{{Short description|Nonprofit organization}} {{Advert|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox organization | logo = | image = | image_alt = | caption = | map = | successor = | formation = 1995; 31 years ago | extinction = <!-- date of extinction, optional --> | type = Professional Association Organization | status = | purpose = | headquarters = Lexington, Kentucky | coordinates = <!-- Coordinates of location using a coordinates template --> | num_members_year = | language = | leader_title = Founder | leader_name = Thomas J. Leonard<ref name="history"/> | leader_title2 = CEO | leader_name2 = Magdalena Nowicka Mook<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coachingfederation.org/leadership|title=ICF - Leadership}}</ref> | leader_name3 = | leader_title3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | key_people = | main_organ = | parent_organization = | affiliations = | budget = | remarks = | name = International Coaching Federation | image_border = | image_size = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | abbreviation = ICF | location = | region_served = Worldwide | services = Certification, Industry standards, Conferences, Publications | membership = 50,000+ <small>(January 2022)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coachingfederation.org/blog/icf-surpasses-50k-members|title=International Coaching Federation Surpasses 50,000 ICF Members Worldwide |date=24 January 2022 }}</ref> | general_secretary = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = [https://coachingfederation.org coachingfederation.org] | former_name = }}
The '''International Coaching Federation''' ('''ICF''') is a non-profit organization dedicated to professional coaching.<ref name="Tugend">{{cite news |last=Tugend |first=Alina |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/your-money/training-to-become-a-life-coach.html |title=Before starting as a coach, it helps to go into training |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 March 2015 |page=B4}}</ref> ICF is an accrediting and credentialing body for both training programs and coaches.<ref name="Tugend" />
== Overview == ICF has over 50,000 members in over 150 countries and territories worldwide as of January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-24 |title=International Coaching Federation Surpasses 50,000 ICF Members Worldwide |url=https://coachingfederation.org/blog/icf-surpasses-50k-members |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=International Coaching Federation |language=en-US}}</ref>
As of March 2021, there were over 33,000 certified coaches who hold one of three ICF credentials: 18,628 Associate Certified Coaches (ACC); 13,332 Professional Certified Coaches (PCC); and 1,327 Master Certified Coaches (MCC).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ICF Membership and Credentialing Fact Sheet - March 2021 |url=https://coachingfederation.org/app/uploads/2021/03/March2021_FactSheet.pdf |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217035617/https://coachingfederation.org/app/uploads/2021/03/March2021_FactSheet.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== History == Founded in 1995,<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History – About – ICF |url=https://coachfederation.org/history |website=coachfederation.org |accessdate=18 May 2017 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927204549/https://coachfederation.org/history |url-status=dead }}</ref> ICF campaigns for professional standards within the coaching profession, and provides independent certification for professional coaches (through three ICF credentials) and coach training programs (through ICF Training Program Accreditation).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=Diane |last2=Whybrow |first2=Allison |year=2016 |orig-year=2006 |chapter=Coach accreditation |editor-first=Jonathan |editor-last=Passmore |title=Excellence in coaching: the industry guide |edition=3rd |location=London; Philadelphia |publisher=Kogan Page |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-_ADCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA287 287–312] |isbn=9780749474461 |oclc=927192333}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=Anthony M. |last2=Cavanagh |first2=Michael J. |date=2011 |chapter=Coaching and positive psychology: Credentialing, professional status, and professional bodies |editor1-last=Sheldon |editor1-first=Kennon M. |editor2-last=Kashdan |editor2-first=Todd B. |editor3-last=Steger |editor3-first=Michael F. |title=Designing positive psychology: taking stock and moving forward |location=Oxford; New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=5itnDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA295 295–312] |isbn=9780195373585 |oclc=610144651 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373585.003.0019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gavin |first1=James |last2=Mcbrearty |first2=Madeleine |date=2013 |orig-year=2005 |chapter=Meeting ethical guidelines and establishing the coaching agreement |title=Lifestyle wellness coaching |edition=2nd |location=Champaign, IL |publisher=Human Kinetics |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=LkjaNJAd0UcC&pg=PA74 74–75] |isbn=9781450414845 |oclc=796355109}}</ref>
In 2011, the ICF and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) led in the lodging with the European Union a charter which lays out how the coaching and mentoring profession across Europe can remain a self-regulated profession.<ref>{{cite web |title=European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and International Coach Federation (ICF) and others, Professional Charter for Coaching and Mentoring, June 2011 |url=http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.smo-database&fiche=142 |website=eesc.europa.eu |date = 8 September 2011|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Digital Single Market: Professional Charter for Coaching and Mentoring |url=https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/content/professional-charter-coaching-and-mentoring |website=ec.europa.eu |accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Professional Charter for Coaching and Mentoring – About – ICF |url=https://coachfederation.org/about/ethics.aspx?ItemNumber=851 |website=coachfederation.org |accessdate=18 May 2017 |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407212810/https://coachfederation.org/about/ethics.aspx%3FItemNumber%3D851 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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