Diagnostics and development of professional competencies of corporate business coaches

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. One of the key problems of developing the competencies of a modern employee is the continuous improvement of the quality of work of a modern corporate business coach, which is caused by the constant evolution of requirements to a modern employee. The relevance of the chosen topic is due to the dynamic development of the business environment, which requires constant updating and improvement of professional skills of employees at different levels (from ordinary specialists to top managers). In this regard, there is a growing demand for qualified business coaches who are able to effectively conduct a variety of training activities and comprehensively develop the staff of companies. However, today there is no unified and centralized understanding of the necessary competencies for a business coach and methods of their assessment, which complicates the process of selecting and assessing the qualifications of specialists in this training area. The goal of the article is to consider the competencies required by a modern business coach, as well as ways to diagnose and further develop them. Achievement of this goal will make it possible to more clearly define the requirements to the professional skills of specialists and experts in the field of business coaching and develop effective methods of assessing their competencies. Methodology (materials and methods). The research is based on domestic scientific developments in the field of competencies of corporate business coaches. This research is based on a comprehensive analysis of current vacancies on one of the largest platforms (according to Similarweb rating) for job and employee search - HeadHunter. The description of the results is presented through listing the reasons for the heterogeneity of requirements for modern business coaches who work in a corporate format. During the research process, the conclusion became obvious that intracorporate training should be based on andragogical and activity approaches, and should use the principles of humanistic pedagogy and psychology at its core. The quality of personnel training is impossible without reliance on fundamental knowledge. Scientific novelty lies in the structuring of key competencies that are expected in modern business coaches. Practical significance is expressed in the possibility of forming unified competencies of corporate business coaches with subsequent diagnostic and developmental activities for different companies. The key outcome of the forthcoming research work should be an increase in the quality of selection and requirements for corporate business coaches. The results of this research are discussed in the framework of the training course on the basics of training work at the Department of Humanities and Psychological and Pedagogical Disciplines at Moscow Pedagogical State University.