The Corporate Coach Program
The Corporate Coach Program is:
- Specifically designed for coaches, consultants, managers, therapists, human resource professionals and trainers who want to coach within a business environment.
- A streamlined advance study program for people who have significant professional or business experience.
- Recognized by WABC having earned the prestigious WABC Accredited (Level 1 – RCC™) designation. Given this recognition, when you complete our program, you may also earn your own individual designation, WABC’s Registered Corporate Coach™ (RCC™).
Process
Eligibility
- The Corporate Coach Program participants join the WABC as part of the program. Those who are eligible to join the WABC are eligible to participate in the program. Minimum requirements are:
- Seven years of professional or business experience
- Transitioning into business coaching
- This course is appropriate for those who want to learn the philosophy and skill set used in business coaching. Coaches, human resource professionals, managers, therapists and trainers are common in the Corporate Coach Program.
- This course is NOT appropriate for those seeking to become ONLY personal coaches or who have not had experience either formally or informally coaching others.
Individuals who have gone through significant coach-specific training in the past should contact the instructor by emailing her (coachcarole@advantagecoaching.com) or calling our office at (630) 293-0210 to determine appropriateness as a class participant.
RCC™ Designation Process
There are seven steps to obtaining the RCC™ designation:
- Contact our instructor, Carole Cowperthwaite-O’Hagan, by emailing her (coachcarole@advantagecoaching.com) or calling her at (630) 293-0210 ext 104.
- Pass a screening interview with the Instructor. You will need to meet these minimum qualifications:
- May be transitioning into, or in the early years of, business coaching practice, either as an external or internal coach
- Must have at least seven years’ business/organizational experience (this means working experience in the for-profit, non-profit and/or government sectors).
- Complete a course registration form and remit full combined payment for the Corporate Coach Program and WABC membership to instructor before commencement of course.
- Successfully complete all the Corporate Coach Program requirements within six months of course start date (if you’re intending on seeking the WABC’s Registered Corporate Coach™ (RCC™) designation). These requirements include completing a minimum of 30 hours of corporate coaching clients with a minimum of 3 different clients. Three of those clients must complete coaching evaluations which indicate the client’s perspective on the coaching experience.
- Submit completed work from Step 4 to the course instructor for review and approval.
- Once the instructor has determined that the participant has successfully completed the requirements, the instructor will email the final exam to the participant. Once the exam is completed and passed, the instructor will forward the participant’s name to WABC.
- WABC will contact the participant about receiving the Registered Corporate Coach™ designation and certificate from the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches.
Program Goals
By the end of our program it is our goal that each participant will have:
- The experience of being coached by a professional corporate coach
- Several opportunities to practice coaching and being coached by others around professional issues
- The ability to apply key coaching skills like: 10 Powerful Questions, self-management, metacommunication, and S.M.A.R.T. goal setting to a broad variety of corporate coaching experiences
- An enjoyable experience in a hands-on, practical workshop designed to maximize learning and the rapid application of concepts
- An understanding of how to market yourself to executives, corporations and organizations
- A clear understanding of the difference between consulting, coaching and counseling
- A level of comfort with the process of corporate coaching
- A demonstrated knowledge of the 5 step coaching process
- The skills to coach others using the DiSC® Personal Profile System®, and the Time Mastery Profile®
- A proficiency to use story boarding techniques, the Career Projection© exercise, and the TruthTalk Thought Tracking System© in their coaching
Corporate Coach Program Overview
The Corporate Coach Program is designed to emphasize rapid application of practical principles, skills and techniques from the viewpoint of an executive coach.
There are six major components to the Corporate Coach Program:
- Overview of Corporate Coaching with a focus on the initial assessment.
- Main topics: Introduction to classmates, definitions of coaching, coaching on life balance, and blocks to success
- Main coaching skills: Assessment and listening
- Tools: Life Balance Wheel, Work Balance Wheel, and the Blocks To Success List.
- Coaching Career Issues in the Corporate Setting.
- Main topic: Career issues
- Main coaching skill: Asking powerful questions
- Tools: The Career Projection Exercise©.
- Dealing with Stress and Emotions in the Workplace.
- Main topic: Self-induced and other forms of stress
- Main coaching skill: Self-management
- Tools: Stress Inventory and TruthTalk© Thought Tracking System
- Dealing with Differences in the Corporate Setting.
- Main topic: Dealing with conflict and motivating individuals with different behavioral styles
- Main coaching skill: Understanding differences; motivating clients
- Tools: DiSC® Personal Profile System® and The Coach’s Handbook.
- Organization Skills and Practice Building Issues.
- Main topic: Organizational strategies for unfocused clients; Ways to build your coaching practice
- Main coaching skill: Goal-setting, accountability, and structuring
- Tools: Storyboarding and the 5-step model for structuring sessions
- Personalized Coaching. You will receive three post-training coaching sessions while completing CCP requirements within a six month period. These sessions will be with the class instructor and are meant to help you integrate the information learned from the classes into your own coaching practice.
Materials Included
In addition to the program we include assessment tools and a course manual covering the entire program.
Assessments
- The DiSC® Personal Profile System® from Inscape Publishing
- The Time Mastery Profile System® from Inscape Publishing
Publications
Corporate Coach Program Manual
- Material and handouts covered in the class
- Personal Balance Wheel
- Work Balance Wheel
- TruthTalk©
- Career Projection Exercise©
- Coaching evaluation forms/Course reflection questions
FAQ’s
What is the Corporate Coach Program?
The Corporate Coach Program was designed specifically for individuals who seek to augment their skills in the area of corporate coaching and who are prepared for a compressed study program.
What does the WABC Accredited (Level 1 – RCC™) designation mean?
The WABC Accredited (Level 1- RCC™) designation is awarded by the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC) for programs that aim to develop the practice elements of business coaching. Suitable candidates for this level of training are:
- Senior managers wishing to engage with leadership coaching, those moving to a development role within their organization or to freelance work as a business coach, or
- Interal coaches developing their practices, or
- External consultants wishing to enhance their coaching offer.
What is the difference between a “registered” designation and a “certification”?
A “registered” program is less time consuming than a typical “certification” program. The RCC™ offer the benefits of a professional program based on life experiences.
Who is WABC?
The Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC) is the first international professional association dedicated exclusively to the business coaching industry. Since 1997, they have been serving business coaches and their clients. As the leading international authority on business coaching, they have built their leading reputation by insisting on the best: the highest membership standards, the most rigorous evidence-based programs, the most advanced business coaching credentials.
Who is eligible to take the Corporate Coach Program?
Consultants, human resource professionals, therapists, coaches, and managers all pursue the Corporate Coach Program. The Corporate Coach Program is appropriate for any individual who has had significant business or professional experience. Participants join WABC as part of the Corporate Coach Program. Those who are eligible to join WABC are eligible to participate in the CCP. Minimum requirements are:
- Will use coaching skills in a business environment.
- Must have at least seven years of professional or business experience.
Why the Corporate Coach Program?
The Corporate Coach Program was designed to meet a specific need in the area of coaching skills training. The Corporate Coach Program is a:
- Compressed Advanced Course – Many coaching certification programs take up to two years to complete and are too rudimentary for those who have had significant training and experience.
- Business and Corporate Focused – Many coach training programs are overly broad or focused exclusively on personal coaching. The Corporate Coach Program is designed to teach skills that are directly applicable to the business and corporate environment.
To find out more about WABC go to www.wabccoaches.com.