ICF ARIZONA presents mentor coaching for any member seeking their ACC or PCC, or for anyone who wants to deepen their coaching skills. Mentor Coaching, as defined by the ICF, is professional assistance in achieving and demonstrating the levels of coaching competency demanded by the desired credential level sought by the participant. The participant will be coached on their coaching skills rather than being coached on practice building, life balance, or other topics unrelated to the development of coaching skills.

Led by experienced mentors from ICF Arizona’s Professional Development Committee, the training is structured to provide a supportive and authentic training focusing on the development of each participant’s own coaching style and identifying participants’ strengths, achievements, and growth throughout the process.   
Each participant must be able to provide our mentors with three recent recordings of their coaching sessions for review in the one-on-one coaching.
Participants will be provided:

• Three one-on-one mentor sessions and seven group coaching sessions.
• The opportunity to practice and observe coaching in group sessions in order to develop core competencies.
• Specific verbal and/or written feedback, using targeted examples from each mentor session.
• Feedback on strengths, areas of growth, competency use, and skill level using competency based language and specific behavioral examples from the coaching.

ELLE CRONIN, PCC
Elle Cronin serves as the Director of Professional Development at ICF Arizona and is a distinguished ICF Mentor Coach and Leadership Trainer. With over 15 years of expertise in talent development and executive coaching, Elle is highly regarded in her field. She is certified as a Real Colors Temperament Trainer, Crucial Conversations Trainer, and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner through the prestigious Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), where she also contributed as an Assistant Trainer.

Elle's life mission is to promote awareness of diverse perspectives and to foster inclusivity by ensuring that all voices are heard and valued. She generously shares her personal journey to inspire others to share theirs, and excels in helping coaches refine and elevate their skills.


CARRIE TKACZYK, PCC
Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk is ICF Arizona’s Professional Development Chair, owner of the coaching business Journey Through Coaching, and  a PCC certified coach with nearly a decade of experience and a Certificate in Evidence-Based Coaching from Fielding University’s Masters program. She is also a Certified Wellness Practitioner through the National Wellness Center and a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s two-year program. An active member in the Arizona ICF Chapter, the Mindfulness Coach Association, and The International Mindfulness and Meditation Alliance, she believes in the transformative power of communities of practice. Her clients benefit from her experienced research-based methods, embodied mindfulness knowledge, education background, and cross-cultural lens. Her varied experiences include K-12 educator and teacher mentor, mindfulness meditation teacher, nonprofit specialist, internal coach/mentor, and small business owner. She recently finished a year exploring the West and currently resides in Flagstaff, Arizona with her partner and dog