ICF Core Competency 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements

In 2021, the International Coach Federation began following the updated ICF Coaching Core Competency Model. This official interview with Julius Ordoñez, MCC provides an in-depth explanation of Section B. Number 3.

B. Co-Creating the Relationship
3. Establishes and Maintains Agreements
Definition: Partners with the client and relevant stakeholders to create clear agreements about the
coaching relationship, process, plans and goals. Establishes agreements for the overall coaching
engagement as well as those for each coaching session.
1. Explains what coaching is and is not and describes the process to the client and relevant
stakeholders
2. Reaches agreement about what is and is not appropriate in the relationship, what is and is not
being offered, and the responsibilities of the client and relevant stakeholders
3. Reaches agreement about the guidelines and specific parameters of the coaching relationship
such as logistics, fees, scheduling, duration, termination, confidentiality and inclusion of others
4. Partners with the client and relevant stakeholders to establish an overall coaching plan and goals
5. Partners with the client to determine client-coach compatibility
6. Partners with the client to identify or reconfirm what they want to accomplish in the session
7. Partners with the client to define what the client believes they need to address or resolve to
achieve what they want to accomplish in the session
8. Partners with the client to define or reconfirm measures of success for what the client wants to
accomplish in the coaching engagement or individual session
9. Partners with the client to manage the time and focus of the session
10. Continues coaching in the direction of the client's desired outcome unless the client indicates
otherwise
11. Partners with the client to end the coaching relationship in a way that honors the experience

Do you have any questions, tips, or ideas about this core competency? Let us know in the comments section below!

[aigulshamshildayeva]

Thank you so much ICF Global, international team of Subject Matter Experts for all the work you've done for the coaching profession and community, for your contribution and commitment! Thank you Brighton for sharing these series of videos!

[oanhkimlam]

Awsome interview
I started watching just to listen
Ended up getting up n took pencil and paper to takes notes
Thank you ♥️♥️♥️

[raziakhatoon]

Thank you so much, ICF for bringing this series and covering all the topics so comprehensively! It brings clarity to the concepts.

[dapperinyyz]

Really enjoyed this video. Julius explained all the sub-components of the competency so well, and you can see how passionate and skilled he is.

[evakinast]

The distinction between contracting and goal setting in the individual coaching session helped me a lot. The consideration of stakeholders and their diverging interests in the design of the contract better reflects reality - in my view - in the new core competence 3. Thank you for this greatful Video!

[genthebuilder]

Thank you for the clarity in explaining this competency, Julius.

[JenKumar]

This is particularly relevant. It's good to have everyone on board, working together as a team. When I work with a team, I also set expectations around how long the entire engagement is expected to be and how the review process works.

[patrickwilliams]

Very well done. This is such a valuable series!

[kelleycatholic]

This series is great, but I wish the audio quality of the guests was better! The main host has a good mic, but it seems like everyone else is pretty poor quality.

[happinessispossible]

What does nature coverage mean please?