Fundamentals Module

• HR professionals
• Consultants
• Anyone who wants to develop a coaching style
• Managers with ambition to take on the (executive) coaching role
• Independent coaches (to be)

• This programme is a developmental journey and includes various working methods, such as: short preparatory assignments, experiential learning, self-observations, coaching circles or practice groups, group work and reflective supervision. 
• During half-day practices, you practice your coaching skills in the presence of certified coaches who can tell you which opportunities you are still missing and which beautiful evolution you have made in the meantime.
• You will receive short preparatory introductions, articles, self-reflections or videos as a warm-up. 
• The training days consist of 70% practical and interaction moments and 30% knowledge transfer.
• You learn from specialists and from your fellow course participants. 
• The group consists of a maximum of 16 people.
• The group is continuously supervised by a lead trainer and a co-trainer, allowing plenty of room for feedback. 
• Demos and focus exercises are used regularly.
• You can count on 3 hours of personal coach-the-coach moments focusing on your evolution as a coach. 
• During minimum 8 hours of practice days, you get the opportunity to learn from your practice coaching and receive extensive personal feedback. 
• Minimum 4 hours of reflective supervision enrich your perspective as a coach on various development themes. You discuss cases and challenges as a coach, in a small group, guided by an accredited supervisor, through which you learn to recognise and break through your hindering patterns.  You will also learn from the wisdom of your fellow participants on how they deal with specific challenges.
• The common thread throughout your development are the ICF ACC markers, allowing you to chart your own progress.
• We regularly take stock of your evolution as a coach. 
• You will be guided in obtaining your ACC certificate (Level 1) from the ICF.

Block 1: Coaching as a role, style, skill, attitude and profession

• What is coaching and at what levels do you coach?
• What is coaching and what is it not?
• The role of the coach and coaching styles and roles.
• The basic attitude and beliefs of the coach.
• The building blocks of a coaching conversation.
• Introduction to the PCC Markers and the ICF competencies.
• The development path of yourself as a coach and your coachee.
• Levels and themes of coaching.
• Coaching and learning and change processes.
• Coaching in relation to other professions.

Block 2: Connection, Co-creation, Deep listening, Powerful questioning

• Listening as a coach vs listening as a colleague.
• Being in connection and observing presence (self-observer).
• Listening in the here and now: what is/isn’t being said?
• The power and effect of rephrasing in various dimensions.
• Report: Pacing & Leading, Matching & mismatching, … 
• Sensory preferences in language.
• Powerful questions about the whole experience: physical, emotional, mental.
• Questioning decision processes.
• Awareness questions versus information questions.
• Co-creation: the deeper meaning.

Block 3: Result-driven & Direct Communication

• Result orientation vs. result orientation.
• Psychological contracting with your coachee.
• Long- and short-term goals and conversational goals.
• Defining the outcome of a coaching process and breaking it down into coaching themes.
• Motivation questioning.
• Power-focused versus Deficit-Filling coaching.
• Stimulating value-driven behaviour in your coachee.
• Direct communication: re-approach, input of intuition, thoughts and feelings in a coaching manner.
• Reflections in various forms: appreciative and developmental accents.
• Silences, interruption and encouragement.

Block 4: Perception-expanding methods, Ethics and Contracting

• The change process as a guide during coaching processes.
• Learning processes and hiccups: how to support them as a coach?
• Professional reflection as a basis for continuous growth.
• Questioning perceptual positions for consciousness expansion.
• Working with polarities (from either-or to and-and).
• Talent- alongside competence-based coaching: capstans to start your coaching.
• Ethical boundaries – cases and ICF code of ethics.
• Pathway contracts and your coach profile.

Block 5: Integration of the Fundamentals at ACC level.

• Practical exercises followed by feedback.

English courses will be organised on demand, usually in the in-company format.  Please contact leen@certifiedcoachprogram.be