Co-Active Training transforms aspiring coaches into confident leaders through immersive, experiential learning that builds real-world skills from day one. You coach real people and receive expert feedback that sparks transformation in your first session and continues long after certification.
From the start, you are in the coaching chair. You practice, stumble, recover, and discover your natural style in a safe environment guided by master faculty who’ve walked this path themselves.
Ready to see how Co-Active Training changes lives? Explore alumni testimonials and discover what happens when learning becomes leading in real careers and communities.
1. How Does Experiential Learning Transform Coaches?
Co-Active Training is built on a simple truth: You can’t learn to coach by reading about it. During your first hour in Foundations, you’ll start practicing coaching skills with coaching real people on genuine issues while master faculty observe and guide your development as you go.
Practice builds confidence faster than theory
- Coach multiple people in every session – You build pattern recognition and learn to trust your intuition through coaching triads where you coach, get coached, and observe others.
- Watch real-time demonstrations – Faculty coach live participants working through actual dilemmas, not scripted scenarios, showing you how to navigate complexity with presence.
- Graduate with experience, not just theory – By the end of your training, you’ve coached people dealing with career transitions, relationship conflicts, creative blocks, and leadership challenges.
When your training is complete, you will have already coached dozens of people with diverse personalities navigating different challenges, giving you confidence that only real-world practice can build.
2. How Does Co-Active Training Build Leadership Capacity?
We teach you how to coach others, but we also develop your capacity to lead in any position by expanding how you see yourself and relate to others, creating change in complex systems.
The transformation happens at multiple levels
- Self-awareness deepens – You discover your reactive patterns, clarify your values, and learn to lead from genuine presence instead of performance.
- Relational intelligence expands – You hold multiple perspectives, navigate conflict with curiosity, and collaborate to create solutions instead of imposing them.
- Systemic thinking emerges – You begin to see how you’re part of larger systems and how your influence ripples through relationships and organizations.
Research on emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness shows that leaders who develop self-awareness and relational skills create higher performing, more engaged teams. The Co-Active model views every person as naturally creative, resourceful, and whole, fundamentally shifting how you show up as both a coach and a leader.
3. What Makes Co-Active Faculty Exceptional?
Every Co-Active training course is co-led by two master faculty members who bring decades of combined coaching experience and active practices. They’re accomplished coaches demonstrating mastery in real time, right in front of you.
The faculty model the transformation they teach
- They’ve walked the path you’re on – Co-Active faculty complete rigorous development programs and have successful practices of their own.
- They bring complementary strengths – Both faculty members co-leading the session demonstrate their unique style and show you that mastery comes from being authentically you, not from imitating someone else.
- They coach live – You watch them do the work, seeing how to handle complexity with skill and presence.
The master faculty co-leadership demonstrates the collaborative relationship at the heart of great coaching. You experience the Co-Active coaching model and the Co-Active Leadership Model through their partnership in every session.
Co-Active Success Stories
Franziska Rizzolli: From Corporate Executive to Co-Active Faculty
Franziska built a successful 20-year career in corporate leadership, but despite climbing to senior positions in tech and finance, she felt something was missing.
Before Co-Active Training:
- Held senior leadership positions at Microsoft, Bertelsmann, Lycos, and in banking.
- Excelled at business strategy, but lacked a framework for developing people beyond performance metrics.
- Knew “it’s all about humans making it happenโ, yet didnโt have the tools to truly support transformation.
After Co-Active Training:
- ย Founded her own practice specializing in inclusive leadership and executive development for women leaders.
- Joined Co-Active as a faculty member, training coaches virtually and in-person around the world.
- Combined 20+ years of corporate experience with powerful coaching to grow individuals and teams.
Today, Franziska is a certified PCC and CPCC who brings authentic leadership and personal transformation to global organizations. Her journey from corporate executive to Co-Active faculty demonstrates how coaching certification can transform your career, and your entire way of being. Learn more about Franziska Rizzolli and her approach to coaching.
Jeff Jacobson: From Language Teacher to Co-Active Faculty
Jeff spent years teaching Mandarin Chinese to business leaders in China before discovering Co-Active coaching.
Before Co-Active Training:
- Helped business leaders in China communicate across cultures.
- Decided he wanted to facilitate deeper transformation in people.
- Recognized the need for tools that went beyond language to unlock human potential.
After Co-Active Training:
- Built his own coaching practice serving leaders across multiple continents.
- Became a Co-Active faculty member, training coaches and bringing the model to new markets.
- Played an instrumental role in establishing Co-Active’s presence in China, bridging Eastern and Western approaches to development.
Today, Jeff is a certified PCC and CPCC who combines cross-cultural expertise with transformational coaching. His journey from language teacher to Co-Active faculty shows how coaching certification opens doors you never imagined. Learn more about Jeff Jacobson and his global coaching practice.
Your Transformation Starts Here
Transformation starts when you honor who you already are and then develop capacities you didn’t know were possible. Through experiential learning, guidance from master faculty who’ve lived this transformation themselves, and a supportive global community, you will discover that becoming a powerful coach means becoming more fully yourself.
The stories of Franziska, Jeff, and thousands of other alumni prove that transformation isn’t reserved for a select few. It’s available to anyone willing to practice, be vulnerable, and trust the process.
Explore Alumni Testimonials to see the full range of transformations that happen through Co-Active Training, then take your first step toward your own journey from learning to leading.