{"id":2588,"date":"2024-08-28T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/about\/values\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:08:17","slug":"values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/about\/values\/","title":{"rendered":"Values"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2>4 Core Values<\/h2>\r\n<p>Our core values are more than aspirational statements to guide our decisions. They represent what guides you &#8211; our incredible coaching community &#8211; in service of your clients.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICF-Core-Values_One-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_self\"> Download the One-Sheet <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICF-Core-Values-1.pdf\" target=\"_self\"> View the Full Values <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>Professionalism<\/h3>\r\n<p>We commit to a coaching mindset and professional quality that encompasses responsibility, respect, integrity, competence, and excellence.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Collaboration<\/h3>\r\n<p>We commit to develop social connection and community building.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Humanity<\/h3>\r\n<p>We commit to being humane, kind, compassionate, and respectful toward others.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Equity<\/h3>\r\n<p>We commit to use a coaching mindset to explore and understand the needs of others so we can practice equitable processes at all times that create equality for all.<\/p>\r\n<h2>How Our Community Lives These Values<\/h2>\r\n<p>Our core values reflect how ICF members and credential-holders live and work with clients to empower them to become their best selves.<\/p>\r\n<p>We know it can be hard to take our word for it. Here is what others say about ICF&#8217;s core values:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/blog\/international-coaching-federation-adopts-revised-organizational-core-values\/\" target=\"_self\"> See More <\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;Having [the values] as our foundation, it allows our interactions to begin in a place of trust and commitment to what it means to be an ICF professional.&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Todd Hamilton<\/strong><br \/>COO, ICF<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;Values are super important, but how we breathe life and make these values come alive is through our own behavior.&#8221;\u00a0<strong>Lola Chetti, MCC (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h2>Formalizing Our Core Values &#8211; Community Effort<\/h2>\r\n<p>In the fall of 2020, a group of ICF representatives, members, and staff members participated in a values summit. The goal was to reflect on what is most important to us as an organization and to you as professional coaches.<\/p>\r\n<p>A values task force transformed key summit takeaways into a revised set of ICF core values for review and dialogue with the ICF Global Board of Directors.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>After further fine-tuning, we asked you, our community of ICF members, for input. After all, you are the experts on the values you live every day in your work as a coach. More than 4,000 of you responded, sharing feedback on how well the core values reflect you, your work, and the coaching profession.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Each quality of the final updated statement had more than 75% endorsement from you and your member peers &#8211; an overwhelming endorsement of these updated core values. These values also encompass the <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/credentialing\/coaching-ethics\/icf-code-of-ethics\/\">ICF ethical principles<\/a>, which are designed to ensure that all our members share a common mission and commitment to professional and personal conduct.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is so important that our core values are a true reflection of our incredible coaching community.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Core Values Our core values are more than aspirational statements to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10997,"parent":2402,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Our Values | International Coaching Federation","_seopress_titles_desc":"Discover the core values that guide the International Coaching Federation. 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