Comments on: Becoming a Coach: The Making of a Yoda https://leaderchat.org/2017/10/03/becoming-a-coach-the-making-of-a-yoda/ A Forum to Discuss Leadership and Management Issues Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: John S. Arnold https://leaderchat.org/2017/10/03/becoming-a-coach-the-making-of-a-yoda/#comment-68918 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:25:52 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=10350#comment-68918 Yoda is my idol! When I read your article Mad, I was inspired by the quote:

“In his article Do Great Coaches Break the Rules? Goldsmith writes: “Most long-standing coaches not only fluidly and fluently dance between the distinctions of coaching, consulting, counseling, and training, they also are constantly customizing solutions and approaches for their clients from an eclectic and deep repertoire of methods, processes, and skills. The current ‘rules’ don’t include this behavior in the usual definitions of coaching.”

And it makes me wonder when the leader st the ICF will finally come into the current century & appreciate as well as recognize that “the time they are a changin” , and will give serious thought to how MCC coaches will be selected in the future. The old tradition of the panel interviews with old traditional questions does not serve either the PCC coach who aspires to be an MCC or the C-Suite client they serve.

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By: Madeleine Homan Blanchard https://leaderchat.org/2017/10/03/becoming-a-coach-the-making-of-a-yoda/#comment-68169 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 20:59:41 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=10350#comment-68169 In reply to Marcia Reynolds.

Thank you Marcia. Exciting developments ahead!

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By: Marcia Reynolds https://leaderchat.org/2017/10/03/becoming-a-coach-the-making-of-a-yoda/#comment-68119 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:28:48 +0000 http://leaderchat.org/?p=10350#comment-68119 Yoda is a great symbol of the partnership that is significant to coaching, where we partner with creative, resourceful, and whole (not broken) travelers on their journey to help them keep moving forward missing few pitfalls as possible with their own eyes. Being a part of the Association of Coach Training Schools as well as the ICF, I do know that around the world there are some good coaching schools constantly working on how they teach their students to deepen their presence (I think coach mastery is the deepening of presence), be more aware of their privilege and bias, and to yearn to go beyond good enough. I think we need to make these practices more visible and accessible so coaches can always know “what’s next.” The ICF is even working on a better definition and evaluation, if it is possible, for Master Certified Coach. Coaching is a journey, as so is coach training. Thank you Madeleine for the conversation!

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