ICF Core Competency 5: Maintains Presence
Beyond the Badge | Week 5 ICF Core Competency 5: Maintains Presence Have you experienced this ?? There was a moment during my PCC journey when a coaching conversation suddenly went silent. Not the usual pause. Not the polite pause before the next sentence. A deeper...
ICF Core Competency 4: Cultivates Trust and Safety
Beyond the Badge | Week 4 ICF Core Competency 4: Cultivates Trust and Safety There are moments in coaching when the room becomes very quiet. Not because the conversation has stopped. But because something honest is about to emerge. I remember one such conversation...
What exactly is the client asking to be coached on?
Beyond the Badge | Week 3 ICF Core Competency 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements There was a moment during my PCC journey when a mentor paused me and asked: โWhat exactly is the client asking to be coached on?โ I thought I knew. The conversation had started well....
Curiosity. Reflection. Self-awareness.
Beyond the Badge | Week 2 ICF Core Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching Mindset There was a moment during my PCC journey when I paused after listening to one of my own coaching recordings. I had asked the question. The client had responded. The conversation had moved...
ICF Core Competency 1: Demonstrates Ethical Practice
Beyond the Badge | Week 1 ICF Core Competency 1: Demonstrates Ethical Practice My PCC badge was a milestone. But my real learning began much before the badge arrived. It began in Quiet conversations. Difficult conversations. Conversations where a client paused, looked...
The badge is important. The learning is priceless.
A Milestone. A Moment. A New Beginning. I am delighted to share that I have earned the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coaching Federation. Behind this badge lies far more than an assessment. It represents 35+ years of my journey....
The Facilitatorโs True Role: Creating Space for Transformation
Roots & Wings Post 17 | Bharti Dekate Have you ever walked into a roomโฆ and instantly known something extraordinary was about to happen?? Lonavala. 2018. My very first IAF Conference. I walked into a room where soft music played, cards were laid out with intent,...
Roots & Wings: What True Facilitators Teach Without Words
Roots & Wings Honouring the ones who seeded the movement. Celebrating the ones who gave us flight. Post 16 | Hardy Alexander It was 6:00 in the morning. The hotel room was still quiet. The city outside had barely awakened. And there, on the floor, sat Hardy...
The Power of Perspective: Leading with Clarity and Vision
Roots & Wings Honouring the ones who seeded the movement. Celebrating the ones who gave us flight. Post 15 | Yateen Gharat IAF CPF - Master Facilitator (CPF-M) and much more ! What happens when the facilitator leaves the roomโฆ and the process still holds? November...