Picture two coaches you might evaluate next week. One asks questions the way you ask them and paces the session the way you would; the other does almost nothing the way you do. Without ever deciding to, you have probably already started rating the first one higher — before a single competency is evidenced. That pull is what this unit makes visible.
These are the first three of twelve named biases, and they all share one root: they shape what you even notice in a session.
Chapters:
0:00 Two Coaches, One Unearned Lead
0:35 Recognize, Catch, Correct
1:19 Similarity Bias: Familiarity Isn't Competence
2:12 Confirmation Bias Feels Like Observance
3:11 Primacy Bias: The Opening Minutes Rule
3:57 Three Corrective Questions to Memorize
4:39 Ask in the Moment, Not After
In this lesson:
• Similarity Bias — when familiarity gets mistaken for competence
• Confirmation Bias — collecting evidence that fits your early verdict
• First Impression / Primacy Bias — letting the opening minutes rate the whole session
• The single corrective question for each pattern
• Why you ask the corrective question in the moment, not after the score
About the course
Bias Awareness in Evaluation is a course in the ICF Mentor Coach Specialization from Tandem Coaching Academy — for credentialed coaches (ACC, PCC, MCC) learning to evaluate coaching against the ICF standard without letting bias distort the rating. Instructor: Cherie Silas, MCC.
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