The Blue Zone CoachSM Approach:
An introduction to neuroscience-based coaching skills
Discover a neuroscience-based coach approach that you can implement in conversations at work and beyond. This foundational self-study course is designed for leaders and coaches who want to integrate the power of neuroscience with the ICF Core Competencies to “Change Minds, For Good.”
The Challenge
Mastering the internal shift from Red Zone to Blue Zone is the foundation of the Blue Zone Coach℠ Approach. It allows you to move beyond immediate tactical fixes toward the long-term growth and potential of those you coach or lead.
You will be equipped to:
Accreditation
ICF Approval: This 10-hour program is approved by the International Coaching Federation for 9 hours of Core Competency CCEs and 1 hour of Resource Development CCEs.
SHRM Approval: This program is approved for 10 PDC hours for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
Program Details
Program outline
The Blue Zone CoachSM Approach is 100% self-study with material accessed through an online learning portal and completed independently.
- The Red Zone | Blue Zone®️: Discover the neuroscience of threat (Red Zone) versus reward (Blue Zone) states on thinking, trust, and productivity.
- Ethics & Predictability: Learn how clear ethical boundaries settle the brain’s “prediction machine” to create safety.
- Mindset & Self-Regulation: Manage your internal state to support positive emotional contagion and set a growth-oriented example.
- Agreements & Focus: Learn how clear focus replaces the “tightrope” of uncertainty with a solid “scaffold” for the brain.
- Cultivating Trust & Safety: Leverage unconditional support to release oxytocin and open the brain to creativity.
- Presence & The Curiosity Switch: Practice the biological override that shifts you from a defensive Red Zone to a receptive Blue Zone in an instant.
- Expansive Listening: Move beyond “tunnel hearing” to hear the holistic patterns and texture of the client’s voice.
- Evoking Awareness & Insight: Create the mental spaciousness required for the “gamma spikes” of true “Aha!” moments.
- Facilitating Growth & Myelination: Use articulation and application to turn new insights into permanent neural habits.
why the academies
Neuroscience: We’ve been training coaches for 25+ years, and we’ve spent the better part of our last 10 years gobbling up the latest research on neuroscience. Translating neuroscience findings into easy-to-implement coaching techniques is our passion. When you marry coaching techniques with mind-body biology, you have a much better chance of supporting your clients to make lasting change (they’ll thank you for it)!
Mission: We’re on a mission to “Change Minds, For Good” (starting with our own)! We believe respectful relationships and authentic conversations are the incubator for insight, action, and lasting change. We believe that every brain is wired for growth and capable of choosing well. We stand for growing our individual and collective capacity to feel good, think good, encounter good, and create good. If this resonates with you, you’re in the right place.
REGISTRATION & REQUIREMENTS
Pricing and Registration
This course is available at any time, as it is asynchronous. Completing this course provides you with 10 ICF Continuous Coaching Education Hours and 10 SHRM Professional Development Credits (upon request).
Upon registration, you will receive access to the course within one business day so you can get started right away.
Price is $595 USD. Register here!
Completion Requirements
You will have 12 months from your purchase to complete the course and receive your certificate. We guarantee on-going access to the course materials for 12 months from purchase.
Upon completion of all your asynchronous assignments, you will request your certificate of completion. Your certificate will be issued within 4 weeks of completion.