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You Scored _ _ Points
You have been placed into one of four categories.
These Categories represent progressive levels across the core coaching competencies.
Observe the example statements from past participants, that illustrate what coaching performance typically looks like at each level.
See if you can relate to the statements in each category as you reflect on your own coaching practice and areas for possible development.
Yellow Belt Coach - ( 20 to 30 Points)
- You are a coach who is still building the fundamental skills needed for effective coaching. You understand the basics of the coaching process, ethics, and creating a safe environment, but you may struggle with more advanced competencies like maintaining presence, evocative questioning, and designing concrete actions. You recognize that more development is needed to enhance your coaching abilities.
Can you hear yourself saying this?:
- I sometimes find myself getting distracted by my own thoughts, causing me to miss important cues from my client.
- I often noticed that I would jump in quickly with suggestions instead of taking the time to fully explore my client’s perspective through inquiry.
Green Belt Coach (31 to 60 points)
- You are a coach who has a decent grasp of the core coaching competencies. You can establish agreements, build rapport, actively listen, and ask decent questions. However, you may not consistently create high levels of awareness, accountability, and forward momentum for your clients. Your coaching skills are still a work in progress
Can you hear yourself saying this?:
- Looking back, I realized that while I was generally good at active listening, there were moments when I struggled to ask thought-provoking questions that could have expanded my client’s awareness.
- Although I established the coaching agreement upfront, I now see that I didn’t always revisit it if my client’s needs changed over time.
Brown Belt Coach (61 to 70 Points)
- You are a coach who demonstrates solid proficiency across all the core coaching competencies. You excel at cultivating trust, embodying a coaching mindset, and crafting powerful, thought-provoking questions. Your coaching produces insights, goal clarity, and targeted action plans for your clients, enabling them to make meaningful progress
Can you hear yourself saying this?:
- As I progressed, I became adept at noticing and addressing any trust issues so that my client felt completely open and safe exploring vulnerable topics.
- I recognized that while my questioning often helped the client uncover new insights, I could have been more effective at converting those insights into concrete action plans.
Black Belt Coach (71 to 80 points)
- You are a coach who has truly mastered the core coaching competencies and operates at an elite level. You seamlessly blend and apply all the skills – from deep presence to evocative dialogue to designing comprehensive developmental plans. Your coaching enables major breakthroughs and transformations for your clients
Can you hear yourself saying this?:
- I see that I consistently brought a beginner’s mind to each session, staying completely present and responsive to exactly what my client needed in that moment.
- I realized that by integrating multiple perspectives, I was able to exponentially raise my client’s awareness and illuminate pathways to powerful positive change.
