Q: Laurel, how do I move beyond tactics to grow in the five transformational coaching competencies?

A: Include these three ingredients in your approach.

This is a common question from professionals who are responsible for the success of others (leaders, therapists, directors, consultants, health care providers, etc.). 
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The answer is both simple and profound: 

Transformation requires integration.

Integration of skill development and potential. Let’s unpack what this means!

Last week, we explored how Integrative Coaching moves us beyond tactics and into the realm of lasting transformation. We also explored how there are five elements to transformational coaching.  

To recap: Techniques alone aren’t what create lasting change. We can also coach others not only in solving problems but also in expanding who they are becoming. 

This kind of coaching changes lives, teams, and even organizations for a lifetime.

There are three essential ingredients to integrating this level of transformational coaching skill into your work. These are: education, training, and mentorship.

Together, they form a trifecta for internalizing transformational coaching. Without one, the others lack the depth needed to sustain results. 

This is why the company OCBC sent 52 senior leaders for Level One ICF coaching certification. (HERE)

Let’s dive deeper into the importance of each:
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1. Education is the “why” and “what”. Education provides the theory and practice for efficacious coaching. An ICF-accredited education equips professionals with proven frameworks and the standards needed to coach ethically and yield high impact. You also learn the art and science of elevating human potential. 
2. Training builds the “how.” Training stretches you beyond what you think is possible and provides a safe space to practice until coaching feels more like second nature. 
3. Mentorship fine-tunes your impact, the "who". Mentoring in coaching skills ensures you don’t just apply techniques, but that you embody them authentically. Mentoring is where coaching shifts from positive impact to elevated positive impact.

All ICF Level 1 and Level 2 programs integrate each of the three key ingredients that lead to transformational coaching. Why? 

If you learn the education without the training, skills can fall flat. If you get training without a foundation in “why” to tap into certain approaches and steer clear of others, the understanding of when/why/how to pivot doesn’t develop properly. Mentoring without education or training can stretch progress out over years of trial and error.

When all three come together, they create a synergistic fast track. They foster not just skill development, but the confidence and excellence with which you lead and support others in owning their potential.

How long does it take to integrate transformational coaching into our work and lives? 

Level One is 3-6 months. It is a variable timeframe because mentoring and certification are self-paced. Training is typically over 12 weeks.

Ever wondered if you could just take a weekend workshop and get the same results? 

In my twenty years of being in the professional coaching space, I’ve never seen transformational coaching come to life in a weekend workshop.

This is because coaching is a counterintuitive approach to the brain (HERE). We are wired to provide answers, locate answers, and we love giving people direction and support. 

Coaching invites us to do the opposite.

Just a few examples of what coaches are proficient at: Instead of guiding and providing, we become masterful at inviting. Instead of listening to respond, we listen to hear what is not said. Instead of knowing, we sit in the unknown until the coachee has grown. We no longer provide wisdom, but instead we use our hard-earned wisdom to draw out the wisdom in others. 

Learning coaching is one of the most intentional pivots you will ever make in your life. It does take time, but just like the results coaching yields, the skills go with you for a lifetime and across all areas of your life. 

We Invite You

If you are a therapist, consultant, physician, or leader who is responsible for the success of others and you are ready to elevate lives by providing sustainable results, our Level One ICF-accredited coach training begins in three weeks. 

On September 24th, we open the doors to a program that has launched hundreds of professionals into meaningful work, elevating lives worldwide.

If you feel called to move beyond surface-level tactics and step fully into the impact you were meant to make with excellence and confidence, we invite you to SUBMIT an Application Today.

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If you’re ready to lead others into elevated potentials, we've created these pathways exactly with you in mind.
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