Is It Worth Going For Accreditation? And If So, Who With?
So – it’s decision time for me. A few close coaching colleagues have finally bitten the bullet and gone for accreditation but they have chosen different bodies and their experiences are all really different. From what I can see, it looks as though the good administrators (who keep an eye on every hour they work with and have done from moment one as a coach) find it easier to work their way through the system and those who focus on the coaching itself but are self-confessed admin-phobes struggle. OK, I admit it, I am an admin-phobe so I am still trying to work out where to start when I look at the hoops to go through.
If you’ve done it – was it worth it? How long did it take? Any advice you would pass on to someone who is still sitting on the fence? Does accreditation really matter to potential clients – I have never been asked about accreditation in 3 years as a coach?