About Us

Co-Active Means Living in the Paradox of Being and Doing

The Co-Active Framework is an ethos and mindset that helps people stretch their sightlines, get out of their comfort zones, and grow in a way that permeates every aspect of their lives.

Co-Active is a way to better understand our journey through life and a methodology for designing our life’s purpose and calling. Co-Active helps us rediscover the courage to be who we want to be and create what we want to see. We believe everyone is a leader in some dimension, and leadership does not have a finish line. It’s a lifelong journey, and every person’s path is unique. Co-Active is a contextual lens through which one can experience life and leadership from different orientations.

As the pace of life has quickened and become more volatile and complex, the world has become increasingly action-oriented and results-driven. It has become suitable to dispense with the “soft” stuff (being) and instead advance by simply “getting the job done” (doing) at all costs. Unfortunately, this leaves us feeling disconnected and desperate for meaning and belonging. The result is living an isolated life in an echo chamber, desperately trying to achieve what the world has deemed successful.

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We want everyone to live in the hyphen of Co-Active by being in action together and being together in action!

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Co-Active Training Institute helps you learn:

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How to understand your impact on others and the world around you

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How to navigate and resolve conflict

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How to design your responses to put relationships first

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How to have conversations that deepen intimacy with others

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How to stretch yourself, your capabilities, and your actions beyond your imagination and comfort zone

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How to frame powerful questions that evoke the conversations that grow your own leadership and the leadership of others

A New Model to Build Relational Capacity

For more than 30 years, Co-Active Training Institute has offered an experiential and interactive training program based on the proven Co-Active Framework and world-renowned Co-Active Coaching Model.

Delivered in over 16 countries and 13 languages, our global faculty provides candidates and learners with a practical toolkit that gives them the skills and confidence to facilitate, sustain, and measure the transformation they want to see in themselves and others.

However, Co-Active Training Institute offers more than just a program to complete. It equips Coach Candidates and learners with a foundational, ever-evolving practice that shapes how people understand themselves and the world. The result is increased influence and relevance that materializes in and through others.

Co-Active Training Institute helps you learn:

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How to understand your impact on others and the world around you

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How to navigate and resolve conflict

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How to design your responses to put relationships first

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How to have conversations that deepen intimacy with others

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How to stretch yourself, your capabilities, and your actions beyond your imagination and comfort zone

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How to frame powerful questions that evoke the conversations that grow your own leadership and the leadership of others

Over Three Decades of Impact

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The Beginning

Established in 1992, the Co-Active Training Institute (formerly called The Coaches Training Institute) established a revolutionary link between coaching, leadership, and culture. This unique experiential learning approach has helped equip and inspire over 150,000 Co-Active practitioners, coaches, and leaders worldwide.

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The Founders

Co-founders Laura Whitworth and Karen and Henry Kimsey-House collaborated with Thomas Leonard to essentially invent coaching as an industry. However, as coaching has become more widely recognized as a core competency in culture and change management, we have seen it evolve to encompass leadership and organizational development.

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Far-Reaching Impact

The impact of those who have journeyed with Co-Active Training Institute is profound and far-reaching. It influences every aspect of our lives and leadership, whether in the context of an organization, community, or self-leadership. We aim to increase understanding and awareness — a journey that starts within. We strive to help all people become more aware of their influence in the world, enabling them to experience life responsibly and positively.