One of the key skills in coaching presence is identified by the International Coach Federation (ICF) as the "depth of partnership with the client". One of the specific areas of competency mentioned in the description of mastery of this presence is the concept of the coach inviting the coachee to help design the coaching process rather than just the agenda.
The metaphor for masterful coaching presence that I love is “to leave no footprints”. It brings to mind for me the experience of having had someone walk “alongside” you, sharing your journey, contributing to the experience of that journey but at the end of the journey, their presence is all that’s left – no footprints; no indentations to show that they were there. And yet, somehow, at some level you know they were a help, a catalyst giving of their energy, but without having directed the walk.
So how do we create such a presence? Here are some suggestions:



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