Like the saying ‘you need to separate the boys from the men’, the same goes with coaches too! In my mind, this saying tells you there is a fine difference between the two.
Back to coaches. I must have trained and certified hundreds over the last 7 years. Fifty percent (50%) of them ended up doing nothing with what they have learned; they eventually landed in the same spot where they first started. Forty-five percent (45%) did something about it; they either do coaching on a part time basis, with some actually going into the profession of coaching, either in the workplace or marketplace. Five (5%) of them went the extra mile; they become truly ICF credentialed professional coaches!
There are now 2 in the 5% bracket who went the extra mile: Rajiv Mathews and Florence Lam. Rajiv became a Professional Certified Coach and Florence became an Associate Certified Coach under the ICF banner.
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| From left: Me, Florence, Rajiv, Bob |
