PCF
Purpose Coaching Federation
About PCF

A federation for coaches who take the craft seriously.

Purpose Coaching Federation exists to turn coaching from a title anyone can claim into a measured, credentialed practice. We place you at the right level, sequence your learning, log your hours, and back your progress with recognised credentials.

Why we exist

Coaching mastery, made measurable.

Most platforms hand you two hundred videos and wish you luck. PCF is a standards body with a curriculum attached. Your level is assessed on day one, your learning unlocks in sequence, your practice hours are logged, and your credential is issued only when the curriculum, the hours and a coach's sign-off all line up.

The result is a progression that clients, employers and sponsors can actually trust, from Foundations all the way to Fellow.

What we stand for

Four commitments.

Standards over volume

We are a federation, not a content dump. A credential means something because the bar to earn it is real.

Placed, then progressed

Everyone starts where they actually are. Growth is sequenced: one course opens at a time, no skipping foundations.

Evidence, not vibes

Logged hours, coach sign-off and a calibrated curriculum stand behind every level you claim.

Built for Africa

Designed around African coaches, coachees and the organisations that fund them, with a pan-African community.

The ladder

Five levels, Foundations to Fellow.

1
Foundations of Purpose Coaching
Grounding in redemptive purpose: identity, calling and the coaching stance.
0-50 hrs
2
Certified Purpose Coach
Coaching consistently against the federation framework, with logged practice hours.
50-250 hrs
3
Senior Purpose Coach
Coaching teams and stakeholders, under supervision and to an assessed methodology.
250-500 hrs
4
Master Purpose Coach
Mentoring and supervising other coaches; contributing to standards and CPD.
500-1000 hrs
5
Fellow · Global Master Coach
Distinguished practice: shaping the federation, its research and its ethics.
1000+ hrs

Find out where you'd start.

The placement assessment takes about four minutes and costs nothing.

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