The International Coaching Federation's ACC, PCC and MCC credentials — the most widely recognised signal of coach training for corporate clients.
Not a course itself but a credential: you complete ICF-accredited training, log coaching hours, pass an assessment and apply. The three levels step up in hours and scrutiny.
Executive, leadership and career coaches whose clients are buying through an HR or procurement team that asks for credentials.
It is a real investment of time and money, and individual clients rarely ask for it. Pick an accredited training programme you would want to take anyway.
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The book behind one of the best-known coach training models — how to hold a client-led conversation built on curiosity and accountability.
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The best-known nutrition coaching certification for trainers — as much about behaviour change and client conversations as about macronutrients.
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Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.
