CORE INSIGHTS SERIES 2020
Managing Progress and Accountability
with Tim Cosby, CPCC
In the ICF Coaching Competencies the terms ‘support’ or ‘help’ are used 16 times, but what does it really mean for a coach to support, or help a client? Thirty years ago when I was pastoring, I “supported” and ‘helped’ people. Was I using a coaching approach? I don’t think so. I wish I would have learned how to coach when I started my career in 1976.
The competency upon which we’ll be focusing in this session, “Managing Progress and Accountability,” not only uses the terms ‘support’ and ‘help,’ but it also throws in the word ‘manage.’ What does it mean to ‘manage our client’s progress?’ And then, the ICF definition uses the word ‘accountable.’ What does that mean? And how do we build accountability into the structure of coaching without it feeling forced? Are we really supposed to ‘hold people accountable?’
Please come and help us clarify these issues!
We’ll use a simple outline of open-ended questions and collaboration to explore this competency together:
- What does it mean?
- What's the value of it in coaching?
- How do you use it in coaching?
I look forward to learning with you!
Tim Cosby, CPCC, President of Empowerment Coaching Network, Int’l.
tim@empowermentcoachingnetwork.com
Tim Cosby is the President of Empowerment Coaching Network, Int'l, a coaching , training, and consulting company serving non-profits and corporations since 2010. From 1976 to 2010 Tim served in several roles: Pastor of Worship and Arts, Chaplain at Cornerstone University, and Teaching Pastor. He started his professional coaching business, Terra Nova, in 2010, and later that same year, started ECNI with co-founder, Mike McGervey.
Tim received his M.Div. degree from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in 1991. Tim is also Co-Author of Coaching Based Ministry: Transforming Ministry through Empowerment Coaching, Credo House Publishers, 2011.
Tim resides in Grand Rapids with his wife of 44 years, Diane, their 4 children, and 8 grandchildren.