The Courageous Coach Chronicle: June 2025

June 2025 FLA Newsletter

📰 The Courageous Coach Chronicle

Your Monthly Guide to Coaching Education

 June 2025 Edition

Delivering lessons, tools, and updates to inspire growth in yourself, those you lead, and those you coach.

🎓 J.R.’s Corner

If Change Is a Constant, then Courage Must Be Too.

We’re halfway through 2025, and “stability” still seems like a wish, not a plan. From federal shutdown warnings to supply chain disruptions, from international elections to the ongoing redefinition of work itself, I’ve been hearing the same questions in nearly every coaching conversation:

“How do we lead when everything feels like it might change tomorrow?”
Here’s what I’m telling our leaders while reminding myself:

We don’t build modern organizations by avoiding change.

We build them by cultivating behaviors that outperform in change.

That starts with courage. And courage doesn’t always look loud.

Sometimes it sounds like:

• A mid-level leader asking a hard question in the right room
• A senior executive saying, “I don’t know, but I’ll learn”
• A new coach helping their client name the thing no one’s said out loud yet

Courage isn’t a heroic moment. It’s a habit.

And it’s the foundation under everything else.

Coach with Courage.

– J.R.

Introducing our Alumni Coach Advocate: Gary Goss

Gary will be reaching out cohort by cohort to assist our alumni on their coaching journey. if you want a 1 on 1 with him on your certification path, please email him at gary.goss@flatterinc.com or reach out on LinkedIn

🛠️ This Month’s L.T.C. (Lesson, Tool, Case Study)

Lesson: Reflection in Motion

Great coaches reflect, adjust, and re-engage — over and over again. Whether it’s reviewing a coaching session, preparing for a client, or working with AI simulations, every moment is an opportunity to learn.

Case Study: From Skeptic to Superfan

“One session with the AI persona reminded me how much tone and timing matter. I caught myself interrupting too early — and the tool helped me realize it. That’s real-time growth.”

– FLA Student-Coach, April 2025 Cohort

🧠 ICF Spotlight: The Coach Exam

The ACC Coach Exam is a proctored, computer-based written exam that you can take in person at a Pearson VUE testing center or online through Pearson’s OnVUE remote testing platform.

• The exam is divided into two sections, with an optional 10-minute break midway through the exam.
• Total Exam Time: 90 minutes, including an optional 10-minute break.
• Exam Format: 60 multiple-choice questions divided into two sections.
• Exam Breakdown:
  • Exam Instructions: 2 minutes.
    • Section 1 (30 questions): 39 minutes.
    • Scheduled Break: 10 minutes.
    • Section 2 (30 questions): 39 minutes.
• Exam Prep Link

The PCC and MCC Credentialing Exam is also a proctored, computer-based exams available in person at a Pearson VUE testing center or online through Pearson’s OnVUE remote testing platform.

The exam is divided into two sections, with an optional 10-minute break midway through the exam.

• Total Exam Time: 180 minutes, including an optional 10-minute break.
• Exam Format: 78 situational judgment items.
• Exam Breakdown
  • Exam Instructions: 4 minutes.
    • Section 1 (39 questions): 83 minutes.
    • Optional Break: 10 minutes.
    • Section 2 (39 questions): 83 minutes.
• Exam Prep Link

How Should I Prepare?

✅ Refresh yourself with the updated ICF Core Competencies (2021)

✅ Revisit the ICF Ethics Case Study 3.7

✅ Practice interpreting client scenarios: this is where FLA’s AI simulation tools can help!

The ICF recommends setting aside at least 10–12 hours of focused study time before sitting for the exam. Our alumni report that the most challenging sections often involve ethics, power dynamics, and contracting, so give these areas extra attention.

Need help? Email us at FLA@FlatterInc.com for personalized resources and prep guides.

🗓️ Upcoming FLA Events

• July 21-24, 2025: Coaching Culture Advantage Seminar (Eastern USA Time)

To register or inquire about tailored offerings for your organization, email FLA@FlatterInc.com.

💬 Final Thought: You’re Exactly Where You Need to Be

Whether you’re navigating your first coaching session or preparing for your ICF exam, remember: growth doesn’t come from having all the answers — it comes from asking the right questions.

Thank you for learning, experimenting, and growing with us.

💙 From all of us at the Flatter Leadership Academy — thank you for the trust you place in us as you become the coach you’re meant to be.

With gratitude,

 The FLA Team