Celebrating PCC and Why Feedback Matters in Coaching

Morena! Morena! Morena. Good morning, everybody! Welcome to Nurtured with Naketa.

I am going to share with you… well, firstly, I'm going to share with you, those of you who are not on my socials won’t know that I passed my PCC exam. So, I am an ICF-accredited coach, have been an ACC coach for 3 years now.

And recently applied for my PCC accreditation. So, what does that mean? That means 500 hours of coaching. I'm currently sitting at 605.

120 hours of coaching education, so any education that is accredited by the ICF.

Two evaluations of coaching conversations, which need to meet PCC markers, so the markers for what they deem at the level of PCC. Plus 10 mentoring coaching sessions, and my amazing mentor Christine has been my mentor since I started the ACC journey.

And then an exam, an exam that took 3 hours long and was in a controlled environment, which meant they checked my sleeves, they checked my pockets, everything needed to be in a locker. Yes, it was giving me high school exam vibes. Anyway, needless to say, I am now a PCC coach.

So, I guess what that means for you is that I am demonstrating my deep commitment to holding myself accountable to the standards of ICF, the International Coaching Federation. So there are over a million people who call themselves coaches on LinkedIn, and that's true. Like, I don't think you need formal qualifications to deem yourself or add value to people's lives.

But only 56,000 in the world, and across lots and lots of countries, are ICF accredited. But also in New Zealand, in Aotearoa, there's 118 ACC accredited, about 82 PCC accredited, and only 3 active MCC coaches. So, it's an incredible honor to be able to do this journey. I've learned heaps. Some people say our exams are a waste of time. I actually learned lots from doing the exam.

And I'm excited about what that opens up for my thinking around my doctorate study, which is reimagining coaching from a Moana Nui a Kiwa perspective.

So, what I wanted to share, because I have been talking about feedback the last couple of newsletters, I opened my old blog, which I'll link below. Very old, started in 2008, with reflections on my journey in teaching. But on that blog, I'll link the post below, is some feedback around when I first started coaching in 2016.

And with permission, I shared the feedback, but she talks about how it drove her nuts. So, I've come a long way since 2016 when I first learned about coaching.

I love… I love it as a way of how I can serve people. I love showing up and sharing, creating space for leaders to take a beat from their busy lives, to fill their own cup. Because we serve, and we serve, and we serve, and we give and give and give. Coaching is all about reserving a little bit for you.

And so, what I'm going to invite you to do today, if I may, I've been inviting people to share feedback since 2008, I think. Maybe even 2006. Formally. Probably before that. And so, I'm gonna invite you, if you would so kindly, to share some feedback with me. Whether you've been in a wānanga, whether you've been in coaching, whether you just enjoy the newsletters, or don’t.

I'll take all honest feedback. I'm gonna close off next Wednesday, and give this book away. So, I run a few coaching circles or coaching communities. I bought too many of these books, so I want to give one to you. It's probably the most read book on coaching right now in the world by Michael Bungay Stanier.

So, this is up for grabs. If you want to provide me with feedback, please do so. I'll pop the link below.

And I want to thank you for your commitment to engaging in this community, Cultivating Culture. I look forward to connecting with you more in 2026!