A. SETTING THE FOUNDATION

1. Meeting ethical guidelines and professional standards

2. Establishing the coaching agreement

B. CO-CREATING THE RELATIONSHIP

3. Establishing trust and intimacy with the client

4. Coaching presence

C. COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY

5. Active listening

6. Powerful questioning

7. Direct communication

D. FACILITATING LEARNING AND RESULTS

8. Creating awareness

9. Designing actions

10. Planning and goal setting

11. Managing progress and accountability

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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