Thank you for this... We do have a sort of Hipocratic Oath in the coaching field, and, I, and many psychologists have expressed EXTREME concern as to the use of these 'technologies' in coaching. Note, there is little or no research regarding their use in this context, benefits and risks. To urge a global membership of coaches, of varying levels of skill,to employ these technologi
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Meant 'surface' instead of 'service' in last post. Other thing, celebrity coaches the world over are now hawking the ICF, the Ph.D's founders of the field (legitimate, or formerly so), Marshall Goldsmith. And, now Tony Robbins is recast as a 'Life Coach'. We have serious issues in organisations in Japan...across Asia, and we have any army of coaches who
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With respect to ICF in particular, I can only say that while the number of ICF-credentialed LCs does seem to rival the hidden credentialling of LCs by the CoS (in Hollywood), the levels of sophistication -- and market penetration -- do not not seem to be what they are among the latter group (which isn't real "sophisticated," either, actually). Frankly, if one is really egregiously
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Dear Members, I am a senior executive coach who is researching the history and current practices of the International Coach Federation. The ICF has, mysteriously, become the de facto certification body in the field of coaching, though many psychologists and coach practitioners have expressed extreme concern about its positioning and its practices. My research has thus far indicated tha
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