We’re proud to offer an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) programme accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) the world’s most widely recognised standard for professional coaches.

Whatever kind of coaching you do life, lifestyle, wellness, health, relationships, career, executive, leadership or business the ICF’s core competencies are the same foundation beneath all of it. This programme gives you that foundation, plus the credibility, confidence and globally recognised credential to stand behind your practice.

To earn the ACC credential, you must complete specific training, gain coaching experience, and demonstrate a thorough understanding of ICF’s core competencies and ethical standards. The programme, which includes mentor coaching and passing a performance evaluation, is known for its high standards, ensuring that ACC credentialed coaches are among the most professional and effective in the industry.

Target audience

This programme is for anyone serious about coaching whatever your niche.

Whether you’re building a life or lifestyle coaching practice, working in health and wellness, guiding people through career change, coaching relationships, or bringing coaching into a leadership or business setting, the path to the ACC credential is the same. We welcome aspiring and practising coaches from every discipline.

Coaches we regularly support include

• life and lifestyle coaches
• health and wellness coaches
• career and transition coaches
• relationship coaches
• executive and leadership coaches
• business and team coaches among many others.

Speedway to success: course highlights

• What you need to be an Associated Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation
• Understanding the ICF standards, values and core competencies
• Reflective practice for you and your coachee
• Other coaching models
• Tools and techniques to help you evoke awareness for the coachee
• NLP for coaches
• Understanding bias
• Feedback on your coaching with guidance on improvements
• Mentoring from a Master Certified Coach
• Access The Coaching Craft alumni.

Meet your coaches

The programme is expertly facilitated by two ICF Master Coaches (ICF MCC), Liz Connelly MCC and Paul Starbuck MCC, who will lead delegates through the programme and ICF accreditation progress.

Duration

The programme is delivered online over three months, with three modules of four or five days per module. After the three months delegates can work at their own pace to complete the full accreditation.

All sessions are 1.30 – 5.30pm UK time