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Guidelines
and preparation for IAC Certification Process
This process requires an investment of your time to
understand fully and integrate The
IAC Coaching Masteries™ into your
own life and work so completely that they just become
a natural part of who you are and how you coach. The
Masteries are designed to create positive shifts and
progress for the client. Once fully incorporated, this
process can positively alter the ease and effectiveness
of your coaching.
Crucial to moving on to Part 2 is a solid understanding
of each of The IAC Coaching Masteries™.
You
will demonstrate this via the online exam. Take the
online exam and pass with a score of 70% or more. The
online exam is an open book test, but to prepare for
Part 2, you will need to demonstrate the essence of
and situational use for each one of The Masteries in
your coaching.
The goal is to be able to appropriately and effectively
apply all of the Masteries to any live coaching situation.
To prepare for Part 2, the most important thing you
can do is get lots of practice. Possibilities include
coaching with a buddy coach, a triad, within the safety
of a study group or using a mentor coach. Such experience
and feedback can help you incorporate your understanding
of the Masteries appropriately into your coaching.
You will need to demonstrate not only that you understand
each one of the Masteries, but that you also know when
to apply or refrain from applying each one with your
client. You need to see the opportunity as it arises
to use the right masteries in the most effective way
to move forward with your client.
If you cannot use the Masteries with your clients then
you are not ready to take the exam. Successful coaching
occurs when you are not focused on getting all of the
Masteries into your session. You want to have these
concepts so integrated that they are just a natural
part of who you are and how you coach.
Strong coaches use most, if not all, of the Masteries
in any given client session. Masterful coaches do this
on a regular basis without obvious effort.
Advice
for preparing to take the exam:
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Get in the habit of
recording all of your coaching sessions, so you
remove the self-consciousness factor for you and
your clients.
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Make sure you get your
client’s permission to record the calls and
that they give their permission to share them with
others if that is what you will be doing by having
them sign the Waiver of Confidentiality. You must
also read the Wavier of Confidentiality at the beginning
of the recording. (Click
here for Waiver of Confidentiality).
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Listen to your calls,
share them with a mentor coach or other coach trained
in the use of the Masteries, triad team, study group
or buddy coach.
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Check off which of the
Masteries you used, whether you used them appropriately,
and whether the client made a shift as a result
of your usage.
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Notice if there were
missed opportunities to use a specific mastery.
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Make note of the Masteries
that were missing or used inappropriately or ineffectively.
Review your study guides or take a class to get
a deeper grasp of the mastery and its use in various
scenarios.
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Develop some questions
that will help you use the Masteries properly in
a given situation. The study guides are a great
source of coaching questions to use. The Study Guides
are available here.
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Decide which of your
clients you work best with and ask them if you can
record their coaching sessions for the purposes
of the certification process.
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For exam purposes choose
clients who are:
healthy, smart, action-oriented individuals who
are ready to evolve and follow through with your
coaching. For your certification recordings, the
ideal client makes progress as a result of your
coaching. Extremely stuck or confused clients may
keep you from demonstrating most of the Masteries.
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Design the call effectively:
Have a beginning, a middle, and an end, within
30 minutes, that results in a shift for the client
or some kind of action to be taken before the next
call.
How to determine
if the recordings are “good enough”
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Review the recordings
yourself and possibly with someone trained in the
Masteries
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Use the note sheet and
score each mastery on a scale of 1 to 5. For scoring
purposes, score 1 if a mastery was not used, or
was used incorrectly, score 3 if the basics of the
mastery were used but without follow-through or
creating the client shift, and score 5 for mastery
of the proficiency. The note sheet is available
here.
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Make sure you have used
the Masteries appropriately.
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Determine if the client
made a shift as a result of your usage.
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Notice if there were
missed opportunities to use a specific mastery.
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Verify that your recordings
are no longer than 30 minutes.
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If you believe you would
score at least an 80% on the coaching session, submit
the recording. To calculate your score, add the
total number of points and divide by 45. This gives
you your percentage.
To submit for
certification Part Two, members click here
Fees associated with Part
Two:
- Submission of two recordings:
$350.00
- Submission for retest:
$175.00 per recording
Please note: Do not try
to force the Masteries into your call. It is obvious
and ineffective. Let go of your agenda to pass the exam
and just do your natural coaching. When you are ready,
the Masteries will all be present quite naturally and
you will pass with ease.
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