Our Courses

Coaching is a wide-open field … trending worldwide, personally enriching, eternally important, with great profit potential.

Foundational Courses

Our foundational courses cover the core concepts of coaching and blend the ICF competencies with specific disciplines such as career management and leadership development using innovative Academies’ models.

CCMC

Certified Career Management
Coach Course

Career coaching is especially needed now, given 20+ million people looking for work! Find out why NOW is the time to take advantage of getting an Academies’ career coaching credential.

CELDC

Certified Executive and Leadership Development Coach Course

Coach leaders to navigate complexity and uncertainty, find the balance between results and relationships, and overcome assumptions/biases that hold them back from influencing change.

 

MBA

Certified MBA | Grad School | University Career Coach Course 

Support B-school and university career services professionals in helping students take ownership of their job search and pursue careers that bring purpose plus the paycheck!

Advanced Courses

Our advanced courses build on foundational concepts while introducing new Academies’ models.
These courses are appropriate for coaches who have completed at least 30 hours of training.

ACSC

Academies Certified Strengths Coach Course

Guide your clients out of the limiting mindset of the Red Zone where strengths are unfocused and overused and into the safe, strong mindset of the Blue Zone where strengths are equipping and advantageous.

CLEIC

Certified Leadership Engagement & Impact Coach Course

Inclusive leadership creates the engagement that drives impact. Support leaders to create human-centric cultures that reflect diversity, equity, psychological safety, collective IQ, innovation, brand reputation, and more.

Coaching Through Resistance

Every coachee experiences some degree of resistance! Learn “compassionate candor” language techniques to explore the value of resistance, and let it work “for” and not against your client’s progress.

ICF Pathways

Level 1 Program

Qualify for your ACC with our Level 1 Program and choose from three different pathways!

Level 2 Program

Qualify for your PCC or ACC with our Level 2 Program!

Apply the Coach-Approach to Your Organization

Not everyone who enrolls in a course at The Academies is a coach – you read that right! We have several corporations, non-profits, and government organizations that regularly enroll their employees in coach training to gain the powerful benefits of the coach-approach. We accept professional development funds and can work with training budgets to bring you or your organization the latest research in coaching and neuroscience that will elevate your ability to create inclusive environments, deepen psychological safety, navigate uncertainty and conflict, tap collaborative creativity, and forward team momentum on important goals.

About Coaching

Who Can Be a Coach?

  • Human Resources/Organizational Development professionals
  • Talent Development, Recruiting, and Leadership Development professionals
  • 9-5 “escapees” who want to start their own business
  • Leaders who want to add the coach-approach to their toolbox
  • University/Business School Career Center specialists
  • Retirees searching for their passion in life
  • Coach-minded people looking for flexible schedules and supplemental income
  • Creative minds from all backgrounds and walks of life
  • And many more!

Qualities of a Coach

Overwhelmingly, coaches share a lot of the same qualities:  

  • Fascinated with learning and growth
  • Dedication to personal and professional development
  • Persistent curiosity
  • Desire to blend insight and action to create meaningful change
  • Trust that every person is creative, resourceful and capable
  • See what’s possible in the midst of challenges

Coaches don’t give the answers, they believe that people have the answers and coaches are the facilitators that help bring the answers out. Coaches believe in the magic of people and the wonder of the human spirit. 

Who can be a Coach?

  • Human Resources/Organizational Development professionals
  • Talent Development, Recruiting, and Leadership Development professionals
  • 9-5 “escapees” who want to start their own business
  • Leaders who want to add the coach-approach to their toolbox
  • University/Business School Career Center specialists
  • Retirees searching for their passion in life
  • Coach-minded people looking for flexible schedules and supplemental income
  • Creative minds from all backgrounds and walks of life
  • And many more!

Qualities of a Coach

Overwhelmingly, coaches share a lot of the same qualities: 

  • Fascinated with learning and growth
  • Dedication to personal and professional development
  • Persistent curiosity
  • Desire to blend insight and action to create meaningful change
  • Trust that every person is creative, resourceful and capable
  • See what’s possible in the midst of challenges

Coaches don’t give the answers, they believe that people have the answers and coaches are the facilitators that help bring the answers out. Coaches believe in the magic of people and the wonder of the human spirit.

Logistics of coaching

How are coaching services delivered?

Coaches can deliver services via individual coaching, group coaching, onsite training, outplacement workshops, and conference presentations. Without question, virtual coaching is a popular and effective medium for coaching. It’s not unusual for coaches and clients to live in different states, different time zones, and even different countries.

What do coaches get paid?

Coaches typically base their fees on the number of sessions to be conducted per month. Although fees vary, an average range for weekly sessions ranges from $200 to $500 per month. Sessions typically last from 30 minutes to an hour. Coaching for corporate clients commands higher fees due to the intricacies of working with a more complex organizational structure. Experienced coaches who make healthy six-figure incomes have usually developed some type of passive income stream.

Ready to “Change Minds, For Good”?

We’re happy to be part of the journey with you.