{"id":7620,"date":"2017-08-10T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T11:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7620"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:49:53","slug":"coaching-skill-culture-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-skill-culture-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching: Skill, Culture, Profession"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11597\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11597 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"2 Woman sitting at a table talking\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/amy-hirschi-K0c8ko3e6AA-unsplash-420x280.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coaching: Skill, Culture, Profession<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>By Cathy Liska\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Cathy@CoachCert.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cathy@CoachCert.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coaching is a skill.<\/li>\n<li>Coaching describes a type of culture desired in many organizations.<\/li>\n<li>Coaching is a profession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are different types of coaching: sports, speech, vocational, and more.\u00a0 The coaching we are talking about is in the areas of academia, business, career, executive, life, and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Now, explore each of the above statements with working definitions and brief explanation of the processes.<\/p>\n<p>Skill is the ability to do or perform a task.\u00a0 Learning the skill of coaching requires coach-specific training.<\/p>\n<p>Culture is a way to describe the behaviors and ways of communicating used within a group or organization.\u00a0 Developing a coaching culture calls for basic coach training throughout the organization and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training\/certified-professional-coach\/program-overview.html\">coaching certification<\/a> for key personnel, developing new policies, and creating new behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>Profession is an: an occupation that requires specific learning and ideally includes accountability to a Code of Ethics.\u00a0 The coaching profession is moving toward self-regulation through the International Coach Federation, ICF, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/ethics\/code-of-ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Ethics<\/a>, definition of Core Competencies of a Coach, standards for approving training programs, the requirements of 60 hours of training and accountability to the Code of Ethics to become a member, plus a process for credentialing at three levels that involves an increasing number of coach training hours, an increasing number of coaching experience hours, working with a mentor coach, and passing an exam..<\/p>\n<p>This means that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming a professional coach<\/a> starts with coach training and then becoming a member of the International Coach Federation.\u00a0 Advancing in the coaching profession means earning a credential with the ICF by completing additional coach training and gaining additional coaching experience or hours.\u00a0 To provide an analogy, becoming a member of the ICF is much like getting a degree in the field, and then earning a credential is much like getting a masters or doctorate level degree.\u00a0 Whether working toward being a professional coach or hiring a coach, ask about training and ethics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cathy Liska\u00a0\u00a0 Cathy@CoachCert.com Coaching is a skill. 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