I receive at least two or three messages a month from people who want to have lunch with me and talk to me about how I went about becoming an executive leadership coach. Coach training and subsequent certification provide an important body of knowledge and acknowledgment of a certain skill level in the art of how to coach someone. These will distinguish you from the increasingly crowded landscape of certified coaches and ultimately contribute to your credibility and competence as a leadership coach with clients in leadership roles in organizations. Experience working as a leader is a great foundation to add to your coaching certification, but it doesn't suffice as the only requisite to be a leadership coach. In order to be an effective leadership coach, you must be able to regularly demonstrate and model the fundamental personal and interpersonal leadership skills your clients are aiming to develop.

Source: Forbes March 07, 2019 13:30 UTC