Coach Certification Program

Leader as Coach, Coach as Leader Program Overview

The integration of coaching and leading roles is increasingly seen as essential in modern leadership. Effective leaders often need to be good coaches, helping their teams navigate challenges, grow their capabilities, and reach their full potential.

Likewise, coaches who adopt leadership qualities can inspire and drive collective success, ensuring that the development of individuals aligns with the broader goals of the team or organization. The leaders as coach leader adopts coaching behaviors to guide and develop their team members. Rather than simply directing or managing, the leader focuses on empowering employees, fostering growth, and helping individuals reach their potential.  A coach in any context, whether in sports, business, or personal development, takes on a leadership role by inspiring, guiding, and motivating their "players" or clients to perform at their best.

Both roles share essential qualities like guidance, inspiration, and development, but where the leader might focus more broadly on organizational goals, the coach has a more individual or team-focused development agenda.  In today's workplace, combining these roles allows for more agile, adaptive, and emotionally intelligent leadership. Leaders who act as coaches not only help their team members grow but also foster a culture where innovation and collaboration thrive.

Enhancing and Strengthening Rapport
When rapport is established, the team member feels more comfortable, valued, and understood, which allows for deeper conversations and more effective coaching outcomes. They are more likely to open up and engage in the coaching process.

Active Listening
Active listening goes beyond simply hearing words; it involves focusing on the speaker, interpreting both verbal and non-verbal cues, and responding thoughtfully.

Powerful Questioning
Powerful questions are at the heart of effective coaching, as they encourage deep reflection, challenge assumptions, and facilitate personal and professional growth.

Change Processes
Global IOC uses a variety of empirically tested model as resources for coaches for integration into practice which help teams navigate transitions more effectively.

Feedback and Accountability
Effective feedback in coaching provides insight, encourages reflection, and motivates action. Effective feedback is specific, actionable, and designed to help team members improve.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Emotional Agility
In coaching, EQ is crucial for identifying the emotional drivers behind a team member’s behavior and providing supportive guidance.

Setting Goals and Taking Action
Coaches work with team members to articulate specific, achievable goals and develop actionable strategies to accomplish them.

Self-Reflection
Self-reflection is a critical aspect of coaching that encourages individuals to examine their thoughts, actions, emotions, and experiences to gain deeper insights and drive personal and professional growth.

Expanding Leadership Skills-Lead with Purpose

Purpose-Driven Leadership
Leaders who lead with purpose connect their vision and goals to a larger mission. This sense of purpose helps align the team’s efforts with broader organizational or societal goals, fostering a deeper commitment and motivation among team members.

Authenticity and Integrity
Leaders should be transparent about their values and beliefs, and consistently act in ways that reflect these principles. This builds a strong foundation of trust and respect.

Empowerment and Engagement
Leading with purpose involves empowering team members and engaging them in the vision. When team members understand how their work contributes to a meaningful goal, they are more likely to be motivated and engaged.

Communication and Connection
Leaders should regularly share updates on progress toward the purpose, celebrate milestones, and reinforce how individual and team efforts contribute to the overall mission.

Resilience and Adaptability
Leaders should help their teams stay focused on the purpose, adapt strategies as needed, and support each other through setbacks by reinforcing the larger mission.

What you will receive:

• Coaching Workbook
• Nine hours of small group training
• DISC-Values Assessment: Report and Debrief
• Leadership Assessment: Report and Debrief
• Three individual coaching oversight calls with Master Coach

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