ACC Coaching Presence & Self-Management Flashcards
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A coach who avoids acknowledging a client's strong emotion because it feels uncomfortable is failing which ICF competency?
Answer: Maintaining coaching presence and self-management
Sidestepping a client's emotion to protect the coach's comfort is a self-management failure that diminishes presence and trust.
Supervision and peer coaching are recommended for ACC coaches primarily because they:
Answer: Support the coach's ongoing self-awareness and ability to manage personal triggers
Supervision and peer coaching create reflective spaces where coaches identify blind spots and deepen self-management capacity.
A coach's personal bias about a client's career choice could MOST directly harm the client by:
Answer: Causing the coach to subtly steer the client away from that choice rather than exploring it neutrally
Unmanaged bias can cause coaches to unconsciously guide clients toward the coach's preferred outcome rather than the client's own truth.
Which statement BEST describes the relationship between coaching presence and client trust?
Answer: Clients trust coaches who are fully present because they feel genuinely heard and seen
Clients feel safe and open up when they sense the coach is genuinely attentive — presence is the foundation of the coaching relationship.
When a coach shares a personal story in response to a client's disclosure, the primary risk is:
Answer: Shifting the focus away from the client and onto the coach
Self-disclosure, when not carefully managed, redirects attention to the coach's experience and diminishes the client's space.
A coach who ends every session feeling exhausted and emotionally drained most likely needs to work on:
Answer: Energetic boundaries and self-care as part of sustainable coaching presence
Sustainable presence requires that coaches maintain energetic boundaries so they are not absorbing their clients' emotional weight session after session.