Are you looking to prepare your ACC or PCC accreditation from the ICF while seeking
to consolidate your own coaching style?
As an independent ICF assessor for both ACC and PCC-level accreditations as well as an international coach trainer, a certified mentor and an MCC who has walked many miles in your shoes, I will accompany you towards a successful completion of your ICF mentoring requirements and help you fine-tune your personal coaching style.
While the ICF Core Competencies are fundamental in guaranteeing a degree of professionalism in coaching, I also believe that we bring our own style to our coaching conversations, our own way of being and our own philosophies. Clients are attracted to us because we are who we are and approach things the way we do. Mentoring therefore is not an attempt to box you in any particular style but rather an opportunity to give a professional dimension to your coaching and enhance your particular approach.
Depending on the coach’s level of understanding of the Core Competencies, the very first meeting might include a thorough review of the expected observable behaviors for each of the competencies (called “markers”). Subsequent meetings will often involve listening in to a coaching session that the mentee will have recorded with one of their clients and debriefing that session based on its alignment with the Core Competencies. Alternatively, if several of my mentees are open to it, I may invite them to meet and do a live coaching session followed by a live mentoring debriefing, which is a great way for coaches to test their abilities and makes it easier (especially for newer coaches) to find clients to practice with.
Mentoring meetings last between 1 and 2 hours, depending on the mentee’s needs and availability. They spread over a period of 3 months, which is an ICF requirement. Each mentoring contract includes between 2 to 3 written reports, depending on the mentee’s learning style and desires.
Testimonials
Our paths have crossed, when I have asked Sophie to mentor me in my learning journey to becoming a coach and I will be forever grateful for the richness of this experience. I have experienced Sophie as a skillful coach and a caring mentor. She opened her big heart to work with whatever I was bringing to the session, she was perceptive to my needs that often lied beyond my own awareness, and with so much warmth and care, she gently pushed me to learn more about myself and my clients. I truly appreciated the structure Sophie brought to the sessions. By cross-referencing my learning with the ICF core competencies, she allowed me to gain a solid grounding in the core competencies and a good understanding of where I should focus on my learning.
I had the privilege to have Sophie as my mentor in my work towards my certification with Erickson Coaching International. I found her to be simply an exceptional coach and a great mentor. Her extensive experience and her skills to communicate and guide her mentees are simply the best.
Sophie brings a compassionate and insightful approach to both facilitation and mentoring. In working with Sophie, I found her feedback to be supportive and concise, and allowed me the space to integrate the ICF competencies successfully. I would not hesitate in recommending Sophie for coaching, mentoring and facilitating.