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International Coaching Federation Announces 2024 Coaching Impact Award Winners

International Coaching Federation

– The annual award program recognizes excellence in professional coaching across four key categories – Lexington, Kentucky — The International Coaching Federation (ICF) today announced the winners of its annual ICF Coaching Impact Awards , celebrating outstanding achievements in the professional coaching industry.

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What Is The Future Of The Coaching Industry?

International Coach Academy

According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, the area of consultancy and human development, of which coaching is a part, is expected to grow heavily through 2016. Coaching clients tend to be 56 percent female and 44 percent male and between 38 and 45 years of age.

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Adding Coaching to an Agile Consulting Practice

International Coach Academy

A Coaching Practice for Agile Consulting. I have been an “Agile Coach” for 10 years, and in my ICA journey, several other students have asked me what “Agile Coaching” is. I had already been working for several years as a consultant specializing in bringing Agile principles and practices to data-focused IT teams.

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Maximizing Impact, Minimizing Costs: A Strategic Approach to Coaching in Resource-Constrained Government Institutions

International Coach Academy

In the following chapter, this paper aims to contribute by offering ideas – a centralized coaching approach, to be precise –on how a cost-effective coaching program could be designed and structured, with the aim to be more strategic while convincing decision-makers to adopt coaching initiatives. The Coaches’ Handbook.

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Leader as a Coach – A Myth?

International Coach Academy

Coaching builds and cultivates an atmosphere where continuous learning and adapting to new challenges are integral to the organizational ethos. While a clear definition is missing, two main concepts in professional coaching are dominant and can explain what can be achieved by coaching: transactional and transformational coaching.

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Coaching Application Within the Agile Coaching Context

International Coach Academy

As an agile coach, it is not only important to be knowledgeable (or the expert) in the agile domain but to be able to apply appropriate “ learning ” techniques to transfer that knowledge to people, teams, and companies that want to enhance their agile skills. Often four basic approaches are mentioned here: Consultation and advice.

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The Role of Assessments in Coaching Emotional Intelligence

International Coaching Federation

However, given that the first steps toward emotional intelligence are self-awareness and self-management, how can we, as professional coaches, serve our clients in this development without becoming teachers and consultants? Assessment tools can provide direction for creating a successful coaching relationship.