Whole Person Design Life Coach Certification Training Dates
Foundations: Introduction to Coaching (.5-day)
Foundations is an initiation into the world of coaching; a synopsis of coaching concepts and methods and the skills employed. This course examines the role of the coaching process in helping others meet and surpass their goals skillfully and confidently.
What to expect from this course:
Gain a general understanding of coaching and how it is applied. Discover what it takes to be a coach. Is this a good fit for you? Learn what coaching shares with, and how it differs from, other guidance professions. Identify qualities in potential coaching clients. Enjoy testing some coaching techniques in a safe environment.
Included in Systems I (Ask if you'd like to sample the program and attend this program module)
Personal Mastery: Vision, Perception and Communication Mastery (3-days)
Personal Mastery is about manifesting what is desirable in all aspects of life through self-awareness
and personal/professional growth. It is a discipline rooted in personal vision and purpose, sharp insight, and flexibility in communication. Practitioners of personal mastery display an understanding of and inquisitiveness about life’s progression while celebrating its continuing mysteries. They work with and embrace the forces of change, are committed to viewing reality from many perspectives and seek accuracy in understanding and responding.
Personal Mastery is a hands-on immersion program for the development of the professional coach. This
“coach the coach” training employs a learning community technique involving situational practice and
appreciative feedback. This helps integrate the power of personal mastery into the core of the coach.
What to expect from this course:
This Coach-the-Coach program is designed for deep learning and accelerated personal and professional development. Upon completion of this course, coaches will be able to readily apply personal mastery techniques to their personal and professional lives for sustainable positive change toward a more joyful, meaningful participation in all aspects of life. Tools and techniques learned are also immediately applicable in a coaching business practice.
Visual Clarity
- Achieve precision in personal/professional vision
- Assess and incorporate life’s learnings to advance toward goal(s)
- Design and manifest a dynamic, inspirational future
Keen Perception
- Gain clarity in perspective for increased awareness of self and others
- Learn to express or reframe information from differing perspectives to increase knowing
- Refine introspective inquiry techniques to improve accuracy and understanding
Flexible Interaction
- Improve all aspects of communication: listening, powerful questioning, responding,
body language, etc.
- Create a higher level of awareness regarding communication and learning styles; adjust to meet
situational needs
- Employ language that most positively impacts yourself and others
Coaching Presence
- Enter into and maintain a coaching presence: openness, curiosity and not knowing
- Practice creating optimal coaching environments: build trust and rapport in support of the clients agenda
Prerequisites: None
Your Investment $795.00 as a stand alone or included in the WPDCC Program Tuition
(Open to Anyone wanting to explore coaching skills for personal or professional development - or potentially a career!)
Date(s):
Fri, 4-8pm, Sat, Sun 9am-6pm (Portland)
Systems: Whole Person Design (4-days)
In Systems each coach gains a strong foundation in application of change theory and intervention in the client coaching process. Coaches learn the art of inquiry with a focus on powerful questions and neutral shared observations. Coaches gain the ability to rapidly build rapport and communicate effectively to foster the desired client-driven pathway.
Following the best practices in change and renewal, Baraka Institute constructs an environment for participants to practice numerous real-life client scenarios, applying their learnings under the supportive observation of mentor coaches.
Coaches gain the confidence to begin working with clients in a professional and ethical manner exhibiting the power of coaching presence, inquiry, and observation with their own unique flair. Coaches are encouraged to work with others in a student-coach/client relationship.
What to expect from this course:
- Learn to use whole systems design for helping clients progress toward their desired future
- Understand factors that help the client to move from information into action
- Learn the Ring of Fire ™ model of change, Triple A intervention process and other models stemming from seminal theorists in change
- Develop a keen awareness of coaching ethics and standards and their appropriate use in the coaching relationship
- Establish a Coaching Agreement – clearly understand and articulate to clients the guidelines of the coaching relationship including what coaching is and is not, fees, ethical considerations and legal obligations
- Differentiate between therapy, consulting or other support professions and coaching when determining if a client is appropriate for the coaching relationship
- Master the art of powerful questioning - what kinds of questions prompt insights and positive actions
- Discover the art of appreciative feedback for optimal personal and professional growth
- Employ state management techniques for thought and behavior modification
- Learn coaching state “presence” and the art of “not knowing”
- Identify ways to promote clients’ ability to determine the success of their proposed changes
- Become aware of nuances in body language that may either complement or contradict what clients are saying
Prerequisites: Foundations:Intro to Coaching
Your Investment $ Included in WPDCC Tuition
Date(s):
Fri, 4-8pm, Sat, Sun 9am-6pm (Portland)
Process: Tools & Techniques (4-days)
Processes are tools, techniques, guides and structures based on coaching theory and Whole Systems Design for use when working with clients to facilitate awareness, action and accountability in a wide variety of personal and professional contexts.
Process offers a flexible blueprint and the tools for building, executing and evaluating a successful coaching initiative. Baraka Institute has developed cutting-edge processes from the fields of Change Theory, Appreciative Inquiry, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Emotional Intelligence, Systems Theory, Metaphorical and Narrative Coaching, Somatic Coaching and more. This course is heavily interspersed with live demonstration, practical exercises and appreciative instructor feedback.
What to expect from this course:
- Develop a high level of proficiency in the coaching tools and techniques of the professional coach
- Acquire tools for:
- futuring/visioning processes
- strategic decision making and planning
- values identification and clarification
- thought pattern management
- perspectives and perceptual positions
- creating learning contracts
- empowerment and accountability
- time/project management
- motivation
- addressing limiting beliefs
- state management
- personal and professional development
- Create a Life Works™ learning contract for clients employing whole person design tools and techniques
- Assist clients in recognizing and reducing resistance to change and blocks to progress
- Work with undesirable thought patterns using body/mind techniques
- Learn to help clients identify and apply meaning to their values
- Determine the underlying forces that govern associated thoughts and actions and examine for validity
- Aid clients in recognizing self-defeating patterns and influences
- Use metaphor, journaling and collage as tools in coaching
- Gain a clear understanding of appropriate levels of intervention
Prerequisites: Systems: Whole Person Design
Your Investment $ Included in WPDCC Tuition
Date(s):
Fri, 4-8pm, Sat, Sun 9am-6pm (Portland)
Flow: Integration & Refinement (4-days)
Coaching in the flow means dancing with the client in the moment and honoring their stated coaching initiative(s). It means that through inner knowing and mindful awareness, the coach is present and prepared to work with the client with ease and grace to facilitate change.
Flow focuses on integrating coaching skills and best practices with the student's unique flair and personality to create a highly-skilled, fully-rounded coach. This course offers a safe venue for refining coaching skills and honing confidence.
Upon completion of this course, students feel ready to assist clients through complex changes using their own creative resources enhanced by the learnings from this program. Graduates are prepared to enter the field of coaching with a high level of coaching expertise and experience readily applicable in their chosen niche. Participants may choose to work with a coaching mentor to continue their learning as they grow their business through our Graduate Coach Practicum.
What to expect from this course:
- Utilize integrated powerful questioning, acute listening and objective feedback techniques
- Become proficient in working with clients for the client’s growth and achievement of desired outcomes
- Fluidly deploy coaching techniques such as acknowledgement, bottom lining, reflection in/on action, direct communication, trust and respect of the client
- Prepare effective coaching and personal/professional development plans
- Exhibit flexibility in applying techniques in support of client agenda
- Evince the ability to maintain a high level of personal mastery
- Respond to challenging client situations with grace
- Demonstrate confidence in knowledge and use of coaching skills
- Identify and resolve unwanted thoughts and/or beliefs that may act as barriers to practitioners’ success
- Fully integrate knowledge in coaching actual clients
- Work directly with mentor coaches for technique refinement
- Leave confident and competent to successfully begin your coaching practice
- Demonstrate ICF (International Coach Federation) core competencies via interactive testing
Prerequisites: Process: Tools & Techniques
Your Investment $ Included in WPDCC Tuition
Date(s):
Fri, 4-8pm, Sat, Sun 9am-6pm (Portland)
Tuition & Payment Plan
- Whole Person Design Coach Certification Training Program
Includes: Foundations, Personal Mastery, Systems, Process and Flow
*Interest Free Payment Plan Available.
------------------------>> $3795.00* (Registration requires a $795 Deposit)
Individual Courses:
- Foundations (.5-day)
------------------------>> $169.00
- Personal Mastery (3-days)
------------------------>> $795.00
- Success: Business Development & Marketing (Recommended)
------------------------>> $1395.00
*Payments may be made in interest free installments for those choosing the Life Coaching Certification Package only. Requires a signed promissory note. All prices quoted in US Dollars. Prices are subject to change. PAYMENT PLAN requires $795.00 Deposit and (6) Payments of $500.00 during the course of the program.
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Baraka Institute
6312 SW Capitol Hwy. #421
Portland, OR 97239
Full Certification Program - Enrollment in the 5 core course program requires a $795.00 deposit. (Foundations, Personal Mastery, Systems, Process and Flow) Including your phone number when registering will ensure you receive a call back from us to set up an interest free tuition payment plan for the remainder of tuition outstanding.
Individual courses - priced separately. See Tuition section for details.
Once payment has been received, confirmations will be sent via email or regular mail to verify that we have reserved your place in the program or chosen course.
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