This episode takes a careful look at the Revised ICF Core Coaching Competencies released in 2025 as a professional reflection on what these changes signal about the maturity of our field and the evolving role of the coach.

I walk through each competency and highlight where language has shifted, where expectations have deepened, and where the emphasis has moved.

We explore why some competencies remained unchanged, why others expanded, and what this tells us about how ICF now understands coaching practice in a global, complex, and increasingly relational context.

In this episode, we cover:

• What remained stable and why that stability matters for the profession


• What’s really new in Competency 2 (Coaching Mindset), and why supervision and reflective practice are no longer optional


• What it means to have bias, culture, technology, and well-being explicitly named as professional responsibilities


• What the addition of “knowledge” in Competency 7 means and what it does not mean.

Throughout the episode, I share reflections from my work as a coach, coach educator, mentor coach, and supervisor, including how these changes intersect with relational dynamics and the often-unseen impact a coach has on the learning space.

If you’re preparing for an ICF credential, mentoring other coaches, supervising practitioners, or simply trying to stay up-to-date about how coaching is evolving, this episode may provide some food for thought about what is being asked of us now professionally.

If the conversation resonates, feel free to share it with a colleague you’re already discussing these changes with.

Coming up next:

I’ll choose a final topic to close out the year. The theme is still taking shape. Join me for one more episode before the end of 2025.

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