EXECS: YOUR FREE EXECUTIVE COACHING COURSE
Executive Coaching Skills Core Training
Blended learning format: live calls & online material
ARE YOU READY TO...
...dedicate the next 8 weeks to learn about what coaching really is and how it really works? To discover how human hacking can work in organisational and leadership environments?
The Achiever Level FREE Core Training is your step-by-step guidance towards learning about yourself and the coaching skills you are required to demonstrate.
Wondering if the EXECS course is for you? Here is how you will know:
Start date
Next 2025 cohort begins in May. Launch party is on Friday, May 2nd.
Check out the course dates in the FAQs
Course Duration
FOR GLOBALLY ORIENTED PROFESSIONALS
TIME INVESTMENT
What's included. An overview
Unique Learning Paths
- 2 Modules broken down into 4 units each
- Each Unit is completed in 1 Workshop (2.5 hours)
- 8 weekly Workshops - live Zoom calls
- Extra group coaching during Workshops for practice - live Zoom calls
- Pre-recorded video lessons & e-books
- Real-world Activities
- Supervision & feedback
- Buddy Coaching
Who is this course for?
When you wish to acquire the foundations of professional coaching without aiming to - necessarily - build an external practice, or if you wish to become an internal coach, then this course is for you. Ideal candidates may be:
- anyone who aspires to become a coach
- individuals going through career transition
- managers of all levels
- teachers and university students
- employees & staff of all organisations & NGOs
- SME business owners & directors
- coaches who wish to enhance their skills and credibility
- sports coaches
Breakdown of course hours
Total course hours: 46
Hours per module: 10
Hours per unit: 2.5 (one workshop)
Workshop structure: 2.5 hours live video ZOOM call (including a small break) on a weekly basis
Pre-recorded videos with full analysis of terminology and evidence-based theory: approximately 5 hours included in total course hours
Buddy Coaching (coaching your peers outside class hours): 12 hours (6 as trainee coach - 6 as client)
Additional time to invest for this course
Asynchronous self-study & assignment completion hours: approx. 10 hours in total
Important Processes
All live lessons are uploaded in the specific cohort area to ensure confidentiality of the work done. Additional material can be found in there for specific study.
Core Competencies Development
Experiential Learning Components
Coach Practice Development
Assignments
Strategies & Techniques
Buddy Coaching
What's inside this live & e-learning experience?
Module one: Deep dive into the being skills of an executive coach
Versatility & Adaptability – Navigating Change & Adapting to it
- Training in adaptability, self-awareness & reflection, and the ability to pivot strategies effectively.
- Adapting to workplace challenges while fostering inclusive economic participation with an open mind.
- Learning how to help clients navigate change and uncertainty while learning how to recognise their own triggers and regulating emotions and thoughts.
- Working on case studies related to companies trying to adapt to tech advancements and rapid industry shifts
Perspective & Exploration in Leadership - Innovating for impact and influence
- Helping leaders broaden their perspectives to think creatively and explore new solutions.
- Encouraging innovation and adaptability in leadership to drive organizational and global impact.
- Fostering creative thinking and challenge limiting assumptions.
- Employing powerful questioning to evoke deep insights.
- Cultivating a mindset of curiosity, resilience, and continuous learning.
- Aligning innovative leadership with sustainable practices through SDG principles
Module two: Deep dive into the doing skills of an executive coach
Decision-Making Skills: The Ability to Choose Wisely
- Helping clients make decisions that balance logic, ethics, and long-term impact.
- Equiping coaches with structured tools and frameworks (e.g., SWOT, decision trees) to guide clients through complex choices.
- Developing techniques to identify and overcome cognitive biases and ethical dilemmas.
- Enhancing active listening and powerful questioning to reveal underlying values and priorities.
- Fostering mindfulness and reflective practices to ensure timely, informed, and ethical decisions.
- Integrating Sustainable Development Goals—specifically SDG 16 (Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions) and SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth)—to support decisions that contribute to ethical leadership and sustainable business practices.
- Teaching frameworks for overcoming indecision and aligning choices with values.
Resourcefulness & Adaptability – Overcoming Obstacles
- Guiding clients to identify and leverage their hidden strengths and resources.
- Helping clients leverage existing resources to solve challenges creatively.
- Cultivating resilience to adapt to changing circumstances and uncertainty.
- Aligning problem-solving with sustainable practices (SDGs) especially SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth.
- Coaching clients to reframe obstacles as opportunities for growth.
- Fostering a growth mindset that sees obstacles as opportunities for innovation.
- Encouraging creative problem-solving techniques
How can I become a fully certified professional?
Achiever Level: Core Training (Knowledge-based Modules) - FREE
Deliverables & assessed elements
Learning Logs
Real world activities
Reflective Practice
In-class peer coaching
Knowledge
assessment
Buddy Coaching
Achiever Level: Competence Assessment Module (applying to practice)
Deliverables & assessed elements
Observed Group Coaching
Practicum
Individual Mentor Coaching Sessions
field
assignment
Final
Knowledge Assessment
Multiple choice test following the style of the ICF assessment process