Overall I like this approach a lot and agree with a lot of it (I’m also a coach)
Could you share an example of each of the four categories of coaching courses that you mention?
While I broadly agree with your assessment, I recognize that I could also easily be wrong as I haven’t done a particularly systematic search and I’ve only done one coaching course myself and spent 15-180 minutes researching 7 other courses.
Getting back to this comment might take a bit longer than usual for me to dig up exemplars of each category and even decide whether I think it’s a good idea to promote coaching types of a certain category (i.e. I’d rather be quite selective of what I choose to promote, rather than highlighting less good things in an attempt to be comprehensive.)
Also this from above! “I wouldn’t say I’ve exhaustively canvassed what’s out there, so if anyone reading this has any suggestions for high-quality credentialing programs, particularly ones that encourage the integration of multiple methods and paradigms, I’d be curious to hear about them!”
I appreciate this although having a list of not-recommended programs for people starting might also be highly valuable. Especially, as it takes quite a bit of nuance to steer clear of the lower quality ones. With that said, I’m curious to hear what high quality you’d like to promote. I’m guessing Paradigm?
Yeah. On the face of it, I could see how this feels like an easy ask, but I intentionally constructed this post in such a way as to have my work stand up and be evaluated on its own, without being associated with (or positioned against) other programs, coaches, or theoretical paradigms for now. I’ll have to spend a bit more time thinking through the differences between displaying in terms of ‘highlighting’, ‘promoting’, ‘recommending’ and ‘publicly outing’. What to look out for in both positive and negative senses sounds like something that actually could be a great post on its own. Maybe we could co-author that.
With that said, I’m curious to hear what high quality you’d like to promote. I’m guessing Paradigm?
This answer might make the above make more sense. My understanding is that Paradigm isn’t currently active, but were it still an option, I would restrict the scope of my recommendation to attending their workshops and working closely with specific coaches. For someone looking for a well-structured coaching program and hoping for a widely-recognized credential to earn, it wouldn’t be a very good choice. For me personally, my style of learning is boosted tremendously by fruitful individual relationships (great mentors, coaches, etc.) I like to think it worked out quite well in that sense
Overall I like this approach a lot and agree with a lot of it (I’m also a coach)
Could you share an example of each of the four categories of coaching courses that you mention?
While I broadly agree with your assessment, I recognize that I could also easily be wrong as I haven’t done a particularly systematic search and I’ve only done one coaching course myself and spent 15-180 minutes researching 7 other courses.
Getting back to this comment might take a bit longer than usual for me to dig up exemplars of each category and even decide whether I think it’s a good idea to promote coaching types of a certain category (i.e. I’d rather be quite selective of what I choose to promote, rather than highlighting less good things in an attempt to be comprehensive.)
Also this from above! “I wouldn’t say I’ve exhaustively canvassed what’s out there, so if anyone reading this has any suggestions for high-quality credentialing programs, particularly ones that encourage the integration of multiple methods and paradigms, I’d be curious to hear about them!”
I appreciate this although having a list of not-recommended programs for people starting might also be highly valuable. Especially, as it takes quite a bit of nuance to steer clear of the lower quality ones. With that said, I’m curious to hear what high quality you’d like to promote. I’m guessing Paradigm?
Yeah. On the face of it, I could see how this feels like an easy ask, but I intentionally constructed this post in such a way as to have my work stand up and be evaluated on its own, without being associated with (or positioned against) other programs, coaches, or theoretical paradigms for now. I’ll have to spend a bit more time thinking through the differences between displaying in terms of ‘highlighting’, ‘promoting’, ‘recommending’ and ‘publicly outing’. What to look out for in both positive and negative senses sounds like something that actually could be a great post on its own. Maybe we could co-author that.
This answer might make the above make more sense. My understanding is that Paradigm isn’t currently active, but were it still an option, I would restrict the scope of my recommendation to attending their workshops and working closely with specific coaches. For someone looking for a well-structured coaching program and hoping for a widely-recognized credential to earn, it wouldn’t be a very good choice. For me personally, my style of learning is boosted tremendously by fruitful individual relationships (great mentors, coaches, etc.) I like to think it worked out quite well in that sense