{"id":7124,"date":"2016-12-15T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2019-02-12T23:40:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T23:40:15","slug":"a-challenge-for-professional-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/a-challenge-for-professional-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"A Challenge for Professional Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/challenges-for-the-professional-coach-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/challenges-for-the-professional-coach-blog-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"a challenge for the professional coach\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/challenges-for-the-professional-coach-blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/challenges-for-the-professional-coach-blog-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The International Coach Federation, ICF, has conducted surveys about the challenges facing the coaching profession.\u00a0 Consistently a top cited challenge is untrained coaches and in conjunction with that the lack of general knowledge about how coaching works.<\/p>\n<p>Consider these examples of the abuse of the term coach:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The way coaching is portrayed in the media.<\/li>\n<li>The use of the term Coach because it is hot instead of because it is applicable such as for mentors or advisors in the work place.<\/li>\n<li>Newspaper advice columns that are titled with the term coaching because they have failed to research the real meaning of coaching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does that mean for the profession?\u00a0 It means that each coach is called upon to help educate the general public and also people who call themselves a coach without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforcoachingcertification.com\/certified-professional-coach-training\/program-overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach training<\/a> or whose training is insufficient for them to join the ICF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/how-trained-coaches-can-educate-untrained-coaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How<\/a>?\u00a0 The more each trained coach writes blogs, news articles, and books the more people are educated.\u00a0 The more coaches ask questions about thoughts on the Code of Ethics, coach training, coaching competencies, and self-regulation of coaching the more awareness is created.\u00a0 Providing resources to the media by sending the Code of Ethics and the 11 Core Competencies (including the <a href=\"http:\/\/coachfederation.org\/files\/IndCred\/ICFCompetenciesLevelsTable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comparison table<\/a> on how the Competencies are evaluated) adds credibility to the education on the truth of coaching.<\/p>\n<p>What small thing will you commit to for educating others on coaching?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Coach Federation, ICF, has conducted surveys about the challenges facing the coaching profession.\u00a0 Consistently a top cited challenge is untrained coaches and in &hellip; 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