ICF differentiates Mentor Coaching from other practices such as Coaching Supervision. In that sense, it has created guidelines to differentiate these two complementary practices that should be part of the educational path for the coach ongoing development. To ICF “Coaching Supervision is the interaction that occurs when a coach periodically brings his or her coaching work experiences to a coaching supervisor in order to engage in reflective dialogue and collaborative learning for the development and benefit of the coach and his or her clients” (http://coachfederation.org)
Methodology
This document is the result of thirteen (13) interviews administered to Latin American senior Mentor-Coaches. The interviews were conducted by coaches trained to consistently ask questions. Most of the Mentor Coaches had more than five years of experience providing feedback to coaches in coaching training programs. The interviews were designed specifically for this purpose. Our goal was to build a core competencies Mentor Coach model and identify successful associated behaviors.
The design of the interview guide was created by taking into consideration the Behavioral Event Interview Model (BEI). Today BEI is a structured interview usually used when selecting employees. It gathers information about the history of an applicant as a means of predicting future performance.
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Rey Carr
November 12, 2015 at 8:05 pm
The authors present a thorough model. But, lo and behold, why do they even include the term “mentor”? Read the article again and everytime the word mentor appears, either take it out or replace it with the word coach.
This is the problem with the ICF’s approach to mentoring. It’s not aligned with any other viewpoint expressed by experts on mentoring. This model has little to do with mentoring and mostly to do with coaching. If the article makes just as much sense when the word mentor is removed, then the authors have really set up an unnecessary variant of coaches looking after their own professional development.