Leadership MetaFormation

Encounter Coaching is built on a foundation of practical coaching skills: the tools and techniques that underlie all types of coaching. We'll cover skills like:

• Setting up a coaching relationship
• Developing SMART goals
• Creating options
• Converting options to action steps
• Intuitive listening 
• Asking powerful questions
• Providing healthy accountability
• Overcoming obstacles

How You'll Learn
This is NOT a video course where you'll just listen to a lecturer! Instead, you'll learn through three complementary methods: reading for content, video demos to see and experience the technique, and practice sessions where you'll try these skills out yourself:

1. CONTENT (reading)
   The book, Leadership Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus has been widely used in coach training programs for years thanks to its practical systematical approach. Each section of the course begins by reading one or more chapters from the book. (You will need to purchase a copy to do the course.)
   
   
2. DEMONSTRATIONS (video)
   The next step is to watch what you've learned being demonstrated by expert coaches. We've included over seven hours of real-life demos and debriefings so you can see and experience what you are reading. Watching a great coach at work is one of the best ways to learn to coach!
   
   
3. PRACTICE (Live sessions)
   You'll get a chance to practice your new skills with five hours of live practice time with expert feedback. If you are taking the course with a cohort, you'll get the practice schedule from your trainer. If you take it as an independent study, you'll also attend the 5-hour Foundations Practice Webinar (free with this course) where you'll practice with others on-line.
   
   

Time Required
The whole course (including reading, watching the demos and practice time) should take about 22 hours to complete.

The course course is done in a cohort of fellow aspiring coaches with a Certified LM trainer (check our training schedule below for start times).