15 Coaching Proficiencies
1. Engages in provocative conversations
Coaching sessions are generally short. By hearing what the client is saying and not saying, by questioning what you hear, by asking the right questions, pressing for clarity, and by sharing what you know and how you fell, provocative conversations can occur within minutes, not months. Welcome to the world of the Certified Coach.
2. Reveals the client to themselves
The more aware anyone is, the better choices they can make for themselves. Part of what Certified Coaches do with clients is to help them discover their gifts, talents, wants, values, needs and dreams, as well as come to understand what motivates and inspires them. The result? A well-informed client, more easily moving forward on their path of self-awareness.
3. Elicits greatness
Who else is trained to be proficient in this, 24/7/365, but the Certified Coach? And, while it is true that few clients come to a coach and specifically ask that we bring out and develop this greatness, this is what we do naturally when we ask the client to think and act bigger, and by challenging the client to continually raise their own bar and standards.
4. Enjoys the client immensely
How is 'enjoying the client' a proficiency? Simple. Because when you enjoy the client in his/her entirely (including their upsides and downsides), high levels of trust naturally occur. And the benefit of that? Clients naturally take more risks and move forward more quickly because they know you are totally there for them. When the coach is at this place with a client, the coaching is collaborative and light, not heavy.
5. Expands the client's best efforts
One of the reasons clients hire a coach is to support them to do more in a shorter period of time than they would do on their own. Hence, the Certified Coach acts as both a catalyst and accelerant. By supporting the client to do more than they have done or think that they are capable of doing, significant value is added.
6. Navigates via curiosity
7. Recognizes perfection in every situation
8. Home in on what is matters most
9. Communicates cleanly
10. Shares what is there
11. Champions the client
12. Enters new territories
13. Relishes truth
14. Designs supportive environments