{"id":7103,"date":"2016-12-08T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2023-03-29T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:00:23","slug":"ok-i-get-it-coach-training-is-a-smart-move-now-what-a-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/ok-i-get-it-coach-training-is-a-smart-move-now-what-a-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"OK &#8211; I get it &#8211; Coach Training is a Smart Move &#8211; Now what?  A Checklist."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/checklist-for-choosing-training.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7112 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/checklist-for-choosing-training-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"checklist for choosing training\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/checklist-for-choosing-training-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/checklist-for-choosing-training-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/checklist-for-choosing-training-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/checklist-for-choosing-training.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/checklist-for-choosing-training-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>After arriving at the conclusion that coach training is a smart move &#8211; whether because an employer or potential employer wants It, because of personal research, because colleagues and friends recommend it, or because you want the skills &#8211; the next step is figuring out where to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/considerations-for-choosing-coach-training-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach training<\/a>.\u00a0 A simple search online turns up hundreds and hundreds of options &#8211; how do you sift through them all?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reflect on your motivation for coaching certification and on how it will benefit you so that you know what you want from a program.<\/li>\n<li>Be clear on your &#8216;must haves&#8217;\n<ul>\n<li>Program approval from the <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Coaching Federation<\/a> or other significant organization<\/li>\n<li>Price that fits within the budget<\/li>\n<li>Location that works<\/li>\n<li>Quality content and delivery methodologies as evidenced by recommendations and \/ or training organization credentials<\/li>\n<li>Follow-up resources and support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Create a short list of three to ten options.<\/li>\n<li>Review the websites, testimonials, program overview, pricing, and schedule options.<\/li>\n<li>Choose your top two and call and talk to people at the coach training organization.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now that you have worked through these steps, check with your gut instincts &#8211; what are they telling you?<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that there are hundreds of organizations that are approved by the International Coaching Federation.\u00a0 At the same time, in some ways there are too many choices.\u00a0 Ultimately, having a conversation with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">training organization<\/a> to get your questions answered and to give you a sense of how they operate is a smart idea too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After arriving at the conclusion that coach training is a smart move &#8211; whether because an employer or potential employer wants It, because of personal &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,131],"tags":[464,116,119,465,48,85,45,50,86,81,88,118,466,463,462,115,134,117,87],"class_list":["post-7103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-coaching-program","tag-business-coach-certification","tag-business-coach-training","tag-career-coach-certification","tag-career-coach-training","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-certification","tag-coaching-success","tag-effective-coaching","tag-executive-coach-certification","tag-executive-coach-training","tag-health-coach-certification","tag-health-coach-training","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-life-coach-training","tag-life-coaching-certification","tag-professional-coach","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7103"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10105,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions\/10105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}