Elevate your coaching impact and become a trusted partner
These sessions are designed to enhance your understanding of how to effectively demonstrate the ICF Core Competencies at the PCC level. You’ll gain clarity on the fail criteria, the expected standard, and strategies to exceed them.
We partner with you on your coaching recordings through a combination of 5 group sessions and 2 one-on-one sessions, where we closely examine your coaching conversations. Our goal is to celebrate your strengths and identify areas for improvement, helping you develop the skills needed to meet and exceed PCC-level requirements.
As outlined by the ICF in the PCC Credential page, at this level you have to demonstrate “effective coaching practice and substantial experience partnering with client”.
Our mentor coaching process ensures that you not only understand the ICF PCC markers but also integrate them into your coaching practice with confidence.
In detail, we will help you elevate your practice by ensuring you can:
- Establish clear agreements and measure of success for each session.
- Connect with clients on a deeper level, while holding a safe space.
- Maintain a confident and grounded presence, remaining comfortable with whatever unfolds during the session.
- Uncover and address underlying issues that are relevant to achieving the desired outcome.
- Explore the client’s thoughts, beliefs, and goals about their situation.
- Collaboratively co-create the session’s direction and outcome with the client.
- Remain flexible and adapt your approach to align with the client’s individual ways of thinking, learning, and creating.
- Move beyond standard tools and frameworks to ask transformative questions that focus on the whole person.
- Remain observant of shifts in energy, tone of voice, or pace of speech, and respond accordingly.
- Regularly check in with the client on progress toward the session’s desired outcome.
- Partner with the client to co-create an action plan, measures of success, and accountability structures.
- Support the client in successfully closing the session.
- Embody a coaching mindset and uphold ethical standards throughout every interaction.
Value of Attending These Sessions
By attending these mentor coaching sessions, you will gain the clarity, skills, and confidence needed to demonstrate ICF Core Competencies at the PCC level. You’ll receive personalised feedback from an ICF Master Certified Coach to strengthen your abilities, pinpoint areas for improvement, and ensure that you meet ICF standards.
With both group learning and individual attention, you will refine your coaching practice, be fully prepared to complete the credentialing process, and earn your ICF-PCC credential, while elevating your impact and becoming a more effective, trusted coach.
What will you get from our Mentor Coaching?
- Take away actionable tips to improve your coaching from an ICF Master Certified Coach
- Increase your understanding on how to get a successful PCC recording
- Get a clear picture of the bar you need to exceed for your ICF PCC certification
- Gain insights on how to demonstrate ICF markers in your recording to pinpoint your gaps
- Join our simulation of the ICF Credentialing Exam
- Appreciate nuances of coaching you cannot see yet!
What Mentor Coaching is not?
Mentor Coaches are not superheroes, nor mentalists, nor are they gurus. In fact, a few years ago they were exactly where you are. They know the challenges of becoming a great Coach perfectly well. But they also know how to overcome them. Your Mentor Coach will not push you in this or that direction, nor will your insecurities magically disappear. You will work together to overcome them, bringing about the best in you.
Is this for me?
The main reason to join our Group Mentor Coaching is to gain incredible insights into what you need to grow. Your Mentor Coach is a trusted partner that deeply cares about your growth, both as a coach and a human. You don’t need to be an accredited coach in order to join Mentor Coaching with Coaching Outside the Box and we also welcome you if you have been trained by another coaching school.
If you are looking to apply for your ICF credential, Mentor Coaching is also a mandatory step of the process! You will take your coaching skills to the next level and get ready to apply for your ICF qualification or go through the renewal process. Credentialing candidates on the PCC ACTP and Portfolio paths must complete 10 hours of Mentor Coaching at an accredited coach training school prior to submitting their application. They must partner with a Mentor Coach who holds valid PCC or MCC credentials. So why not partner with Coaching Outside the Box?
Our Mentor Coaching programmes meet ICF requirements and last a minimum of three months to allow for reflection and practice on the skills you need to grow. With the help of a Professional Certified Coach you will begin to clarify your goals. You will then create an action plan tailored to your career ambitions. You will find out what makes you a great coach and how you can fulfil your potential. You will evaluate your recordings and learn how to grade them. You will receive in-depth feedback to improve the way you coach, before submitting your application for ICF credentials.
Let’s take a closer look!
We offer 10 hours of mentoring in total, of which 3 hours are individual and 7 hours are group mentoring. Our Mentor Coaching groups never exceed 10 participants. With small groups we can ensure as much attention as we would like to give you as well as high quality mentoring.
The topics that will be discussed are:
- What is Mentor Coaching?
- In-depth look at the ICF core competencies
- In depth look at the ICF PCC markers to help you identify potential gaps
- Grading of your recording
- Personalised feedback on strengths and stretches demonstrated in your recording
- Simulation of the ICF Credentialing Exam.
In addition to receiving a certificate of participation documenting the completed mentoring hours, you will receive written feedback with guidance to improve your coaching that exceeds industry standards.
Attendance to all group sessions is mandatory. You can book one-on-one sessions at your own convenience.
Each weekly call lasts 90 minutes. We will invite some volunteers to record coaching sessions offline, so that we can review them together during our group sessions.
You can book a one-hour call with Lucia by following this booking link.
For sure! When you purchase our course, you have to select ‘bank transfer’ payment, submit your details for the invoice and contact us to agree the instalment plan that best suits you.
