TOPICS
1. ICF Will Restrict Coach Training Organization Listings
2. Client Compass Creates Ask-the-Expert Teleforums
3. Attend a Top Level Coaching Conference
4. New Issue of Compass to be Published in May
5. Books Available for Review
6. Three Studies to Guide Professional Practice
ICF WILL RESTRICT COACH TRAINING ORGANIZATION LISTINGS
In February, International Coach Federation (ICF) Executive Director Daniel Martinage, announced a significant change to their coach training organizations list. Although the ICF list was never comprehensive or complete, it was an important source of information and a logical place for individuals to learn about what was available for training in the coaching field. However, the ICF will institute in May, 2004 a system where any coach training organization must be either accredited, approved or in the process of being accredited or approved by the ICF in order to be included on their list. Schools that do not meet this requirement will no longer be listed.
Although their list never reflected the actual number of coaching training organization, the ICF claims that the "sheer number of coaching training programs" prohibits them from maintaining their list. In addition they do not want to include any coach training school that does not align with "the ICF definition of coaching and the ICF core competencies."
Mr. Martinage indicated that this new policy "was not undertaken lightly or without due consideration." Schools interested in applying can download an application form and submit their payment ($1000.00) by going to www.coachfederation.org.
Peer Resources will continue to be the only source on the Internet to list all coach training organizations (http://www.peer.ca/coaching.html).
CLIENT COMPASS CREATES ASK-THE-EXPERT TELEFORUMS
Client Compass, one of Peer Resources' Best on the Net coaching sites will host a variety of well respected experts to help coaches better market their services. Here are three of their upcoming teleforums.
1. Milana Leshinsky of AssessmentGenerator.com will lead a session called "Create Assessments That Will Attract As Many Prospects As You've Always Wanted!" - April 28th @ 10:00am Pacific. Learn how assessments can be effectively used in building a prospect database and attracting more new clients, right from your website. Many coaches already have assessments on their web sites, and most of them are offered in PDF or Microsoft Word format. The only way to complete these assessments is to print them out and manually fill in the blanks. Milana has solved this problem and can offer instant scoring and results. Find out how to create assessments that don't take weeks to design and will attract as many prospects. (Milana Leshinsky is an Internet Business Consultant and the founder of ACCPOW, Association of Coaching and Consulting Professionals on the Web.)
2. David Frey, author of www.CoachesMarketingBootcamp.com will lead "The 5 Destructive Myths That Coaches Are Buying Into Right Now That Are Hurting Their Practice" - May 12th @ 10:00am Pacific. After receiving dozens of phone calls each week from coaches that are struggling to capture new clients, David noticed that 98% of them have, for one reason or another, bought into a similar set of beliefs that are hurting their ability to establish a successful coaching practice. (David Frey is also the author of www.SuperstarCoaches.com and has been coaching and consulting for the past 10 years with large, medium-sized and small businesses.)
3. Alexandria Brown, a.k.a. "The E-zine Queen" will tell teleforum participants "How to Boost Business by Publishing Your Own E-zine". - May 26th @ 10:00am Pacific. Alexandria will focus on how to attract new clients, retain current clients and increase revenue by publishing an e-zine. She will show step by step how to use e-mail ethically to get more sales and more repeat clients, and turn more prospects into clients with e-mail follow-up strategies. (Alexandria Brown's award winning "Boost Business With Your Own E-zine" home-study course has helped thousands of coaches, consultants and solo professionals market themselves and their products online.)
To register for any of these sessions, go to www.clientcompass.com.
ATTEND A TOP LEVEL COACHING CONFERENCE
Several coaching conferences are scheduled over the next few months. A selection of those conferences from the Peer Resources website include:
Coachville's 3rd Annual Coaching Conference
June 3-5, 2004
Walt Disney Hilton, Orlando, Florida
www.coachvilleannualconference.com/details.html
Christian Coaches Conference
June 17-19, 2004
Doubletree Hotel, Bellevue, Washington
Tel: (425) 558-1845
director@christiancoaches.com
www.christiancoaches.com
Association for Coaching Annual Conference
October 22, 2004
SAS Radisson Hotel, London, England
Request for Workshop Presenters Issued
seminar@associationforcoaching.com
International Coach Federation Annual Conference
November 4-7, 2004
Hilton Quebec (Conference Centre) Quebec City (Canada)
Request for Proposals Issued
Tel: (888) 423-3131 or (202) 712-9039; Fax: (888) 329-2423 or (202) 216-9646
www.coachfederation.org
11th European Mentoring and Coaching Conference
November 17-19, 2004
Hotel Bedford, Brussels, Belgium
Call for Papers:
David Megginsonm, Professor of HRD
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield S1 1WB, United Kingdom
+44 114 225 5210
d.f.megginson@shu.ac.uk
NEW ISSUE OF COMPASS TO BE PUBLISHED IN MAY
The next issue of Compass: A Magazine for Peer Assistance, Mentorship and Coaching (http://www.peer.ca/Compassinfo.html) will be printed and distributed to all members of the Peer Resources Network next month. Several articles will focus on coaching, including (1) the results of a study showing the percentage of corporations (and which ones) that use executive coaching to achieve strategic initiatives; (2) the physiology of coaching and what happens in the body that makes coaching so successful; (3) how coaches help with difficulty conversations; and (4) the anatomy of peer coaching and how it is used in the workplace.
To become a member of the Peer Resources Network and receive a free subscription to Compass as well as other benefits, go to http://www.peer.ca/PRN.html. The fee for a print copy for non-members is $15.00. An online version will be added to the other back issues available in July, 2004.
BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
Four new books have been added to the pool of books that will be sent to Peer Resources Network members at no charge in exchange for a review. The new additions include: (1) Cultural Intelligence: A Guide to Working with People from Other Cultures by Brooks Peterson; (2) Dramatic Success: Theatre Techniques to Transform and Inspire Your Working Life by Andrew Leigh and Michael Maynard; (3) 50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Work & Life from 50 Landmark Books by Tom Butler-Bowdon; and (4) The Coaching Handbook: An Action Kit for Trainers & Managers by Sara Thorpe & Jackie Clifford. To obtain the books and the review guidelines, go to: (http://www.peer.ca/bookreviews.html).
THREE STUDIES TO GUIDE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Peer Resources continually scans the professional and popular literature for articles, books, videos and other useful reference materials. They provide a brief synopsis of the work as well as citation details and summaries in a searchable format on their site at www.peer.ca/SearchB.html. Here are some recent additions:
Fanasheh, H.A. (2003). The perception of executive coaching among CEOs of America's top 500 companies. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.
Twelve questions were sent to the CEOs of the top 500 US companies as identified by Forbes Magazine in April, 2002. Of the 500 targeted CEOs, 143 participated in this study. Seventy-six percent of the respondents demonstrated a good understanding of the basic concepts of executive coaching. Eighty-three percent were able to distinguish coaching from consulting, 61 percent stated that coaching can make their life somewhat better, 49 percent agreed on the idea of hiring executive coaches, and 32 percent declared that they had hired coaches. Those who never hired a coach showed a great deal of willingness (37 percent) to hire one. Sixty-two percent of the respondents indicated a preference for coaches from outside their organizations, 51 percent would search for one through human resources, 31 percent preferred sites off their company premises for coaching sessions, and 43 percent would keep their coaching relationship confidential. Thirty-nine percent of the participants expressed the belief that coaching should not be limited to a specific management level, and 37 percent said they supported research related to executive coaching.
George, K. (January 7, 2004). The business of coaching: An interview with Stephen Fairley. Today's Coach.
Startling statistics about coaching are revealed in this interview with the author of "Getting Started in Personal and Executive Coaching: How to Create A Thriving Coaching Practice." Some of the findings from Fairley's coaching study include: 73 percent of all coaches make less than $10,000 in their first year; only 60 percent of all second-year coaches have managed to find 10 paying clients; less than 11 percent of coaches make more than $50,000 by their second year in practice; even though coaches charge an average of $160 an hour for their services, 53 percent of them make less than $20,000 a year; thirty percent of all coaches have never been able to find 10 paying clients; and only 9 percent of coaches are currently making more than $100,000 a year coaching.
Mcdonald, M. (February 16, 2004). Give me a C-O-A-C-H!. USNews.com.
A lively article providing guidance to sort out harmful from helpful business coaches. The author starts out by stating that "tales of wannabe corporate gurus dispensing psycho- babble or cult-like techniques have tarnished one of the nation's hottest growth industries." However, several executives are quoted as to the value they received from executive coaches and a fair assessment of the current state of regulation or certification is mentioned. Available at: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040216/biztech/16eecoach.htm. (For a critique of this article and an example of how the press can get the facts wrong, read the commentary by Barry Zweibel of GottaGettaCoach.com.
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