Why a NOBCO coach?
The Dutch Association of Professional Coaches (NOBCO) is the largest independent professional organization for professional coaching in the Netherlands. The demand for coaches in the business and private markets is rising. The supply of coaches is also on the rise. Individuals and organizations are looking for certainty and the market increasingly demands transparency through certification.
A certified NOBCO coach:
- is trained for the coaching profession;
- works according to the International Code of Ethics and is accountable for this through a complaints procedure;
- Has coaching experience and makes it testable and visible with certification;
- Maintains the profession through continuing education and peer review or supervision.
You are more likely to have a good experience with a coach who has signed the International Code of Ethics and is accountable through a grievance procedure.
EMCC Global
Since 2008, NOBCO has been a part of European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC Global): an inclusive organization to further develop and promote the quality of coaching. After its inception 1992, the organization gained increasing support and began to take shape. EMCC Global operates in more than 30 countries around the world with +15,000 coaches affiliated.
EIA: The quality mark for professional coaches
EIA stands for EMCCGlobal Individual Accreditation. The quality mark for professional coaches that applies worldwide. It is issued by the above EMCC Global, to which NOBCO is affiliated.
With an individual EIA certification you demonstrate that you meet quality requirements and that you continue to develop in your profession. You reflect on yourself and your own actions, for example through peer review or supervision. And of course you follow the International Code of Ethics and the Diversity Declaration. You as a coache can be sure that a coach with EIA certification is competent enough to work with you.
A NOBCO coach must obtain an EIA (European Individual Accreditation ) seal of approval within 3 years. To obtain this certification, a coach must show that he or she:
- has extensive practical experience,
- Regularly participates in peer review and supervision,
- Actively reflects on one's own work,
- continues to continually evolve,
- and possesses (parts of) 112 coaching skills, compiled into 8 internationally recognized competencies.
These competencies are part of the Competence Framework - a model developed from extensive research into what effective coaching means in practice. So you know your coach is working from knowledge, reflection and genuine engagement.
✨ Briefly:
A NOBCO coach with an EIA certification stands for quality, professionalism and humanity. You are choosing someone who not only listens, but truly coaches - with attention, integrity and experience.
On the NOBCO website, you can my profile View as proof of registration and achievement of EIA certification (reference number EIA20251679)
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