
Certified Leadership Coach Program
with the Destination Leadership Expedition Coaching Program
Pastors & Church Leaders
Managers & Business Leaders
Lead your team, company, or organization with life coaching strategies and training.
Life Coaches
Launch yourself as an Emerge Life Coach with ICF-approved certification training.
Certified Training
Receive certification accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) — the gold standard for life coaching.
Training includes:
The 6-Step DIRECT Feedback™ Model
The Manager Coach Continuum
The Coaching Through Change Model
7 Days to Learner course by Dr. Marilee Adams
All of these tools can be successfully used in your coaching engagement or team performance context.
Training includes coaching practice, mentor coaching, and a great toolbox of resources to begin using immediately.
Program Overview
Part 1: Developing a Coaching Mindset
Leadership Coaching Role & Principles
Tell/Ask Continuum (What/How/Who)
The Managing-Mentoring-Coaching Distinction
Development vs. Performance Conversations
Coaching Relationship Compass: Trust Model
Develop an Intentional Coaching Mindset
Module 2: GUIDE Coaching® Model
Developmental Conversation
The 5-Step GUIDE Coaching® Model
Establishing the Coaching Agreement
The Beginning, Middle, and End
The Coaching Mindset Shift
Developing Coaching Presence
Module 3: Intentional Listening™
The Coachee’s Agenda
Listening for the Positive Essence
The Iceberg Model for Listening
The “Who” vs. “What”
The Listening Mindset Shift
Diffuse Emotional Hijacks & Overcome Filters
Module 4: Intentional Questioning™
The Intentional Questioning Process
Open & Closed-Ended Questions
Facilitating Thinking & Problem Solving
Developing Shifting Questions (From/To)
The Intentional Questioning Mindset Shift
Transferring Ownership for Action
Part 2: Applying the Coach-Approach
The Coach-Approach to Change & Transition
Coaching Through the Stages of Change
Shifting from Resistance to Acceptance
Explore Choice & Mindset During Change
Apply Intentional Listening to Transition
Apply Intentional Questioning to Transition
Module 6: Coach-Approach to Feedback
Intentional Coaching™ Language
Facilitating Awareness & Aha Moments
Developmental Feedback Types
Sharing Observations, Request, Challenges, Information, and Insights for Awareness
Acknowledging the Coachee’s Essence
Module 7: The DIRECT Feedback™ Model
The 6-Step DIRECT Feedback™ Model
Coaching and the Performance Curve
Manager Agenda & Ownership
Holding People Accountable
Taking a Coach-Approach to Performance Conversation in the Workplace
Module 8: Coaching Workplace Styles
Coaching Workplace Styles: Achieving, Persuading, Supporting, and Evaluating Styles
Focus: Task vs. People; and Tell vs. Ask Focus
Explore Characteristics and Challenges
Understanding Self and Others
Adapting Your Workplace Style