Co-creating the Relationship Domain, Competency 5. Maintains Presence

With this competency, we continue to look at how the coach co-creates the relationship with their client and in this case the focus is on the extent to which the coach is present to and curious about what the client is saying and who the client is. The skill and quality of this partnering is also significant in terms of how and how much the coach actively seeks input from the client around the content and direction of the conversation as opposed to offering content and direction themselves. The competency is described in Box 10.1.