Mentor Coaching in Austin, TX
Sharpen your coaching skills, earn your ICF credential, and work one-on-one with a PCC-certified mentor coach who genuinely loves helping coaches grow.
Improve Your Coaching Skills
Growing as a coach takes more than logging hours. It takes honest feedback, skilled observation, and a mentor who understands the ICF Core Competencies inside and out. That is exactly what you will find at True North Coaching.
Shelley Pernot is a PCC-certified coach who has taught coach training programs for the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), and she has helped hundreds of coaches sharpen their skills and earn their ICF credentials.
Is Mentor Coaching Right for You?
Getting Your First Credential
If you need 10 hours of ICF-approved mentor coaching to apply for your ACC or PCC, Shelley provides the structured feedback and documentation to get you there.
Renewing Your Credential
ICF credential renewal requires 10 hours of mentor coaching every three years, and working with a trusted PCC mentor is a great way to meet that requirement while actually deepening your practice.
Sharpening Your Skills
Many coaches work with Shelley simply because they want to hone their existing coaching skillset, not because they have a credential deadline. Mentor coaching gives you expert feedback on your coaching sessions, and that is where real growth happens.
What Mentor Coaching with Shelley Looks Like
Shelley works with you individually, reviewing your actual coaching sessions and giving you direct, competency-based feedback that moves the needle on your practice.
Sessions are available one-on-one, and the process spans a minimum of three months to align with ICF requirements.
You can expect:
- Recorded session review with verbal feedback
- Focus on all ICF Core Competencies
- Flexible scheduling to fit your life
How It Works
Free Consultation
Schedule a free 30-minute call to talk about your goals, your credential path, and whether working with Shelley is the right fit for you.
Set Your Plan
Together you will map out a mentoring schedule that meets ICF requirements, covering at least 10 hours over a minimum of three months.
Session Review and Feedback
Shelley reviews your coaching sessions and provides detailed feedback tied directly to the ICF Core Competencies.
Document and Apply
You walk away with the documented mentor coaching hours you need to submit your ICF credential application with confidence.
Free Gift: Improve Your Coaching Presence
Are you longing to connect more deeply with clients for those powerful aha moments? Shelley contributed a chapter to the Austin ICF's book, "Explorations into the Being and Doing of Coaching." Subscribe to receive your free chapter and start deepening your coaching presence today.
Meet Your Mentor Coach, Shelley Pernot
Shelley Pernot has been coaching and developing leaders for more than a decade, with a genuine passion for the craft and the profession. She has taught coach training programs for iPEC, served as faculty at NYU Professional Pathways, and has been teaching at the University of Texas Center for Professional Education since 2014.
Her approach is transformational rather than transactional. She pushes coaches to look honestly at their habits and brings the kind of directness and warmth that makes hard feedback feel worth receiving.
What Coaches Are Saying
Real feedback from coaches who have worked with Shelley.
The care, time and attention Shelley devoted to me during my coaching sessions was invaluable. She leads with compassion and I gained many insights about my career and future.
Shelley helped me understand my strengths, navigate workplace dynamics, and take real action steps in my career development.
Shelley helped me grow personally and professionally while building a strong coaching foundation.
Shelley helped me define who I wanted to become as a leader and supported me through major career transitions.
Shelley helped me reflect deeply and recognize behaviors that were shaping my leadership journey.
Working with Shelley transformed my leadership thinking and helped me challenge my limiting beliefs.
Frequently Asked Questions
ICF mentor coaching is a structured process where an experienced, credentialed coach provides feedback on your actual coaching sessions. The goal is to help you develop and demonstrate the ICF Core Competencies, and it differs from regular supervision or training because the focus is specifically on your coaching technique.
The ICF requires a minimum of 10 hours of mentor coaching for both initial credentialing and each renewal cycle. Those hours must be completed over a period of at least three months, and at least 3 of them must be individual, one-on-one sessions.
Yes. Shelley holds a PCC credential from the ICF and has direct experience with both the credentialing process and the Core Competencies. She provides the documentation you will need to include with your ICF application.
Absolutely. While many coaches work with Shelley specifically for credential hours, others simply want honest feedback and a sharper skill set. There is no requirement to have a credential deadline in order to benefit from mentor coaching.
Yes. Sessions are conducted virtually, which means coaches across Austin and throughout Texas can work with Shelley without any scheduling headaches.
Schedule a free 30-minute consultation and Shelley will answer your questions, talk through your goals, and help you figure out if mentor coaching with True North Coaching is the right next step in your coaching journey.
Ready to Grow as a Coach?
Whether you need ICF credential hours or simply want to become a stronger coach, Shelley is here to help.Schedule a free consultation with Shelley today. and take the next step in your coaching journey.