’Are You Ready To Go Pro?’ Got this mailer today. Got me thinking. . . How long will you remain an amateur coach? An amateur coach – an oxymoron? If you are going to coach, it is best for the coach, and the coachee, to be a professional coach. As...
Introduction to ICF Coaching International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the gold standard in coaching and coach training. ICF, however, is not just about a certification. There are 4 million coaches on LinkedIn as of August, 2022. Only 50,000 are ICF certified and...
One of our learner coaches, on her #ICF #coachcertification, summarised her end of the certification journey with us as, “I listen to my body better”. Coaching assumes the client is complete. The whole coaching process is to help the client connect with that...
With just one day to go for the start of a new batch of ICF coach training, my mind is full of the same. We chose to take a break for a couple of months, so we did not start an ICF-approved program since the start of the last batch on January 30, 2021. After two and a...
Coaching is different from training, guiding, mentoring, therapy, instructing, healing, et al. We use these very loosely. We think we are coaching, without any training, mentoring. You may be a natural coach. But it is unlikely that you are truly coaching. Research...