TY  - JOUR
TI  - Executive, workplace and life coaching: Findings from a largescale survey of international coach federation members
AU  - Grant, A.
AU  - Zackon, R.
AB  - The knowledge base of coach-specific research detailing theories, techniques and outcomes of coaching is growing annually. However, little is known about coaches themselves. This paper reports on a large scale survey of coaches. A total of 2,529 coaches responded to an online survey conducted in 2003 amongst International Coach Federation (ICF) members. Data on credentialing, prior professional background, and current coach practice were collected. The coaches in this study had overwhelmingly graduated from or have been enrolled in a coach training program and virtually all had come to professional coaching from a prior professional background. In addition, data on coach demographics, coaching process and demographics were collected. This paper reports in detail on these findings, and makes suggestions for future research directions. 
IS  - 2
JO  - International journal of evidence based coaching and mentoring
PY  - 2004
KW  - Professionalism
KW  - Coaches
KW  - ICF
KW  - Credentialing
KW  - Demographics
KW  - Research
SP  - 1
VL  - 2
LA  - English
ER  -