{"id":7705,"date":"2017-11-09T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7705"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:45:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:45:24","slug":"how-to-become-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/how-to-become-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coaching is the second fastest growing profession in the world and as such, many are asking how to become a coach.\u00a0 Ultimately the answer is essentially the same as with any profession: get the education, build skills, and be accountable.\u00a0 Unfortunately, some think that becoming a coach is as simple as hanging out a shingle.\u00a0 How impressed are you with a professional that fails to invest in their own training? While there are many jobs that provide the initial training while you are working, as with other professional services, coaching calls for initial training, starting to work, and then getting more training.<\/p>\n

The first step to becoming a coach is coach-specific training.\u00a0 Find a training program that is approved by the International Coaching Federation<\/a>, ICF.\u00a0 Yes, there are other programs and they may or may not provide quality content and effective delivery.\u00a0 Because the coaching profession is maturing to a stage of self-regulation and the largest self-regulating organization is the ICF, the ICF has standards for approving training programs.\u00a0 Choosing from the hundreds of options available there simply makes sense.<\/p>\n

The intention of training is to develop your competency as a coach.\u00a0 The ICF has Core Competencies<\/a> and developing these is a process over time starting with an initial certification and then completing your qualification as a coach with advanced training.\u00a0 For example, the Certified Professional Coach<\/a> class we offer is an initial step to learn coaching. \u00a0For those marketing themselves as a professional coach it makes sense to complete the ICF membership requirements with either the Certified Master Coach<\/a> or the Certified Coach Specialist programs.\u00a0 This is true for several reasons: 1. It is required to qualify for membership with the ICF and 2. The combination of programs develops an appropriate level of competency for doing the work.\u00a0 Sometimes people ask how long to wait between classes.\u00a0 The answer is completing your training as soon as your budget and schedule permit.<\/p>\n

Membership in the ICF is much like saying, \u201cNow I am a coach.\u201d\u00a0 Consider it the equivalent of earning your degree in coaching.\u00a0 The ICF does have processes in place to go \"\"beyond the initial qualification as a coach to earning credentials – much like a Masters or Doctorate degree.<\/p>\n

Please note that until you are trained on the coaching Code of Ethics<\/a>, you will not know what you do not know.\u00a0 Ethics in coaching are different than ethics in other professions.\u00a0 Reading the Code of Ethics is only a start because it is in coach training that you really learn the implications and application of the complete Code of Ethics.<\/p>\n

Becoming a coach means completing coach training, developing your competencies, knowing and living the Code of Ethics, and joining the ICF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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