A clear reading order

Work every exam item the same way: the Core Four first, then HUMAN when two answers both look right.

Practice with original scenarios

Five scenarios to try before you start and again at the end, plus six worked scenarios with full reasoning. None are ICF exam items.

Ethics, made practical

Confidentiality, sponsors, platforms and AI, shared clients, referrals and dual roles, each with what the Code requires and the best first response.

About the course

This course is for coaches preparing for an ICF credential exam: ACC, PCC or MCC. It is not a question bank. It teaches you to read an exam item the way a skilled coach reads a session: be clear about what is being asked, stay with the item in front of you, and choose the response that builds trust. You get eight short video lessons within 24 lessons in all, a downloadable set of course cards, five scenarios to try before and after, six worked scenarios with full reasoning, and a clear guide to which standards your exam is built on. ICF, ACC, PCC and MCC are marks of the International Coaching Federation. This course is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ICF. It contains no ICF exam items.

About your instructor

Joanne Wong Blackerby is an ICF Master Certified Coach and holds the ICF Mentor Coach Specialization at ACC, PCC and MCC. She is an EMCC Senior Practitioner, a certified coaching supervisor, a coach educator and mentor coach, and co-founder of Adaptive Coaches. She is the author of The Frame and The Flow: Coaching at the Speed of Humanity, the book this course draws on.

What You'll Learn

6 Chapters · 24 Lessons

    1. Welcome: Embodying the Exam Mindset Free preview
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      Your cards — download and keep these

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      What this course is really for

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      The exam itself — and which one is yours

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      Which standards is your exam actually testing?

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      Before You Begin: Five Scenarios

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      Establishing the Exam Agreement

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      Try it: name what the wrong answer fails

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      Maintaining Exam Presence

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      Do No Harm vs. Do Good: Cultivating Trust

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      Communicating Effectively

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      Self-check: the reading order

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      The ICK: when knowing, feeling and doing come apart

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      The five tricky ones

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      Your ethics card

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      How to work these

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      The six worked scenarios

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      Capstone exercise — Priya

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      For fun — the reception

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      Close: Contract Well

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      Same Five, Second Look

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      On the morning of the exam

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      One question before you go

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      Your certificate and ICF documentation

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