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<\/p>\nWhat are we talking about with \u201cthe significance of letters\u201d?\u00a0 As a professional, it’s important to have credentials. This means having letters after your name. In some environments, it almost becomes a necessity.\u00a0 It may be important to list as many letters as you can after your name to demonstrate your education, your expertise, and your skill in what you offer. <\/p>\n
What does this have to do with coaching<\/a>?\u00a0 What are the reasons that people want to earn those letters, the credentials as a coach?\u00a0 Often the biggest reason is credibility. \u00a0It demonstrates that you have knowledge and a skill.\u00a0 Think about it this way: whatever professional you’re going to hire, do you want to know they’ve been trained, that they have the knowledge?\u00a0 For example, no one is going to a doctor who doesn’t have the MD after their name. \u00a0Nor hire an attorney who doesn’t have the credentials. It is a very important way of saying, yes, you care about professionalism. It shows you care about learning and enhancing and upgrading your professional skills. \u00a0It shows you invested the time and effort in the education because you want to provide excellence as a coach.\u00a0 It shows you have the knowledge and skill set to do this kind of work. It is about the credibility!<\/p>\n Another reason the letters are significant to coaches is accountability.\u00a0 Specifically, when through coaching certification<\/a> you earn the opportunity for membership in ICF,<\/a> or earn a credential from the ICF, you’re accountable to the code of ethics. It also means you’ve done the coach specific training that teaches the competencies (because there are standards for membership which includes standards for training that you completed to earn membership). It is a clear demonstration of your coach training and that you are accountable to the code of ethics.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What are we talking about with \u201cthe significance of letters\u201d?\u00a0 As a professional, it’s important to have credentials. This means having letters after your name. … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[470,471,16,40],"tags":[48,50,998,1609,1608,171,1607,1606],"class_list":["post-9314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-resources","category-coaching-skills","category-coaching-stories","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-coach","tag-coaching","tag-credential","tag-credentials","tag-letters-icf","tag-professional","tag-significance","tag-the-significance-of-letters","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n