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U.S. Department of Defense COOL Program Service Members Gain Pathway to ICF Credential

International Coaching Federation

– Service Members Gain Federal Support for a Rapidly Growing Career Path with the Gold Standard in Coaching Credentials – Lexington, Kentucky — The International Coaching Federation (ICF) announced today a new pathway to a professional coaching credential for service members via the U.S. The post U.S.

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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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The Unexpected Leader®

International Coach Academy

After rising to 82 in 2020 and 96 in 2021—likely in response to a heightened focus on their advancement—the promotion rate for Black women to manager has fallen back to lower than it was in 2019. I designed and piloted a blended executive coaching practice for emerging and established Black women leaders.

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Generation Z Mental Health: The Role of Coaching

International Coach Academy

WHO figures show that in 2019, about one-eighth of the global population suffered from a mental health disorder, with anxiety disorder and depression being the two most prevalent. 7] Alarmingly, children and adolescents make up more than 19 percent and 8 percent of anxiety disorder and depression patients respectively.

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Strengths-Based Coaching for Cultivating Engagement, Momentum, and Well-Being

International Coach Academy

Over the last two years, I have been on a journey towards certification as a professional coach. My current coaching approach is naturally informed by Positive Psychology and utilizes various underlying theories and evidence-based interventions. 2016), and improved coping with stress at work (Hartzer& Ruch, 2015).

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Amid Post-Pandemic Burnout, Organizations Increasing Their Investments in Coaching

International Coaching Federation

For nearly a decade, the two organizations have joined forces to investigate the fundamental tenets of coaching cultures within organizations. As a result, organizations across a spectrum of categories are responding to these new challenges by emphasizing and adopting coaching cultures. Learn more at coachingfederation.org.

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Beyond coping and adaptation: Toward a sociology of coaching. A necessary paradigm shift to address contemporary dramatic social change

The Coaching Blog

Although in sports coaching many have noticed that sociology is the invisible ingredient in coaches knowledge ( Potrac and Jones, 2019 [1999]: 5559; emphasis added) and suggested a wider range of sociological concepts to better inform the practice ( Cushion, 2018 ; Jones et al.,