Read a terrific post on Great Leadership today, about executive coaching and the state of the business. According to some, it's still very "wild west" out there - even though some of us know it's way better than it used to be. I guess I am in a bit of a bubble - I've been talking about process rigor and client due diligence for years. That said, in my view the more people who advocate on behalf of potential coaching clients holding their coaches to a high standard of process rigor and accountability, the better for all of us who take our responsibility seriously.
For those reading who don't know me, I've run my own coaching business and I've worked "inside" a big consulting firm running theirs, so I've seen at least two sides of how coaching practices can operate. I do know that there's still a huge need for client education, so people know what they're buying and why they're really buying it. The biggest problem continues to be, in my opinion, the unfortunately low barrier to entry into this field we're trying to establish as a profession. As an OD consultant I met at an ICF conference years ago told me, "anybody who is unemployed and has a phone" can call themselves a coach - and more than a decade later it's still true. So the biggest favour the ICF can do for us would be to encourage regulation, force admission standards for accredited coaching schools, require supervision before full accreditation, and implement a license renewal process that includes both practical and theoretical components.
Coaches and executive coaching clients - what do you think?
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