Transform lives with coaching skills
Transform your workplace, yourself and others with Leader as Coach, the first International Coaching Federation (ICF)-accredited course offered by an Alberta post-secondary institution.
Leader as Coach is for you if you want to:
- transform your business through ethical and competent coaching
- become a professional coach for individual clients
- grow your leadership skills through adopting a coach-like approach
Leader as Coach course highlights:
- You will learn coaching competencies, ethics and tools.
- You’ll have opportunities to coach someone while being observed and then receiving feedback from an experienced ICF-certified coach.
- You’ll practise with real-world scenarios to gain confidence and competence.
- Leader as Coach fulfils three of the five necessary steps toward achieving your Associate Certified Coach Credential from ICF (education hours, mentor hours, and performance evaluation)
- Your registration fee includes 14 sessions directed by our lead facilitator, Ed Temple, a Master Certified Coach with more than 2,500 hours of coaching experience, with support from faculty who are all ICF-certified.
Need more information? Speak with our Leader as Coach experts.
How this coaching course can help you
This course covers three of the five steps needed to achieve Associate Certified Coach status, but you don’t need that to reap the benefits of coaching. The knowledge, skills and practice you’ll achieve in this course will help transform your leadership style.
Seventy per cent of people who are coached report improved work performance, relationships and communication skills. Coaching empowers individuals, increases employee engagement and demonstrates an organizational commitment to people development – keys to recruiting and retaining top talent.
For members of Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) of Alberta, completion of Leader as Coach counts as 60 continuing professional development (CPD) hours.
The knowledge, skills and practice you’ll achieve through Leader as Coach will help transform your leadership style. You’ll leave able to adopt a coach-like approach with your team.
Studies show a coach-like approach improves employee engagement and demonstrates an organizational commitment to people development – keys to recruiting and retaining top talent.
Leader as Coach is your first step to your dream of becoming a professional coach – a highly sought, highly marketable skill.
Leader as Coach fulfils three of the five necessary steps (education, mentor coaching hours and a performance evaluation) toward achieving your Associate Certified Coach (ACF) credential from ICF.
Once you’ve successfully completed Leader as Coach, you need to complete at least 100 hours of coaching experience and successfully pass the ICF Credentialing Exam to be an ACC.
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of the most valuable skills to organizations are enhanced through this course (management, communication, leadership and teamwork)
Source: LinkedIn Learning’s 2023 Workplace Learning Report
70%
of people who are coached report improved work performance, relationships and communication skills.
Source: International Coaching Federation Benefits of Coaching
83%
of organizations want to build a more people-centric culture, and coaching is a proven approach to achieving that goal.
Source: LinkedIn Learning’s 2023 Workplace Learning report
Course delivery
- Online, synchronous instruction. You learn where you are but with a cohort of other like-minded leaders.
- In addition to weekly classes, you’ll need to make time for small group work, mentor coaching, reflection and reading materials.
Your investment
- The course includes education, mentor coaching time and a performance evaluation.
- Employers investing in the power of coaching may be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant for a significant savings on tuition.
- With successful completion, you’ll receive digital recognition of completion for sharing on your social media.
International Coaching Federation
With Lethbridge College’s more than six decades of experience in teaching and learning and ICF’s global reputation in coaching excellence, you’ll be on the path to unlocking individual potential and elevating your leadership skills through coaching practice.
ICF is the leading global organization for coaches and coaching. ICF-accredited education organizations must complete a rigorous review process and demonstrate that their curriculum aligns with the ICF Core Competencies and Code of Ethics.
Leader as Coach Testimonials
“This course is a game changer! If you lead people or if you have any influence in the work that you do, Leader as Coach will change the conversations you have with your team. Coaching empowers people to look into themselves and to challenge their own thoughts and come on their own. You’ll learn how to help them look inward and see things differently.”
— 25-year HR professional
“Leader as Coach changed the way that I approach conversations and I feel like I'm a better listener for it. . . I think it’s made me a better leader.”
— Executive leader