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The Coaching for Leadership Certification Program is an accredited program (ACTP) that offers coaches working within an organization the opportunity to develop coaching skill to a professional standard.
We believe that great coaching should look and feel very much the same regardless of the profession, or professional status, of the client. Consequently, this course provides a rigorous grounding in the core skills of coaching. However, without diluting our intention to train coaches who can coach for anything, we add an emphasis on coaching clients to grow as leaders.
The rigor of the program combined with the emphasis on leadership prepares these coaches to work with clients from any level of an organization—from the proverbial shop floor to the board room.
15 days in person, split into three week-long courses
24 hours of teleclasses
6 private supervisions, one hour each
10 hours private coaching (15 to 20 sessions over 7 months)
Offers students a minimum instruction of 125 hours over 7 months.
Recommended group size 18-24 students. For larger organizations it is better to run the whole program with 48 students through two sets of course dates. This gives students some flexibility around scheduling and provides support for students to build a wider network.
Students must be committed to learn coaching at a professional level. Graduates must complete all requirements and pass an exam to earn the Certified Leadership Coach designation.
This is a high-intensity program. The ideal students are committed to their own personal and professional growth, have already been successful in their careers, and have the bandwidth to meet the requirements of the program in addition to the requirements of their jobs. Students will not be accepted without the express support of their line manager and several peers.
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The Coaching for Leadership Certification Program provides coach training tailored to the needs of larger corporations. It trains motivated and talented employees to become internal coaches. There are two primary goals for the certification program as a whole.
- Train new or practicing internal corporate coaches to a professional level of core skills that they can use for any type of coaching. Successful students will demonstrate competence across the entire co-creative model.
- Supply them with the tools and practices that will help their coaching be most effective for managers, executives, and leaders.
Successful leadership coaches help their clients:
- Create a leadership vision that springs from a profound sense of purpose.
- Clearly distinguish between personal achievement and leadership.
- Have a powerful sense of their personal authority.
- Discover the relationship between personal growth and leadership ability.
- Be aware of reality, be responsive to reality, and create the vision within the current reality. (Said differently, to change the current reality to match the vision.)
- Recognize, assess, acquire, and intelligently allocate a variety of types of personal and collective resources: physical, intellectual, emotional, and social.
- Continue to expand influence, power, access, and skill across all types of resources.
- Create powerful, mutually-beneficial partnerships; gain allies; help others build partnerships.
- Build teams.
- Be persuasive in their communication.
- Be aware of their emotional and social impact.
- Choose the culture they want to create, embody that culture, and inspire others toward that end.
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The Coaching for Leadership Certification Program is delivered as a mix of in-person training in large groups, teleclasses in large groups, individual supervisions, and private coaching. The entire program, from the first day of the first course to completion of the exam, takes as little as 7 months. Here’s a quick overview of the structure.
Week 1:
Introduction to the Core Skills
Purpose, Vision, and Resourcefulness
Week 2:
Perception, Systems, and Structures
Reality
The Vision/Reality Tension
Week 3:
Emotional Intelligence for Coaches and Leaders
The client as Hero: Coaching the Hero’s Journey
Group Coaching; Coach as Leader
Teleclasses:
24 hours of teleclasses, which review and deepen the core practices presented in the courses.
Other Requirements:
50 hours coaching practice.
Coach a fellow student; be a client for a fellow student.
Maintain training partnerships; help fellow students.
Take and pass a formal exam administered by phone.
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These are the satisfaction scores from our participants. Note that all scores are on a 5-point scale with five being the best. Our key measures are the top two:
1. Overall, how satisfied are you with this workshop? 4.9
2. Overall, how satisfied are you with the workshop leaders? 5.0
3. The program met its stated objectives. 4.8
4. I will be able to lead more effectively in my job and in my life. 4.7
5. The facilities supported the learning experience. 4.7
6. I would recommend this program to others. 4.9
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“Brilliant learning experience.”
“I loved this course! And it has changed my life.”
“The most well balanced course I have ever attended. Everything was completely relevant, focused and explained.”
“Excellent.”
“This was an excellent week and a truly inspiring course. I feel enthused about gaining some great experience in the next few months.”
“Learned more than I ever thought I would in a week."
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The Coaching for Leadership Certification Program has earned the ACTP designation from the International Coaching Federation. Among other things, this means that it satisfies the training and testing requirement for those students who wish to apply for an ACC or PCC from the ICF. For more information regarding ACTP status, see the ICF.
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