About Lexi Sylver

• Completing 68 hours of online training material

• Attending weekly workshops for 1-to-1 coaching practice

• Passing a written knowledge assessment

• Passing a real-life coaching observation assessment, which showed her adherence to standards and ethics, and successfully demonstrated effective coaching skills to help her client discover their own realizations and achieve their goals.

• Is accredited to a Level 1 by The International Coaching Federation (ICF) for both the training material and the trainers, which required a vigorous and comprehensive assessment to ensure the absolute highest standards of the ICF.

• Is accredited to a Level 4 equivalent by The International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentoring for both the training material and the trainers, which required a vigorous and compressive assessment to ensure the absolute highest standards of the IAPC&M. 

• Has earned official certification from the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and is aligned with international standards. A team of seasoned CPD assessors has meticulously reviewed the TCM accreditation course. 

You can learn more about The Coaching Masters’ accreditation status here.

The Coaching industry is self-regulated: there is no official government, no legally agreed standard, no official or agreed course content, and there is a wide variation in levels of competency. So the industry has set up its own standards in order to try and maintain some form of regulation and quality. 

There are a number of these self-governing groups, organizations, associations, and bodies, including the above-mentioned ICT and IAPC&M, who have set up an independent business in order to set up a self-perceived standard of quality, which is reflected in how they each believe Coaching should be taught, practiced and accredited. However, these are just businesses, and there are no associations, bodies or institutions that are mandatory to join or achieve in order to be able to learn, teach or apply coaching.