The Coaching Industry Market Size & Insights for 2023

by Mindy McManus

Coaching is a profession that is not regulated by the government. Anyone can take a one-week class and say they are a coach. Therefore, when seeking out a good, qualified coach, it is important to look for a few key items to ensure that your coach has gone through a rigorous training and examination. Coaching takes time and practice to grow into your coaching skills.

When I am looking to refer a client to another coach, I check to see how many hours of training they received and if they are accredited from a reputable coaching accreditation source. How will you know? You can ask or you can look for a Credly badge from their coaching institution or from the accredited body from which they received their certification. For instance, I chose to become certified through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I selected ICF because that is the accreditation body my job required at a prominent healthcare system at the time.

ICF offers three tracks for certified coaches. The first path is the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) is 60-plushours of training and 100-plus hours of paid coaching. The second path is the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) is 125-plus hours of training and 500plus hours of paid coaching hours. The third path, which is the one that I am working toward now, is the Master Certified Trainer (MCC)is 200-plus training and 2500-plus paid coaching hours.

Becoming a certified coach is one of the best things that I could have done for my career. It helped me to deepen my coaching skills so that I can better serve my clients. When it comes to coaching, we can always get better. It takes a lifelong learning mentality and the need, want, and desire to serve others. I am proud to be a part of PWT’s coaching academy where we help to elevate the coaching world with qualified and certified ICF coaches.

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About the Author

Mindy’s Executive Coaching, LLC is about developing a creative partnership with clients capitalizing on their potential igniting creativity, leadership, passion, and drive. My passion is around executive coaching and leadership consulting with leaders and their leadership teams to improve their leadership capabilities to achieve professional, team, organizational, and personal goals. My niche is developing diverse physician leaders. Assisting clients to harness their greatness and discovering unrealized talents.