BE A LEADER OF COACHING CIRCLES®

Quickly expand your reach and your impact as a coach, facilitator or organizational development practitioner by learning to design and lead Coaching Circles®.

PURCHASE COURSE

A Quick Return on your Investment

Coaching circles are a relatively low cost alternative to one-on-one coaching programs yet, they truly enhance the performance and development of people who meet in this dynamic, challenging and safe setting. As a result, your investment in this course will quickly expand your reach and your impact as a coach, facilitator or organizational development practitioner.

What you’ll get out of this course

Explore at your own pace how coaching circles work while practicing the skills you need to be an effective facilitator-coach. Learn to make powerful offers to the clients you work with or to the organizations and communities you are part of. Benefit from our 20+ years of experience in designing and leading coaching circles of all shapes and forms around the world.

Learn, reflect and practice in a stimulating interactive environment that includes live videos, exercises, and amazing content.

  • As a learner, you will find valuable learning aids to support your development as you move through the course.
  • As a facilitator, you will find ready-to-use tools to lead the process effectively and mindfully as well as real-life scenarios to help you address the wide range of situations that arise in the effervescence of a coaching circle.
  • As a coach, you will find great models and printable handouts to support participants in their development work and business challenges.

The course consists of 5 modules organized around the life stages of coaching circles and 11 capsules focusing on the facilitation and coaching skills needed to lead coaching circles effectively and mindfully. With 12 hours of interactive guidance, you’ll be on your way to launching your first coaching circle with skill and confidence.

Once a Student always a Student!

As a paid registrant to the eLearning Course, you’ll have round-the-clock unlimited access to the course with no time limit on completing the course or accessing the course and related materials once you’re done.

You will also receive one free download of the brand new Coaching Circles Quick Start Guide which offers a clear description of how coaching circles work as well as best practices and tools both for facilitators and participants.

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INTERACTIVE

Built with Articulate Storyline 3, this course was designed to engage!

LEARN AS YOU GO

Flexible and mobile optimised, the course looks great on any device and includes handy tools and user-friendly resources to support your practice.

ASSESSMENTS & QUIZZES

Self assessments to guide you throughout and quizzes to test your learning.

COURSE MENUS

Course menus are placed on the learning website and within the course modules to help you easily navigate to where you left off.

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

On completion, a Facebook Group community of practitioners to support you as you implement Coaching Circles®

PROGRESS TRACKING

Course timeline shows the modules/capsules you have completed in the course along with the progress bar.

COURSE OUTLINE

  • Module 1 - Core Concepts

  • The drivers and results of coaching circle
  • The traditions that coaching circles draw from
  • The three phases in the life of a coaching circle
  • The complementary roles in a coaching circle

  • Module 2 – Designing and making an offer

  • The value proposition for coaching circles
  • The steps involved in enrolling sponsors and designing an offer
  • The design elements that will shape an offer
  • Case examples to illustrate possible designs

  • Module 3 – Launching the first coaching circle session

  • Design options for launching coaching circles
  • Setting up a group for success
  • Leading the first session

  • Module 4 – Leading a typical session

  • The role and practices of the facilitator-coach before, during and after a session
  • The dynamics of each phase of the coaching circle: connecting, coaching and completing

  • Module 5 – Sustaining momentum and completing

  • Supporting performance and learning over the life of the coaching circle
  • The key transitions experienced by a coaching circle
  • The completion process

  • Facilitation Capsules

  • Sensing and observing yourself as a way to remain attuned to the group
  • Working in multiple domains: content, process and coaching
  • Modulating the rhythm and flow in the group process
  • Capitalize on openings for coaching and supporting emerging threads
  • Using facilitation techniques to optimize the group process

  • Coaching Capsules

  • Asking insightful questions to best serve clients
  • Using assessment models to enrich the coaching process
  • Using distinctions to evoke new perspectives and possibilities
  • Embedding themes in the coaching circle process to enhance learning
  • Eliciting powerful commitments and experiments
  • Cultivating presence as facilitator-coach and participants

SNEAK PEEK INSIDE THE COURSE​

Models | Real-life scenarios | Learning Aids & Quizzes | Facilitator Tools | Participant Handouts

Models
Models 2
Scenarios
Scenarios 2
Quizzes
Learning Aids
Quizzes 2
Facilitator Tools 7
Facilitator Tools 6
Facilitator Tools 5
Airtime
Facilitator Tools
Facilitator Tools 3
Facilitator Tools 4
Participant Handou 2
Participant Handout
Facilitator Tools PDF
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The International Coach Federation recognizes this program for 12 hours of Resource Development of Continuing Coaching Education (CCE) for the purpose of ICF credential renewal.
PURCHASE COURSE

  • Proof of Integral Coaching in Action

    I participated in Coaching Circles not long after completing the Professional Coaching Course (New Ventures West). It was such a beautiful opportunity to continue my development and see how we can...Read more

    Bobby Davis

    Chief People Officer at Almarose Hotels and Resorts, UK

  • Best Investment

    One of the best investments I have made. When I'm asked about coaching circles I say it enables me to take managers and directors from "good" to great. Suddenly their eyes light up. I highly...Read more

    Hazel Nathaniel-James

    Development Coach at An Examined Life Ltd, London, UK

  • Coaching Circles are Unique

    Coaching Circles are a unique way of seeing the coaching dialogue come alive in a group context. The power of listening and inquiry get amplified in a shared container where people experience their...Read more

    Craig O'Flaherty

    Director - Centre for Coaching, University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, South Africa

  • Powerful Vehicle for Development

    With Charles guiding us so seamlessly through the study, I experienced coaching circles as a powerful vehicle for development. Coaching a colleague as a part of a group (rather than one-on-one)...Read more

    Sajili Shirodkar

    Associate head of the Post-Graduate Management Program for Women at S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, India

  • Rich Learning and Development

    I very much appreciate the coaching circle methodology - on the one hand for its relative “simplicity” combined with its ability to reach profound and actionable results in a short period. I...Read more

    Maura Hayes-Bachmeyer

    Consultant, Learning & Development, Basel, Switzerland

  • Powerful Process to Generate Change

    I trained as a Coaching Circle facilitator-coach mainly because of my appreciation of the trainer, Charles Brassard, who I knew from another context. Prior to the training I had previous experience...Read more

    Sébastien Beaulieu

    Psychologue organisationnel et Coach Executive, Montréal, Canada

  • Elegant and Powerful

    Charles’ Coaching Circles Facilitator training course exceeded my expectations. The process that Charles has developed is elegant and powerful. It generates the insights and shifts in perspective...Read more

    Kathleen Connelly

    Senior Consultant and Facilitator, Intersol Group, Ottawa, Canada

  • Online course is comprehensive, structured, practical and has countless resources

    In the Online Course, Charles and Fiona very generously share all they know and have learnt over 20 years of Coaching Circle practice. They impart their considerable know-how and experience in a very...Read more

    Anniek Kindts

    Partner and Integral Development Coach, The Coaching House Associates, London UK

  • Le cours en ligne enrichit les compétences et la créativité

    Non seulement ai-je revisité tout ce qui a soutenu l’expérience que j’ai vécue en atelier, c’est-à-dire la méthodologie, les objectifs et les outils de base mais j’ai enrichi de manière...Read more

    Josée Mireault

    Coach professionnel - Leadership et savoir-être en entreprise

  • Intuitive design motivates learning

    The Coaching Circles online course was one of the best-organized and intuitively designed online courses I have taken. The creative variety of online learning approaches nested in the overall design...Read more

    Marilyn Osborne

    Executive Coach, Toronto Canada

  • Bring your coaching practice to a new level

    If you are considering further learning and development for your coaching practice, I unreservedly recommend this eLearning course created and led by Charles and Fiona. It will profoundly impact and...Read more

    Andrew Wynne

    Associate - The Stephenson Mansell Group, Founder, The Integral Leader, Australia

  • An amazing one-two punch

    When I asked for Charles’ help to develop coaches within my organization, he suggested a day of coaching circle practice after they completed the online course.  Everyone was amazed at the quality...Read more

    Ann Laidlaw

    President, Laidlaw Corporate Coaching, Ottawa Canada

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