Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching

$9,995.00

The foundational professional credential in executive coaching. Over six months, you develop your own coaching model and signature presence, grounded in self-knowledge rather than borrowed technique.

  • Triple-accredited: ICF (Level 1, ACC), EMCC, and the Association for Coaching

  • Six months, delivered in person, virtual, or in-house

  • Meets full ICF ACC education requirements

  • Peer coaching, supervision, and mentoring throughout

  • Delivered by the Academy of Executive Coaching (U.S.), powered by SPARC

The foundational professional credential in executive coaching. Over six months, you develop your own coaching model and signature presence, grounded in self-knowledge rather than borrowed technique.

  • Triple-accredited: ICF (Level 1, ACC), EMCC, and the Association for Coaching

  • Six months, delivered in person, virtual, or in-house

  • Meets full ICF ACC education requirements

  • Peer coaching, supervision, and mentoring throughout

  • Delivered by the Academy of Executive Coaching (U.S.), powered by SPARC

Practitioner Diploma · ICF Level 1

Become the coach leaders trust when the stakes are real.

This is not a course in techniques. It is an experiential program that develops the grounded, responsive presence a leader feels the moment a conversation matters — and the credential that proves it.

What the program develops

You leave with a coaching identity, not a script.

Over six months, you build your own coaching model — the way of working that fits how you think, who you are, and the leaders you serve. You practice in real coaching relationships, receive supervision and mentoring, and refine your presence under the eyes of doctoral-level, ICF PCC faculty.

The result is judgment that holds across frameworks, in the unscripted moment when a leader brings you what actually keeps them up at night.

The credential

Recognized everywhere it matters.

Fewer than 1% of coaching training organizations worldwide hold simultaneous accreditation from the ICF, EMCC, and the Association for Coaching. SPARC delivers these triple-accredited programs as the exclusive U.S. partner of the Academy of Executive Coaching. Your credential is recognized by every major international coaching body — and by the organizations that hire the coaches we develop.

ICF
Level 1 · meets full ACC education requirements
EMCC
European Mentoring & Coaching Council accredited
AC
Association for Coaching accredited
Experience the work

A taste of how we coach.

Coaching is felt before it is understood. Sit with one question the way a leader would in a session:

"Where in your leadership are you out of alignment with what you most care about — and what capacity is asking to be developed there?"
A question of the kind you will learn to hold, and to ask well, across the six months.
Structure

What the six months include.

Live, experiential modules

Cohort-based, in person or virtual live, with practice at the center — not lecture.

Supervision & mentoring

Ongoing supervision and mentor coaching as you build real client hours.

Peer coaching triads

Structured peer practice with expert feedback throughout the program.

Your own coaching model

You graduate with an articulated model and signature presence you can name and defend.

Next cohort

Cohort 271 — begins February 2027.

Virtual Live · Cohort 271
Module 1Thursday–Friday, February 4–5, 2027
Module 2Wednesday–Thursday, March 17–18, 2027
Module 3Thursday–Friday, April 29–30, 2027
Remaining module dates confirmed at enrollment.
For organizations

Available in-house.

The same triple-accredited curriculum can be delivered inside your institution to build internal coaching capacity at scale — scoped to your culture, delivered virtually, in person, or hybrid, and facilitated by ICF PCC, Ph.D.-level faculty.

Where the stakes are real

Ready to transform your leadership, your team, your organization?

Whether you are ready to enroll or want to talk it through first, the path starts here. If something resonates, let's have a conversation.

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