In fall 2008, the International Coach Federation conducted a worldwide study with 1200 clients from 64 countries about the satisfaction and positive impacts of business coaching. The annual 2007 income of these clients was US$ 128 500 on average. All had a formal, on-going relationship with a coach with an average duration of 12.8 months. Over 85% of these respondents had undergraduate degrees and 45% had Master's degrees or higher.
Source: ICF Global Coaching Client Study (June 2009)
In the International Coach Federation Global Study mentionned above, PricewaterhouseCooper and Association Resources Centre firms have established an average 787% return on investment with business coaching. The ROI was 456% on a personal basis and 1150% on a corporative basis.
Source: ICF Global Coaching Client Study (June 2009)
A Fortune 500 firm and Pyramid resource Group, a coaching service company, engaged MetrixGlobal LLC to determine the return on investment for an executive coaching program. The Bottom Line: Coaching produced a 529% return on investment and significant intangible benefits to the business.
Source: MetrixGlobal LLC (November 2001)
Although business coaching is rather new in Quebec, it is increasing at a rapid rate around the world, as statistics show:
Source: Harvard Business Review (November 2004)
Source:University of Bristol Newsletter (2005)
Source:Inside Business Channel 2 (July 2006)
Source:Market Data Report (2007)
Source:National Post (April 2007)