In keeping with the core value of excellence, life coaches want to continue learning and enhance their coaching skills to better serve their clients. It is fast becoming a requirement that coaches have life coach training through the expectation of those hiring a coach. As other professions have before, coaching is now moving toward self-regulation with the International Coach Federation, ICF. To become a member of the ICF, 60 hours of training is a prerequisite, and continuing education is mandatory to maintain membership.
What are the different approaches or opportunities for enhancing coaching competencies? Possibilities include: life coach training, learning exercises, self-evaluation of competencies, planning implementation of learning, practice and experience, feedback, peers, a coach, self-directed study, and continuing education.
When enhancing coaching certification skills, it makes sense to consider strengths and to consider areas for development through life coach training. As a guide for professional coaches, the International Coach Federation list of 11 Core Competencies is described fully on their website at http://coachfederation.org/credential/landing.cfm?ItemNumber=2206&navItemNumber=576http://coachfederation.org/credential/landing.cfm?ItemNumber=2206&navItemNumber=576. Also listed there and providing excellent additional awareness is how these competencies are evaluated for professionals seeking credentialing beyond the membership (http://www.coachfederation.org/files/IndCred/ICFCompetenciesLevelsTable.pdf).
As a note: The Certified Professional Coach program is designed specifically to develop the 11 Core Competencies with training, learning exercises, self-evaluation, planning implementation of learning, practice, feedback, and continuing education. In the Certified Master Coach program this is taken to an even higher level.
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