Development of Coaches: VI. Does ICF Certification Make A Difference?

Question: In your RECENT coaching how often . . .

	ICF Certified	Non-ICF Certified (Renegade)	T-Test	P Level
Do you feel you are changing as a coach? n	Mean=3.72 Variance=0.97	Mean=3.42 Variance =1.61	t = 1.92 df =225	>.05 CV=1.97
Does this change feel like progress or improvement?	Mean=4.16 Variance=0.91	Mean=3.87 Variance =1.62	t = 1.80 df =222	>.05 CV=1.97
Does this change feel like decline or impairment?	Mean=0.23 Variance=0.38	Mean=0.06 Variance =0.09	t = 2.11 df =224	Significant >.05 CV=1.97

 

 

Do you feel you are overcoming past limitations as a coach?	Mean=3.52 Variance=1.53	Mean=3.51 Variance =1.59	t = 0.05 df =224	>.05
Do you feel you are becoming more skillful in practicing coaching?	Mean=4.08 Variance=0.84	Mean=4.03 Variance =1.30	t = 0.32 df =224	>.05
Do you feel you are deepening your understanding of coaching?	Mean=4.14 Variance=0.96	Mean=4.09 Variance =1.23	t = 0.33 df =224	>.05
Do you feel a growing sense of enthusiasm about doing coaching?	Mean=3.93 Variance=1.44	Mean=3.92 Variance =1.70	t = 0.03 df =222	>.05
Do you feel you are becoming disillusioned about coaching?	Mean=0.42 Variance=0.76	Mean=0.57 Variance =1.04	t = -1.09 df =224	>.05
Do you feel you are losing your capacity to respond empathetically?	Mean=0.16 Variance=0.44	Mean=0.13 Variance =0.24	t = 0.32 df =224	>.05
Do you feel your performance is becoming mainly routine?	Mean=0.45 Variance=0.55	Mean=0.48 Variance =0.98	t = -0.26 df =224	>.05
How capable do you feel to guide the development of other coaches?	Mean=3.75 Variance=1.60	Mean=3.69 Variance =1.79	t = 0.32 df =223	>.05
How important to you is your further development as a coach?	Mean=4.64 Variance=0.55	Mean=4.37 Variance =1.48	t = df =	Significant >.05 CV=1.97

While the mean scores of both the ICF certified and renegade respondents were generally quite low with regard to the extent their changes as a coach in recent times “feel like decline or impairment,” a significance difference (at the .05 level of confidence) was identified. Those with ICF certification were more likely to identify decline or impairment than were the renegades. At the same time, the ICF certified respondents were more likely than the renegade respondents to believe their own future development as a coach to be very important, the level of confidence being at the .05 level.

As we move to our report on the final two questions, we wish to note that the respondent scale changes from a 1-5 rating to a scale that ranging from plus 3 to minus 3. Hence, the mean scores will usually be lower than is the case with the previous questions.

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