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The Coaching Rhythm: Listening and Agreements in Action
February offered an important moment of integration in our exploration of the ICF Core Competencies. We began the month by completing our focus on Competency 6: Listens Actively, then transitioned into Competency 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements.
Together, these competencies illustrate a critical truth in coaching: deep listening creates awareness, and clear agreements give that awareness direction.
As we closed our reflections on listening, we returned to one of its most powerful dime…
Listening as Transformation: A Deep Dive into Competency 6
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As we step into a new year, many coaches focus on refining methods, expanding skills, or planning for professional growth. Yet the most powerful shift we can make in our coaching practice is also the quietest: becoming better listeners. This month, Trio Coaching Academy focused on ICF Competency 6: Listens Actively, the competency that sits at the heart of every effective coaching conversation. Whether we are working with new coaches or seasoned practitioners, we see again and again… |
December Reflections: Clarity, Presence, and Coaching Agreements
As we close out the year, December invites us to return to one of the most essential cornerstones of the coaching partnership: ICF Competency 3 — Establishes and Maintains Agreements. While many competencies focus on presence, awareness, or growth, Competency 3 centers on something quieter yet equally powerful: building a shared framework that holds the coaching relationship with clarity and intention.
At its core, establishing agreements is about more than defining goals or logistics. It’s abo…
From Insight to Integration: The Heart of Client Growth
This month at Trio Coaching Academy, our focus turned toward what happens after awareness—the essential bridge between insight and action.
Competency 8, Facilitates Client Growth, is where coaching becomes transformation. It’s the space where clients move from knowing to doing, from inspiration to implementation. Yet, this shift rarely happens in a single moment. It’s cultivated through partnership, consistency, and curiosity.
When a client experiences new awareness, the coach’s role is not to…
Evoking Awareness: Coaching’s Hidden Catalyst
Exploring how awareness transforms both coach and client—and why this timeless competency matters more than ever in 2025.
The Trio Monthly Newsletter is more than an update — it’s a space to reflect, grow, and stay aligned with the evolving standards of professional coaching. Each month, we explore coaching competencies, ethics, business trends, and global research to help you strengthen both your coaching skills and your coaching practice.
At Trio Coaching Academy, October has been a month fo…
Coaching’s 2025 Shift: Competencies, Ethics, and Global Growth
At Trio Coaching Academy, our monthly newsletter brings you more than updates — it’s a space to reflect, grow, and stay aligned with the evolving standards of our profession. Each month, we highlight coaching competencies, ethical updates, business trends, and global research so you can strengthen both your coaching skills and your coaching practice.
September was a defining month for our profession. The release of ICF’s updated Core Competencies (Sept 2025) and earlier updates to the Code of E…
ICF Global Coaching Study 2025: What It Means for Coaches Today
ICF Core Competencies Are Updated: What Coaches Need to Know
