The Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends 2016 report highlights the international crisis related to Employee Engagement. Employee engagement, like culture, has become a CEO-level issue.
Nearly nine in ten executives (85 percent) in the 2016 survey rated engagement as an important (38 percent) or very important (48 percent) priority for their companies.
Engagement at all levels is now an imperative for organizations who want to retain their talent and remain competitive.
This imperative demands that organizations equip team leaders and volunteer mentors with competencies that would normally be the domain of a business or life coach. Issues like working to enhance inclusiveness, listening more effectively and empowering colleagues must now be addressed by team leaders.
The demand for coaching is at an all time high. And this is not confined to sports.
In the last ten years the coaching industry has exploded. Membership of the International Coach Federation has more than tripled. A report by the market research firm IBISWorld at the end of 2014 said coaching is a $1 billion industry in the U.S. alone. [Marketplace]
The International Coach Federation, a nonprofit global professional organization of personal and business coaches, had just 1,500 members in 1999. By 2013, that number rose to more than 17,000 members across 132 chapters in 34 countries. Many coaches specialize in niche areas to attract clients looking to set specific goals. [work.chron.com]
The Certified Behavioral Coach Award is recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP Certifications and is accredited by the International Coach Federation.
