Introduction

The Certified Personal Coach (CPC) certification is designed for individuals who want to become effective, professional coaches helping clients achieve personal and professional goals. This 5-day intensive training course is designed to provide participants with foundational coaching skills, strategies for behavior change, and tools for successful coaching relationships. The course covers essential topics such as active listening, goal setting, motivational techniques, behavior change models, and ethics in coaching. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be prepared to take the CPC Certification Exam and begin working as certified personal coaches.

Course Objectives

By the end of this training, participants will:

1. Understand the principles of personal coaching and the coaching process.
2. Learn how to build effective coaching relationships with clients.
3. Develop skills in setting goals, identifying obstacles, and creating action plans.
4. Gain proficiency in using coaching techniques and models for behavior change.
5. Be fully prepared to take the CPC Certification Exam and begin coaching clients in personal, career, or life coaching.

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for:

• Aspiring life coaches, career coaches, or personal development coaches.
• Professionals looking to enhance their coaching skills or transition to coaching.
• Individuals interested in becoming certified personal coaches to enhance their professional development.
• Professionals working in human resources, counseling, leadership development, or wellness.

Day 1: Introduction to Coaching and Coaching Relationships

• Session 1: Overview of Personal Coaching

  • What is personal coaching: Definition, history, and evolution of coaching.
  • The role of a personal coach in personal and professional development.
  • The coaching process: Stages of coaching, from discovery to goal-setting and action plans.
  • Understanding the difference between coaching, counseling, and mentoring.
  • Key qualities of effective coaches: Empathy, listening, trust, and confidentiality.

• Session 2: Building a Coaching Relationship

  • The importance of rapport-building and creating trust with clients.
  • Active listening skills: Techniques for truly hearing your client’s needs and concerns.
  • Asking powerful questions: How to guide clients towards self-discovery and awareness.
  • Establishing clear coaching agreements: Setting expectations, roles, and boundaries.
  • Ethical considerations in coaching: Confidentiality, impartiality, and professionalism.

Day 2: Coaching Skills and Tools

• Session 3: Goal Setting and Action Planning

  • The importance of setting SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound).
  • Helping clients identify and clarify their goals: Understanding their motivations and priorities.
  • How to break goals into actionable steps and create timelines for achievement.
  • Overcoming obstacles to goal achievement: Identifying barriers and building strategies for overcoming them.
  • Celebrating achievements and recalibrating goals for continued progress.

• Session 4: Behavior Change Models and Techniques

  • Understanding behavior change: Theories of behavior change, such as the Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change).
  • Strategies for helping clients shift limiting beliefs and behaviors: Cognitive restructuring, reframing, and mindfulness techniques.
  • Motivational interviewing: Techniques for engaging clients in their own change process.
  • The role of positive reinforcement and habit formation in sustaining behavior change.
  • How to address setbacks and encourage resilience in clients.

Day 3: Coaching Specialties and Techniques

• Session 5: Life Coaching

  • Overview of life coaching: Helping clients create balance and fulfillment in their personal lives.
  • Addressing areas such as relationships, self-esteem, work-life balance, and stress management.
  • Techniques for helping clients find their purpose, passions, and strengths.
  • Creating a holistic coaching plan for personal development.
  • Guiding clients through life transitions (career changes, major life decisions, etc.).

• Session 6: Career and Executive Coaching

  • Coaching for career success: Helping clients identify career goals, improve performance, and enhance leadership skills.
  • Career development tools: Assessments, strengths-based coaching, and job search strategies.
  • Coaching executives and professionals: High-performance coaching, leadership development, and decision-making.
  • The role of emotional intelligence (EQ) in leadership and executive coaching.
  • Coaching strategies for navigating workplace challenges, promotions, and team dynamics.

• Session 7: Health and Wellness Coaching

  • Overview of wellness coaching: Helping clients achieve their health and wellness goals.
  • Techniques for supporting clients in making sustainable health-related changes.
  • Addressing mental, emotional, and physical aspects of wellness.
  • Nutrition, exercise, stress management, and mindfulness coaching strategies.
  • Using wellness assessments to guide clients toward a balanced lifestyle.

Day 4: Coaching Practice and Professional Development

• Session 8: Developing Your Coaching Style

  • Identifying your strengths as a coach: Reflection and self-awareness.
  • Developing a unique coaching approach that aligns with your personality and values.
  • Finding your niche: Specializing in areas such as life coaching, career coaching, or wellness coaching.
  • The importance of ongoing self-development and professional growth as a coach.
  • Understanding your role as a facilitator of change, not a fixer.

• Session 9: Coaching Practice and Role-Playing

  • Practicing coaching skills through role-playing scenarios.
  • Conducting mock coaching sessions with peers and receiving feedback.
  • Observing different coaching styles and techniques.
  • Developing strategies for dealing with difficult coaching situations (resistance, lack of motivation, etc.).
  • Ethical dilemmas and how to handle complex coaching cases.

Day 5: Ethics, Business of Coaching, and Exam Preparation

• Session 10: Ethics in Coaching

  • Ethical considerations in coaching: Maintaining boundaries, confidentiality, and managing conflicts of interest.
  • Professionalism in coaching: Creating clear agreements, establishing trust, and respecting clients’ autonomy.
  • Understanding the professional standards set by coaching organizations and certifying bodies (ICF, IAC, etc.).
  • Continuous ethical training and professional responsibility in coaching practice.

• Session 11: The Business of Coaching

  • Building a coaching practice: Branding, marketing, and setting up a business structure.
  • Finding clients: Networking, referrals, online presence, and marketing strategies.
  • Coaching fees and pricing structures: Setting rates, handling payment, and client contracts.
  • Building long-term client relationships and managing client retention.
  • Professional development and continuing education for coaches.

• Session 12: CPC Certification Exam Preparation

  • Review of key concepts: Coaching techniques, behavioral change, client assessment, ethics, and program design.
  • Practice exam questions to simulate the CPC certification exam experience.
  • Exam-taking strategies: Time management, understanding question formats, and techniques for staying calm.
  • Final Q&A session to address participant concerns and ensure readiness for the certification exam.