Knowing how to coach and becomingthe coach you want to be are two very different things.

Mentor coaching is a part of your ICF credentialing journey - but I have always believed that those hours can be much more than a requirement to complete. 

They are an opportunity to slow down your coaching, look closely at what is really happening, recognize what you already do well and discover the small shifts that can make an enormous difference to the client experience.

Our next ACC Mentor Group Cohort begins on September 24 - click on the arrow below to read the curriculum and see what we have in store for you!

Your mentor coaching hours are more than just a box to check 

The credential matters. The coach you become matters more.

You can learn the ICF Core Competencies. You can understand the behavioral markers. You can know what good coaching is supposed to look like. 

Until ...  a real client sits down in front of you. That's where mentor coaching gets interesting. Because the work isn't simply about what you know. It's about what you actually do — the choices you make in the moment, what you notice, what you miss, when you intervene, when you don't, and what your coaching makes possible for the client. 

Mentor coaching turns the lens toward your actual practice.

Wherever you are in your credentialing journey, there is more to notice.

Working toward ACC - You’re building the foundations of your coaching practice. We’ll explore what the competencies actually look and sound like in a real conversation — helping you become more confident in recognizing them and using them naturally in your coaching.

Moving toward PCC - You’ve got experience behind you. Now the work gets more interesting. We’ll look at where you can go deeper, trust yourself more, stay closer to the client and become more flexible in how you coach.

Developing at MCC level - At this level, it’s often the smallest things that make the biggest difference. We’ll explore the subtleties of presence, partnership and responsiveness — and those moments where doing a little less can create space for the client to do much more.Explore the subtleties of coaching at the highest credential level, where presence, partnership and responsiveness become increasingly nuanced. 

Renewing or continuing your development - 
You don’t need to be chasing another credential to benefit from mentor coaching. Sometimes you simply want someone experienced to look closely at your coaching with you, challenge what you’re doing and help you see what you might not be able to see for yourself.

HOW WE WORK TOGETH​ER

Real coaching. Specific feedback. Deliberate development.

Bring the recordings, the transcripts and the moments you keep thinking about. We’re not here to discuss how an imaginary coach might handle an imaginary client. We’re looking at your coaching — as it actually happened. 

We’ll notice what’s already working and why. We’ll slow down the moments that passed in seconds and look at what you heard, what you assumed, what you chose — and what else might have been possible. 

We’ll use the ICF Core Competencies as a lens, not a checklist, connecting them to the real choices you make in the room. 

And then we’ll experiment. What else could you have asked? Where might you have stayed a little longer? What could you have challenged? What might have happened if you’d simply got out of the way? 

Because the point isn’t to become brilliant at analyzing your coaching after the event. It’s to notice more while you’re actually coaching.

book your seat on our fall cohort

You can't develop the coaching you can't yet see.
Mentor coaching helps you see it.

If mentor coaching is part of your next credential — or you're simply ready to look more closely at your practice — don't treat the hours as something to get through.

 Use them to become more aware of how you coach, more intentional about the choices you make and more capable of creating the space in which your clients can do their best work.

book your seat on our fall cohort