Coaching World Issue 16: November 2015 | Page 16

16 Coaching World Throughout ICF’s 20th anniversary year, we’ve used this button to denote articles or columns communicating an aspect of ICF’s history and legacy. In this commemorative feature, we’re looking back at the first two decades of ICF’s vibrant history as we prepare for our Association’s bright future. “ICF has really contributed significantly to helping people understand the value of coaching. In the research ICF has done ... we are seeing what it is that really makes coaching work.” “[At my first ICF Chapter meeting] ... I just had this sense that this was a really grassroots organization. They were passionate, and that’s something you see over and over again in coaching circles. Coaches are really passionate about what they are doing.” Steve Mitten , MCC (Canada) ICF Global Past President (2005) Diane Brennan, MCC (USA) ICF Global Past President (2007) “As a coach, my work is to support others. In being supported by ICF, whether it’s through the Ethical Conduct Review [process] or continuing education hours, all those things help me to be better at my work. It supports me helping creative, resourceful and capable individuals and organizations be the best that they can be.” Pam Richarde, MCC (USA) ICF Global Past President (2006) “As I see it, in most organizations, including big governmental organizations, everybody wants to have a coach or say they have a coach, and it is much more readily accepted.” Ed Modell, PCC (USA) ICF Global Past President (2011)