<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nMentor Coaching is observation of YOU in coaching situations, with feedback on your coaching ( in a plus\/delta format ) through the lens of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Core Competencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nIf you find yourself \u201cstuck\u201d in certain client situations, wishing you knew other ways to create breakthroughs, for both you and your client(s), then mentor coaching might be for you<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nIf you\u2019d love to expand your \u201ccoaching toolkit\u201d without having to take another training program, then mentor coaching might be for you<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nIf you wish you had an objective observer \u201cin the room\u201d during your coaching who could help you see yourself as a coach, then mentor coaching might be for you<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nIf you\u2019re curious about how to move out of your head and coach more often from your gut, and your heart \u2013 as well as help your clients engage their full selves, then mentor coaching might be for you<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nIf you need a positive student coaching experience for yourself, even as you fulfill your requirements for your ICF credential, then mentor coaching might be for you<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nYou can achieve all the above and more<\/strong> when you work with a good mentor coach who knows how to create a positive, appreciative feedback conversation AND consistently support you in coaching to a higher standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy use Jim as your Mentor Coach?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n When I started coaching clients in 1999, I was awful! Oh, my clients loved me, and they got results. But I had no idea what a good coach could accomplish \u2013 I didn’t know what I didn’t know. In 2003, I fell under the influence of a Master Coach and became inspired to learn as much as possible about my chosen craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along the way, I developed a passion for helping others become better coaches. I believe our profession only gets better when each individual coach rises to the top of their game! As the saying goes, \u201cA rising tide lifts ALL ships.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI have served as a Mentor Coach since 2009, following intensive training with a stellar Master Coach who was herself an ICF assessor. I have provided Mentor Coaching for the Newfield Network (an ICF ACTP training school) in their US, Europe, South Africa, and Canadian programs, and for The Coach Partnership\/Newfield Asia programme based in Singapore, where I am also a senior trainer and assessor. I have also conducted Group Mentor Coaching Sessions for the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland , and provided Mentor Coaching for individual clients in North America, THe EU, Australia, India, and SE Asia. (2020 Update: I am currently Ethics Chair for ACTO (The Association for Coach Training Organizations) where I have been championing the intersection of Ethics and the new ICF Core Competencies.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consistently receive overwhelmingly positive feedback on the value of my mentoring for helping student coaches grow in their craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSOME OF MY HAPPY MENTEE COACHES!<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHow Mentor Coaching Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Simply, I observe you coaching real clients, and we debrief your coaching conversations immediately following the observation. We focus on the process (not the content) of that session, and within the ICF Core Competency framework. I help you become a better observer of yourself \u2013 how you showed up in that coaching session, how you served your client, etc., so that you can, in the future, show up differently and expand\/shift your coaching for this and other clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Observed coaching can be done in several ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nLive and immediate.<\/strong> Coach, client, AND mentor come together on a bridgeline or video conference call. The coaching session occurs, the client signs off, and the debrief follows immediately.<\/li>\n\n\n\nVia recording.<\/strong> Coach records a coaching conversation, and submits to mentor coach for review. We listen together, and debrief from the perspective of distance.<\/li>\n\n\n\nGroup session. <\/strong>In a group situation, participants typically coach one another on real issues, with real-time feedback from the mentor coach for the benefit of the entire group. Occasionally, the group might be joined by a client who has agreed to be coached \u201con stage.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n