Coaching certification is not a uniform credential, and many private organizations offer certifications based on their own interpretations.
Coaching is a very broad concept and, at this time, is not considered a scientific category with a “science” attached to it, as is the case with psychology. This may have both advantages and disadvantages for the future recognition and expansion of coaching.
The advantage of coaching is that it is “highly flexible. Academia, science, basically requires rigor. There are categories, clear definitions within those categories, and shared understandings.
Coaching, on the other hand, is not authoritatively defined as a science, and various companies and institutions have developed their own curricula and certifications. This makes the “level of qualified coaching professionals varied.
Coaching as a business emerged in the U.S. in the 1990s, when Thomas Leonard founded Coach U in 1992, demonstrating to the world that coaching could be a business. He is the founder and the person who made the name “coaching” a household word.
In 1999, the Professional and Personal Coaching Association (PPCA), founded by Leonard’s colleague and friend Laura Whitworth, and Leonard’s former ICF, which changed its name from “Coach U,” joined forces to form the International Coaching Federation (ICF) is established.
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