About this episode

Debbi shares her experience of passing the MCC Performance Evaluation and preparing for the final Coaching Knowledge Assessment exam.

Last Friday, January 16, I heard from the assessors at the International Coaching Federation that I passed their famously difficult and evasive Master Certified Coaching Performance Evaluation. I've still the Coach Knowledge Assessment (CKA), a four-hour exam to go, before I get to join the 4% of MCC coaches globally, a rare group of around 2,240 coaches within 56,000 ICF credential-holders worldwide. But the hardest part (the performance evaluation) is now behind me. I was amazed...

People in this episode

Host: Debbi Gardiner McCullough

Topics covered

• coaching
• certification
• professional development
• achievement
• education

Keywords

• MCC
• coaching
• International Coaching Federation
• certification
• performance evaluation
• CKA
• achievement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Coaching Federation

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