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Competency 3 of the ICF's core competencies, is Establishes and Maintains Agreements. Coach “partners with the client and relevant stakeholders to create clear agreements about the coaching relationship, process, plans and goals. Establishes agreements for the...

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Competency 2 from The International Coaching Federation is "Embodies a Coaching Mindset". With the definition that as coaches we develop and maintain a mindset that is open, curious, flexible and client centered.

As coaches and facilitators of coaching conversations it...

Over the next eight articles we will be discussing the Core Competencies set out by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The ICF Core Competencies were developed to support understanding about the skills and approaches used within coaching (as defined by ICF). 

The competencies...