Coaching Circles and New Ventures West are partnering to bring you this great opportunity
Coaching Circles® believes that individuals, organizations and communities can flourish and achieve what matters most to them when they create a thriving culture that allows exploration of the challenges and complexities they face.
Be Inspired & Leverage Your Coaching Skills
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Generate powerful breakthroughs in addressing critical leadership and management challenges — help people learn how to deal with complexity and develop a range of responses to constantly evolving situations
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Boost performance and accelerate the development of individuals and teams
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Enhance your ROI by embedding Coaching Circles® into your existing training and development programs, building your capacity to work with small groups, and leveraging your impact and resources
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Create a safe and stimulating environment for people to learn and grow
Coaches have brought this technology to recognized organizations
WHAT ARE COACHING CIRCLES®?
Coaching Circles® are a trusting environment for a small group of peers to coach each other in exploring the challenges and complexities of their roles and in designing effective and authentic ways to achieve what matters most to them.
“You can focus on solutions and constantly be derailed by the complexity of human interaction, or you can focus on development and learn to deal with complexity by forming a range of responses to constantly evolving situations.”
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®.
Facilitating Coaching Circles:
The Online Course
“Everything you need for designing and leading Coaching Circles® from start to finish.”
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.
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.
Why we think our self-paced eLearning course is your best deal:
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This is a master level course that will enhance your competence as a coach and facilitator
- The foundations and structure of Coaching Circles® are grounded in 4 main domains of knowledge and practice: action learning, integral coaching, inquiry and andragogy
- We’ll teach you how to use compelling language to promote your offer and attract clients
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You’ll learn to create powerful designs that are adapted to your audience
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You’ll have access to a full range of real-life scenarios we’ve encountered in our 20+ years of leading Coaching Circles®
- You’ll hone and adapt your coaching and facilitation skills to support the unique dynamics in a coaching circle and get access to powerful models and tools to boost the impact of your coaching
- Our large repertoire of references, tools and handouts will help you and participants play their role fully and get the most out of their learning experience
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You can explore at your own pace; the program marks where you start and shows your progress
epertoire of references, tools and handouts will help you and participants play their role fully and get the most out of their learning experience -
With over 12 hours of interactive guidance along with self-assessment tools, you can spend your time where you most need it and determine your progress
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It’s a cost-effective and practical way of getting immersed and operational in leading Coaching Circles®
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You will pay back your investment in this course on your first day of leading a coaching circle
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You can return as often as you want, whenever you want with unlimited course access
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You’ll receive a copy of the Coaching Circles® Quick Start Guide
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Plus, you’ll get 24/7 support forever from a repertoire of professional resources that will strengthen your offer and enrich your clients’ coaching circle experience
- The Online Course is a prerequisite to participate in the Live Workshop
- For no additional cost, you can join our community of coaching circle facilitators and leaders to share ideas, learn together and explore your practice.
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.
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
- 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
- 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
- Design options for launching coaching circles
- Setting up a group for success
- Leading the first 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
- Supporting performance and learning over the life of the coaching circle
- The key transitions experienced by a coaching circle
- The completion process
- 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
- 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
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.
Facilitating Coaching Circles:
The Live Workshop*
“Experience the magic of being in a coaching circle while getting ready to launch your own”
16 ICF-approved Continuing Coach Education units
*Prerequisite: Facilitating Coaching Circles Online Course
The benefits of attending a Live Workshop:
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Get first-hand experience of how to launch and lead a coaching circle
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Experience the magic that happens when several people synchronize their coaching to support a colleague (as opposed to team coaching where the focus is on coaching a group toward a common goal)
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Deepen your skills and presence as a coach and facilitator
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Make significant progress on a challenge or project that is truly important to you
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Leverage what you learned in the Online Course and all the resources at your disposal
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Get a free 1-hour individual follow-up coaching session with the course leader
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When you’ve completed the Live Workshop, you’ll have put into practice the many strategies and tools of the Online Course in a dynamic and supportive learning environment
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASS?
As a member of a real coaching circle, you work on your own project or challenge (being a client) and support others in their respective projects through collaborative inquiry and coaching. You also observe with discipline and rigor the facilitator’s role as well as experience this role yourself. In doing so, you get a felt sense of what it means to support the group from this vantage point and learn how to intervene effectively in typical situations faced by a coaching circle.
Follow-up Coaching
Following the Live Workshop, get a free 1-hour individual follow-up coaching session with the course leader to explore how you might design your own offer or program for coaching circles with your clients or your organization.
DAY 1 – The First Session
Connecting (75 min)- Mindfulness practice
- Creating a safe space for learning
- Introductions
- Orientation for the day
- Coaching Themes
- Individual airtimes (45 min each)
- Dialogue (15-20 min)
- – Rhythm & flow
- – Opening & threads
- – Role of facilitator-coach – Attending at multiple levels
- Observations about facilitation & coaching
- Review of coaching theme
- Final reflections
- Preparations for Day 2
DAY 2 – Facilitator-Coach Practice
Connecting (30 min)- Mindfulness practice
- Review of agenda & roles
- Map of client/facilitator-coach airtimes
- Self-observation & feedback
- Individual airtimes (45 min each)
- Dialogue (20 – 30 min)
- – Self-observation by facilitatator-coach
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- – Peer observations & questions
- – Teacher observations & distinctions
- Personal insights
- Perspectives on the value of coaching circles
- Individual development edge
*Day 1 requires completion of the first 5 modules of the Facilitating Coaching Circles Online Course. Day 2 requires completion of all 11 coaching and facilitation capsules.
Diversity
Learn with others in a safe and stimulating environmentPractical
Get ready to launch your own coaching circle
Leadership Edge
Make progress on a real project or challenge you are facing
Adaptive Design
Adapt the process to your own circumstances
Horizontal/Vertical
Improve your coaching and facilitation skills and deepen your presence
Continuous Learning
Join a private Facebook Community of Practice upon completing the workshop
3 Options to participate in the Live Workshop
1. Schedule a Live Workshop your own group (4-6 people)
One of our experienced facilitator-coaches will join you in person or online
2. Join a group for a scheduled workshop
One of our experienced facilitator-coaches will lead the workshop in person (see schedule)
3. Join a group for an upcoming workshop
One of our experienced facilitator-coaches will schedule and lead the workshop online when 4 to 6 people have registered
Scheduled Workshops
San Francisco
Sept 18-19, 2020
Los Angeles
Oct 1-2, 2020
Zoom Live Workshop
November 7-8, 2020
Zoom Live Workshop
December 2-3, 2020
Contact us to participate in a Live Workshop or to inquire about our programs.
Compare Our Offers
This Online Course qualifies for 12 hours of Resource Development CCEs for the purpose of ICF credential renewal.
Explore at your own pace the basic principles and practices of coaching circles in a stimulating interactive learning environment. You will find multiple tools to support your role as facilitator-coach and to anticipate the wide range of situations that arise in the effervescence of a coaching circle. You will benefit from our 20+ years of experience in designing and leading coaching circles of all shapes and forms.
The Online Course and the Live Workshop qualify 28 CCEUs for the purpose of ICF credential renewal. This includes 12 hours of Resource Development CCEs and 16 hours of Core Competencies CCEs.
Combine an in-depth self-guided exploration of the many concepts, strategies and tools needed to design and lead coaching circles successfully with a rich practice field to experience the energy and dynamism of a real coaching circle from the perspective of three key roles: client, coach and facilitator-coach.
The Live Workshop qualifies for 16 hours of Core Competencies CCEs for the purpose of ICF credential renewal.
This two-day workshop provides a dynamic practice field to integrate and deepen your experience of the Facilitating Coaching Circles Online Course. As a member of a real coaching circle, you’ll work on your own challenge as a client and support others in doing the same. You will observe an experienced facilitator-coach leading the group throughout the workshop as well as practice being in that role yourself.
Coaching Circles – Quick Start Guide
“All the basics to get you started with Coaching Circles® and to support those who join you.”
What you get in the Quick Start Guide:
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A preview of what Coaching Circles® are all about, including resources and tips to support those joining your coaching circle
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Ready-to-hand descriptions, infographics and tools to help participants jump right into the flow of Coaching Circles®
- Best practices for the 3 key roles in the Coaching Circle®: the client, the coach and the facilitator-coach
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Models and sample questions to support clients in exploring their situation and new possibilities for action
- An outline of what we mean by “developing a coaching posture” and what makes this a core foundation of Coaching Circles®
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Guidance to frame projects and critical issues for exploration during coaching circle sessions
Purchasing the Guide allows for one download only to the device of your choice. If you need additional copies for members of your Coaching Circle, please add them to your cart. Thank you!
Proof of Integral Coaching in Action
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Craig O'Flaherty
Director - Centre for Coaching, University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, South AfricaPowerful Vehicle for Development
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Sébastien Beaulieu
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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, CanadaOnline 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 UKLe 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 entrepriseIntuitive 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 CanadaBring 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, AustraliaAn 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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