Training with Graduate/Undergraduate Credit Option                                

Description: The training targets coaching/mentoring as a method to increase professional and personal development at multiple levels from the corporate executive to the new hire and from the twenty-something to the newly retired and all age students. Business and personal coaching/mentoring focus on enabling others to find empowerment and take their development to the next level.

Through the training, participants advance their current coaching/mentoring knowledge and skill sets achieved from experience, training/CEU, and/or academic education.  

As an option, you may earn 9 Graduate credit hours or 9 Undergraduate credit hours--available to those who meet the university standards, prerequisites, and successfully complete requirements.

The credit is issued though the Cooperative Credit Program at Lindenwood University, which is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. 

With an emphasis on ethics as critical to successful practice, the skills presented include brief coaching as well as other methods and techniques. Participants learn appropriate use of self and relationship development in the coaching/mentoring context.  Leadership, creativity, accountability, mindfulness, and effective communication are among the key concepts explored.                           

Coaching and mentoring are compared and contrasted with other external methods of influencing behavior change and personal/professional development such as in teaching, consulting, therapy, management, human resources, employee assistance, and related disciplines/professions.

Coaching & Mentoring: Business & Personal is a highly interactive and experiential workshop which presents current research and reading materials.

                                                  METHODS OF TRAINING ARE:

                                                  1. Didactic Instruction    4. Simulations         

                                                  2. Group Discussion      5. Reading    

                                                  3. Demonstrations         6. Practice       

Exams and written assignments are also required for the college credit option.  

INTEGRATION & APPLICATION OF LEARNING MATERIAL

The interactive and experiential format of this training facilitates and supports skill building.  Participants will integrate and apply theory and knowledge to hone coaching/mentoring skills through outside practice, demonstrations, and feedback.

Participants are encouraged to present actual practice examples (with written permission or identifying data altered to protect confidentiality).  With client consent audio/visual samples of coaching sessions may be utilized.

This group training is divided into three 28 hour modules:

Module I:  Essentials & Beyond

Module II:  Understanding & Activating Human Potential

Module III:  Effective Practice

Professional coach training certificates are awarded upon successful completion of each module.  Training hours may also be applied toward other coaching credentials.