Bundle - Starting out

Three practical resources to help you coach with more depth, prepare for your ACC credential and turn conversations into paying clients.

Whether you're still in training or newly qualified, these guides cover the skills that matter most in your first years as a coach: asking powerful questions, coaching to the ICF standard and building your practice with integrity.

What's included

1. The Confident Coach: 50 Powerful Questions That Go Beyond the Obvious (10 pages)

Fifty coaching questions organised by purpose, with guidance on timing, using your client's language and avoiding leading questions. Includes examples of ordinary questions transformed into deeper ones, and a short coaching dialogue.

2. Are You Coaching at ACC Level? A Practical Self-Assessment Toolkit (12 pages)

The eight ICF Core Competencies in plain language, an example ACC-level session, common habits that hold coaches back, a recording review checklist and a personal development plan. Based on the updated ACC Minimum Skills Requirements (2026).

3. From Discovery Call to Paying Client: The New Coach's Toolkit (11 pages)

A suggested 20–30 minute call structure, 12 questions to explore fit, how to talk about pricing with confidence, ethical responses to hesitation and two ready-to-use follow-up emails.

Who it's for

Student coaches, ACC candidates and newly qualified coaches who want practical, trustworthy guidance from an experienced mentor coach.

About the author

Rachel Hudson is an ICF Master Certified Coach with over 20 years and 5000+ hours of coaching experience. As an ICF certified mentor coach and coach educator, she supports coaches from training through credentialling to building a thriving practice.

*Three instant PDF downloads · 33 pages in total · A4, printable*

*Bundle price $39 (save $14 on buying separately)*

The ACC toolkit is an independent learning aid. It is not endorsed by ICF and is not an official assessment.