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About Coaching

What is Coaching?

Business and organizational leaders, managers, professionals and individuals engage coaches to advance their careers and enhance their personal lives. But what actually is coaching? 

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires a person to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership. 

When you work with a coach, you set out on a path to greater personal and professional fulfillment. ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.

We all have goals we want to reach, challenges we’re striving to overcome and times when we feel stuck. Partnering with a coach can change your life, setting you on a path to greater personal and professional fulfillment.

Coaching can be a transformational experience, but how do you find the right coach?

To help you with this process, ICF developed the Credentialed Coach Finder (CCF), a free searchable directory with listings for thousands of qualified ICF-credentialed coaches worldwide. Individuals and businesses can use CCF to identify and select trained, qualified coaches best suited for their particular situation.

Why Choose an ICF-Credentialed Coach?

Anyone can call themselves a coach. ICF-credentialed coaches are professional coaches who have met stringent education and experience requirements, and have demonstrated a thorough understanding of the coaching competencies that set the standard in the profession.

In addition, ICF-credentialed coaches adhere to strict ethical guidelines as part of ICF’s mission to protect and serve coaching consumers

Looking to verify a coach’s ICF Membership or ICF Credential? Go here to verify a coach. 

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