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Coach - one of the ten jobs most in demand in the service industry! The "Jobs with a future" section of Wirtschaftswoche magazine reports on the new helper generation: Coach :: Not every one can handle increasingly complex job demands; frequently changing projects; a wave of firings; ever more new responsibilities and social constellations. The coach offers his help with these issues and is a neutral dialog partner who, together with his coachee (the coached person), aims to reach a jointly agreed goal. This is generally related to maintaining or restoring professional performance. It can be stress reduction; can, however, also mean overcoming inner obstacles to performance. Discussions with these experts are a form of help to self-help. Coaches do not, however, just pick up the pieces. These kinds of consultations are also used to prepare young executives for new positions. The goal in this case is to free up their potential as fast as possible. Both health and private problems play a role in this context. Coaches are often freelancers and are generally paid by companies. Today they are an established tool for the human resources departments of many Dax-listed companies. These companies have usually established a pool of coaches with whom they regularly work.

There are already some thousands of coaches in Germany. A survey of HR bosses in major German corporations by book authors Uwe Böning and Brigitte Fritschle revealed that the vast majority of the interviewees believe that the importance of such one-on-one consultations will increase significantly in coming years.

Preconditions: Professional experience is a must. If possible also in leadership and corporate workflow processes, since an understanding of contexts can otherwise be lacking. Furthermore excellent social competence and pronounced communication skills.

Training: Coach is not a copyrighted title. There are dozens of training programs of varying quality on offer in the internet. Further information regarding such programs is available from the Deutsche Bundesverband Coaching (German Federal Coaching Association) at www.dbvc.de.

Initial salary: varies widely since coaches often work as freelancers at hourly rates. Fees can be anything from 80 Euros per hour to per diem charges of 2,400 Euros and more.

The new special issue provides comprehensive reference and information sources. E.C.C. is presented in the "Coaching :: Training for your ego" section.

[...] The goal is to supply the growing demand for internationally trained coaches in industry and commerce. The program is aimed at various professional groups - from self-employed entrepreneurs through up-and-coming company executives. [...]
Focus: intercultural aspects; comprehensive methods repertoire and practical study element. [...]

Our third "Business Coach international" training program will be commencing in October 2007.
Our print ad motifs, e.g. in the 2007 CoachGuide and in the March issue of managerSeminare, provide information on the program; the new dates and our expanded consultation service.

This event is one of the most important Congresses for HR issues and personnel development. A broadly varied field of topics related to personnel and career development attracted more than 3.000 visitors. As first time exhibitors the E.C.C. could make a good impression with both a great both location in hall 9 and numerous proficient exchanges with personnel developers and executive managers. The E.C.C.-Team was very pleased with their feedback from the visitor, who responded very well to the concept of the new training approach to Business Coaching international.

In 2007 the E.C.C. will participate also at the: DGFP congress from July 15.-16. 2007 in Wiesbaden.

Under the head line „connecting networks“ the 6th Congress of Industrial Psychology was held in Leipzig. Both as exhibitor and as a presenter Brigitte Fritschle, the managing director of the E.C.C. accompanied by her team, could great numerous visitors. In these encounters many intensive and deep discussions about coaching training programs developed. The congress with it’s wide range of practice-oriented exhibits attracted altogether more than 400 specialized visitors.

E.C.C. was represented as an exhibitor at the Petersberger Trainertage close to Bonn from 31.3. bis 1.4.2006. Numerous interested participants followed the future oriented presentation from the E.C.C. managing director Brigitte Fritschle on the subject „training program as a Business Coach international“.

Excerpts from the article „Training for Trainers“:

[...] Wie führt man Menschen zu ihren Ressourcen? Wie setzt man das Potential frei, das in Führungskräften und Mitarbeitern steckt? Und wie sorgt man für Handlungsfähigkeit in Stresssituationen – oder besser noch: Wie sorgt man für weniger Stress? Auf diese Fragen gab es auf dem Petersberg Antworten aus verschiedenen Richtungen.
Eine davon lautete „durch Coaching“ und kam von Brigitte Fritschle. Zweifelsohne ist Coaching geeignet, Klienten dazu zu verhelfen, ihre Potentiale auszuschöpfen. Allerdings, so machte Fritschle in Ihrem Vortrag deutlich, gehört dazu, dass sich Coaches noch sehr viel strenger als bisher am Bedarf ihrer Kunden ausrichten: „Wir sollten uns von der zurzeit vorherrschenden einseitigen Methodenorientierung verabschieden“, appellierte die Geschäftsführerin der E.C.C. European Coaching Comapny, Frankfurt/Main. „Die Kunden sind nicht an unseren Methoden interessiert, sondern an ihrem persönlichen Nutzen.“

Automotive suppliers as role models for Coaches
A consequent customer orientation requires that Coaches think and act increasingly in international terms as enterprises are globalising. „We have to act like automobile suppliers, who move abroad, as soon as there client goes there “, Fritschle marked the way. The E.C.C wants to lead the way as a good example: It has created a internationally aligned Coaching training program, with the second trial starting this year. [...]



The journal managerSeminare presents for the first time the CoachGuide 2006. A navigational guide with over 600 entries. Pleasing the necessity stemming form constant calls of readers wanting to find out more about coaches and Coaching-Ausbildung. Clearly, E.C.C. can‘t be missing and is presented on page 4.

European Coaching Company: Getting coaches ready for business
Uwe Boening, one of the best-known Business Coaches in Germany and leading Chairman of the German Federal Association Coaching e.V. (DBVC), is offering from now on a new coaching training program.

Together with Brigitte Fritschle and Joerg Wirtgen he founded the "E.C.C. European Coaching Company GmbH & CO. KG" in Frankfurt/Main. The first trial of the training program is titled "The professional Business-Coach" starts this month. It is concepated over a time frame of 1 1/2 years and is divided into 8 learning modules and 1 test module. The educational fee / tuition is about 9.900 € plus taxes. The training ends with a written, verbal and practical examination. The participants are promised a "methododically pluralistic approach" according to the web-site. The pluralistic approach includes systemic concepts as well as behaviour therapy, client-centered therapy, transaction analysis and concept from other psychological schools. However, at the same time it is shown that coaching is more than reflection.

Especially with the focus on "internationality" and "practice proximity" the E.C.C. wants to distinguish itself from other training institutes. The international focus of the training program is aimed to open new occupation opportunities. The practice proximity is gear towards training the participants to acquire business clients and coach successfully. One learning unit offered is with special focus on “Marketing for Coaches" (customer identification, customer relations, marketing strategy) and one learning unit on "the coach as an entrepreneur" (positioning in the market, economic risks).



News from training and specialized training:Coaching international
Organisational transactions have become more and more international. Therefore, the need for a more international focus in coaching training programs has emerged. It is important for a coach to understand the cultural background of their customers. This ideas was the main element for the consultants and Business-Coaches Brigitte Fritschle and Uwe Boening to establish a new training institute, the European Coaching Company – E.C.C. - located in Frankfurt/Main. The weekend training program "The Professional Business-Coach" starts in October 2005.

The training program is concepated for a time span of 1 1/2 years. The prominent international focus of the weekend training is based on the importance of the cultural perspective on national and organisational level. “We would like to introduce international coaches and advisors with other cultural backgrounds and offer two modules by English native speakers", specifies co-founder Brigitte Fritschle. The idea behind this concept: To allow participants not only to broaden their horizons culturally, but to learn other coaching approaches and methods.

Mental and methodical flexibility plays an important part in the perspective of the E.C.C., because even clients from the same culture can be extremely divers. “For example, how to get a controller, who is not accustomed to reflect, to think about himself?" is an example of a customer type Fritschle gives, which is not easy to coach. Besides topics, such as "the coach as entrepreneurs", "marketing for coaches", main elements are self experience and naturally a vast quantity of coaching theories and practice, with a great emphasis on learning from coaching cases out of every day business experiences. Total amount of costs for a total of 220 training hours: 9,900 €.