Who Certifies All the Life Coaches With Certificates
With all the people out in the world today calling themselves coaches there are questions about how to discern the coaches from the not so good coaches? I have always wondered when people call themselves certified coaches what governing body oversees the requirements and maintains the standards for the title of coach, also is the governing body really worth the paper it’s certificates are printed on.
In my searches I have not found any definitive answers that satisfy me. I did however find this on the IFC site (International Coach Federation) they state their Credentialing Program “Reinforces professional coaching as a distinct and self-regulating profession”. Not quite sure what that means totally but the words “self regulating” does answer part of my question.
NLP Practitioner
Here are a few things that they offer according to one article I read.
NLP Master Practitioner
Global NLP Training is the only
Emotional Intelligence training
Weight loss Master Coach using cutting edge NLP weight loss techniques
NLP and Life Coach Training Organization in the world to offer personality profiling using MBTA
If you are wondering, what (MBTI) is. It is an assessment made from a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.
IFC offers dynamic and fun courses to help you reach your goals. Certifications can be achieved in 7 or 16 day immersion style training formats. These people are probably as effective as psychologists; I only hope they can’t start prescribing drugs.
Life coach courses are and have been on the rise in the main stream for nearly a decade now. I suppose that having a regulatory body is a good thing. Having life coaching courses being a self-regulating profession is pretty much how our government is run today. I’m not here trying to bash anyone or any entity that is in the business to help people. I am how ever raising the question about the quality of coaches getting turned out as certified.
NLP life coaching, and NLP courses are what the world needs to get back on track as long as the coaching is focused on positive productive things. People need to take responsibility and be accountable for their actions. Going a step further people really need to be reprogrammed subconsciously to raise their awareness about their potential. Neuro Linguistic Programming accompanied by action, preferably massive action is helping huge numbers of people already. Part of using the power of the mind for great things is helping others. Better minds make a better world. You are what you think!
Like any venture in life you need to ask questions, an investment in yourself is a fantastic thing the most effective life coach courses don’t necessarily mean you should look for a coach with a life coach certificate. There are some extremely effective programs out there that don’t have to brag about having certification, they just work. If you don’t for some reason have the funds to hire someone to coach you that is great, there is no better time to search and read about now to change your mind. By that I mean to make our dreams become a reality we need to change the way we think, when you think its real, it’s real.