The Board Certified Coach Exam Podcast

Business and Professional Practice

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:10:26 +0000

Records, supervision, referral fees, marketing and social media, sorted into what the law requires, what ethics requires and what is simply a business preference. In the commentary: the exam covers all six content areas, not business practice alone; marketing claims go through C4, undisclosed referral fees through D1 and D5, and record keeping through A6.

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BCC Exam Prep is an independent preparation program, not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE). "BCC" and "Board Certified Coach" are designations of CCE. Our practice materials are original and contain no confidential exam content. This episode was produced with AI tools, including AI-generated voices, and checked against the BCC Code of Ethics before publication.

From Insight to Durable Growth

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:09:26 +0000

The self-regulation cycle, intention versus commitment, will-to-act, monitoring versus evaluation, self-determination theory, accountability without policing, and handing the process to the client before a planned ending. In the commentary: "a ten is a warning sign" and "values conflict is the most common cause" are useful rules of thumb, not research findings.

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Choosing the Right Coaching Method

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:08:26 +0000

GROW as scaffolding, the stages of change and their limits, motivational interviewing and the righting reflex, cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused tools, acceptance-based work, and the difference between self-efficacy and readiness. In the commentary: a note on de-fusion, a term that is easy to mishear.

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Contracting, Sponsorship and Goals

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:07:26 +0000

The agreement versus the alliance, the three-party trap, never inventing consent, goal drift, end, performance and process goals, self-concordance, and moving from sponsored to private coaching. In the commentary: the 16PF is a self-report questionnaire, and each publisher sets its own requirements for using an instrument.

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Ethics and Scope Before Intervention

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:06:26 +0000

Scope, the referral cues of diagnosis, dysfunction and danger, warm handoffs, the limits of confidentiality, multiple relationships, cultural humility and disclosing AI use to clients. In the commentary: "standard 2.5" is an ICF standard; for the BCCE, the BCC Code of Ethics governs, through C3 and C5. On multiple relationships, D3 asks the coach to discuss the effects, prevent harm and note it in the record. On danger, A7 permits or requires disclosure consistent with the agreement and the law.

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Why the Second-Best Answer Loses on the BCC Exam

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:05:26 +0000

The length and favored-verb traps, a six-part filter (timing, scope, authority, relationship, case facts, exclusions), when to change an answer, and pacing at about fifteen minutes a case. In the commentary: the exam tests knowledge as well as judgment, and the referral cue of "diagnosis" follows what the client presents, not the coach's choice of technique.

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Listening That Produces Discovery: Silence and Questions

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:04:26 +0000

The levels of listening, observation versus interpretation, repairing a wrong label, open versus leading questions, and three kinds of silence with the right response to each. In the commentary: the answer to episode one's decision, and why the working alliance is Bordin's concept while Rogers supplies the conditions it rests on.

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How the Board Certified Coach Exam Actually Works

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:03:26 +0000

Twelve cases, 120 questions, three hours: how the BCCE is built, what the six domains weigh, and a three-step way to read each case. In the commentary: the hosts' HR example, corrected. A sponsor's payment never creates permission to share, but a written agreement can provide for high-level updates. Coaching conversations carry no general legal privilege, and nobody outside CCE knows how a given field-test item is used later.

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Welcome to The Board Certified Coach Exam Podcast

BCC Exam Prep — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:02:26 +0000

The Board Certified Coach (BCC) exam tests what you know about coaching and whether you can apply it to the client in front of you. Season one opens with Audio Deep Dives, conversations between AI-generated hosts, one for each part of the exam. After each one, an exam corner covers what the hosts got right, what they overstated, and one practice decision for you to make before the next episode.

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