From ACC to PCC - Development Workbook

You've earned your ACC. Now you want to coach with more depth, more presence and more partnership. This workbook shows you how.

The ICF competencies don't change between ACC and PCC. What changes is how deeply and consistently you demonstrate them. Written by an ICF Master Certified Coach and mentor coach, this workbook breaks that shift into three practical areas you can develop, with clear examples, exercises and reflection.

What's inside:

1. What really changes from ACC to PCC, explained simply

2. The shift at a glance: how ACC and PCC coaching typically sound across each competency

3. Deeper listening: key words, emotions, energy shifts and how your client sees themselves

4. Richer awareness: how to coach the person as well as the problem

5. True partnership: language that invites your client to lead

6. Stronger agreements and closings that make a session PCC level

7. An annotated sample dialogue showing PCC-level coaching in action

8. A self-review worksheet to use with your own recordings

9. A four-week practice plan and a personal PCC development plan

Who it's for

ACC-credentialled coaches, PCC candidates and mentor coaching groups who want practical guidance on taking their coaching to the next level.

Includes ICF's announced 2027 changes to the PCC application process. This is an independent learning aid. It is not endorsed by ICF and is not an official assessment.

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