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Professional Certificate In Business Coaching

Lodging and accommodations are not included in program fee. If you are joining us from out of town, a comprehensive list of lodging information for the area can be found at: www.vermont.org.

You know your game, but are you prepared to inspire your team to the next level of play? Coach your way to the next winning season!

We all recognize that good coaching is an integral part of a winning and productive team - in business this translates directly to improving the bottom line in a way that builds strong partnerships and a culture of support and opportunity. If you believe in the adage that "people are the real source of competitive advantage," then learning how and when to coach your people is one investment with long-term payback that you can't afford not to make! Organizations need to innovate or die. But many people don't understand that coaching and development is as critical to an organization's strategies and competitive edge as R&D. If you neglect either type of development, you and your organization risks mediocrity or even failure!

In this program, you will learn what coaches do (coaching skills), how to produce results through coaching (coaching patterns) and intentionally design patterns and environments that positively affect performance (life patterns), including:

• Engaging in provocative conversations
• Designing supportive environments and eliciting greatness from those you work with
• Navigating coaching conversations through curiosity
• Championing the people you work with and expanding their best efforts
• Communicating cleanly with others and honing in on what is most important;
• Establishing trust and intimacy with a peer, client or co-worker;
• Developing a coaching presence;
• Active listening and power questioning skills;
• Direct communication skills;
• Planning and goal setting;
• Managing progress and accountability.

Who should attend:

• Leaders looking to take on a more facilitative coaching style
• Managers seeking to improve active listening and questioning skills
• Human resource professionals who want to establish trust with those they counsel
• Consultants interested in improving coaching ability with their clients
• Recently promoted managers who want to hit the ground running
• Anyone looking to gain an understanding of how coaching can create an environment in which people take ownership and create bottom line results

What will this Program do for me?

Build a stronger team, manage with confidence, become a magnet for talent and feel energized at work by:

• Gaining an understanding of coaching theory and practical methodology that will help you create positive results in your organization
• Taking away tools to improve your listening and questioning skills
• Receiving immediate feedback from qualified instructor on your coaching style in a safe learning environment
• Learning how to plan, set goals and manage your own progress as well as others
• Leveraging coaching skills to build greater trust with your peers, co-workers, and team
• Walking away with a plan to bring out the best in your employees and leverage the talent in your organization

What can you expect?

You will learn through:

• Learning guides: reading and studying written material: pre and post class
• Group dialogue and coaching demonstrations
• Coaching critique: in the coaching circle
• Being coached

Each participant will be encouraged to practice as they build their skills.

Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the University of Vermont and 2 CEU's.

"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage!"
- Arie De Geus, Author of The Living Company

Coach Bios:

Sharon Snow helps women managers, professionals, leaders, and business owners create success through developing leadership skills, building/enhancing careers, managing change, and growing their businesses.  She is a successful business owner and spent 17 years in leadership positions at AT&T and in higher education.  Sharon is a Certified Professional Coach, owner of Vantage Point Coaching, and co-owner of Do Something Worthy. More info

Marty Garrett is a life transformation coach who focuses on your potential. She works with individuals, couples, partnerships, and teams, inspiring them to draw on their inner intelligence to bring their dreams into reality. Marty helps her clients develop new ways of looking at themselves, expand perspectives, increase options, and develop skills that create results. They learn to expand beyond habitual thinking to create a life based on their own unique purpose, goals, and mission. Marty is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, has advanced training in Relationship Systems Coaching, and holds dual Masters’ degrees in Counseling and Education. She is the owner of her business Marty Garrett Coaching. More info

Lisa Buell works with Visionaries – individuals, entrepreneurs, leaders who understand that they are creative beings, passionate about making their contribution.  Designing and creating a powerful and clear vision for their work and their lives, her clients put big picture thinking into concrete action to manifest their creations and make a difference. More info

Joshua Hornick is a business coach with a private practice based in Amherst, MA. Along with leading coaching skills workshops for varied audiences, he is on the faculty of CoachVille’s Center for Coaching Mastery, where he teaches advanced curriculum to coaches in training. Mr. Hornick holds a BA in Politics and Peace Studies from UCSC, a JD from the University of Chicago, and an MA in Science Education from CCNY.  He is a graduate of the Thomas Leonard Coaching School.  He is an Associate Member of the Coaching Center of Vermont. More info

Laura Lind-Blum, a professional business and personal coach, partners with business people who are feeling compelled to create something original – to expand their business, expand their income, expand their impact. Building a business, launching a new project, or stepping into a challenging new role, takes courage, perseverance, and lots of imagination. Laura expertly draws out these qualities in her clients, supporting them to be fearless, innovative, brilliant, and wildly successful as they bring their ideas to life. More info

Dwayna Covey, M.Ed is a graduate of the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching and a member of the International Coach Federation. She has spent the last several years in the field of education working with youth and adults in a partnership to awaken potential, passion & purpose by creating sustainable results through an action oriented process. Her enthusiasm, authenticity and humor empower the courage in clients to create the life they want. Dwayna maintains a private coaching practice, New Season Coaching. More info

The Coaching Center of Vermont, located in Winooski, Vermont is a collective of independent, professionally trained coaches providing credentialed, professional individual coaching; open coaching forums; workshops and group coaching; newsletters and a resource center.

 

Sponsored by:

Northfield Savings Bank is a proud partner of the Vermont Business Center.

In Partnership With:

The Vermont Training Program, VT Department of Economic Development, we are able to offer up to a 50% discount to employers in the Manufacturing, Information Technology, Healthcare, Telecommunications, and Environmental Technology sectors.