In general, and at a minimum, participants in this training will:

• Increase coaching/mentoring knowledge
• Gain skills & tools to advance effective practice
• Complete training related specifically to coaching to earn coaching credentials

Additionally, module/unit specific objectives include:

• Enhance communication, skills, & tools
• Articulate the unique goals of coaching/mentoring
• Identify ethical considerations
• Obtain knowledge of the history and developments in coaching
• Facilitate individual understanding of the coaching process through personal experience as coach & client
• Present research for a specialist coaching/mentoring niche as selected by the participant
• Understand & describe individual strengths and values brought to coaching/mentoring
• Learn the technique of brief coaching and relate to coaching examples
• Integrate the use of self in a personal coaching style
• Build trust through practicing a professional relationship & boundaries
• Gain and apply information on creativity, leadership, mindfulness, and other essential coaching principles
• Increase coaching/mentoring effectiveness