The International Mentors Credentialing Council (IMCC) is an independent global body dedicated to establishing, upholding, and advancing professional standards in mentoring.
We provide a structured ecosystem for:
IMCC brings together educators, industry leaders, grassroots organizations, and mentoring practitioners to build a shared language, framework, and future for mentoring.
We exist to transform mentorship into a recognized, respected, and rigorously practiced discipline worldwide.
At IMCC, mentoring is defined as a sustained, developmental relationship rooted in trust, where a more experienced individual supports the growth, clarity, and capability of another, through intentional conversation, reflection, and guidance.
Mentoring differs from coaching, supervision, or advising in its relational depth, contextual sensitivity, and co-evolutionary focus.
Regardless of form, mentoring always demands integrity, presence, and purpose.
To professionalize and democratize mentoring by setting rigorous standards, nurturing ethical practice, and enabling systemic impact across sectors.
A world where mentorship is trusted, valued, and accessible, driving leadership, equity, and transformation at every level.
Just as mentors support others, they too need structured spaces to reflect, recalibrate, and grow. IMCC advocates for Mentoring Supervision as a cornerstone of ethical and effective practice.
Through reflective dialogue with a trained supervisor or peer group, mentors can:
All IMCC credentialed mentors are encouraged to engage in regular supervision, either through IMCC’s internal circles or verified external supervisors.
Mentoring must reflect the world it hopes to change.
IMCC is committed to embedding DEI principles at every level of its work, from curriculum design and faculty selection to ethics framing and partner engagement.
Our inclusion commitments include:
We believe that credible mentoring must be both introspective and inclusive, and we hold ourselves accountable to that belief.
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