Post-Graduate Team Coaching Certification

At the College of Executive Coaching, we offer a Team Coaching Certification designed to equip professional coaches with the advanced skills and methodologies necessary to coach high-performing teams. This program aligns with the competencies and requirements for the new ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC), preparing participants to achieve this prestigious credential (AATC accreditation in process). The team coaching certification will give you a comprehensive understanding of team coaching fundamentals, required skills, and ethical considerations. You will gain practical skills in using team assessments, enhancing team dynamics, fostering purpose alignment, and creating thriving teams that meet stakeholder expectations.

Our program goes beyond the basics of team coaching, offering an in-depth exploration of diversity, equity, and inclusion to help you navigate systemic biases and unconscious bias within teams. You’ll learn the practical tools to manage all stages of team coaching engagements, from contracting to conflict resolution, ensuring you’re prepared to conduct the varied roles of a competent team coach. With a focus on real-world application and a team coaching education that includes mentoring, feedback, and supervision, you’ll develop expertise in facilitating virtual and in-person team coaching sessions, fostering trust across organizational boundaries, and guiding teams toward long-term success. By the end of the certification, you’ll leave with the skills, confidence, and strategies to stand out as an effective certified team coach.

Faculty

• Susan Douglas, Ph.D., PCC, ACTC
• Reldan Nadler, Psy.D., MCC
• Rashad Nelms, JD, ACC
• Virginia Rondero Hernandez, Ph.D., ACC
• Patricia Schwartz, MA, MCC

Curriculum

Module 1: Team Coaching Fundamentals

• Understand the art and science of team coaching based on ICF competencies
• Learn the differences between individual coaching and team coaching
• Explore ethical considerations when coaching teams
• Get an overview of the program and key mind shifts to expect

Module 2: Diversity and Inclusion in Team Coaching, Part 1

• Gain a deep understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles for teams
• Develop awareness of unconscious bias and its impact on systemic team biases

Module 3: Team Engagement Stages and Ranges

• Review key stages and types of team coaching engagements
• Learn how to make a business case for team coaching and contract effectively
• Understand when to collaborate with a co-coach and how to prepare teams for coaching

Module 4: Team Assessments and Profiles

• Explore the use of team assessments and profiles
• Learn to develop actionable improvement plans for teams

Module 5: Unlocking Team Talent and Resolving Conflict

• Develop strategies to unlock the talents of diverse team members
• Learn tools for confidently managing conflict within diverse teams

Module 6: Stakeholder Commission and Team Purpose

• Introduce the 5 Ps of the Schwartz Team Coaching Framework™ (Purpose, Principles, Presence/Potential, Partnerships, Process)
• Guide teams in discovering their common purpose based on stakeholder expectations
• Learn qualities of thriving teams and how to coach well-being

Module 7: Team Charter and Alignment

• Coach teams in developing a team charter, aligning vision, mission, strategy, and goals with organizational values
• Use strengths-based approaches like appreciative inquiry and positive psychology

Module 8: Broader Organizational Influence

• Explore mindsets and methodologies for influencing teams across the organization
• Develop trust and psychological safety within and across teams
• Consider practical and ethical challenges when coaching multiple teams

Module 9: Team Presence and Potential

• Build team self-awareness, relationships, and learning
• Facilitate effective team meetings, both virtual and in-person
• Help teams find their collective voice and improve meeting effectiveness

Module 10: Team Member Engagement and Stakeholder Partnership

• Coach teams on engaging internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitate live team and stakeholder events for more effective collaboration
• Learn co-coaching practices for practical application

Module 11: Managing Conflict and Team Process Challenges

• Address issues and concerns within team coaching engagements
• Integrate concepts to manage team conflict effectively

Module 12: Synthesizing Learning and Continued Development

• Apply the 5 Ps to your own development as a coach
• Synthesize program learnings and create a development plan
• Craft an elevator pitch for your team coaching services
• Learn how to effectively use supervision as a team coach

Note: Program subject to change.
Team Coaching Certification Level One counts for 40 hours of ICF Coach Specific Continuing Education.