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About Coaching
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Life and Leadership by Choice
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Professional History of Coaching With all of the training programs available to individuals and organizations one would hope that sustained changes in performance and motivation would be obtained. With the pressures of our days and time consuming projects, focus is often diminished quite quickly after experiencing the feeling of motivation and commitment that a training program or seminar might bring. Statistics show that 67% of what we learn is forgotten in a day, 80% in a week and 97% in 2 weeks! How could these numbers be improved upon? It was out of a desire to create lasting change that the coaching profession was born. Coaching provides continuous support and movement in an individual's life in order to sustain change and growth. Laura Whitworth and Thomas Leonard, two of the founding individuals in the coaching world, created a system to support people in every area of their lives. As a team, they developed philosophies and methods and skills that became the core of the industry. The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), a highly experiential and wonderful training program, was founded in 1992 by Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House and Karen Kimsey-House. Coach U, another well respected program with an emphasis on tele-course training, was founded in 1992 by Thomas Leonard. Both programs are two of the most respected coach training schools in the world! The coaching profession is relatively young in comparison to other industries. However it is growing quickly! The industry has increased dramatically over the past 12 years in terms of trained coaches, clients and formalized industry standards and training. There are over 120 coach training programs in the world, of these 24 are accredited by the International Coaches Federation: accredited training programs and schools.
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