Learn How to Coach Ahead of the Curve

Who We Are

Change Coaches is a team of leadership development professionals dedicated to transforming the workplace from the inside out. Our approach is rooted in Below the Surface Leadership™, which centers on REAL leadership, psychological safety, and empathy. We’re passionate about cultivating leadership that addresses the core challenges of today’s work environments while preparing leaders and coaches for the dynamic workplace of the future. Our mission is to build coaching practices that prioritize genuine connection, diversity, and psychological safety.

Program Description

Coaching Below the Surface: How to Coach Across Differences and Create a Psychologically Safe Coaching Practice is a unique, future-focused program designed to equip coaches with the knowledge and tools to navigate the rapidly evolving coaching industry. 

Facilitated by experienced coaches and practitioners, we will explore key shifts in the coaching industry and how to navigate them, honing effective coaching techniques for clients from diverse backgrounds. The program emphasizes the importance of fostering psychological safety, inclusion, and belonging in your practice. 

Additionally, you will complete an in-depth assessment to evaluate these factors in your current approach and identify personal blind spots, resulting in the creation of a customized action plan for your ongoing development and coaching success.

Who This is For

This program is tailored for experienced coaches who have completed foundational training and are ready to deepen their practice. This includes:

  • Coaches completing or renewing a credential
  • Coaches eager to learn how to improve their practice across differences
  • Coaches who expect to coach clients from diverse backgrounds
  • Coaches looking to go beyond traditional training to master inclusion and psychological safety

Program Dates

Our program will be running from March through September of 2025, offering a blend of Synchronous (in-person) and Asynchronous (virtual sessions) environments that provide flexibility while ensuring rich learning experiences.

Course Schedule

Day 1 (In-person)

  • Opening: Building Connections and Setting the Stage
  • Adapting to the Future Workplace: Becoming the Coach Tomorrow Needs
  • From Insight to Action: Bridging Theory and Practice
  • Creating a Culture of Belonging in Your Coaching Relationships
  • Psychological Safety: The Bedrock for Effective Coaching
  • Embracing REAL Coaching: Transforming Your Practice
  • LEAD Assessment Review and Development Planning
  • Crafting Your Path Forward: Action Planning

Day 2 (In-person)

  • Reflection & Day 1 Integration
  • Interactive Q&A & Collective Dialogue
  • Engaged Practice: Coaching Below the Surface
  • Insight Sharing and Community Anchoring

Day 3 (Virtual)

  • Uncovering Hidden Barriers: Dominant Leadership Standards

Day 4 (Virtual)

  • Joyfully Coaching Below the Surface

Day 5 (Virtual)

  • Bridging Theory and Practice: Group Reflection and Coaching Demos

Day 6 (Virtual)

  • Embodied Coaching: Exploring Somatic Practices

Day 7 (Virtual)

  • Crafting Your Path Forward: Action Planning

Day 8 (Virtual)

  • Celebrating Milestones: Sunsetting and Graduation

Why This Experience is Unique

Coaching Below the Surface offers a flexible blend of Synchronous (real-time) and Asynchronous (self-paced) learning environments. This ensures that participants can engage on learning objectives both with faculty and other participants, as well as in a more reflective manner outside of live-discussions. 

Additionally, this program caters to a wide range of coaching specialties, including:

  • Business/Organizations
  • Coaching Other Coaches
  • Executive
  • Leadership
  • Personal & Organizational Coaching
  • Relationship 
  • Small Business Coaching

Program Outcomes

By the end of this program, you will:

  • Understand how the coaching industry has and will continue to change, how this will affect your practice, and how to prepare for these pivotal changes

  • Learn techniques to coach effectively across differences, how concepts such as belonging and psychological safety align, and complete an assessment to gain awareness around the degree to which these environmental factors are present in your coaching practice

  • Gain awareness around personal coaching blindspots and how to address them

  • Create an action plan for your personal development and coaching practice

In addition to these learning objectives, you’ll earn 16.5 Core Competency and 5.0 Resource Development hours, for a total of 21.5 ICF hours.

Ready to Future-Proof Your Coaching Practice?
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to revolutionize your coaching practice.

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