Associate Certified Coach
Minimum 60 hours of coach-specific training, 100 hours of client coaching experience.
Accreditation
Every coach in Lequin's network is ICF accredited.
The International Coaching Federation accredits professional coaches against a global standard. Every coach Lequin deploys on a client engagement holds an ICF credential. This page explains what that means, why it matters for enterprise L&D buyers, and where the accreditation sits across the team.
No obligation. We'll send a written summary within 48 hours.
What ICF accreditation is
The world's largest professional coaching body, three credential levels
Professional Certified Coach
Minimum 125 hours of coach-specific training, 500 hours of client coaching experience.
Master Certified Coach
Minimum 200 hours of coach-specific training, 2,500 hours of client coaching experience.
Each level requires examination, supervision, and ongoing continuing professional development to maintain. ICF accreditation is the most widely recognised independent quality standard in professional coaching globally.
Why it matters for enterprise L&D
Three reasons UK Heads of L&D ask about it
Procurement and compliance
Most large UK enterprises require external coaches to hold an independent professional credential. ICF is the standard most procurement teams check.
Consistency across the bench
When a coaching engagement scales beyond one named coach, the buyer needs every coach to operate to the same standard. ICF accreditation is how that's enforced.
Behavioural change quality
ICF's competency framework focuses on the behaviours that produce coaching outcomes: listening, evoking awareness, partnering with the client, ethical practice. It doesn't guarantee fit. It guarantees the coach has been independently tested against a known standard.
Across the team
Where the accreditation sits across Lequin
Lequin's coach network is 30 senior coaches across the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. Every coach holds an ICF credential at ACC, PCC or MCC level.
The specific level for any named coach appears on each individual coach profile page. If a specific level is required for a specific engagement, ask Peter or Marie at the scoping call.
Marie Willis, co-founder and coaching lead, is ICF PCC. Peter Willis, co-founder and training lead, is ICF PCC. Marie scopes every senior coaching engagement personally. Peter scopes every training engagement personally. Both work on the bench themselves as well as scoping for associates.
ICF questions
Questions about ICF and Lequin
Yes. Every coach in Lequin's deployed network holds an ICF credential. The profile pages at /coaches show the specific level for each named coach.
Where to start
Most engagements with Lequin begin one of two ways. Both are free or fixed price. Neither starts with a sales pitch.
Option one
The 30-minute discovery call
A 30-minute call with Peter or Marie, depending on whether you're closer to the training or coaching question. We ask eight questions about your leadership challenge and what's happened so far, then send a written summary within 48 hours, including whether we think we're the right fit.
Book a 30-minute callOption two
The £1,500 pilot workshop
A 90-minute online workshop for up to 12 of your leaders. Choose one topic from our list. We lead the session, your people take part, you watch the work. If we're the wrong fit, we'll tell you and you keep the materials. Most pilots happen within 6 weeks of booking.
Book the pilot