Coaching World Issue 20: Industry Trends & Insights | Page 24

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A

Professional Coach
Practitioner
Findings from the 2016 ICF Global Coaching Study

COACH DEFINITIONS

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Coaching World

79%
External coach
practitioner

A professional coach practitioner who
is either self-employed or partners
with other professional coaches to
form a coaching business.

6%
Internal coach
practitioner

A professional coach practitioner
who is employed within an
organization and has specific
coaching responsibilities identified
in his or her job description.

15%
Both an external
and internal coach
practitioner