COACH SOCIAL CHANGE
Foundations of Coaching
Develop the art and science of a growing professional skill set
If you work in a helping profession, you don’t deal with predictable and orderly machines; you work with humans, who are messy, imperfect, uncontrollable, and unpredictable.
It can be challenging to juggle tasks and the people you serve. Sometimes it’s easier to just give answers or tell clients and team members what to do, rather than build their resourcefulness and self-determination.
But when that happens, there’s no buy-in, trust is decreased, and there’s less chance for actual follow-through. Perhaps you’ve already tried to slow down and help your client problem-solve, but complexity and emotions get in the way, resulting in frustration and drained energy.
Coaching skills are one of the most valuable tools you can have in these situations.
Develop your Coaching Skills
We want to get you started on co-creating conversations, digging in on how you support others in facilitating their own growth, and sustainable change.
Coaching skills are becoming increasingly prevalent within organizations and for leaders. These skills are especially important to cultivate in helping professions because of how effective it is in supporting individual awareness, choice, and sustainable change for BOTH the coach and the coachee.
It’s time to build your skills in noticing and integrating what’s going on for you as much as the client. In doing so, you’ll be able to show up the way you want with your clients. You’ll also learn how to be a part of your client's journey – not the hero of it, to alleviate the pressure for you to fix, and to empower the client to choose their own path and partner with them to get there.
They say two minds are better than one…
Hi, we’re Nic and Janelle – two coaches who are teaming up to make an even bigger impact together.
Nic Etheridge Calder
Nic provides leadership courses & masterminds tailored to non-profit leaders and social entrepreneurs. Nic has worked in non-profit mainly in program and organizational leadership, has an MA in Leadership, and also specializes in team coaching.
Janelle Woo
Janelle is a certified coach at Cedar Mountain Coaching. She comes from a background in non-profit and government project management and consulting. Janelle coaches leaders and change-makers who want to make an impact through their work.
ABOUT THE COURSE
The Foundations of Coaching course will support you in learning the foundations of coaching skills and practices.
WHAT TO EXPECT
You can expect learning to be accomplished through:
Participating in coaching practice and exercises via triads or dyads
Participating in coaching demonstrations
Pre-session prep work (such as pre-reading or watching videos), and post-session reflection work (approximately 30-60 minutes)
Practice coaching between sessions
Worksheets
Upon full attendance of the 21 hours, you will receive a certificate of completion. For more information on policies, such as payment, refund, and attendance policies, please click here.
Note: We are planning subsequent courses to build upon the Foundations of Coaching, to add to the coaching tools, and to lead to certification as an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaches Federation (https://coachingfederation.org/)
OBJECTIVES
Improve your use of questions, increasing awareness in those you support
Improve your ability to listen through multiple channels
Design how you work with and support others
Approaches to turn challenging conversations into energizing ones
Increase inner resources in yourself and those you support
Nurture commitment and accountability
THE DETAILS
Duration: Each course is 21 hours in length, over 3 weeks
Where: We offer both virtual courses as well as in-person in Calgary. See below for upcoming course details.
Investment: $1,365 + GST (tax of 5%) = $1,433.25
More Details: Review our course policies
Early bird extra: If you register 1 month prior to the course start and you will get 2 x 30-minute mentoring sessions for free (value of $200).
Registration deadline: Registration closes 10 days prior to course start. Please contact us to be added to the wait list past this date.
Canada-Alberta Job Grant: This course is eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant, which will provide up to two-thirds (2/3) of the training cost (your investment with the grant would be $455 + GST). If you are not in Alberta, but still in Canada, your province may have a similar grant. If you are interested in accessing this grant, please contact us with your interest and we can support your application.
SPRING 2024: ONLINE COURSE
When: April 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 & 24 (weekly on Tuesday & Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Mountain Time
Where: Online via Zoom
TBD 2024: IN PERSON COURSE
When: Full days weekly for 3 weeks
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Mountain Time (with 1-hour lunch break)
Where: Wellspring Alberta | Randy O’Dell House, 3910 Seton Dr SE, Calgary, AB
This is for you if…
You love working with people in conversation & relationship.
You've met and worked with amazing people, and love supporting them reach their dreams and goals. You enjoy conversations and believe that there is power in doing things together.
You believe in personal growth for both you and those you work with.
Coaching conversations create a lot of space for self reflection and awareness. It is often through this awareness that we're able to choose a new path and grow in a conscious way.
You're looking to slow down and create space for reflection and being
Coaching can balance a culture focused on doing and reacting, by pausing to make time to be curious, reflect on what can be done, and how we want to show up.
You may have skills to be a natural coach and want to develop & expand
This may come naturally to you. Others may say that you ask good questions, have a presence, and create space for reflection. And, you also want to refine and deepen your skills.
TESTIMONIALS
Free Events
We have a new format! Our lunch & learns merged with our community of practice, and has become: Learn and Practice! Don't worry… they’re still free and are now 90 minutes, with 60 minutes of training and discussion of a coaching skill, and an optional 30 minutes for practice for those who want to try coaching in a safe and fun space. Be prepared to come with your video on, and willing to participate.
The Learn and Practices are capped. If you have registered and are no longer able to make it, please cancel so someone else can attend.
