What are the legal requirements to call yourself a professional business or life coach?
At present, there is no legal requirement that coaches be certified. This may change within the next few years, so working towards certification is a wise move.Has anyone done research into the coaching profession? Yes, there is a growing body of research on coaching. For example, in 2008 Dr. Vikki Brock completed her Ph.D. dissertation titled “Grounded Theory of the Roots and Emergence of Coaching.” This 693 page document (including appendices and references) is the result of three years and 170+ interviews, and is available for free at The Foundation of Coaching’s Research Repository.
