Coaching Certification Programs

Global Leadership CoachGLC

As a Global Leadership Coach, deliver 1-on-1 leadership coaching using the 360 Feedforward Coaching process to leaders across all management levels. Deliver the measurable results executives look for.

Master the business side of your coaching practice with the Coaching Business Accelerator toolkit. Get more great coaching clients.

Further scale your coaching with the GCG Coaching Platform for running engagements from beginning to end.

Program dossier

Program Structure

Online Self-Paced Learning

15 Hours

This coaching approach creates meaningful sustainable change for leaders using our 360 Feedforward Coaching methodology. Through placing a strong emphasis on involving coworkers in implementing change and follow-through, we measure growth in leadership effectiveness as attested by those around the leader. In fact, 95% of leaders who have been coached report measurable growth as perceived by their coworkers.

Global Leadership Coach (GLC) eLearning

ASPIRE

The first session with the leader sets the stage for the entire coaching journey. You and the leader become deeper professionally acquainted with one another and the coaching process, and you delve into the leader's readiness and willingness to grow. Through a question-led approach you guide the leader to a commitment to the coaching process, then plan feedback timelines, select respondents, and conduct a behavioral interview.

FOCUS

You harness the power of storytelling — using feedback to tell a story — to help the leader identify their areas to develop by debriefing the 360 assessment report and the behavioral interview report. Through a powerful debrief session, you guide the leader from awareness and acceptance towards action by articulating the benefits that they and others will get from their leadership growth.

COMMIT

Commitment starts with the individual leader, then reaffirming the leader's commitment to others. By reinforcing awareness of the benefits, a pivotal commitment takes place: involving coworkers. Through storytelling you expose the leader to fresh perspectives and the beliefs that successful people hold — and help the leader understand how ineffective habits form and how to prevent them.

GROW

You and the leader review the past month's behavioral change performance and distill actionable items into an Action Plan shared with coworkers, reinforcing accountability. On a quarterly basis, coworkers reflect and provide feedback through Pulse Surveys that provide a clear ROI of the leader's efforts. Coworkers' perception is the leader's reality.

Coaching Practice Labs + Practice Labs Review

25 Hours

Learning only goes so far without true practice. Together with fellow coaches you assume the role of both coach and leader in each coaching practice lab, taking you through an entire coaching engagement one session at a time. Through guided reviews you review the recordings of other coaching sessions to discuss skills demonstrated and objectives achieved.

Global Leadership Coaching Practice Lab

ASPIRE — 6 Labs

Through a series of 6 coaching practice labs — from coach & leader introductions to evaluating a leader’s commitment — you put into practice the knowledge and skills from the eLearning, receiving immediate feedback and giving suggestions to set the stage for an entire coaching engagement.

FOCUS — 2 Labs

With 2 coaching practice labs you focus on using feedback to tell a story, guiding the leader through a powerful debrief and a profound exercise in imagining a future where the leader has successfully grown.

COMMIT — 3 Labs

3 coaching practice labs take you through a deep dive into fortifying the leader's commitment to grow — from individual commitment and committing to others to exposing the leader to new perspectives.

GROW — 6 Labs

6 supervised coaching labs for systematically changing perceptions and improving leadership effectiveness against real, challenging coaching scenarios — guiding the leader through daily and monthly growth and making change visible for lasting change.

Selling Coaching Services — 1 Lab

Practice having effective sales conversations for coaching services — from qualifiers all the way through decision-makers — learning techniques to understand client needs, articulate your offering, and close.

Live Workshops

10 Hours

The Coaching in Practice Workshops bring instructors and all participants together to review the course, assimilate learnings, participate in advanced coaching demo sessions, breakouts, panel discussions and Q&A — ensuring all questions about the coaching process and various scenarios are answered.

Global Leadership Coaching

Practice I

After a demonstration on handling challenging coaching scenarios, participants practice in small groups of 2–3 under supervision, and discuss with the instructor their questions around ASPIRE and FOCUS.

Practice II

After a demonstration on handling challenging coaching scenarios, participants practice in small groups of 2–3 under supervision, and discuss with the instructor their questions around COMMIT.

Practice III

After a demonstration on handling challenging coaching scenarios, participants practice in small groups of 2–3 under supervision, and discuss with the instructor their questions around Session 4.

Establishing commitment

Using Global Leadership Coaching in establishing commitment to leadership development when starting to work with new clients — participants learn how to leverage the process with new clients and organizations.

What you get

What's included with the certification?

Expert training in a highly effective coaching methodology

Expert training in a highly effective coaching methodology

360 Feedforward Coaching Process — deep-dive training in a coaching process that delivers measurable results.

Live coaching practice labs with fellow coaches

Live coaching practice labs with fellow coaches

Learning only goes so far without true practice. Participate in labs that take you through an entire coaching engagement, one session at a time.

Live workshops with Master Coaches & continuous learning

Live workshops with Master Coaches & continuous learning

Learning never stops. Even after certification, keep growing as a coach with access to a wealth of resources.

GCG Online Coaching Platform access

GCG Online Coaching Platform access

Everything you need to coach on one platform — exclusive access to the industry-leading platform to coach leaders from beginning to end.

Resources and tools to master the business side

Resources and tools to master the business side

Access to a complete marketing & sales toolkit for getting more great coaching clients.

Membership to a global community of 3,500+ coaches

Membership to a global community of 3,500+ coaches

Engage with like-minded professionals, exchange best practices, and grow together.

GCG-certified coaches work with leaders in 1 out of 3 Fortune 500 companies

  • Expedia
  • GE
  • IBM
  • LinkedIn
  • Mercedes
  • Microsoft
  • PepsiCo
  • Philips
  • Reebok
  • UBS

From the field

What coaches have to say

Pinar Basaran
Pinar Basaran

USA & Turkey

What separates GCG certification programs from other programs?

This program is a perfect blend of a technical leadership skills-building process while providing an abundance of insights on the inner workings of shifting mindsets. It fully involves you in the learning process through Live Practice Labs. As the quote goes: "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn"!
Mickey Moss
Mickey Moss

USA

What is the best aspect of the certification program?

The material was outstanding — in depth but methodical, in a step-by-step approach. I would highly recommend this journey of becoming a GCG certified coach. The most memorable aspect was engaging with the GCG coaching community from all over the world.
Rajiv Misra
Rajiv Misra

India

How has the certification program benefited your coaching career?

The course on selling coaching services is the icing on the cake. It lays out each part of the selling process and how you as a coach can sell your services to your target audience in a step-by-step manner.

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