ICF Core Competency 8: Facilitates Client Growth

In 2021, the International Coach Federation began following the updated ICF Coaching Core Competency Model. This official interview with Janet Harvey, MCC, provides an in-depth explanation of Section D. Number 8.
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D. Cultivating Learning and Growth
8. Facilitates Client Growth
Definition: Partners with the client to transform learning and insight into action. Promotes client autonomy in the coaching process.
1. Works with the client to integrate new awareness, insight or learning into their worldview and
behaviors
2. Partners with the client to design goals, actions and accountability measures that integrate and
expand new learning
3. Acknowledges and supports client autonomy in the design of goals, actions and methods of
accountability
4. Supports the client in identifying potential results or learning from identified action steps
5. Invites the client to consider how to move forward, including resources, support and potential
barriers
6. Partners with the client to summarize learning and insight within or between sessions
7. Celebrates the client's progress and successes
8. Partners with the client to close the session
Do you have any questions, tips, or ideas about this core competency? Let us know in the comments!

[@KyriakiHaniotou]

I would love to see Janet Harvey being interviewed for al 8 competencies. Very good content. Excellent!!!

[@jeremy_lefevre]

The cherry on the cake of this series. Super insights, Janet. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@avrilquadros]

OMG... Janet is a master. She articulates each concept masterfully. Brighton, thank you for these resources.

[@AGISAAIMON]

What an insightful and in depth session. Thank you so much. Would love to hear more from Janet.

[@shahabanari]

So much GOLD in this interview. Janet is a master at her craft.

[@victoriamarlene2020]

I will be watching these again and again to gain insight into the core of the coaching client relationship in all its nuances. Thank you - I loved the presenters.

[@poojakondal5708]

Brighton thank you so much for bringing all these insightful videos. Janet it was insightful listening to you. Amazed to see the flow with which you connected all the competencies together .

[@raziakhatoon]

Janet, you have highlighted very valid points here such as unlearning, creating a bridge, simple questions, catalyze! Thanks Brighton and ICF for bringing all these insightful videos and the MCC coaches. Indeed gold 👏

[@patrickwilliams8646]

Well done Janet. You are the master “explainer”. Thanks for being such a long time mover and shaker in Coaching

[@Kitoulini]

"To be really effective in coaching, we want to be useful, not helpful"...what a nuanced and insightful statement.

[@paulawishart5635]

"Dialogue is willing to step outside knowing" brilliant

[@AMSSFF]

Brilliant reflection of what a conversation of value would look like.

[@jappeyn285]

There was so much nuggets here to sample to taste and to eat. Thank you. I appreciate this ICF discussion. You have all been great. Thanks again.

[@goldenlira1]

New ICF member. Watching CoE snd CC videos as a prelude to certification exam. Very, very helpful as an auditory learner. All were great presenters. This session was at a different level altogether.

[@hilaryoliver7556]

Thank you Janet for a really clear articulation of how this competency links to the original 9/10/11 and importantly how this comp links closely to Comp 3.

[@jennyhattonmahon1729]

Another great series providing explanations and deeper understanding of the Core Competencies. Thank you for putting this together and enabling us to grow in our understanding and application of these.

[@emmanueldavid7307]

Excellent questions from Brighton and elegantly explained by Janet. Has been a good learning. Thank you

[@MariaANDSunday]

This session was really masterful. I loved all her examples the depths this MCC & Mentor Coach gave to this competency. How she blended the presenter’s questions about ACC, PCC, MCC and her response. Was brilliant to me. More focus on the areas from seeing the territory to going beyond and always coming back to the autonomy that the client has. Breaking the OLD Model of being a fixer was another powerful comment that I took away from her mastery. Thank you so much! I will be presenting my exam in 3 weeks and this is helping me to prepare ain a deeper level. Well done team ❤

[@julioherrera9193]

Janet was very impressive. Amazing to watch these videos

[@ICFHeadquarters]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@leslies7898]

Extraordinary insights from Janet - thank you for this next level session

[@maryhelencoaching7636]

Thank you for creating wonderful videos to refresh our learning and to prepare for the exam. This one was my favorite - great energy and expert facilitating throughout the videos. Thank you!

[@inviteCHANGE]

So proud of our CEO Janet Harvey!

[@rammurat6618]

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[@educhologyplus]

She is the best! Thank you so much!

[@ludzerscheepstra6200]

This episode is a true treasure of wealth!

[@ICFHeadquarters]

Glad to share Ludzer

[@danielavopalecka8585]

Brighton, you are wonderful host! I like your style, your smile... great! Thank you for it!

[@Healmindsoulinnerself]

Beautifully explained ❤

[@stefaniekamps25]

Love Janet's answers - so clear. Thank you.

[@CoachTripleC]

Excellent synopsis of this core competency. Thank you.

[@CarlaRichardson-tq3qe]

These videos were extremely helpful, Janet is fantastic!

[@frandesc1155]

Thanks for this great series of videos ! Very helpful, concrete, illustrative of the does, the don’t, and the nuances between ACC PCC and MCC level. A great step for the ICF Community

[@steveshotelroomreviews8392]

Thank you Janet and Brighton!

[@faizasumbal6532]

What a wonderful video. I have learned so much from it. Thank you Janet

[@rebeccahorton9820]

Incredibly deep yet simple - thank you.

[@saadiaghazi967]

Merci pour les vidéos et la clarté des compétences !

[@Sibilings277]

I loved listening to this video. Thank you for this beautiful explanation of competency 8.

[@adijatolanikeakinyemi9358]

Thank you so much ma Janet Harvey

[@patrickkleu1389]

Thank you - loved this, learnt a lot from this video. Still find it a continual challenge to break the habit of being a fixer...

[@svetoslavastoyanova8745]

Great series and this episode in particular was greatly insightful!

[@CazoCoach]

This was a very helpful video. Thank you!

[@saadelkholy6832]

Great work 👏👏

[@SacredSpace_LLC]

Wow this was very eye opinion for me.. something felt different as I received this valuable insight. I'm grateful for all of the mentor coaches! 🙏🏾 I'm nervous yet ready to learn more about how I can take full advantage of this opportunity before me.. I have been around or they have been around me not sure which, the wrong influence or at least I have been hearing the wrong things and being so attached to my reflection and response that I sometimes feel like I am not able to effectively use what has been given to me. I now understand that I've not only had not noticed the opportunities in every situation in my life and working with others, that it's my experience and chance to challenge myself in seeking a coaching opportunity and that I can use it to apply with the tools and wisdom given unto me. Only question I have at this point, How do I control my empathic nature and become aware of what I am picking up vibrationaly from others around me is not my emotions or how I may feel about something. I AM highly sensitive to energies and seems to be getting stronger, and I have visions as people tell me about their story's, and that sticks with me. It feels almost like I act out what one feels inside but is holding. Yet I don't want to be rude or frighten others when I speak about what I see to them. I don't intend to that's how I release it from my energy. I haven't learned a different way of handling this yet, just breathing techniques and cleansing techniques. Is it appropriate to tell your clients what's going on and if we can do breathing methods? How should I handle this? I am happy that I have found rather been lead to this youtube channel. Love , Light, And Continue Change Destinies!😊👏🏾👏🏾👋🏽

[@youdoer]

This was so helpful.

[@ICFHeadquarters]

Thanks for watching!

[@labibcoachinglab4225]

Briliant work

[@ICFHeadquarters]

Thank you!

[@laughoften4101]

very good

[@madhulikatyagi6722]

Being Useful not helpful! Thanks for distinguishing this as a role of the Coach

[@Infinite_Potential]

Remember throughout these videos: All are UPDATED not new competencies.

[@adamj2683]

I think this part of the update was botched. "Facilitates Client Growth" is so overbroad and fuzzy as to be almost totally useless. There's a million things a person could do to facilitate growth. Also that category is already called "Cultivating Learning and Growth" which proves that "Facilitates Client Growth" is extremely vague. At least the old model had distinct, recognizable, groups of behaviors in those 3 competencies. I agree they should've been cleaned up, but collapsing them into one fuzzy competency like this seems like a step backwards.