Enhance your Coach training experience with quality, professionalism, and support.Find out more

How to Become a Coach

Steps with Center for Coaching Certification

The gold standard for being a coach is membership in the International Coaching Federation (ICF).   The ICF requires 60 hours of training to become a member.  In addition to membership, the ICF offers credentialing – think about it this way: becoming a member of the ICF is much like getting an associates degree, and then earning a credential is much like getting a degree or masters level degree.

The easiest way to explain the process is these two infographics from the website at https://www.coachcert.com/en/about/faqs/how-to-become-a-coach.html

This shows the ICF requirements:

ICF Requirements

This shows the steps with the Center for Coaching Certification – for the ACC along the bottom arrow and the PCC along the top arrow:

Steps with Center for Coaching Certification

Click each program name here for the program overview, schedule, and application:

Certified Professional Coach: Overview, Schedule, and Application
Certified Master Coach: Overview, Schedule, and Application
Foundational Cohort: Overview, Schedule, and Application
Growth Cohort: Overview, Schedule, and Application
Advanced Cohort: Overview, Schedule, and Application
Mentor Coaching: Overview, Schedule, and Application

CCE Programs:
Science of Positivity: Overview, Schedule, Application
Diversity and Equity in Coaching: Overview, Schedule, Application
Coaching Skills for Professionals: Overview, Schedule, Application

 

Cathy Liska

For content specific to coach training and coaching, guest blog posts are welcome.

Most blog posts here are written or curated by Cathy Liska, Guide from the Side®, CDP, MCC.

Cathy is CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification, CCC. As Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach with over 30 years of experience in business management and ownership. Cathy built her diverse team at CCC that includes trainers, customer service, and coaches. She was Co-Leader for ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice, on the Leadership Team for the review and updating of the Code of Ethics in 2024, and active in the Ethics Water Cooler. To ensure she stays current in related areas of expertise, Cathy has earned the following: ICF’s Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Coach Trainer, Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Grief Support Group Facilitator, Certified in the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool, Certified Apartment Manager, Certified Civil and Family Mediator, and Certified in DISC.

Cathy’s clients range from attorneys to corporate executives, government to nonprofit, entrepreneurs to children, under or unemployed to newly retired. She specializes in communication, management, conflict, and leadership. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion to serve others so they achieve the results they want.

Podcast: https://www.coachcert.com/podcast.html

Publications: Coaching Perspectives (a series of books with chapters by coach training graduates) https://www.coachcert.com/resources/recommended-reading/coaching-perspectives-series-by-the-center-for-coaching-certification-and-more.html

You may also like...

Accessibility by WAH