I passed the MCC Performance Evaluation. (Whoop!) My final step: Passing the Coaching Knowledge Assessment exam

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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