What is Accreditation?
Accreditation is a voluntary process by which a nongovernmental recognized industry body publicly recognizes a service or training provider that has successfully met predetermined standards / qualifications through evaluation.

What is unique about a professional coaching accreditation designation obtained by licensure?
It is the most rigorous level of credentialing available. Example; Professional accreditation by the ICC via licensure exclusively provided by the Behavioral Coaching Institute (BCI -is an internationally respected coaching body and the world's leading developer and supplier of workplace coaching methodology and best-practices)

Approved coaching providers are required to meet industry best practices in the delivery of coaching courses and are subject to license revocation if those set standards are not maintained. The BCI Accredited licensing program is not just the highest level of coaching credential, but also the most recognized coaching accreditation of its type in the world today.

The call for higher quality coaching and coach training is being driven by six key factors:

1. The requirement of busy professional people developers for not just recognized international coach credentials but also best-practice, industry-proven coaching CourseWare (and follow-on support) to deliver to their clients (internal or external).
    
2. The fact that all coaching credentials today (certificates or degrees) are provided by coach training providers without any means to evaluate the graduates follow-on practice or delivery standards.
    
3. The inability of a fragmented coaching field to provide self-regulation and the fact that no government body recognizes coaching as an industry or a stand-alone profession but rather rightfully view it as style of learning and development employed by both professional people developers and unqualified people alike.
    
4. The growing call by some professional people developers (who specialize in the use of the behavioral coaching model) for a way to separate themselves from the many ill-trained, inexperienced coaching providers in the wider marketplace.
    
5. In today's changed economic climate successful external training providers and consultancy groups are using coaching educational courses as a prime source of revenue and as a means to obtain new organizational clients.
    
6. Today business clients of the coaching process are now more discerning and require the coaching provider be able to validate not only their coaching skills but also that the coaching courses they offer are of a world best-practice standard.

 

COACHING ACCREDITATION OPTIONS:

1. Accreditation of a Coaching Course

2. Accreditation as an approved Coaching Course Provider/Coach Training Organization

3. Accreditation of individual Coaching Course Facilitator/s.

4. Accreditation for Coaches.