Coach Mentoring for ICF Credential

Develop your coaching and deepen your practice, while completing the mentor coaching required for your ICF credential.

For many coaches, mentor coaching begins as a credential requirement. The most valuable outcomes, however, often extend far beyond accreditation.

At Henley, we believe mentor coaching is one of the most impactful developmental experiences in a coach's professional journey. Through expert feedback, reflective practice and rigorous exploration of real coaching conversations, you'll gain deeper insight into how you coach, strengthen your professional judgement, and increase your confidence in working with clients.

Led by Suzanne Hayes-Jones, an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) with more than 20 years' experience as a coach, coach mentor and facilitator, the programme combines the support required for ICF credentialing with meaningful professional development.

Whether your goal is achieving or renewing an ICF credential, preparing for the Coach Knowledge Assessment, strengthening a coaching recording for submission, or simply becoming a more effective coach, this programme provides the challenge, feedback and support to help you move forward.

Candidates should be confident they will be able to attend all sessions when they confirm their place on their chosen cohort – review the session timetable above.

All programmes are subject to limited availability – max. 10 students per cohort. We recommend applying a minimum of 4 weeks before the programme start date to guarantee sufficient time for your enrolment and on-boarding.

Who Is This Programme For?

This programme is not intended as an initial coaching qualification.

Participants should already have completed substantial coach training and be actively coaching. Candidates will typically have completed at least 60 hours of coaching education before joining the programme.

This programme is ideal for:

• Coaches seeking accreditation with the ICF who need the mentor coaching requirement
• ACC credential holders preparing for coach credential renewal
• Coaches whose original training programme did not include mentor coaching
• Experienced coaches seeking expert feedback, challenge and an opportunity to refine their coaching practice

Participants are typically experienced executive coaches working towards ACC or PCC level coach accreditation with the ICF, who bring a wealth of diverse experience, perspectives and coaching challenges to the programme. The quality of peer discussion, reflection and learning is one of the features participants consistently value most.

If all you need is to tick a credentialing box, we'll help you do that successfully. If you're looking to elevate your coaching practice, deepen your self-awareness and strengthen your impact with clients, we'll help you do that too.

How the programme works

Delivered live online over three months, the programme combines group learning with individual mentoring to create an engaging and supportive developmental experience.

Small cohort sizes ensure meaningful participation, discussion and personalised feedback throughout.

Group mentor coaching

Five live online group sessions (10 hours total) provide opportunities to:

• Explore the ICF Core Competencies in depth
• Discuss real coaching challenges and dilemmas
• Learn from the experiences of fellow practising coaches
• Receive developmental feedback from an experienced MCC coach mentor
• Strengthen coaching capability through reflection, dialogue and practical application
• Develop greater confidence in handling complex coaching situations

Individual mentor coaching

Three one-to-one mentoring sessions (3 hours total) provide personalised feedback tailored to your coaching recordings, development priorities and credential goals.

Performance Evaluation assessment

You'll submit a coaching recording for review and assessment by your mentor, receiving developmental feedback before progressing to ICF submission.

Many coaches discover that mentor coaching becomes one of the most valuable stages of their professional development. It creates space to step back from day-to-day client work, examine how you coach, and make intentional improvements to your practice.

Our programme participants commonly report:

• Increased confidence in coaching at ACC and PCC level
• Improved application of the ICF Core Competencies
• Stronger coaching presence and partnership skills
• Greater readiness for ICF credential applications and renewals
• More effective coaching recordings for assessment purposes
• Enhanced professional confidence and coaching identity

Alongside the practical benefits of progressing a credential application, mentor coaching often leads to lasting improvements in coaching effectiveness, self-awareness and professional confidence.

Many mentor coaching programmes focus primarily on meeting the ICF requirement. We believe mentor coaching should be one of the most developmental experiences in a coach's professional journey.

At Henley, we see mentor coaching as more than an accreditation requirement.

It's an opportunity to pause, reflect and deliberately strengthen your coaching practice alongside a cohort of experienced coaches who are equally committed to their development.

You'll receive expert challenge and feedback from an ICF Master Certified Coach, learn from the experiences of your peers, and deepen your understanding of what effective coaching looks like in practice.

You'll gain the mentor coaching required for your credential – but you'll also strengthen the judgement, presence, awareness and confidence that underpin coaching excellence, long after the credentialing process is complete.

Many mentor coaching programmes focus on helping you meet the credentialling requirement; we focus on helping you to become a better coach.

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