{"id":182,"date":"2009-01-04T03:57:36","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T03:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=182"},"modified":"2009-01-04T04:00:02","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T04:00:02","slug":"coaching-certificationdo-i-need-it-to-become-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/coaching-certificationdo-i-need-it-to-become-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Certification&#8230;Do I need it to become a coach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you need <a title=\"coaching certification\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2008\/12\/coaching-jobs\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: none;\">coaching certification<\/span><\/a> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">become a coach<\/span><\/span>?\u00a0\u00a0Fortunately, the answer is no.\u00a0\u00a0I say that because the ICF (International Coaching Federation), which is the primary certifying body for coaches worldwide, will not even look at your application until you have at least 250 hours of PAID coaching under your belt, and that\u2019s for the first level.\u00a0\u00a0Think about it.\u00a0\u00a0If you are just starting out and coaching 10 hours\/week&#8230; you are very fortunate.\u00a0\u00a0But even at this rate, it will take at least 6 months.\u00a0\u00a0And for the most prestigious level you will need at least 1000 hours, which would take you a year if you are coaching 20 hours a week&#8230; allowing a generous 2 weeks for vacation.<\/p>\n<p>So it looks like if you are relying on getting your coaching certification from the ICF so you can have the confidence to become a coach and fill your coaching practice, you need another plan.\u00a0\u00a0The most practical method would be to find a coaching training program, that includes sales and marketing so when you complete your training you will have the tools to find clients you can coach.\u00a0\u00a0The confidence part?\u00a0\u00a0A good part of that will come with a training program that includes coaching others and getting specific feedback, and the rest is a matter of getting out there and coaching a lot of people.\u00a0\u00a0And if your clients are getting results from your coaching, they won\u2019t worry about whether you are certified or not.<\/p>\n<p>Get a <a title=\"coaching certification\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2008\/12\/coaching-jobs\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: none;\">coaching certification<\/span><\/a> in RESULTS.<\/p>\n<p>Since having a coaching certification is not really connected to getting clients, you can choose whether to get certified or not based on your philosophy, instead of perceived need.\u00a0\u00a0Coaching certification is a step toward creating a standard within the industry, which could potentially benefit us all.\u00a0\u00a0Some believe that certification may become more important in a few years from now, so keeping track of your paid coaching time is a good idea&#8230; and until then focus on the training you need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">become a coa<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">ch<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Colette Seymann<\/p>\n<p>JTS Advisors Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you need coaching certification to become a coach?\u00a0\u00a0Fortunately, the answer is no.\u00a0\u00a0I say that because the ICF (International Coaching Federation), which is the primary certifying body for coaches worldwide, will not even look at your application until you have at least 250 hours of PAID coaching under your belt, and that\u2019s for the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15,26,10,25],"tags":[822,11,837,13,7],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-become-a-life-coach","category-coaches-training-institute","category-coaching-certification","category-new-coach","category-to-become-a-business-coach","tag-become-a-life-coach","tag-coach-certification","tag-coaching-certification","tag-coaching-school","tag-learning-to-coach","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}