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February 04, 2009
Happy New Year to everyone! So, where have I been?
I know it's already February and the past eight weeks have been very intense. I offered to participate in the EMCC Individual Accreditation pilot scheme and this proved to be a hugely demanding task resulting in a tome of 150 pages of my review and analysis of the following: my philosophy of coaching and the values and beliefs that underpin my practice; my executive coaching knowledge and skills against 47 competences, my CPD and reflections on my learning during the past year and my contribution to the profession.
At this stage, I would add that I worked very closely with a buddy on this project and that has been an amazing experience. Our protective masks of "I am good enough" and "I can prove my competence" rapidly disappeared as we grappled with interpreting the instructions and scrolled through our respective personal and career histories to recall what we know, how we know it, and how we apply it when coaching. We then offered our thinking to each other for challenge and feedback through which process we managed to complete what was a very lengthy document.
There was no time to stand on ceremony or grandiosity about how we were meant to appear to each other. I really valued being able to share my "warts and all" anxiety, uncertainties and frustration with what we were trying to do and how we could meet the assessment criteria, through which process I gained clarity and understanding in how to proceed. I think my buddy would agree. In hindsight I'm sure I'll come to appreciate the depth and value of my rich pageant of lived and learned experience that enables me to practice ethically and effectively in this profession.
I'll wait until I've heard the result to offer my full-blown reflections on the process of completing the application and my learning from this.
Posted by Alison at February 4, 2009 01:24 PM
