News From ACTO
ICF Accreditation Council Update
Happy 2015. I hope your year has begun well, and that 2015 will be a prosperous and generative year for you and your schools. The purpose of this letter is to review a decision that the ICF Global Board made in July 2014 to launch an Accreditation Council. This Council has implications for the future of coach school accreditation, and you should be aware of what it is and why. I asked a small group [...]
How to Strengthen Market Presence for Your Coach Training School
How can you ensure that your school’s certification programs are reaching and engaging your audience? As you know there are hundreds of certification programs available that coaches can review before making their final selection. Every day, new coaches are considering where to attend coach certification training and they’re faced with a dizzying array of training and program options. With hundreds of coaching schools featuring various philosophies, curricula, training formats, and program durations—finding the right program can [...]
The New ICF System of Evidence-based Coach Assessment
By Micki McMillan, MCC This past week, Blue Mesa Group's CEO and ACTO's President Micki McMillan and 19 other coaches from around the world attended the first Professional Coach Certification assessor training through the International Coach Federation. ICF has launched an improved assessment system which enables assessors to objectively determine the competencies of the coach. The inaugural assessor cohort completed the on-site portion of training where they learned the new system of evidence-based assessment. This change in assessment [...]
A Very Special Look at Presence in Coach Training
The ICF just released a wonderful video highlighting one of ACTO board member Elena Espinal’s coach training programs. This program teaches the visually impared to coach. Elena sees it as opening a world of possibility to people who hear and sense in a very special way.
How Do You Know People Trust You?
People Need to Trust You Before They Will Learn From You You may be the most inspiring, compassionate teacher around but people may not trust you. I was teaching a coaching class to a group of leaders in a bank. I had to practically bribe someone to volunteer for a demonstration. Even then, I didn’t feel as if the man was sharing a problem he really needed help with. I mentioned my difficulties in leading [...]