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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)