GROUP MCC MENTORING FLOW with Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, MCC

7 Mentor Session with a coach training introduction to focus the development process.

  • Number of hours: Each session is 1 ½ hours; total 7 hours of mentoring and 3.5 hours of Core Competency Coach Training/Supervision at an MCC Level. The distinctions between observed PCC and MCC coaching will be explored.

Description of the Learning – Exploration at an MCC Level

Session 1: Create results and lasting impact quickly

review the essential elements of Reflective Inquiry, and how to create more impact in your coaching by using more reflective practices followed by questions. Clients view their stories more objectively, moving them out of being stuck in their problems to recognizing how their thinking has limited the achievement of their goals and desires. Reflective Inquiry provides clients with the clarity and the confidence they need to recognize what they need to do and commit to acting.

Session 2: Balancing the structure and flow of coaching

The core of coaching is the spontaneous flow of the conversations with the coach and client. Yet the structure of agreeing up front on the desired outcome of the conversation and ensuring a commitment to action at the end of coaching is required to ensure progress and satisfying results at the end of session. This session will look at how coaches integrate the structure of coaching while still keeping it a creative process.

Session 3: Embody a compassionate and confident coaching mindset

even in the most difficult coaching conversations. This session looks at the mental habits coaches needs to develop to stay present, curious, and maintain the belief in the potential of the client throughout the conversation no matter what emotions and changes in direction emerge. It is easier to develop skills than to change mental habits. This session will look at exercises coaches can do to make their practices automatic habits.

Session 4: Going deeper for profound results

by looking into what is keeping the client stuck beyond the beliefs and assumptions framing the coaching. We will look at how Social Needs and Conflicts of Values show up in coaching, and how to bring these blind spots into the client’s awareness. We will also look at how to gently help clients birth their insights if they are having trouble articulating what is coming up for them.

Session 5: Assessing resistance, coachability, and accountability

This session will look at how to assess levels of coachability. They will learn how to discern if the resistance can be elevated to a coaching relationship or if the client is truly not willing to be coached.

Session 6: Ensuring the desired outcome is clear

One of the most difficult skills of coaches is turning the topic or problem into a clear desired outcome for the session, and then monitoring if the outcome shifts or changes during the conversation. Coaches need to know how to invite clients to choose their outcome throughout the conversation. After a brief review of technique, participants will watch a demonstration and discuss it before they practice for themselves.

Session 7: Ending the session with commitment and accountability.

The ending of the session is often treated too lightly. This session will look at specific ways to move from an insight or new awareness into committed actions steps. It will also reinforce how to ensure progress through a discussion around possible distraction.

The structure of each session includes:

  1. Share content and answer questions.If time, Marcia will do a brief demonstration, but she guarantees doing at least 3 demos during the 7 sessions of the mentoring.
  2. One person will coach for 20 minutes and Marcia gives developmental ideas with supportive comments from the group. At least 3 sessions will include 2 mentoring sessions where coaching is done by a participant. Everyone will coach at least once in the program.
  3. The mentoring will repeat with a new coach and client if Marcia didn’t do a demo.

ICF Core Competencies Covered

  • Demonstrates Ethical Practice
  • Embodies a Coaching Mindset
  • Establishes and Maintains Agreements
  • Cultivates Trust and Safety with the Client
  • Maintains Presence
  • Listens Actively
  • Evokes Awareness
  • Facilitates Growth

The sessions will be held remotely via Zoom

All hours are synchronous.

Some of the participants’ Testimonials after taking this program:​

“Marcia Reynolds is a superb coach, mentor and teacher. Each session is packed with information and resources to help students master the competencies of coaching at the MCC level. We also observe and participate in coaching sessions with detailed feedback on how to improve our skills. The groups are well balanced in terms of our coaching levels and experience which facilitates our peer-to-peer coaching outside of the sessions. And it's great to have Zeina Ghossoub along as a mentor! Thanks to this course, my coaching has improved and I feel that my clients are getting the benefit of a deeper coaching experience.”
Astrid Baumgardner, JD, PCC
“The Flow with Marcia provided me with concrete strategies and sustained ways to enhance my coaching and bring my clients to the next level, allowing me to start bridging the gap that separates me from my PCC. In addition to that, being able to attend demos ( and especially the ones of Marcia) and debriefing them clarified a lot of grey areas for me. My paired companion was awesome and we developed a real friendship that I am grateful for too.”
Ghada Yared, ADHD and Family Coach, PCC
'If the Mentor Flow course opens, stop everything and join. Remarkable shifts in my view of coaching. Great truths from Marcia and Zeina on what it takes for coaching mastery. Be prepared to show up and do the work. The gems are there for you when you do"
Brenda Ammon
“This is an excellent opportunity for growth! I participated last year and it made such an impact on me. I felt challenged, got in the moment feedback, and shifted my coaching skills in a significant way. At the end, I saw things differently. ❤ thank you Dr. Zeina Ghossoub - MCC and Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, MCC! If you are ready to move to the next level, you don’t want to miss this opportunity!”
Robin Christian