Co-Active Coaching: Intermediate (CTI)

Co-Active Coaching describes the dance between the coach and the client, which is created in the moment. It is a unique, proactive alliance in which coach and client work together as equals to meet the needs of the client.

Principles

The offered courses are designed to teach that subtle dance and focus on experiential learning where participants experience and practice coaching instead of just talking about it. CTI's coaching curriculum is designed to integrate Co-Active coaching competencies deeply in your being rather than in your head, so that you can be responsive in the moment to a variety of client types and needs. Once you have completed this curriculum you will have the ability to coach with confidence in your own personal, authentic style.

Who can benefit?

• individuals who want to become professional coaches;
• people wanting to acquire new communication and relationship skills in their work and personal environment-management: managers, HR business partners, health professionals, teachers, parents, etc;
• individuals in vocational transition who want a new career.

Outcomes

After having finished the fulfillment workshop your are able to:

• use visualization and imagery to help clients define a vision of the future they will create;
• assist clients in identifying their unique values and assessing their satisfaction with living those values;
• identify a client's self-defeating influences;
• design the relationship with your client;
• design an initial 'intake' session.

After the balance workshop you can:

• help your clients see many useful perspectives;
• coach clients by planning from possibility rather than circumstances;
• create a plan using our innovative 'right brain' planning method;
• use new techniques to get clients into alive, sustainable, effective action; use structures to keep the client in action.

After having finished the process workshop your are able to:

• facilitate a life purpose statement with your clients;
• work with emotionally charged issues with your clients;
• use the Process coaching skills that have clients 'experience' what exists for them rather than talk about it.

After the last (In the bones) workshop you can:

• demonstrate the ability to coach your client using the principles of Fulfillment, Balance and Process;
• create in the moment rather than from any preconceived rules;
• incorporate your own creativity and ability with what you have learned in previous courses;
• articulate the principles, contexts, cornerstones and skills of Co-Active Coaching.

Program

The core curriculum consists of five courses. Each course is a three-day intensive course based on experiential learning. The total co-active coaching curriculum has been accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF).

The four-course intermediate coach training program is intended as the next step for individuals moving toward Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. All courses are three days long and are designed to be taken in the following sequence:

• Fulfillment coaching is about having clients let go of preconceived rules and limitations and step into what truly brings them alive.
• Balance coaching: guiding your clients to make powerful life choices and to select the experiences they want most, rather than dashing about either at the mercy of circumstances or trying to have it all.
• Process coaching is about being with clients wherever they are on the flowing river of their lives - in the strong current, the still pools or the rapids and eddies.
• In the Bones is an integrative course that deepens your confidence and solidifies the skills that have been taught in the previous four courses.

Hands-on training provides a powerful introduction to the techniques and skills of Co-Active Coaching. The focus is on participation and practical experience rather than lecture, with numerous opportunities to coach and receive feedback on your newly acquired coaching skills. At the end of the course you will have a very clear idea just how coaching might fit into your life. The co-active workshops will be given in English by two experienced international coaches of the Coaches Trainings Institute (CTI).

Duration

Each Intermediate workshop (fulfillment, balance, process and in the bones) is a 3 day course:

• Day 1 from 9.30 AM till 5.30 PM (lunch included)
• Day 2 from 9.30 AM till 5.30 PM (lunch included)
• Day 3 from 9.30 AM till 5.30 PM (lunch included)

At the first day of every workshop you will receive the literature necessary for that workshop. During the evening hours of the course you could go through these materials, but this is not compulsory.

On the second day of the workshop you will be requested to have a coaching-conversation (by telephone) regarding a specific subject, with someone you know either work-related or privately. This will take about one hour of your time and the next morning the results of this coaching conversation will be evaluated in traids.