The path to becoming an ICF credentialed coach can feel confusing: different levels, different requirements, different acronyms. It’s easy to wonder: Where do I even start?
That’s exactly why we created this quarterly session. If you are interested in what it takes to become credentialed at ACC, PCC, or MCC level this group is for you!
This open forum brings together coaches who are exploring credentialing, those actively working toward it, and those preparing to renew or advance. ICF provides a path of development for professional coaches who want to differentiate themselves from anyone who calls themselves a coach. The credentialing path supports coaches to develop from beginning level (ACC) to intermediate level (PCC), to advanced coaching skill level (MCC).
Goals
~Bring clarity to the process.
~Reduce barriers to entry.
~Strengthen the value proposition of being an ICF credentialed coach
Potential Topics
~Why credentialing matters for your credibility, your practice, and the coaching profession
~What each credential level requires (ACC, PCC, MCC—explained simply and clearly)
~The difference between coach training hours, mentoring, and coaching experience
~What counts and what doesn’t
~Application and exam tips
~Renewal timelines and what to expect
~Your live questions, experiences, and lessons learned
Facilitated by Katie Drescher, MCC and certificated ICF coach mentor and supervisor, and Matt Ley, ACC.
Katie Drescher is an executive coach, coach mentor and supervisor. She helps her clients navigate change and enhance impact by developing trust, clarity, strategy, and actions to meet their goals. Katie’s coaching philosophy is based on awareness that the world is in constant flux. She helps clients find their inner compass, cultivate resilience, and thrive through self-discovery, compassion, and authentic connection. She uses evidenced based coaching tools, solutions and a variety of methodologies including conscious leadership, mindfulness, neuroscience, emotional intelligence and the whole person approach to help clients thrive in today's complex world.
Matt Ley has been a certified ICF coach for three years and sees this as a continuation of the work he has been doing throughout is circuitous career. He has spent time as a software engineer, communications officer for Lutheran Disaster Response, supporting social justice work in Israel-Palestine, as a pastor, managing supply chain and operations for a global medical supply company, and most recently as a consultant helping growing organizations manage change. Through it all the same desire to be present with people and lead with curiosity as he partners with them to identify and take action on their goals has been his greatest joy.