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The Personal Coaching Profession Summary & Nature of The Market The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. Coaching is a distinct service and differs greatly from therapy, consulting, mentoring or training. Individuals who engage in a coaching relationship can expect to experience fresh perspectives on personal challenges and opportunities, enhanced thinking and decision-making skills, enhanced interpersonal effectiveness, and increased confidence in carrying out their chosen work and life roles. Coaching is an interactive process that helps individuals and organizations to develop more rapidly and produce more satisfying results. Coaches work with clients in all areas including business, career, finances, health and relationships. Professional coaches are trained to listen and observe, to customize their approach to the individual client’s needs, and to elicit solutions and strategies from the client. They believe that the client is naturally creative and resourceful and that the coach’s job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources and creativity that the client already has. While the coach provides feedback and an objective perspective, the client is responsible for taking the steps to produce the results he or she desires. Personal and life coaching represents the largest portion of the market. It first developed in the United States. The corporate coaching market is smaller in size. The market is very broad-based. Typical customers include retired persons, people in transition phases of their lives (i.e. those coming to the end of their career or work lives), Baby Boomers, and even college students. College students’ parents may pay for coaches to help their children with career counseling, so that they have more focus or get a jump on the competition of new graduates. Coaches may also work for people starting a new business, or for small business owners that are looking to grow their ventures.
Some claim that recessions are actually good for the coaching business. In these rough times, there is more demand for career coaching and help getting over lay-offs. People hire a coach when they are starting a new business, making a career transition, reevaluating their lifestyle choices or simply feel ready for a personal or professional breakthrough. Most coaches working with individuals charge between $200 and $500 per month for one half-hour call per week. Executive coaches charge more and have clients who work with them for an hour or two a week. Average hourly fees range from $100 to $200 per hour. Corporate coaching or other coaching related programs are priced substantially higher. Most clients stay with a personal coach for six months, but many stay longer, depending on what they are doing. With as few as 15 regular clients, a diligent coach can earn $50,000 per year working part-time from home.The ICF (the field’s trade group) estimates that coaches have an average annual income ranging from $46,399 to $65,318. Some specialty coaches can make much more, over $100,000. It is estimated by various sources that there are currently 30,000+ part-time and full-time coaches worldwide. A November 2002 Wall Street Journal article said that as many as 25,000 people in the United States then called themselves life or work coaches. There is no doubt that the field is becoming more widely recognized and is growing. As an example, the ICF had just 1,500 members in 1999. This has risen significantly, to 14,000 today. One interesting aspect of the field--many coaches have their own personal coaches as well (kind of like a psychiatrist having his own psychiatrist). The coaching field is unregulated. No license is required. Consequently, anyone can be a coach. The profession is painfully aware that inept coaching makes the field look bad. As a result, the field’s main trade group, the International Coaching Federation, stresses its ethics guidelines and certification programs. The ICF credentials coaches, but is independent of the estimated 250-300 different training programs that exist. Some of these programs are home study, while others use courses given at local universities. The oldest training program around is “coachu.com”. Some Personal/Life Coaching specialties:
There are even “niche coaches”, who specialize in coaching farmers, lesbians, housewives, comedians, golfers, or smokers. More Information The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the largest non-profit professional association worldwide of personal and business coaches with more than 10,000 members and 144+ chapters in 39 countries worldwide. The ICF was founded in 1992 and originally incorporated as the National Association of Professional Coaches, Inc. International Coaching Federation 2365 Harrodsburg Rd. Suite A325 Lexington, KY 40504 20005 (859-219-3580)
Executive Director: Gary Boyler
Website: www.coachfederation.org.
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Chanda is a playful, free spirit who inspires magical transformation in others. She has a conviction that the most effective change in people comes when they take exquisite care of themselves, so they have what it takes to be of service to others. As a professional coach, she partners with people from all walks of life who go after change to bring about more balance in their lives! She works successfully with organizations developing their leaders to renew and retain key people. Her clients include individuals and groups from city and county governments, school districts, non-profit organizations, as well as the corporate and manufacturing environments.
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******************************************************************** Hallie Crawford, Career Coach Extraordinaire
I was lost after college. I jumped around from one job to another in a variety of fields, trying to find something that satisfied me. I know my parents were worried. Other people kept asking me what I wanted to do, but I couldn’t answer them. I didn’t know!
As I moved from
job to job, I felt like all I was doing was identifying what
I didn’t want to do instead of what I did
want. Somewhere along the way, it dawned on me that I probably wasn’t the only one trying to find a fulfilling career. Others were undoubtedly experiencing the same thing. That’s when it hit me! This is what I wanted to do! I wanted to help others avoid the struggle I was going through, especially young adults who were going through a career transition. I wanted to be a Career Coach. It took a few years, but I finally became a certified coach (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach) through the Coaches Training Institute. And I love it! I’ve found my passion. My practice has grown by leaps and bounds, which validated what I knew all along – that others were seeking to find that ideal job, that perfect career, that rewarding profession. I live in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband Frank and son Vaughn. When I’m not helping clients in their career search, I’m out horseback riding or traveling.
For more
information about my career coaching packages,
If you’d like to learn more about me, I invite you to visit my blog or check out my Squidoo page. Education
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Dr.
Miriam Reiss, DSS, MCC, President of Spirited Marketing (tm), is a business,
career and personal coach who helps business and individuals uncork their power,
passion and purpose. Specializing in business marketing and career makeovers,
Miriam has been cited as an expert coach in publications ranging from the Wall
Street Journal to Good Housekeeping magazine. Co-author of the book, "Branding
and Marketing Mastery," Miriam is Past President, Puget Sound chapter,
International Coach Federation. She holds a doctorate in spiritual science, and
was one of the earliest coaches to attain the Master Certified Coach ranking,
senior ranking held by fewer than 2% of coaches worldwide. Miriam can be reached
at 323-650-3795, miriam@spiritedmarketing.com,
Chanda
Carlson -
Frances
J. Fisher, MCC
- Hello! I am a Master Certified Coach, MCC, and Licensed Living
Your Vision® Coach, pioneer of the coaching profession, published
author and international speaker. 
Karen A. Christopherson, MSW, LMSW, CAAC – Hi! I’m a corporate and
personal life coach, relationship counselor, lecturer and Life Coach
columnist who has completed training with The Coaches Training
Institute, the Dr. Phil by Frank Lawlis PhD method, Sharon Wilson
and Terri Levine’s Coaching from Spirit program, and Bob Proctor’s
(of “The Secret”/Law of Attraction) coaching program. I’m also
trained as a mediator and an arbitrator. My background is in the
corporate and entrepreneurial arenas – corporate coaching for 28
years, and my own practice for the last nine years in coaching and
counseling.
Finding
the right job can be exciting… and sometimes very
exasperating as well. I know, because I’ve “been there, done
that.” 
Matt
Traverso is an international business consultant, executive
coach and certified trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
Matt has been training groups, companies, and high-flying business
leaders for over 10 years across Europe and around the world. His
mission in life is empowering people to create extraordinary lives –
helping people make personal breakthroughs that unleash their self
expression, personal effectiveness, and leadership.
As
a Master Certified Coach (MCC)**
since 2006, and a Professional
Certified Life Coach (PCC) since
1998, Marion is a former faculty
adjunct teacher at Coachville/The
School of Coaching currently
teaching her own unique program that
offers ICF CCEU's (Coaching
Continuing Education Units towards
certification or renewal of)
