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
How do we coach, not “perform”? MCC Coach Ben Dooley on managing our evaluators’ judgement
To certify with the International Coaching Federation, the world’s largest nonprofit organization, coaches must submit a recording of a coaching call they deem…well, worthy of certification. The stakes and expense (and the agonizing decision on which recording to submit) goes up with our credentials.
The fee to submit a recording for the Master Coaching Certification? Between $675 to $825 US. And the expense of mentoring with a mentor coach, who can review your coaching skills, adds up too. Of course, you’ve the time expense as well — coaching and then analyzing which of your calls might best adhere to the ICF’s core competencies. As of December 31, 2023, there were 2,204 active MCC credential-holders worldwide, and if you’ve been following my writings and podcasts a while, you’ll know I’m vying to join this elite, super rare group.
My mentor coaches have taught me a lot on this topic — and helped remove some of the ambiguity and guess work. In this week’s podcast, part of a two-part series, I’m chatting with my newest MCC mentor coach, Ben Dooley, on my residual and ongoing blockers, and his suggestions on getting out of our own way.
Part two in this two-part series lives here.
Reach out to me, your show host, for keynote speaking engagements, group coaching, and training via my website, or find me also on Linkedin. Reach out to Coach Ben Dooley via his website, here.
