Competency No. 5
Around 4% of the 55,000 + coaches certified with the International Coaching Federation hold the revered status of Master Certified Coach. Why so few? I'm about to find out. Competency No. 5, the podcast, explores how we maintain presence when we coach, lead, and live our lives. We interview coaches and others whose very livelihood depends upon staying calm and present with those they serve. We also chronicle my attempts (as a self-retired professor and global business reporter from New Zealand) to become an MCC coach. This effort requires beaucoup coaching hours, mentoring, and adhering strictly to the ICF's seven core competencies, especially the deceptively tricky Competency No. 5, maintaining presence.
Competency No. 5
Celebrating 5,250 Individual Coaching Hours: Lessons and Tactics
This week, I’ve reached 5,250 individual coaching hours, which more than doubles the 2,500 individual hours the International Coaching Federation asks for coaches certifying as a Master Certified Coach. MCC certified coaches make up only 4% of global ICF coaches, because of all the other lengthy requirements they ask for, and because it’s so hard and expensive.
MCC became my game plan when I fell in love with coaching, four years ago, and remains my plan today. Certifying as an MCC coach became my new PhD ambition.
I pulled from a lot of skills, including entrepreneurialism, creativity, and communications to coach these first 5,250 hours. Here lie my top 10 tips and tactics I’ve developed to reach this milestone, and (hopefully) to continue the momentum I’ve started, knowing I've still so much to learn--the main reason for going for more mastery.
Reach out to me, D G McCullough if you'd like coaching on reinventing, raising your visibility by building your personal brand, and using your voice through refining your presentations and the written word. You can find my LinkedIn profile here and read my musings on Medium here.
