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The IAC Coaching Masteries: A Beautiful Interdependence - Mastery #6 [Infographic]

 
The IAC Coaching Masteries: A Beautiful Interdependence - Mastery #6 [Infographic]
by Natalie Tucker Miller, MCC (IAC)

In the October 2011 VOICE we featured an infographic outlining the interdependence of the IAC Coaching Masteries^®, using Mastery #4 as the centerpiece. The response to that article was clear: More, please!

This month, Mastery #6 takes center stage while the other masteries gather ‘round to support, within the integrity of their own structure.

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Natalie Tucker Miller, MCC (IAC), is the Lead Certifier and a certifying examiner at the IAC, as well as Past-President. Natalie is founder of Ageless-Sages.com Publishing (www.ageless-sages.com), and creator of the literary genre, Picture Books for Elders™.

 

Please send your questions on the IAC Coaching Masteries^® and the certification process to certification@certifiedcoach.org.

Lessons from the Certifiers

 

Announcing a new supplement to the Masteries E-Book!
by Natalie Tucker Miller, MCC (IAC)

Can masterful coaching be measured objectively? Absolutely! Over the years the IAC has received many wonderful comments about our Coaching Masteries^® and the Masteries E-Book, which underscore our central philosophy that coaching skills are evident and observable.

In the e-book, each mastery is described in detail by its characteristics, including:

• Title
• Definition
• Effects
• Key elements
• Distinctions
• Effective behaviours
• Ineffective behaviours
• Measures
• Common mistakes coaches make
• Indicators the coach understands the mastery

We've also been asked further questions about how a particular mastery or element of a mastery can be applied in coaching. Several of the certifiers and certified coaches have contributed articles to address these approaches over the years, including former Lead Certifier Nina East. In 2008-2009, Nina wrote a series of articles for the IAC VOICE that explored the nuances and application of each of the IAC Masteries^®. The IAC has now compiled these articles into one document that is now available to members as a supplement to the Masteries E-Book.

We are excited to be able to share these powerful lessons with you in a convenient format to help enhance and enrich your integration of these powerful coaching tenets. Directions: Apply liberally to all areas of your coaching! Members, get your copy here.

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Do you have a question that you’d like to ask the certifiers? Submit your questions here: http://certifiedcoachblog.typepad.com/blog/ask-the-certifiers.html.

Natalie Tucker Miller, MCC (IAC), is the Lead Certifier and a certifying examiner at the IAC, as well as Past-President. Natalie is founder of Ageless-Sages.com Publishing (www.ageless-sages.com), and creator of the literary genre, Picture Books for Elders™.

 

Please send your questions on the IAC Coaching Masteries^® and the certification process to certification@certifiedcoach.org.

Lessons from the Certifiers

 

Does Every Good Coach Need a Coach?
by Natalie Tucker Miller, MCC (IAC)

Question: I've heard it said that every good coach has a coach. Why is that important?

Answer: One of the misconceptions about coaching is that someone needs to be struggling with a problem in order to benefit from the forward motion coaching can provide. This view is just a partial snapshot of coaching efficacy. Certainly a coach can help a client reframe a stressful situation, see things from another point of view and/or tap into the client's innate sense of self to solve a problem.

Yet coaching promises so much more than solutions to specific situations. When the focus remains on addressing the client's situation, time after time, there is a missed opportunity for the client to get to know themselves on an intimate level. The coach who understands this level of growth recognizes the benefits beyond solving a single issue.

In fact, single issues are rare. There are usually patterns that emerge in the client's reactions to situations—underlying reasons that stress recurs—and until the client makes an honest assessment of these patterns, stressful situations will continue to be recycled. Even though this process occurs for most of us, people are often stunned when they discover that their behavior is out of habit rather than awareness.

The idea of coaches having coaches makes perfect sense. In my experience, in addition to helping me uncover blind spots that might otherwise prevent me from being fully present with my client, the experience of being in the position of the client provides a 360 degree view of development.

Here are a couple of examples of how experiencing the Masteries as a client can support you as a coach. (This is not to imply that your coach's only function is to enhance your coaching practice, rather an illustration of how coaching can be a powerful part of your professional development.)

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Do you have a question that you’d like to ask the certifiers? Submit your questions here: http://certifiedcoachblog.typepad.com/blog/ask-the-certifiers.html.

Natalie Tucker Miller, MCC (IAC), is the Lead Certifier and a certifying examiner at the IAC, as well as Past-President. Natalie is founder of Ageless-Sages.com Publishing (www.ageless-sages.com), and creator of the literary genre, Picture Books for Elders™.

 

 

Please send your questions on the IAC Coaching Masteries^® and the certification process to certification@certifiedcoach.org.

Special Invitation

We are delighted to announce our first Ask the Certifiers live call for 2012. It will be held on March 20, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Eastern. Please click here to register for your own individual call-in number. Looking forward to hearing you!

Lessons from the Certifiers

 

The New IAC Certification Credentials
by Natalie Tucker Miller, IAC-CC

Question: In the last President's Message, it was mentioned that there is another level of certification. My recordings did not pass the first time I submit for certification. Will this new level be retroactive, and how will I know if my sessions passed?

Answer: First, I'd like to publicly honor all the coaches who have taken the bold step of sitting for Step Two of the certification exam, regardless of your outcome. We recognize the commitment to coaching excellence it takes to get that far in the process. And as you know, it's a level that takes many hours of practice to complete.

There has never been a question that IAC-certified coaches possess a high level of mastery and this truth is reflected in the expanded nomenclature the IAC has just introduced. IAC-certified coaches are now referred to as what we've always known they were: Master Certified Coaches, or MCC (IAC).

The adoption of the IAC Coaching Masteries^® provided the certifiers with expanded definitions of coaching behaviors, as well as measures that allow us to more clearly define different levels of coaching skill. In our internal review processes over the past few years, we've been able to identify those with a skilled level of coaching, even if they did not meet our master-level criteria.

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Do you have a question that you’d like to ask the certifiers? Submit your questions here: http://certifiedcoachblog.typepad.com/blog/ask-the-certifiers.html.

Natalie Tucker Miller, IAC-CC, is the Lead Certifier and a certifying examiner at the IAC, as well as Past-President. Natalie is founder of Ageless-Sages.com Publishing (www.ageless-sages.com), and creator of the literary genre, Picture Books for Elders™.

 

Please send your questions on the IAC Coaching Masteries^® and the certification process to certification@certifiedcoach.org.