10 advantages of the "Coaching (Zert)" qualification

No specific prior training is required for further training as a coach. People from all professions and industries can take further training to become a coach in addition to their specialist knowledge and professional experience.

Summary of the most important advantages of a "Coaching (Cert.):

  1. There are various schools that offer training in very different orientations, e.g. with a conversation-oriented, client-centered, Gestalt-therapeutic, transaction-analytical, systemic solution-oriented or behavioral-therapeutic approach.
  2. No prior psychological or counseling knowledge is required to join a course.
  3. There are schools in every region that offer coaching courses, so it should be possible for everyone to find a provider within easy reach.
  4. All courses are designed to be part-time and there are various time models to choose from.
  5. The training courses are very practice-oriented and with the integrated exercise sequences it is also possible to immediately apply what has been learned in everyday life.
  6. Between the training days there is plenty of time to practise what you have learned and to deepen your own understanding.
  7. Parallel to the training, the participants also look at their own issues in supervision and coaching sessions, so that the training also contributes a great deal to their own development.
  8. Those who complete the training with a training partner of the bso (Professional Association for Coaching, Supervision and Organizational Consulting) can then apply for membership and call themselves a bso coach.
  9. After graduating as a coach, it is possible to continue training up to the level of a federal higher professional examination.
  10. Since 1.1.2018, preparatory courses for federal professional examinations and higher professional examinations have been financially supported by the federal government. Anyone who takes the federal professional examination "Company Mentor" or a higher professional examination "Supervisor Coach" or "Organizational Consultant" following training as a coach can therefore receive up to 50% of the course fees back after taking the federal examination.

Overview of "Coaching (Cert.)" schools for coach training