Executive Coach Accreditation

Accredited Master
Executive Coach

Executive Coaching is a principal part of your work and professional identity. You are an established practitioner, with around five years’ experience, good professional development and you meet the accreditation requirements.

Application fee £540

Annual Community Membership Fee £130

Annual Renewal fee £50

Certified Professional
Executive Coach

Executive Coaching is a significant part of your work and professional identity.You are an established practitioner, with around three years' experience practising as an Executive Coach and you meet the accreditation requirements.

Application fee £540

Annual Community Membership Fee £130

Annual Renewal fee £50

Accredited Master
Executive Coach

Appropriate for - 

Established practitioners who meet full APECS Professional Standards for Master Executive Coach Accreditation. Accreditation is designed for experienced, established coaches, who wish to be part of an experienced peer community. APECS Master accreditation is increasingly recognised by corporate buyers as a confirmation of best practice and experience. It indicates that those who hold Master accreditation are committed to on-going CPPD, supervision and professional training which is relevant to the practice of Executive Coaching.

Criteria for Master Executive Coach Accreditation

Applicants need to demonstrate extensive individual executive coaching experience, typically over at least five years; and that executive coaching is a principal component of their working practice and professional identity. This relates to their normal working practice, however coaching on a voluntary basis is welcomed as appropriate experience.

They are required to provide portfolio evidence to include -
Professional standards of learning together with any formal, recognised qualification in a relevant subject, or portfolio evidence of an equivalent level of professional standard of learning relevant to the executive coaching, team coaching or supervision context -

1. Understanding and application of ethical and boundary management considerations in coaching

2. At leastf five years’ executive business experience personally in line management and / or consultancy, in addition to experience as an Executive Coach

3. Articulate a detailed rationale / philosophy of their practice and model of working

4. Evidence of and commitment to Continuing Personal Professional Development, including individual supervision

5. Demonstration of an interest in and some manner of contribution to the field

6. Reflection on and evaluation of professional practice

7. Acceptance of and commitment to abide by APECS Ethical Guidelines

8. Undertaking to comply with UK requirements or those governing their geographic area

9. References from 2 referees and a statement from their supervisor confirming supervision

Certified
Professional
Executive Coach

Appropriate for - 

Certified Professional accreditation is suitable for developing coaches with an established practice and for whom executive coaching is a significant part of their working practice and professional identity. It can serve as a point on the path to accreditation. The professional and educational standards are the same as for Masters accreditation, as are the requirements for CPPD and supervision.

Criteria for Certified Professional Executive Coach

1. Applicants need to demonstrate extensive one–to–one executive coaching experience, typically over at least three years; and that executive coaching is a significant component of their working practice and professional identity. (Note – this relates to their normal working week however coaching on a voluntary basis is welcomed as appropriate experience).

They are required to provide portfolio evidence to include -
Professional standards of learning together with any formal, recognised qualification in a relevant subject, or portfolio evidence of an equivalent level of professional standard of learning relevant to the executive coaching, team coaching or supervision context -

1. Understanding and application of ethical and boundary management considerations in coaching

2. At leastf five years’ executive business experience personally in line management and / or consultancy, in addition to experience as an Executive Coach

3. Articulate a detailed rationale / philosophy of their practice and model of working

4. Evidence of and commitment to Continuing Personal Professional Development, including individual supervision

5. Demonstration of an interest in and some manner of contribution to the field

6. Reflection on and evaluation of professional practice

7. Acceptance of and commitment to abide by APECS Ethical Guidelines

8. Undertaking to comply with UK requirements or those governing their geographic area

9. References from 2 referees and a statement from their supervisor confirming supervision

Please note -

1. We define Executive as having ‘a level of leadership responsibility (financial / operational / people) and / or responsibility for policy formulation and / or who makes a senior level individual contribution in the organisation’.

2. APECS refers to CPPD by including the term ‘personal’ in the normal use of the phrase as a way of emphasising how it is often a very personal choice people make about how they continue to develop themselves.