Coaching Certificate

Help others develop, take action, and make better decisions.
Improve your clients’ ability to set goals and achieve satisfying results by helping them identify and take advantage of their natural strengths. Participants will learn a model that outlines a coaching process they can use with individuals, teams, or an entire organization, and will practice foundational coaching competencies through role plays, group exercises, and case studies.

Audience
The Coaching Certificate Program is for learning and performance professionals who want to develop successful coaching competencies and skills for use with individuals, teams, or an entire organization. Practitioners new to coaching or those who want to enhance and validate their current coaching skill set will benefit most from attending this program.

Course Description
Many Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) Professionals have discovered that they need to add coaching to their skill set. This two-day workshop demonstrates the functions of a successful WLP in the role of coach, including using an interactive process to help clients develop more rapidly and produce more satisfying results, and improving others’ ability to set goals, take actions, make better decisions, and make full use of their natural strengths. Participants will learn a model that outlines a coaching process they can use with individuals, teams, or an entire organization, and will practice foundational coaching competencies through role plays, group exercises, and case studies.

In addition to skill-building on the coaching competencies, the workshop covers collecting data, establishing action plans, measuring and tracking results, and planning and managing the coaching program, to meet the specific needs of learning professionals. The content of this program is based on the ASTD Competency Study and helps in preparation for obtaining the CPLP™ credential. The ASTD Coaching Certificate is aligned with the International Coach Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics and the ICF Core Coaching Competencies.*

Earn 1.4 CEUs upon successfully completing this program. Learn more.

*ASTD Certificate Programs are learning events and a certificate is awarded to participants upon successful completion of the program. The ASTD Coaching Certificate Program allows participants to practice core coaching competencies, but coaching certification under the International Coach Federation (ICF) is not provided. For more information on how to become an ICF certified coach visit http://www.coachfederation.org/ICF/.

For more information on the ASTD Certification Institute’s credential, the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance™ (CPLP™) visit /astd/Competency/Certification+Institute.

Learning Objectives
After this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Practice the five foundational coaching competencies within the workplace professional coaching model and relate them to an individual, a team, or an organizational coaching program
  
• Establish coaching agreements with clients and identify how goals link to enhanced business performance
  
• Exhibit an open, flexible, and confident coaching relationship with clients; and establish mutual respect and trust in a safe, supportive environment
  
• Apply coaching ethics and standards appropriately in all coaching situations
  
• Demonstrate active listening, ask powerful questions, and use effective dialogue and feedback techniques to provide maximum benefit to clients
  
• Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of data and make interpretations that help clients achieve agreed-upon results
  
• Design actions and opportunities for ongoing learning that will most effectively lead to coaching results
  
• Develop and maintain an effective coaching plan with clients, manage ongoing progress, and hold clients accountable for actions
  
• Plan, implement, and manage an integrated coaching program based on negotiated roles, clear guidelines, a systems approach, and publicized results.

Facilitators
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On-Site Offerings
ASTD can make arrangements for the Coaching Certificate Program to be offered at your organization.You might find it is easier, and more cost effective, for one of our facilitators to come to your site and deliver this workshop for your team. Your attendees participate in the same learning experience offered at our public workshops, but have the convenience of being at your site and the benefit of covering the material with colleagues.