Having been immersed in the profession of coaching for almost seven years I would like to share with you a brief assessment on its current state under a few broad categories.

The Market – Coaching as a profession still remains at an evolutionary stage in its development and understanding. The market is characterized by multiple individuals creating their own coaching practice with a minimal amount of collaboration. This is meeting the needs of the individual coaches but is preventing the profession from creating the scale Read more »

For individuals entering the field of coaching there are no shortage of people and organizations to help you. There are programs to become certified as a coach, programs that will provide tools and indeed programs that will help you with business development. After that, you are essentially on your own.

The question that needs to be asked is who apart from all these individual coaches is helping to generate the demand for these services? More specifically what would it take to actually get all Read more »

Marlborough, MA, March 1, 2009 – Genos was recently acknowledged by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the leading global organization dedicated to the support and advancement of the coaching profession, when their EI Certification Program was qualified for ICF Continuing Coaching Education (CCE) credits. With ICF accreditation, participants in the Genos EI certification program are now eligible for 19.25 hours of CCE credits.

This program is offered through New England Coaching to countless internal and external coaches. “Gaining accreditation through an independent global organization such as ICF lends great credibility to this program offering”, Read more »