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Business Coaching Certificate Program

Conveniently offered on these weekends:

November 13-15, 2008
December 12-13, 2008
January 16-17, 2009
February 13-14, 2009
March 13-14, 2009
April 17-18, 2009
May 15-16, 2009
June 19-20, 2009
July 24-25, 2009
August 21-22, 2009

FREE information sessions, location TBA.

September 16, 2008
October 1, 2008
October 23, 2008

Anyone who attends one of the FREE information sessions is eligible for the special rate of $5,495

Why You Should Attend

The NC State University Business Coaching Certificate Program will prepare you to become a business coach. This course is for people who want to pursue coaching as a full-time occupation or want to make coaching skill a central part of your practice as a manager or business consultant. It’s ideal for managers, human resource development and human resource management professionals, organizational development consultants, technical specialists and other professionals who are moving into a coaching or training role.

Complete the North Carolina State University Business Coaching Certificate Program and become a professional business coach. The NC State program has a powerful training structure that ensures the transfer of skills from the classroom to the work-place.

The course is organized in block weekend meetings spread over a 10-month period, a total of 21 days training. Participants study the theory and techniques of coaching, and practice coaching skills in the monthly workshops. During the program, they are matched with expert mentor coaches. A typical weekend will consist of coaching skills training, the theory and practice of business coaching, and implementing a coaching practice under top quality supervision. The participants will be expected to work with their own business clients during the program, with the support of experienced coaches.

The program follows the International Coach Federation (ICF) curriculum guidelines for coach specific training.

The layered elements of training, theory, skills practice, the trainee’s own supervised practice, and support from a mentor coach ensure the progressive development of coaching skills. This course is for people who want to pursue coaching as a full-time occupation, or who want to make coaching skill a central part of their practice as a manager or business consultant. The course is ideal for managers, HRD and HRM professionals, Organization Development consultants, technical specialists and other professionals who are moving into a coaching or training role.

Attend and You Will

• Hone your coaching skills
  
• Become knowledgeable in the theories and principles of coaching
  
• Begin to establish a coaching practice either as an internal coach or an independent practitioner

Attend and You’ll Learn

Coaching Theory and Principles

• Social science concepts that form the foundation for coaching principles, skills and techniques
  
• Coaching concepts and processes

The Coaching Relationship

• Creating a safe and supportive environment that produces mutual respect and trust
  
• Developing the capacity to be fully present and create a spontaneous relationship with the client

Coaching Skills

• Listening, Empathy, Questioning, Summarizing, Challenging, Using Intuition, Problem Solving

Use of Self

• Appreciating the importance of one’s continued development as a basis of building effective coaching relationships
  
• Using one’s own internal processes as a source of information

Coaching Ethics

• Understanding and becoming committed to the ethical guidelines and professional standards of the profession

Developing a Coaching Practice

• Developing a strategy for a practice either as an internal coach or as an independent business coach

Business Coaching Background

• Understanding a range of business, organizational and management concepts and their implications for business coaching

Who Should Attend

• Consultants who want to develop the skills as executive and business coaches
  
• Executives and managers who want to develop a coach approach to leadership
  
• Human resource professionals who want to work as business coaches with their company’s leadership team
  
• Managers who want to redirect their career towards becoming business coaches

Attend and You’ll Recieve

• 21 days of training
• 7.0 contact hours per session - 147 total classroom hours!
• 14.7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
• Professional instruction
• A mentor coach
• Textbook and reference materials
• Supplemental materials
• A certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program

Registration Fees

Fee (After October 1, 2008): $5995
Early Bird Fee (Until October 1, 2008): $5495

Anyone who attends a free information session is eligible for the early bird fee after October 1. Hold your spot today with a refundable $250 deposit.

To learn more about the program, you are invited to attend:

FREE information sessions, location TBA.

September 16, 2008
October 1, 2008
October 23, 2008

McKimmon Center for Extension & Continuing Education
1101 Gorman Street
Raleigh, NC

For full color brochure on the Raleigh dates, please Coming Soon!
(This is a PDF file which requires Adobe Acrobat.)

For information about the program content please contact Dr. Brian Nichol at 919.303.5848 or by e-mail at:

brian@businesscoachinstitute.com

To register or for more information This on-line registration process is for credit card registrations only. If you wish to be invoiced and pay with a Purchase Order (PO), please fax your registration form and the purchase order to 919.515.7614. If you do not have a registration form, call 919.515.2261 and request a form; however, NCSU employees may use this on-line registration to pay via IDT.
Online	registration
Phone	919.515.2261
Fax or Mail*	919.515.7614
E-mail*	ContinuingEducation@ncsu.edu

*Make sure to include your name, address, and what information you are requesting.