ICF: clients doubled
Most coaches (67%) in the UK are female, according to the International Coach Federation (ICF)’s 2nd Global Coaching Study.
Since the first study in 2007, the average number of active clients per coach has doubled to 10. The study also revealed that many coaches believe the public’s confusion about the benefits of coaching is its biggest hurdle, and that professional organisations are best-placed for greater regulation of coaching.
See www.coachfederation.org/coachingstudy2012/
Coach credibility ‘high’
Team coaching is on the rise as well as coach training for managers, says the seventh annual Sherpa Executive Coaching Survey.
Thirty-five per cent of coaches have set up team coaching programmes, while 75 per cent of internal coaches work with teams.
The percentage of those saying the credibility of coaching is ‘high’ or ‘very high’ has jumped from 80 to 90 per cent in the past 12 months.
Half the respondents say coaching should not be regulated, 25 per cent that it should be self-regulated.
The global survey was carried out among coaches, clients, HR/training/leadership development professionals and coaching buyers.
S.W.A.L.K.
Good intentions can bring psychological benefits, according to research, which has implications for coaches. Food cooked with love tastes better, while the pain of a medical intervention can be lessened thanks to a nurse’s care, says the study by Kurt Gray, who directs the Maryland Mind Perception and Morality Laboratory, which will be published this year in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.