IF YOU DON’T PRACTICE, YOU WON’T DEVELOP

Traveling around as I do, I am now constantly meeting “P” people— Meta-Coaches who are still provisional in terms of their status regarding the coaching competencies. Sometimes this becomes the very first thing that comes up in the conversation, “I haven’t completed the competencies yet.” “I still have to reach 2.5.” When that’s the conversation, my next question is, “How long?” Sometimes it is just a few months, sometimes more than a year. For me that’s really sad and so unnecessary.

After that my next questions are these:

• “How much are you practicing?

• Are you doing any deliberate practice to keep your coaching skills sharp and up-to-date?

• Are you regularly participating in a MCF chapter?

• Are you receiving feedback from another Meta-Coach?

• Are you video-recording your sessions and giving yourself feedback?