- In this course you will learn the solid fundamentals of coaching.
- You learn to coach using the 8 ICF competencies.
- You learn to coach at the behavioral and competency level and to achieve perception expansion.
- You will become more skilled in process guidance: you will support solution processes, self-awareness processes and conscious decision-making processes!
- During this training you will develop your own coaching style and put your personal emphasis on becoming the best version of yourself as a coach.
After completing the CCP – Fundamentals Module, you will be able to coach at the level of Associated Certified Coach as described by ICF.
You can already apply for your ACC (Associated Certified Coach) or your “Level 1” diploma from ICF after this module. (International Coach Federation) based on 100 hours of practical experience.
If you also successfully complete the CCP – Advanced Module and the CCP – Certification Module, and have accumulated 500 hours of practice, you can apply for the PCC (Professional Certified Coach) certificate directly with 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