External Coaches

International Coaching Federation featured in CNBC Stories on Coaching

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is featured in two CNBC articles that explore the Coaching industry. ICF is the only professional organization for coaching referenced in the articles, which include…

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How to Build a Successful Online Coaching Business

Around the world, there are lots of great coaches who would love to help people, especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic. But many of these coaches do not know how to find clients, let…

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5 Steps to Create Transformation through Online Courses as a Coach

Do you want to impact hundreds of people every year without losing the magic and powerful transformation of one-on-one coaching sessions?  If that’s a yes, here’s exactly what you need: online courses.  Online courses work for…

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International Coaching Federation Announces 2021 Global Board Election Results

Pat Mathews, MCC, elected as 2021 ICF Global Board Chair. Lexington, Kentucky, USA—The results of the 2021 ICF Board of Directors election have been finalized. Pat Mathews, MCC (United States),…

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Overcoming Self-Sabotage

It may be hard to believe, but many respectable and self-confident people have experienced times when the conscious and subconscious levels of their mind ran counter to each other. This contradiction is called self-sabotage, which hinders a person from reaching…

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Attract More Clients Online: Serve First, Sell Second

Growing your coaching practice in today’s noisy digital world can be as simple as giving away free, valuable content.  Many coaches insist that because word-of-mouth referrals are their main source…

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Debunking the Magic Question: Striving for Curious Questions

Many coaches have searched for the “magic” question that will give them a superpower to dramatically help their clients find the best solution to their problems. Often, the coach is keen to keep a list of memorized coaching questions for use in various scenarios with different clients on a variety…

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How and Why to be an ICF Brand Ambassador

ICF works hard to represent the gold standard of professionalism and ethics for the coaching profession. As such, being an ICF-credentialed coach carries with it a certain amount of pride…

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Including Intuition in Coaching

What makes winning athletes and leaders outpace their competition? They utilize their brain more effectively than everyone else by tapping into and trusting their sixth sense. This incredible insight can be used in your coaching practice as well to effortlessly assist your clients in utilizing their…

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Social Media Marketing for Coaches: Leverage your Social Media Channels

With 4.2 billion global users (the equivalent of more than half of the world’s population!), social media has become a wildly popular tool to help connect with your family members, friends and colleagues. Although it’s widely used for personal purposes, social media can also be instrumental as you expand…

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