SIG - First 100 Hours Session 2 Notes & Recording - June 2026
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The 5 Doors Into Your First 100 Coaching Hours Moving from panic to intention, practice and community Roshni Sharma, ACC
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The Australian Charter Chapter of ICF Notes from First 100 Hours SIG Session #2, 10 June 2026 Hosted by Tara Minchin, ICF Australasia Chapter Events Support and Roshni Sharma ACC, NSW Branch President Summary ThissecondsessionoftheICFAustralasiaFirst100HoursSIGwelcomed24coaches working towards or having recently completed their first 100 coaching hours. The session washostedbyTara Minchinand Roshni Sharma ACC. Guest speakerRoshni, ICFNSWBranchPresident,shared her framework of five "doors" to help emerging coaches approach their credentialing journey with intention and purpose rather than panic. Roshni introduced the concept of viewing the first 100 hours as a self-directed learning journey focused on "feeling," "growing," "experimenting," "building," and "belonging" rather than simply collecting hours. The session included two breakout room coaching exercises where participants practiced the framework with their peers, andconcluded with a Q&A where attendees discussed practical questions about business setup, insurance, and handling niche shifts over time. Thank you again for joining The 5 Doors Into Your First 100 Coaching Hours. It was wonderful to see such thoughtful reflection, curiosity and generosity in the room. SessionStructure •The session opened with Roshni introducing a simple, supportive framework for approaching your first 100 coaching hours as a self-directed learning journey rather than a frantic credential chase. She offered five “doors” to guide the process:Feel(the emotional quality of the journey),Grow(practising the ICF Core Competencies),Experiment(trying different coaching models),Build(setting up your business foundations), andBelong(connecting with the coaching community). •A strong theme throughout was that the first 100 hours are not just hours to collect. They’re an opportunity to deepen your coaching identity, practise the competencies, explore models, build confidence, work with a diversity of clients, and learn through reflection and peer support. •In the first breakout, participants explored how they want their 100-hour journey to feel. Words shared includedeaseful, natural, reassuring, energised, realistic, nurturing, inspired, calm, honest, expansive, evolutionary, excitingand grounded. It was a great reminder that the journey doesn’t need to be panic-fuelled or perfect—it can be intentional, supported and developmental. •Roshni also shared practical ways to structure your learning, including spending time with the revised 2025 ICF Core Competencies (for example, five hours on each of the eight competencies), experimenting with models like GROW and solution-focused coaching, and noticing your confidence edges as part of your growth. •There were helpful questions about pro bono hours, reciprocal coaching, business