The ICF recently added the first new Core Coaching Competency in over two decades.
It's called:Maintains a Coaching Mindset.
This post will clear up confusion about what a Coaching Mindset is, why it matters, and how you can develop and maintain it. Because once you understand this, a doorway opens that makes masterful coaching possible for you.
The first thing to know is that this competency is demonstrated both outside coaching sessions as well as during coaching. In other words coaching, with its expansive positivity, curiosity, presence, and acknowledgement isn't something you just do for an hour or two and then revert to thinking and acting small. Thinking like a coach is a 24/7 commitment.
Maintains a Coaching Mindset helps counter the misconception that coaching is merely a performative skill set.
