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
"I'm Puerto Rican. I celebrate everything." Anita Rodriguez Cordero on celebrating as we coach
With so much mayhem, worry, and turmoil, more clients struggle to find much to celebrate or to declare a true win. But coaches like my show guest this week, Coach Anita Rodriguez Cordero, set that intention each session to ask her coachees what they want to celebrate.
Coach Anita takes this intention far beyond the International Coaching Federation's want for facilitating client growth (competency number eight) and evoking awareness (competency number seven). For her, it ties as much to being Puerto Rican (she tells us) a culture celebrating everything, even the dead. It's also a delightful way (one of many, we both decided) to cue the mind to pause, reflect, and feel gratitude for what's right.
You can find Coach Anita Rodriguez Cordero via her website, Knowing deeper Coaching and Consulting or via LinkedIn. Reach out to me, D G McCullough, for insights on my group coaching and training packages on everything from active listening, public speaking fear, to personal branding. You can find my LinkedIn profile here and my website here.
