Alphabet Soup Cheatsheet

Governing Bodies:

ICF International Coach Federation(1996)

WABC-Worldwide Association of Business Coaches founded in 1997

IAC International Assoc of Coaches(2002)

ECI European Coaching Institute

PCMA-Professional Coaches & Mentors Association

AC – Association of Coaches UK

(For a detailed list check out Peer Resources’ extensive list)

ACTO – Association of Coach Training Organizations (CTI, Coach Inc, Newfield, Hudson, TopHuman, SUN, ACT, etc)

ACTP-Accredited Coach Training Program standards created by ICF&ACTO in 1999

Schools:

ACTP Progams
CTI - The Coach Training Institute
CoachU - Coach U (owned by Coach Inc.)
CCUI - Corporate Coach U International (created by CoachWorks owned by Coach Inc.)
Hudson, ACT, SUN, Newfield, Adler, TopHuman, etc. are all ACTP coach training schools.

Non-ACTP Programs
Coachville - coaching community created by Thomas Leonard now run by Dave Buck.
GSC- Graduate School of Coaching, schools created from Coachville - not ACTP though probably the largest coaching school in the western world.
- Most University programs
Currently there are more than 200 such programs - for an extensive and yet not exhaustive list see Peer Resources