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Why a Credential?
ICF Credentials are highly recognized coaching qualifications with credibility around the world. If you are serious about building or maintaining your coaching business and care for being part of a well-respected, self-regulating profession, you will be interested in gaining an ICF Credential.
There are three ICF Credentials: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Master Certified Coach (MCC). Each credential requires a specific set of required hours of coach-specific training and coaching experience.
Benefits of an ICF Credential:
- Enhances your credibility and reassures potential clients that you are an experienced and professional coach
- Demonstrates that you have high professional standards
- Demonstrates that you stand by a strong code of ethics
- Demonstrates a high knowledge and skill level
- Demonstrates that you take on-going professional development seriously
- Develops you as a professional coach - to further enhance your skills
- Brings personal satisfaction - in achieving a career goal
- Brings personal satisfaction - in gaining a credential from the only internationally recognized independent coaching body
- Reinforces the integrity of the coaching profession nationally and internationally
 | "I chose to renew my PCC for several reasons: renewing keeps me growing as a coach; it shows my clients that I take my profession seriously; and it supports professionalism in coaching." |
 | "It's a way of distinguishing myself by committing to continuing education and mastery in coaching." |
 | "To me, the ICF Credential says that I am a well-trained professional who meets or exceeds the high standards of the governing body of the coaching industry. The PCC designation that I have means I have the experience, the training, the hours and the skills to call myself a credentialed coach. It also speaks to my commitment to both myself and the profession of coaching." |