Coaches are increasingly becoming indispensable tools for individuals who wish to be assisted in transforming their lives. In this course, we will discuss the background and framework for a successful and effective coach. We will discuss the theories, practices, and actions of a useful coach. Far from being an intangible and ethereal discipline, this course will demonstrate the grounded and useful reality of coaching. Students will know the marketing principles, and emotional framework needed to be a successful coach and entrepreneur.
Explain the foundations of professional coaching as a concept and profession, including history, core considerations, ethics, and standards.
Apply major coaching theories and frameworks, such as developmental, psychodynamic, integral, online/virtual, and career coaching, in practice.
Develop a planthat describes a successful coaching practice by researching niche markets and applying effective business and marketing strategies.
Describe how to develop effective coaching relationships by integrating mindfulness, awareness, compassion, and spirituality as tools for client growth and transformation.
Demonstrate the ability to support client development across personal, professional, and leadership contexts using evidence-based coaching practices.
Program Outline
Lakewood University’s 16-week Professional Coaching Certificate provides 600 clock hours of “hands-on” instruction on the following topics:
Lesson 1: The Roots and Evolution of Coaching »
This lesson helps us understand coaching’s complex, dynamic history, and ways in which that history informs coaching today, the textbook chapter focuses on the influences of relevant root disciplines, impacts of influencers’ backgrounds on the early discipline and its practices, and socioeconomic factors that led to the rise of coaching as a distinct discipline in the late 20th century.
Lesson 2: The Business of Coaching Today »
This lesson presents the current reality of a coaching business. Coaches who own and operate a business must be knowledgeable—not just about the skills of coaching, but also about the best business strategies for keeping their business alive. This chapter offers a review of some business essentials.
Lesson 3: Coach Training: Context, Competencies, Methodology, and Practice »
In this lesson, we present and discuss some key competencies including standards set forth by the ICF and EMCC. Important context methods and practices are also presented.
Lesson 4: Professional Standards: A Developmental Journey »
This lesson provides a high-level overview of the key pillars of professional standards of coaching. Assignment: Please visit www.youtube.com and search for the following, “ICF coaching code of ethics”. Please share the link to an online video touching on the ICF’s Code of Ethics. Please include a 2-3 paragraph summary of the video’s contents and what you learned about coaching ethics from watching it.
Lesson 5: Ethics and the Professional Coach: Challenges and Best Practices »
In this lesson, ethics is explored in both the historical context generally and in the professional context specifically. The historical contributions and challenges faced by the major coaching associations as they seek to uphold ethical practices for the profession are summarized. Then, after a review of the common ethical principles and guidelines, case studies to consider are offered.
Lesson 6: Honing the Ultimate Coaching Advantage: The Coach/Client Relationship»
In this lesson, we explore an aspect of coaching deeper than technique or behavior. We identify the advantages of maximizing a robust coaching relationship with clients, because therein lies the active ingredient for best outcomes. We explore the coaches’ way of being, which includes how they see and think, and the state of their hearts. We also examine how coaches can tap into their most authentic selves to facilitate success in the coaching relationship.
Lesson 7: The Coach as Awareness Agent: A Process Approach »
This lesson describes the essence of awareness, and practices for cultivating and using awareness strategically for ongoing learning and action. We propose awareness development as the key component of successful 21st-century leadership.
Lesson 8: Mindful Compassionate Coaching: An Approach Perfect for “VUCA” Times »
In this lesson, we propose that mindful compassionate coaching (MCC), an approach underpinned by mindfulness, compassion, and body wisdom, is just what is needed to support individuals, teams, organizations, and society as a whole to not only cope, but to thrive and flourish in this VUCA world.
Lesson 9: Supporting Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness: The Coaching Process From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective »
In this lesson, we discuss self-determination theory as an approach of considerable utility to coaching.
Lesson 10: Maturity Coaching: Enabling Vertical Development in Leaders »
This lesson discusses how a coach can facilitate greater maturity in adults by applying the knowledge of vertical development to tailor their coaching to the client’s “stage” of development.
Lesson 11: Executive Coaching: A Psychodynamic Approach »
In this lesson we will cover the core challenge of executive coaching and how to help clients relinquish longstanding but unhelpful patterns of leadership behavior in favor of more effective strategies.
Lesson 12: Integral Coaching: Whole Person Development in a Complex World »
This lesson offers an introduction to integral coaching. We begin by providing an overview of the theoretical basis for integral coaching. We then highlight what makes integral coaching unique and sets it apart from other schools. We then look at Integral Theory,. Next, we discuss Constructive Developmental Theory and the concept of “vertical development.”
Lesson 13: Leadership Coaching as a Growth Cycle: From Transition to Transition »
In this lesson we will emphasize and discuss the reality of leadership coaching engagement as cycle of growth, from transition to transformation and back to transition, but that it also can and should be a reciprocal one for both client and coach. .
Lesson 14: Life Coaching: The Heart and Soul of Professional Coaching »
In this lesson we discuss the most important and recognizable form of coaching, life coaching. We place it in it’s proper context and explain what it essentially is. The author of the textbook chapter uses their own story and presents some key techniques and strategies.
Lesson 15: Coaching and Spirituality: A Mutually Resourceful Relationship »
In this lesson we discuss how helping align the client access their spiritual framework can be useful for the client and for the coaching relationship. Not only does spirituality provide rich resources for coaching, but also coaching serves as a resource for developing a deeper and richer spirituality.
Lesson 16: Career Coaching: The ADAPT Framework »
This chapter outlines a meta-view of career coaching as a framework for the coaching engagement and utilization of theories, models, and tools. Coaching conversations are often referred to as a “dance” between coach and client.
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS The following lists the minimum recommended hardware and software requirements a student will need to successfully access Lakewood University’s online academic programs: Audio: sound card and speakers or headphones for listening Internet connection: 56 Kbps for self-paced courses (caution: if video is present, it may be poor at this speed) Screen resolution: at least 800 x 600 Internet browser: IE 7 or greater, Firefox 2 or greater, browser set to accept cookies and to show the newest version of a page Media Player such Windows Media Player, Camtasia, or Vidster (all of which can be downloaded for free at the respective websites). Pop-up blocker must be disabled **For optimal results the following is recommended: Internet connection: Cable modem, DSL or better (required for high-quality video) Screen resolution: 1024 x 768
State requirements
A career in this field may require you to meet certain licensing, training, and other requirements that can vary by vocation and state. You should check with your state, local government, and/or licensing board to find out which requirements may be applicable in your state. Click here for contact information on state licensing/regulatory boards and certain professional licensing information.
What You Receive
Lakewood University provides everything you need for the Professional Coaching Program. You will receive:
Comprehensive textbooks & study guides
Career search & time management guides
Open-book, online exams
Instructor guidance and unlimited tutoring
Your own Student Success Coach!
Access to our online library!
Networking with Lakewood’s active student and alumni social community
Career Outlook
Coaches may work for organizations such as residential care or treatment facilities, aiding clients who want to overcome challenges. Self-employed coaches sometimes work as consultants or contractors for businesses that offer life coaching as a wellness perk to employees.
Coaches may go by a variety of titles, including executive coach or enrichment specialist. Regardless of their title, these workers tailor their coaching to the needs of each client.
According to an International Coach Federation report, Coach practitioners, a designation that excludes athletic or sports coaches, reported an average annual income from coaching of about $61,900.
Program Cost
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Pay in full Payment in full: $7,400.00
Tuition: $7,400.00
Lakewood University provides all textbooks, study guides, supplemental materials, achievement exams, and instructional support at no cost to the student.
This is a 600 clock hour program with a tuition cost of $12.33 per clock hour (600 clock hours X $12.33 per clock hour = $7,400.00 in tuition).
Administrative Fees (in addition to the tuition above)
Application Fee- $75 for degree programs; $0 for vocational programs
Registration Fee – $200 for degree programs; $125 for vocational programs
Library Fee – $100 per degree semester; $250 per vocational program term
