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Stellar Reflections:

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Group Coaching coaching conversations group coaching safe and supportive environment May 07, 2024

At Stellar Conversations we see the transformative power of group coaching often.
 
At it’s best, group coaching enables diverse perspectives and ways of thinking to come together to spark insight, learning and growth.
 
By integrating coaching skills to group settings, we can...

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ICF Core Competencies 8: Facilitates Client Growth facilitates client growth icf core competencies Apr 16, 2024

“Partners with the client to transform learning and insight into action. Promotes client autonomy in the coaching process”

  1. Works with the client to integrate new awareness, insight or learning into their worldview and behaviours
  2. Partners with the client to design goals, actions and...
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ICF Core Competencies 7: Evokes Awareness evoking awareness icf competency 7 icf core competencies icf evokes awareness Feb 22, 2024

Competency 7 of ICF Core Competencies is:

"Evokes Awareness facilitates client insight and learning by using tools and techniques such as powerful questioning, silence, metaphor or analogy."

While all the competencies have equal standing, Evoking Awareness can be a powerful and transformative...

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ICF Core Competencies 6: Listens Actively active listening icf core competencies nancy kline Feb 05, 2024

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Active listening is a key component of impactful coaching conversations. During active listening, the listener is fully engaged, entirely present, and wholly focused on the person they are in conversation with.

They set aside their own thoughts, assumptions, and inner...

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ICF Core Competencies 5: Maintains Presence being present icf core competencies safe and supportive environment Jan 29, 2024

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The ICF define this as: Is fully conscious and present with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible, grounded and confident. 

Being present with coaching partners means remaining focused, observant, empathetic and responsive to them as individuals and...

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ICF Core Competencies 4: Cultivates Trust and Safety active listening coaching conversations icf core competencies psychological safety relationship of mutual respect and trust trust and safety Jan 15, 2024

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The ICF defines this as “Partners with the client to create a safe, supportive environment that allows the client to share freely. Maintains a relationship of mutual respect and trust”

Trust and safety are hugely important components of great coaching...

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ICF Core Competencies 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements agreements coaching conversations ethical principles ethical standards icf core competencies values Dec 19, 2023

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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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ICF Core Competencies 2: Embodies a Coaching Mindset ethical principles ethical standards icf core competencies values Dec 12, 2023

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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...

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ICF Core Competencies 1: Ethical Practice ethical principles ethical standards icf core competencies values Nov 07, 2023

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...

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