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Learn from Julia Heatherwick


An ICF Associate Credentialed Coach with over 12 years experience coaching leaders at

Facebook, Slack, HBO Max, CNN, Warner Studios, Deloitte, Workday, AB Bev, Twilio, Mars, Inc., Capital One, State Farm Insurance, Accenture, Chevron, Square, UC Berkeley, Capella University, California State University Chancellor’s Office, and others.

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Meet with Clients


Practice coaching clients through safe online simulations. You will meet with four clients and discover the challenges they are facing. You will practice demonstrating each of the eight core competencies and receive feedback along the way!


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Study ICF Core Competencies


The module covers the updated ICF Core Competencies so you can explore each of the competencies in detail and immediately apply what you learn to your coaching conversations.

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  ICF Core Competency #1 Demonstrates Ethical Practice
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  ICF Core Competency #2 Embodies a Coaching Mindset
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  ICF Core Competency #3 Establishes and Maintains Agreements
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  ICF Core Competency #4 Cultivates Trust and Safety.
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  ICF Core Competency #5 Maintains Presence.
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  ICF Core Competency #6 Listens Actively
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  ICF Core Competency #7 Evokes Awareness
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  ICF Core Competency #8 Facilitates Client Growth
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  Getting to the Core for Your Client: Final Thoughts
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Getting to the Core for Your Client

The CEO of IDEO and creative innovator, Tim Brown, socialized the T-shaped skills interviewing model in pursuit of diverse and collaborative employees (T-shaped skills, 2020). The horizontal bar of the T represents a wide range of knowledge and interest in other professions and the vertical bar of the T represents the depth of knowledge in the person’s professional domain. Bringing the focus to the professional domain of leadership coaching, Dr. Anthony Grant introduced the concept of Informed Practitioner Model of evidence-based coaching and the skills needed to be an effective leadership coach (Grant, 2005). Grant’s academic contemporaries expanded on his work to differentiate a good leadership coach from a great leadership coach (Peterson, 2010).

So, what does this mean for you? How can you deepen your knowledge of coaching to enhance your coaching conversations so you can go from a good coach to a great coach? Join our online community and take your practice deeper by learning and living the updated ICF Core Competencies.