The UK’s three leading coaching professional associations have been working together to increase understanding of the path to becoming a professional coach. Gill Smith (AC UK), Lis Merrick (EMCC UK) and Janet Wilson and Joy Harcup (UK ICF) report on some of this work and how they think coaching might develop in the future As coaching is an unregulated industry, it is all the more important for coaches and buyers of coaching, in the areas of personal and professional development, that standards be set, recognised and adhered to. This approach guides coaches in developing...