Development Services for Coaches - Mentor Coaching
Mentor Coaching focuses on your coaching work and consists of coaching, feedback and competency development sessions to refresh and grow your coaching skills. In addition, we’ll work together in individual or group sessions to develop you as a newly qualified coach to support your ICF (International Coach Federation) application.
Mentor coaching offers a space for you to focus on your thinking and explore challenges in your self-development as a coach. It is a collaborative learning practice to continually build your capacity as a coach through reflective dialogue and listening. Everything we do during our sessions will align with the ICF core competencies.
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All mentor coaching and feedback will be based on observed or recorded coaching sessions to increase your coaching ability and experience. I run all mentor coaching aligned with the ICF Core Competencies, as only ICF credentialed coaches at the right level can host this service.
The Process
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During a free telephone consultation, we’ll discuss whether you prefer a 1-1 or a group coaching programme to meet your professional development needs and timescales. Typically as you need 10 hours for accreditation we will work using a combination of both.
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Individual sessions of 1 hour are via Zoom (or your preferred virtual platform).
Or group mentor coaching can be arranged via Zoom, where competency development will be at a group level. It will involve you assessing your competencies before the session. In addition, competency focused exercises and coaching practice will occur with feedback from the group and me.
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Mentor Coaching should take place over a three-month minimum period as it takes time for your ongoing practice and reflection and for me as a coach to provide feedback from observation.
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My aim for mentor coaching is to offer you a place of learning, empathy and sharing without judgement to develop you as a coach. However, I can offer no guarantee on your securing the accreditation.
Features of my Mentor Coaching Sessions
Mentor coaching hours for ACC and PCC Accreditation pathways for the ICF (International Coaching Federation)
1-1 1 hour mentoring coaching sessions using your coaching recordings as a tool for competency reflection and growth
Group hours can be arranged for groups of 3-6 coaches working towards their 10 hours as 3 x 2-hour blocks of ICF competency learning-focused sessions
Typical Client Outcomes
I use a client-centric mentoring approach to work with you to focus on the present and work towards a better coaching future. We’ll work together to develop your capacity as a coach by offering a richer and broader opportunity for support and development to help you be the best coach you can.
Mentor coaching should enable you to:
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Develop your capability as a coach to become ACC or PCC accredited
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Allow you to share successes and challenges
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Be a trusted coach who clients will invest in
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Help you build confidence as a coach in how to run a business practice, deal with ethical dilemmas and client challenges
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Become more client-focused
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Maintain the ethical and professional standards of a coach
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Enhance your coaching skills
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Understand and be able to put into practice advanced coaching models, theories and best practice learning and development approaches
"Kate was my ICF Coach mentor as I went through the coaching accreditation process in both individual and group settings. Her coaching skills, guidance, advice and knowledge helped me not only pass the various elements of formal assessment, but more importantly, become a better coach. Kate offers a great balance of being positive and supportive, but also the ability to use her coaching expertise to offer challenges to help you improve.. "
Mentor Coaching Client 2021021
Who am I?
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I’m an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach. I completed my Supervision training in 2020 and have been trained in the ACC and PCC assessment markers for the ICF. I’ve successfully supported numerous coaches to their accreditation status and worked on the delivery of Mentor Coaching for Coach training organisations on their diplomas.
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I have a background at corporate multinational Unilever PLC, where I was one of the first coaches to deliver Unilever’s award-winning ‘Purpose in Leadership’ programme, credited with supporting the company's drive to Net Zero.
