The International Coach Federation (ICF) has established a set of core coaching competencies that outline the skills and abilities required for professional coaching. These competencies form a comprehensive framework for professional coaching practice and guide coaches in their interactions with clients, helping them achieve meaningful and sustainable results. They are available via the ICF website in 15 languages.
The Coaching Competencies Course consists of the following:
Visit CoachCampus at ica.coachcampus to complete this course and take each Quiz in your own time.
The ICF Core Competencies and the PCC markers are essential documents. They will guide your learning and give you a clear benchmark for both ICA assessment and ICF credentialing.
The ICF competencies are intended to be a guide and a quality framework. They are not intended to be a tick-box formula for coaching. Read about the ICF competencies
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Attendance via zoom is not required for this course area.
There is an ICF video, a Reading Guide and
There is a tutorial and learning task for each competency. These can be found in CoachCampus via the link below
Ethical Practice – Begin the Quiz
A Coaching Mindset – Begin the Quiz
The Coaching Agreement – Begin the Quiz
Cultivating Trust and Safety – Begin the Quiz
Coaching Presence – Begin the Quiz
Listens Actively – Begin the Quiz
Evokes Awareness – Begin the Quiz
Facilitating Growth – Begin the Quiz
The International Coach Federation (ICF) has put together a set of guidelines to help coaches recognize and know how to manage a client who has a mental health issue that goes outside the scope of coaching. They also publish the ICF Code of Ethics and Interpretive Statements.
Turner, E., & Passmore, J. (2018) Ethical dilemmas and tricky decisions
Turner, E., & Passmore, J. (2019) The Appear Model
Journal Of Coaching Ethics – The JoCE is an open-access peer-reviewed journal, committed to fostering ethical discourse within coaching practice, supervision, research and the coaching profession
Coaching Ethics Conference – CEF is an independent forum dedicated to the ethical dimensions in the field of coaching, coach supervision and education.