" The International Coach Federation is the professional association of personal and business coaches that seeks to preserve the integrity of coaching around the globe.
ICF helps people find the coach most suitable for their needs. It supports and fosters development of the coaching profession; has programs to maintain and upgrade the standards of the profession; conducts a certification program that is the gold standard for coaches worldwide; and conducts the world's premier conference and other educational events for coaches.
ICF is the largest non-profit professional association worldwide of personal and business coaches with more than 6000 members and over 145 chapters in 30 countries. We exist to... " more

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"The Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC), formerly the National Association of Business Coaches, is the only international professional coaching association dedicated exclusively to supporting business coaches.
WABC connects business coaches with their colleagues around the world and inspires members to raise the standards of their emerging profession to new heights. WABC also helps bring organizations together with leading business coaches who can assist them in achieving their goals.
Our members work with entrepreneurs, managers, CEOs, presidents and business professionals..." more

" The 200 - hour Coach Training Program is one of the most comprehensive coach training courses in the industry. This training program is designed for the individual who wants to become a professional coach and for people who want to develop exceptional coaching skills. Coach U’s Coach Training Program is the largest coach training program accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). " more

" Our mission is to further the interests of coaching clients worldwide.
Why? By furthering the interests of clients of coaches, rather than focus solely on the coaching industry, we will prevent a myopic viewpoint. Why is this radical? Simply because we hope to reorient the entire coaching profession.
This mission allows us to stay ahead of and anticipate evolving trends in client needs to help our members serve clients better, evolve coaching as an industry and elevate the profession. The thinking behind this radical mission statement is that if we can all focus on what's best for the client, the profession will better off for it as well.
Additionally, if coaches focus on forwarding the best interests of their clients, the coach will naturally evolve and innovate, because those interests will evolve and change. Having an orientation of "forwarding the interests of the client" will help to keep the coach agenda-free without having to say 'agenda free;' that is a byproduct. " more

" A Business Coach functions in the space between individual and organizational values, seeking to align each with themselves and with each other.
A Business Coach is usually hired by the business or business owner, to coach the person in terms of performance, change and transformation as it relates to the business system.
A Business Coach understands business systems and the context of business, politics and human dynamics in group process and teams.
A Business Coach tests assumptions about business systems and why things are...through interactions with people in the business system..." more

" The New York City Chapter of the Internation Coach Federation (ICF-NYC) consists of Business and Personal Coaches who reside in the Greater New York City area and are members of the ICF.
We conduct monthly Chapter Meetings that are open to both members and guests. We offer numerous Chapter Benefits to our membership, including a Speakers Bureau, a Find-A-Coach member's directory, Special Interest Groups(SIG's), Special Events and leadership opportunities. Guests are welcomed to our monthly meetings and special events.
ICF-NYC is a not-for-profit organization and is one of 179 ICF chapters worldwide whose objective is to build, support and preserve the integrity of the coaching profession. Our chapter supports the ICF Standards, Practices and Ethics Pledge. " more

European Coaching Association

" The European Coaching Association is a European-wide association of professional Coaches whose goal it is to make the public and the private sectors aware of our standards in coaching and consulting.
Our commitment:
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To provide both individuals and organisations competent and personal development-oriented Coaches who work as partners to achieve their clients’ goals; to provide for the exchange of ideas amongst Coaches; and to develop creative coaching training programs. " ... more

" Nordic Coach Federation.
" NCF is the association for professional coaches and coaching in the Nordic countries. It is also part of a worldwide network, The International Coach Federation, ICF. Today there are about 100 members in NCF, and YOU are invited to become a member.
" A Personal and Professional Coach gives you:
- a professional partnership
- a focus on the whole of you, and the balance within you
- assistance to see and achieve your goal better
- lots of possibilities to take action in your own life
- supports you in seeing and saying the truth " more