Over the past few Coaching Cafés, we’ve explored the ICF Core Competencies through the lens of assessment: what competent coaching looks like at ACC and PCC levels, and what can lead to an instant fail.

Over the next few Coaching Cafés, we invite you to shift from talking about coaching… to experiencing coaching in action.

This week join us for a recorded coaching demonstration, where you’ll have the chance to:
🎧 Listen to a coaching conversation
🎧 Observe how the ICF Core Competencies come to life in real time
🎧 Reflect on what you notice about establishing the coaching agreement, partnership, and curiosity

This is a valuable opportunity to tune in, compare your observations with ICF standards, and deepen your learning through listening to an experienced coach.

A chance to listen deeply and then debrief together.

This week we listen to half of the coaching session, then, we will debrief the session and unpack what you heard. The following week we listen to the second half of the session – so you don’t want to miss this one.

🎯 Raising the bar for ourselves as coaches.

Editor's note. Approx 2 mins of silence in total was removed. Natalie gave the coachee time to really contemplate their answers.

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So far in this Coaching Café series, we’ve explored what competent coaching looks like at the ACC and PCC levels. In this Podcast, we’re flipping the perspective and asking an equally important question:

What constitutes an instant fail in a coaching conversation—or during a credentialing exam?

This Podcast is not about fear—it’s about sharpening our coaching awareness.

✨ What are the behaviours that assessors flag as “not yet competent” right away?
✨ What coaching practices break the partnership—or move away from core competency?
✨ How can we tighten up our coaching approach to avoid these common pitfalls?

Join Brigitte Calvert, Open Door’s Learning and Development Manager and long-standing ICF assessor, as she shares insights from years of assessing coaching conversations across all levels.

Hosted by Natalie Ashdown, this Café is your chance to:
✔️ Learn what leads to an instant fail in ICF credential assessments
✔️ Spot these pitfalls in your own coaching practice
✔️ Make small, powerful changes that protect the coaching partnership and elevate your competence

Whether you're preparing for credentialing or simply want to coach with greater impact, this is a Coaching Café you won’t want to miss.

Let’s raise the standard—together.

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Last week we kicked off our new Coaching Café season by exploring what competent coaching looks like at the ACC level. This week, we’re taking it up a notch as we unpack PCC-level coaching—and what it truly means to coach at that next level.

✨ What distinguishes a competent coach from a PCC coach?
✨ What does it sound like when you're coaching at the PCC level?
✨ What are the most common things that hold coaches back from reaching PCC standards?

Hosted by Paula Jones-Hunt, join us as Brigitte Calvert, Open Door’s Learning and Development Manager and long-time ICF assessor, shares her perspective from listening to and evaluating hundreds of coaching demonstrations at the PCC level.

This session will help you:
✔️ Understand the jump in depth and complexity expected at PCC
✔️ Recognise how mindset, presence and partnership evolve at this level
✔️ Identify your own development priorities if you're working toward PCC—or want to deepen your coaching

Whether you're actively preparing for your credential, mentoring other coaches, or simply want to elevate your coaching practice, this Coaching Café is packed with insights.

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast please leave us a 5 star review wherever you listened to us! It helps promote the podcast to streaming services and other listeners.

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