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Standards for coaching education and training
The goal of coaching education and training is to impart a professional coaching-attitude and the requisite qualification for professional coaching. The professional standards presented here are based on the "professionalism" of the coach and help them secure and account for acquiring their professional competence and independent thought in their education and training.
Our quality standards for coaching education and training:
- At least 180 hours over at least 12 months
(1 time hour = 60 minutes). This includes all interactive activities, as well as self-study, preparation of presentations or similar. The following distribution of minimum time hours applies: - interactive and time-synchronous (130 time hours) - time-asynchronous in the form of e.g. self-study and peer group work (50 time hours, of which at least 20 hours must be verifiable coaching practice) |
- A senior IOBC coach is accountable for the curriculum
- The education or training institution is established in the market (at least 2 successful programs)
- At least one program start every 2 years
- A plausible entrepreneurial design and implementation concept
- Transparency
- High demands regarding:
- Didactics
- The personal and professional competences of the teaching staff
- An engagement with professional and organizational reality
- Practical relevance
Current certified coaching trainings
The following coaching training programs are currently certified by IOBC:
For information on content and dates, please contact your preferred training provider.
Christopher Rauen Ltd.
The RAUEN coaching training programme trains you to become a coach on a part-time basis and with a practical orientation. Within one year you will learn the know-how to independently carry out coaching processes and develop your individual coaching concept. The integrative further education under the direction of Dr. Christopher Rauen and Andreas Steinhübel is methodologically oriented, i.e. different consulting approaches are used instead of being fixed on one procedure.
Location: Northern Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
WANDELPLAN Ltd.
The participants learn a basic format for each coaching session in order to be able to successfully manage the first coaching sessions. To work out the coach's concern clearly and to formulate it in a solution-oriented way is an important methodical step in the coaching discussion. We introduce the systemic-constructivist way of working and attitude. In order for the new to unfold in the coaching process, the appreciation of the old is necessary. It is therefore important that the coach has an attitude that is free of judgement and appreciation, that draws attention to the potential, so that it becomes free for the people and the task.
Location: Eastern Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
E.S.B.A. GmbH - European Systemic Business Academy
For more than 15 years, E-S-B-A has been offering postgraduate courses in the field of coaching at several locations in Austria and Germany.
We pursue a systemic-constructivist perspective. This means to always keep the whole of an organisation/system in view besides people and to combine thinking in terms of goals and solutions - always with respect for the resources and values of each individual. The coaching training will provide you with all the tools you need to work as a professional coach in a business context.
Location: Vienna, Austria
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
ACC (Austrian Coaching Council)
Coach according to ISO 17024
- systemic coaching and team development
- systemic organizational development and change management
isb GmbH - Systemic professionalism (Dr. Bernd Schmid)
With over 35 years of experience, we train in systemic consulting, organizational development and coaching. Today isb is one of the most renowned systemic training institutes in the field of organizations in the German-speaking world. Managers and specialists in the fields of systemic consulting, coaching, team as well as personnel, organizational and cultural development are qualified here with regard to the management of organizations in change processes and the fit between people and organizations.
Location: Southern Germany
These trainings/curricula are certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
Trigon Development consulting for people, business and society registered cooperative
Coaching is the support and accompaniment of problem solving, decision-making and development as well as shaping the future of individuals or groups
- Support for problem solving
- Promotion of self-development and pattern recognition
- Support for self-help and self-control
- Strengthening target-oriented skills and competences
- Development of desired behaviour patterns
Location: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Training curricula are certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
ACC (Austrian Coaching Council)
Coach according to ISO 17024
(Prof. Dr. Elke Berninger-Schäfer)
Private Institute Dr. Berninger-Schäfer Ltd.
"We offer coaching and qualifications with a focus on leadership and health. The services are aimed at individuals, groups and teams as well as organizations. Individual measures and their combination enable tailor-made solutions up to certified courses.
With various partners from science, business and administration, goal and solution-oriented processes are designed on an ethically and scientifically sound basis.
In cooperation with the DBVC (Deutscher Bundesverband Coaching) and the HdWM (University of the Economy for Management) we offer recognized coaching training courses."
Location: Southern Germany
These trainings are certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
noesis
The Coaching-Curriculum "CuBe" offers you a series of further training courses which ensure the development of your own coaching and consulting competence, offer innovative and agile change and team development methods and convey effective coaching concepts.
The professional background for CuBe is the hypno-systemic consulting and development approach as well as the latest findings in work, organizational and neuropsychology.
On the basis of intensive personal support, we attach particular importance to an integrative approach, maximum practical relevance and action-oriented knowledge transfer.
Location: Southern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
ISCO/Gabriele Müller
Our credo is "From the practice for the practice". A special feature of our training is the live coaching that accompanies the training and is supervised by us. This enables the participants to immediately transfer what they have learned into practice. Extensive experience with the work of our clients from various sectors (automotive industry, financial services, associations, health care industry) has been incorporated into the training.
The structure of the coaching training comprises seven modules. Because the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 12 persons, we guarantee individual support.
Our in-service training is equally suitable for managers, trainers or consultants.
Location: Northern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
Munich Business Coaching Institute
With this certificate course, the MBCI sets a benchmark: a comprehensive and flexible offer to professionals to further develop their professional skills according to operational requirements and their own goals under the professional guidance of the Senior Coach IOBC and QRC Prof. Dr. Evelyn Albrecht.
Location: Southern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
(Klaus Eidenschink and Nicola Janssen)
HEPHAISTOS
A competent coach needs a high level of personal competence, which includes appropriate handling of one's own feelings and those of others. He/she needs so much contact ability that he/she can remain stable in relationships even in difficult situations. Process competence, methodological knowledge, psychological and psychotherapeutic knowledge, understanding of organisations, hierarchies and leadership are also part of the basic tools of a coach. In almost 20 years, we have developed an independent, comprehensive coaching theory and practice, which we teach in this training.
Location: Southern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
hauserconsulting GmbH & Co. KG
hauserconsulting is a specialist for the development of people and organisations. Since 1989 we have been supporting companies and individuals in developing their potential. With over 35 consultants, we cover the entire spectrum from executive coaching and leadership training to organisational development processes.
Location: Southern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
Gasche Excellent Leadership
Coaching is the most sustainable and individual form of personnel development and leadership. No other instrument experiences so much demand from specialists and managers as well as personnel managers and personnel developers. If you want to coach successfully, you need one thing above all: professionalism. This applies to permanent employees and managers in companies as well as to freelance coaches. In this recognized coaching training you will learn how to systematically move from the initial interview to the coaching assignment and from situation analysis to transfer success. In this way you will consolidate your know-how and standing as a sought-after coach and consultant.
Location: Central Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
dehner Academy Ltd.
Coaching is the most sustainable and personal form in the field of personal development, personnel development and leadership. For more than 25 years we have been pioneers in the field of coaching and have adopted an integrative approach in our coaching training. This is aimed at understanding how the inner system human being interacts with the outer system team.
Location: Southern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
BTS Society for Organizational Consulting Training and Supervision
We have been successfully training coaches and supervisors since 1992. As a participant in our training courses, you benefit from our many years of experience gained in our practice as supervisors, coaches and organizational consultants. You will learn more about your action and relationship competence and learn how to design supervisor consultations with individuals, groups or teams.
Location: Southern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
Dietz Coaching
In this coaching training, trainers, consultants, personnel developers and managers develop their competence as coaches. Our coaching approach integrates various depth-psychologically based approaches specifically for the consulting context. Participants gain an overview of processes, an expanded repertoire of methods and a differentiated knowledge of human nature. They can promote the development of others and provide psychologically skilful support.
Location: Southern Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
(Prof. Dr. Monika Zimmermann)
iba | University of Cooperative Education
Students on the the work-study programme Social Pedagogy, Management & Business Coaching (8 semesters) train to work in social welfare institutions and organisations. They also learn how to manage those institutions and are thus able to advance to management positions early in their career. Students additionally train to work as Business Coaches, specializing in Consulting, Counseling and Change Management.
Additional qualification as ‘Associate Coach’, recognized by the German Federal Association of Business Coaching (DBVC e.V.)
Location: Southern Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
Coaching Center Berlin
Coaching is about the whole person. As CCBerlin we stand for professional training according to the highest standards since 2004, which is why we do not do training on two weekends, with "a little mental technique" or in one week on an island. And we don't certify ourselves either, but have had ourselves successfully tested by recognised associations.
Our approach Integral Development - the 7-field approach - is geared towards the healthy development of people and organisations.
Location: Northern Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
International Coach Federation - ICF
artop Ltd.
artop - Institute at the Humboldt University of Berlin offers consulting, research and training in the fields of organization, human resources and usability/user experience.
At the interface between university and economy, artop has scientific expertise and practical experience.
As a recognized institute for further education, artop offers in-service training, programs, seminars and in-house offers within the framework of the academy. The basic values of our work are transparency, appreciation and cooperation. We pass these values on to our participants.
The coaching training qualifies you to create a sustainable consulting relationship, to view people, teams and organisations from a systemic perspective and to give relevant impulses. In this way, developments are initiated and change processes are accompanied.
Location: Northern Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
management forum wiesbaden
In the past few years we have observed a rapid development and high demand for qualified consultants and coaches who are supporting business leaders with queries around employee development, experiences, teaming and an inclusive culture. These coaches can be internal coaches from the same organization or external business coaches.
Since 2003 the management forum wiesbaden is offering coaching trainings and has qualified over 350 business and internal coaches. Within this timeframe we have constantly developed and refreshed our content and curriculum which combines latest research with practical application.
How we define coaching: Coaching is professional consulting and support of individuals in leadership roles and experts in organizations. The key objective of coaching is the development of individual and collective learning and performance processes (primarily in a working environment).
Location: Southern Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
Milton-Erickson-Institute Heidelberg
The hypnosystemic concept was developed by Dr. med. Gunther Schmidt.
The conceptual basis of the curriculum is the fast and lastingly effective procedures of the systemic-constructivist conception, the competence and solution-focussing consulting models according to Milton H. Erickson and concepts derived from them) and the modern findings of brain research, energy psychology and related procedures.
The professional field of coaching is regarded as a central field of activity for which this curriculum qualifies. Building on this, the concepts offered are then systematically applied to the field of Context Adequate Team Development and Organizational Development.
Location: Southern Germany
This curriculum is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
- Certified Management Coach / Change Manager: integrative systemic solution-oriented coaching training
COATRAIN® coaching & personal training Ltd. (Ingo Steinke)
Our coaching trainings are integrative and solution-oriented and teach all the essential attitudes, techniques and approaches to professionally support and accompany people in their clarification, development and change processes.
Systemic coaching is taught in a method-plural and interdisciplinary way.
Location: Northern Germany
These trainings are certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
(Dr. Beate West-Leuer)
POP | Institute Psychodynamic Organizational Development
+ Personnel Management Düsseldorf e.V.
The concept of our further education program "Psychodynamic Organizational Development and Coaching" is based essentially on the intersubjective conception of man in modern psychoanalysis. Our focus is therefore not only on the conscious, but especially on the unconscious dynamics that control and guide interpersonal interaction in the workplace. Participants in our continuing education program explore self-reflectively how these dynamics influence the professional life of managers and teams as well as structures and processes in organizations.
Location: Central Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
die coachingakademie
"Our modular training concept is based on the typical course of a coaching process and is dedicated to the individual phases from clarification of the assignment to evaluation. In parallel, we set seven thematic focuses that illuminate characteristic coaching events, elementary methods and specific conditions. Teaching coachings for individual support and peer groups to deepen the contents of the training round off the qualification".
Location: North and West Germany
The training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
oezpa Ltd.
Our coaching approach is systemic-analytical. This means that not only systemic aspects are taken into account in the coaching process, but that the focus is on solution orientation, which helps the coaching clients to restore or expand their autonomous problem-solving and action skills and/or to reflect on the client's (system's) career plans.
Location: Western Germany
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
Nibbana Institute Pvt. Ltd.
Nibbana’s S-DOC is India’s first of its kind International Certification program for coaches, entrepreneurs and managers, developed in collaboration with isb Germany, an influential organizational training institute founded in 1984, by Bernd Schmid in Wiesloch, Germany.
The S-DOC modules spread across a duration of twelve months make an in-depth coverage of systemic training, team and personnel management, organizational and cultural development using dialogic tools and systemic perspective.
S-DOC is a group program designed to offer an integrated, experiential, and hands-on training to its participants at a pace and timing that is supportive of their existing work and personal commitments. Candidates who successfully complete the course will be an Internationally Certified Organizational Coach.
Location: Chennai, India
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
Economic Development Institute of the Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce
Coach competence training: From conversation partner to sparring partner. Unlock your own social development potential, discover the emotional level behind the factual issues.
Advanced training to become a coach: You refine the skills from the coaching competence training with the aim of independently designing coaching processes.
Location: Vorarlberg, Austria
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
Austrian Coaching Council (ACC)
(PhD Monika Zimmermann)
Center for Interdisciplinary Coaching
Our interdisciplinary training was developed on the basis of her scientifically founded didactic training concept. Her broad expertise is complemented by an interdisciplinary team of experts from various disciplines who optimally prepare the participants for their future role as coaches.
With the didactic strategy "inspire-raise awareness-enable", the individual perspective and special character of the prospective coach with his or her specific prerequisites, strengths and needs are at the centre of our training
Location: Heidelberg
This training is certified by:
International Organization for Business Coaching (registered association)
German Federal Association of Business Coaching (registered association) - DBVC
These standards are relevant for:
- Coaching education and training providers
- Their target groups
- Their goals
- The educational content
- Didactics
The IOBC Coaching Compendium is a comprehensive document setting out our quality standards for coaches, coaching processes, coaching ethics, and coaching education & training.