About this podcast
Around 4% of the 55,000 + coaches certified with the International Coaching Federation hold the revered status of Master Certified Coach. Why so few? I'm about to find out. Competency No. 5, the podcast, explores how we maintain presence when we coach, lead, and live our lives. We interview coaches and others whose very livelihood depends upon staying calm and present with those they serve. We also chronicle my attempts (as a self-retired professor and global business reporter from New Zealand) to become an MCC coach. This effort requires beaucoup coaching hours, mentoring, and adhering strictly to the ICF's seven core competencies, especially the deceptively tricky Competency No. 5, maintaining presence.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 85 episodes
- "Coming to a new country opens your eyes." Award-winning author and coach Lucy Chen on navigating cultural change · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 21When Lucy Chen moved to California, U.S. from Beijing, China in the early 90s, cultural confusion abounded. Presidents getting impeached? Strangers smiling and waving hello? And…
- “Most people want to tell their truth to me” — UK artist Alexander Lumsden · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 20"One of the rare things in my life has been that most people want to tell their truth to me." So says Swedish born, UK-based artist Alexander Lumsden who has dedicated his life…
- Tears Have Words. On the lost human connection when we jump in too early to fix · 14 min · Season 3 Episode 19Reading from an excerpt within my upcoming guide I'm soon publishing on why conversations fail. TEARS HAVE WORDS. I heard that from my coaching instructors, and I think of it…
- "Faith in myself inspired me to move my coaching business from side hustle to my all," with Christopher Chin · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 18Our host Debbi McCullough asks Hidden Speaker CEO and TEDX speaker Christopher Chin about his transition from engineer to coach, side hustle to full-time coach. It started with…
- Why AI Can't Replace Human Coaching with Dr. Marcia Reynolds · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 17Dedicated AI coaching infrastructure and platforms support roughly 23 million active individuals worldwide. Master Coach Trainer and Author Dr. Marcia Reynolds feels unfazed…
- Maintaining Presence Requires Taking No Notes When I Coach · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 16The Truman Capote technique, letting our senses remember the most important bits of a conversation, (which I learned in journalism school at UC Berkeley) works surprisingly well…
- "To get through hell week, I'll take a lot of naps." Nicholas McCullough on his second year at Harvard · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 15There are 1,676 students in Harvard's Class of 2029 with the entire cohort entering their sophomore year this August. Nicholas McCullough is one of them and one of a handful of…
- Chapter 8: The Harvard Mum Essay Project | Kodaira Station · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 14My Harvard son's travels through Europe this year and last year at ages 18 and 19 remind me nostalgically of my own adventures at his age. He self-funded his travels as did I. He…
- "To support women through menopause, we must sit, listen, and believe." Interviewing Menopause Coach Simon Salt · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 13Menopause has more than 34 symptoms recognized by the medical community and around 100 symptoms that women experience. And yet menopause, which impacts 75% of women, remains…
- Marcia Reynolds on managing judgment as we coach and maintaining boundaries when a conversation offends us · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 12If you've coached some hours, you've possibly noticed our clients can (at times) become combative, biased, and/or lay down something in front of us which invites our judgment…
- “Time is more precious when we treat it as such.” The Wolverine and Die Hard 5 Studio Executive Steven Puri on Focus and New Dadhood. · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 11We sit down with former studio executive on films from Die Hard 5 to The Wolverine, Steven Puri, who learned how to inspire a broad range of teams through this creative work…
- "There's much noise around sleep, and when sleep improves, life improves." Clear advice on better sleep from Louise Berger · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 10We sit down with Louise Berger, a British occupational therapist specializing in sleep, to hear about the deep work she's doing for the UK's National Health Service on a large…
- Nicole Francois on maintaining hope and presence amidst adversity, change, and motherhood · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 9Note to our listeners: We took the Competency No 5 show outside of my studio this episode, and with that encountered technical difficulties. Hopefully this won't detract from an…
- Zsofia Juhasz on being an "accidental" Master Certified Coach and developing today's MCCs and leaders · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 8Brisbane, Australia based leadership coach Zsofia Juhasz, MCC acheived a herculean feat: Certifying as a Master Certified Coach instead of renewing her PCC. She had the hours and…
- Leadership Coach Jennifer Maxson on building a coaching business and staying connected with our clients · 26 min · Season 3 Episode 7We ask Leadership Coach Jennifer Maxson when and how she knew to build her own coaching business, how to stay connected with our clients, and why and how the International…
- What my girlhood taught me about earning people's trust · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 6I can’t remember a time where people didn’t confide in me. Every time, it felt like an honor. I was super young when I first noticed the pattern, which began before I was aged…
- Interviewing Dr. Marcia Reynolds on coaching, writing, and her bestselling second edition of "Coach the Person, Not the Problem." · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 5In a new favorite episode, we asked Master Certified Coach trainer and author, Dr. Marcia Reynolds: how do we coach the person, not the problem? And why business leaders ought to…
- Sharing the ROI of coaching using AI. Interviewing Matt Barney, CEO of TruMind.ai · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 4Dr. Matt Barney is a true scientist practitioner and an entrepreneur in the field of measurement and analysis. His most recent tool, the TruMind.ai Leader and Coach Assessment…
- I certified as a Master Certified Coach! The comfort with silence and the victory feels magical · 17 min · Season 3 Episode 4I certified as a Master Certified Coach two weeks ago, ending a two-year long odyssey in mindfulness, active listening, and perfectionistic goal setting. Feels amazing finally…
- "Silence boosts all your senses. Thoughts become clearer." Coach Amy Krymkowski on the power of pause and silence · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 3Leadership coach Amy Krymkowski fell in love with coaching through her work in HR. After observing a coach in action, she found the approach so spacious and like nothing else. "I…
