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Written by Andi Roberts
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Friday, 29 October 2010 15:58 |
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According to a new study by the International Coach Federation (ICF), the overwhelming majority of people who have experienced professional coaching are satisfied and would recommend coaching to others.
Their findings:
- 83 percent of respondents who had been involved in a coaching relationship were somewhat satisfied to very satisfied with their coaching experience.
- Advocacy of coaching among those respondents also ranked high, a mean score of 7.5 on a 10-point scale with 10 being "extremely likely" to recommend.
- Professional coaching is being used to help people around the world improve work performance, expand career opportunities and increase self-esteem.
- More than two-fifths (42.6 percent) of respondents who had experienced coaching chose "optimize individual and/or team performance" as their motivation for being coached, followed by "expand professional career opportunities" at 38.8 percent and "improve business management strategies" at 36.1 percent.
- Satisfaction levels can most likely be attributed to high returns on investment as well. In previous research the ICF found that coaching is generating a very good return on investment -- a median return of seven times the initial investment for businesses, and nearly 3.44 times for individuals who use coaching.
Source : http://www.coachfederation.org/works/
If you would like to see how coaching can help your business achieve its goals contact Andi Roberts to create a dialogue on how coaching works and how it can work for your business.
Andi Roberts is a Professional Certified Coach of the International Coach Federation
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