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The International Coach Federation sponsors a FREE Coach Referral Service (CRS).

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For Coaches, one of the benefits of membership in the ICF is a listing in the Coach Referral Service. List your practice along with hundreds of others, link your listing to your home page, and make the listing available to the referral search engine.

For Clients, the ICF hosts a searchable directory of its coach members called the Coach Referral Service (CRS). The CRS makes available the information to match the appropriate coach with the client, depending on the client's needs. Since coaches often specialize in various areas, it's a good idea for the prospective client to shop around for the coach with the most experience and combination of qualities they seek.

If you have questions, please feel free to call ICF at 888-423-3131 (Toll free in the US or Canada) or 859-219-3580.

The ICF recommends following these Coach Selection Recommendations, as well:

1. Educate yourself about coaching. Hundreds of articles have been written about it in the last 3-5 years.

2. Know your objectives for working with a coach.

3. Interview three coaches before you decide on one. Ask them about their experience, qualifications, skills, and ask for at least two references.

4. Remember, coaching is an important relationship. There should be a connection between you and the coach that "feels" right to you.

WHAT IS COACHING?
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. As a result of coaching, clients set better goals, take more action, make better decisions, and more fully use their natural strengths.

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. Coaching does not focus directly on relieving psychological pain or treating cognitive or emotional disorders. Note - to further understand the coaching professions click on "Nature and Scope of Coaching." Below are coaching specialties to review before selecting a coach:

Executive-Corporate-Corporate Coaching:

  • Human Resources Departments interested in hiring external coaches.
  • CEO's, executives, managers and other professionals who would like a coach.
  • Companies looking to launch a coaching initiative.
  • Companies intending to train their managers to be coaches.
  • Initiative to prevent and/or cure burnout.
  • Companies interested in coaching workshops.
  • Companies wanting the support of a coach in any of the following:
    • Strategic planning, process re-engineering; creating a compelling vision;
    • launching and developing teams; or 360-degree reviews.
Small Business Coaching:
  • Entrepreneurs.
  • Owners or Managers of small companies.
  • Start-up companies (actual or planned)
  • Professionals in private practice
  • People who run a business from their home.
  • Executives thinking of leaving companies and launching a business.
Personal/Life Coaching:
  • Life planning
  • Life vision & enhancement
  • Extreme self care
  • Spirituality
  • Relationships (Singles, couples, families, etc.)
  • Health & Fitness
  • Creativity
  • Financial Freedom
  • Organization
  • Children/Teens/College Students
  • Attention Deficit Disorder
Career/Transition Coaching:
  • People in career transition
  • People with a big career decision to make.
  • People in a corporate job or considering one.
  • People struggling with the decision of whether to stay in a corporate job.
  • People who would like to work with a coach familiar with the following:
    • The changing expectations of employees and employers; trends in the workplace; values and issues of loyalty and security; specific evaluation criteria for ones company, future or career satisfaction; determining ones readiness to strike out on their own or look for another career.
The International Coach Federation (ICF) offers a FREE Coach Referral Service! The Coach Referral lists are offered to assist individuals in identifying and selecting coaches best suited for their particular situation. The qualifications of coaches listed, and the information provided is not verified by ICF in any way. Individuals utilizing this database are urged to take reasonable steps to verify the qualifications of any potential coach. By your utilizing the ICF Coach Referral Database, you agree to hold ICF harmless from any and all claims which may arise as a result of your using the information provided.
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Phone: 888-423-3131, 859-219-3580 | Fax: 888-329-2423, 859-226-4411
Email: customerservice[at]coachfederation.org

© Copyright 2005 ICF | Legal and Privacy Information
About Coaching | About ICF | For Our Member Coaches | Become a Member | Press Room | Conference Information
Training Organizations | Coach Referral Service | ICF Credentialing | Virtual Community | ICF Home

International Coach Federation ®
2365 Harrodsburg Rd, Suite A325, Lexington, KY 40504
Phone: 888-423-3131, 859-219-3580 | Fax: 888-329-2423, 859-226-4411
Email: customerservice[at]coachfederation.org