Competency #5: Maintains Presence

<p>DEFINITION: Is fully conscious and present with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible, grounded and confident.</p><ol> <li>Remains focused, observant, empathetic and responsive to the client</li> <li>Demonstrates curiosity during the coaching process</li> <li>Manages one’s emotions to stay present with the client</li> <li>Demonstrates confidence in working with strong client emotions during the coaching process</li> <li>Is comfortable working in a space of not knowing</li> <li>Creates or allows space for silence, pause or reflection</li> </ol><p>WATCH: <a href="https://www.innervisionenterprises.com/founder.html">Pamela Richarde, MCC</a> <br>READ: <a href="https://youtu.be/j4Jke814PLU">ICF Core Competency 5: Maintains Presence</a> </p><ul> <li><a href="https://coachingthroughit.transistor.fm/4">Season 1 Episode #4: All the Feels in Coaching + Storytelling</a></li> <li>Makes coaching unique, key to the profession</li> <li>More action-oriented -- all new core comps start with verbs: “Invites another human being to emerge”</li> <li>Ability to notice what is going on with the client – when they have an “aha” or a realization</li> <li>Big thing: allowing it to be okay to not know as a coach<ul> <li>Be curious</li> <li>Not giving suggestions, holding space for for the client to discover a way forward</li> <li>Poor presence: too fast to reaching a solution</li> <li>Give enough space between and get comfortable with silence</li> <li>Avoiding the co-gestions -- not telling what to do in the form of a question</li> </ul> </li> </ul><p>Questions:</p><ul> <li>What ways do you bring care into your coaching?</li> <li>How do you invite your clients to emerge?</li> <li>What ways do you show confidence in your questions?</li> <li>How do you step into the “not knowing” space?</li> <li>What ways do you flex your curiosity muscle? (avoid the checklist or framework)</li> <li>What does silence look like in your coaching sessions?</li> </ul><p>Books</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.priyaparker.com/thebook/">