This self-assessment is designed for you to be able to assess yourself on how you coach-mentor and to compare yourself against the ‘professional' standards.

These standards are based on a world-wide competency research programme by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and the official UK National Occupational Standards. We have then integrated both with the outcomes from extensive consultation with most other bodies having an interest in coaching and mentoring. They therefore represent current best practice across the ‘profession' and form the basis on which Quality Awards and Qualifications for coach-mentoring are now being given.

The questionnaire is arranged into 20 questions that should apply to competence statements at Foundation Level. Each has a number of explanatory elements that you should view before you answer. These additional elements give a much more detailed explanation of the full meaning of the question, in terms of the sequence of thoughts and actions that should be followed when relating to coach-mentoring.