The Journey Toward Maturity
There is much discussion in professional coaching circles about coach development. The ICF have their own terms for the journey a coach takes in their development from student to associate credentialed coach (ACC) to professional credentialed coach (PCC)
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The Journey Toward Maturity
Introduction There is much discussion in professional coaching circles about coach development. The ICF have their own terms for the journey a coach takes in their development from student to associate credentialed coach (ACC) to professional credentialed coach (PCC) and finally to master coach (MCC). In this book we have focused our thinking around the term ‘maturity’ as an alternative way of thinking about coach development, recognizing that many high performing coaches may not yet be a MCC. In this chapter we introduce the idea of maturity. We suggest that coach development is a continual process, not a destination, and that even for the MCC, development continues. We are all on a developmental journey.
Coaching Maturity As with all professions there are levels of competence or skill. As a new ICF coach your journey may have started when you first received coaching from a colleague at work, or through a professional coach. This may have got you interested in the power of coaching, and its potential to help you discover for yourself the best options for you. Or you may have decided to attend a short coaching skills course. This engaged your curiosity. Whatever way it may be, you have decided to become a coach. You have formally started on your journey of development. However, completing a formal training program, ASCTH (Approved Specific Coach Training Hours) or ACTP (Approved Coach Training Program), is only part of the journey. To become an ICF credentialed coach, there are other aspects to complete including: 1. Coaching hours log 2. Coach Knowledge Assessment (CKA) © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 J. Passmore, T. Sinclair, Becoming a Coach, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53161-4_1
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3. Mentor Coaching log 4. Coaching assessment You may currently be on that journey now, or you may already be an ICF ACC or a PCC. In fact, you may already be a Master Credential Coach (MCC) who is keen to continue to extend your learning. Or you may be someone who has practiced coaching for years but has never got a formal coaching qualification. Whichever it is, the journey toward maturity does not stop at any of these points. We have used the phrase ‘maturity’, as opposed to ‘mastery’, as mastery can imply an ending: We become a ‘master’ as a result of years of training and practice. In contrast the phrase ‘maturity’ implies an infinite process, where development never stops. We can always become more mature, more reflective and more insightful about our practice. In fact, we would suggest that the coach who stops learning, is the coach who is ready to stop coaching. Coaching requires us to remain curious about our clients and ourselves, to see our clients as having the capacity to learn and change and rolemodelling this belief in our own behaviors, as a learner and someone open and ready to learn and adapt to clients and the dynamic world in which we work. In this book we aim to offer multiple ways to continue to develop, from a focus on coaching competencies
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