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CO-ACTIVE® TRAINING INSTITUTE

Let's create a new language of leadership, together!

For the last 30 years the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) has been offering the gold-standard in coach training and leadership development for individuals and organizations. Now we are creating a new language of leadership. Let's do this together. 

FAQ

General Topics

The Co-Active Model is the most widely used model in the coaching industry. Our scientifically based methodology provides a simple, intuitive framework for human interaction that creates profound results.

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When it comes to understanding where you are in your leadership development journey, sometimes it can be challenging to get oriented and know where to start. We are here to help.

Schedule a free call with one of our program advisors at a time that is convenient for you. Schedule a free call 

Our free live events and webinars provide an experience with our faculty and graduates, people just like you, sharing their own experiences and transformational journeys with Co-Active.
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Our introductory course -Fundamentals is a mandatory course. We are confident that anyone will find immediate value in these courses and back them with 100% satisfaction guarantee for a full refund.
Co-Active Fundamentals
Co-Active Leadership Experience

We want you to be completely comfortable with your decision to embark on Co-Active® Training Journey. We are so confident in our ability to deliver you value that if you are not completely satisfied with either Co-Active® Fundamentals or Co-Active® Leadership Experience, we will send you a full refund, including your $250 registration fee and cancel your course package registration without penalty. You don't have to complete the full course, but we strongly recommend you do get the full experience before making a decision.   

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In recognizing that everyone is a leader, we also recognize that some leaders thrive with additional accommodations to supplement our safe and courageous learning environment. We invite you to contact us about your particular needs to help determine if and how they can be accommodated.

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CTI is committed first, and foremost, to you. By extension that means safeguarding your privacy and empowering you to maintain authority over your information. This is done by following current regulations, industry standards and business practices.

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With over 20 years of experience in designing and delivering powerful experiential programs, CTI’s students and organizational clients have come to expect standards of excellence that are uniquely associated with CTI products and our Co-Active brand. CTI has invested many years in successfully building the Co-Active® brand and its identifiable products and wants to partner with you in respecting that investment.

People who experience CTI’s content are often inspired and may wish share it with others. Although we understand these desires, CTI students, faculty, alumni and others must act as a partner in the Co-Active movement by only using the CTI content in a way that is permitted and intended by CTI; for this reason we have established these CTI Intellectual Property Guidelines.

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Training with CTI

Answering common questions about leadership and coach training with CTI.

 Our in-person courses are now live and available to register. Please view our schedule of available course dates here - https://coactive.com/training/schedule 

CTI offers in-person coach training available across the Eastern, Pacific, European and Singapore time zones. The cities where in-person training will take place in 2023 include Washington DC, Toronto, London, Singapore, Seattle, and San Rafael. Our global delivery partners also provide in-person courses in 21 countries in both English and local languages. 

Each in-person course is 3 days, with the exception of Fundamentals, which is 2.5 days. 

No, you can mix and match between in-person and online training to suit your needs. However, if you choose to mix the modalities you will not benefit from any bundle discounts. These apply for single modality bundles only. You will be able to purchase each course at its individual price if you want to combine in-person and online courses. 

We can absolutely switch your online course to an in-person course and vice versaHowever, the course price will be adjusted to account for the cost differenceDepending on the circumstances, you may be asked to pay if you are asking to transfer to a higher rate course. 

Learning environment: Removing yourself from the distractions of your home environment and entering a physical classroom allows you to better focus on your learning. It also creates the conditions most conducive for powerful group interaction. 

Connections:  Spending time with your course leaders and peers in person helps establish strong connections and shared experiences. 
 
New neural pathways: Physically changing your environment and exposing yourself to new sights, sounds, and experiences helps to create new neural pathways, making you more receptive to change and growth. 
 
The power of people: Those who choose Co-Active training are often people-focused. In-person learning maximizes the real human-to-human interactions that learners value most. 

Comfort and convenience: You don’t have to leave your home or worry about the logistics of travel and accommodation. 
 
Focused breakouts:  When you’re working in breakouts of 2 or 3 people, you have a smooth transition and a quiet, focused virtual space for conversations. 
 
Flexibility: Online learning offers different durations of courses, including half-days. 
 
Cost: The course cost is lower and you don’t have to cover travel expenses. 
Family commitments: You won’t have to spend time away from your family or worry about additional childcare or other care arrangements. 
 
Reduced carbon footprint: If you’re not traveling, you’re keeping your carbon footprint to a minimum. 

There are advantages to both in-person and online training. While some people are energized by an experience that allows them to meet their course leaders and peers face-to-face, others prefer the comfort, convenience, and focus time that online learning provides. If you know your own learning preferences, these will help you choose what’s right for you. Either way, we can assure you that the quality and impact of the learning will be excellent. During the years when we were only able to offer online learning, between 96% and 98% of learners reported that their course was a valuable learning experience. 

No, meals will not be provided. Water, tea, and coffee will be available. This applies to courses delivered directly by CTI. For information about in-person courses delivered by our Global Delivery Partners please inquire with the relevant partner directly.

In-person courses cost more than online courses due to the associated venue and travel costs. To run an in-person course, we require a classroom, refreshments, course materials, and we also need to provide travel and expenses for our course leaders and assistants. Online courses do not have these requirements and are costed accordingly. 

CTI stopped running in-person courses in March 2020 due to Covid-19. Please visit the Covid-19 response page for up to date information about when in-person courses will become available.

View CTI’s Covid-19 Response page

Requirements for online attendance
Due to the experiential nature of Co-Active learning it is important that participants understand that attendance to online courses follows the same agreements as in-person courses, as well as the following requirements for online participation:

Focused Attention, Controlled Environment
In order to participate you will need a quiet location with no interruptions for the duration of each course session.

Desktop or Laptop Computer
Mobile devices such as tablets, phones or iPads are not permitted.

Internet Connection
Minimum speed of 2.0 Mbps. To test your internet speed, go to www.speedtest.net to determine if your internet speed meets the minimum requirement.

Online courses are recorded for training purposes only.

Yes.

CTI has trained over 145,000 leaders worldwide, at over half of the Fortune 500 companies. Blazing the way in the application of coaching and leadership, CTI has empowered organizations to use  Co-Active training to develop conscious, collaborative leaders—able to bring out the best in themselves and their people.

Both in-person and online training is available. 

Learn about brining Co-Active training to your organization.

There are 7 important characteristics of an outstanding leadership training program, and CTI has them all!

Experiential
We are known for our experiential learning, which makes learning stick. Experiential learning moves you from your head into your being—similar to experiencing a bicycle ride rather than talking about it.

In-Depth
Our programs provide greater depth through multi-day immersion in hands-on practice, rather than through tele-classes. Advanced courses provide continuing development and education.

In-Person
Being physically together is essential to creating and learning from the interpersonal dynamics that are crucial to understanding yourself and others.

Co-Active
Co-Active coaching is so effective because you help others discover their own answers, in the context of a collaborative and creative relationship. Co-Active coaching is the hallmark of CTI’s work. Discover the Co-Active difference.

Personalized
Individualized exercises unleash your own personal coaching competencies, as well as your wisdom and instincts that all too often lie dormant. In addition to developing skills, you also develop your intuition.

Sustained
CTI has the largest community of certified, practicing coaches, to help you through the crucial early stages of putting your new skills to practice. We are here for you.

Proven
Our scientifically proven Co-Active Model continues to be the industry standard. You have the assurance of working with the oldest and largest accredited coach training school in the world, with methods and models that work.

You are the leader you’ve been waiting for!
We invite you to explore these qualities as a way to compare leadership and coach training organizations, so you’ll have all the information you need to make a decision that’s right for you.

The Co-Active framework was developed by the three CTI co-founders, Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House and Karen Kimsey-House. It holds that all people are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, and forms the basis for creating collaborative, proactive alliances. This framework applies to leadership development as well as coach training. Skills and techniques are important in both our leadership development and coach training programs - authenticity and connection are even more important.

Every CTI instructor has completed:

Co-Active Professional Coach Training Program Co-Active Professional Coach Certification Program
Co-Active Leadership Program

If they pass our rigorous application and audition process, they also must complete a 6-month series of advanced coaching and leadership practicum, while maintaining an active coaching practice. We have the most demanding instructor training requirements of any school—and it shows!

Learn more about our faculty

Successful completion of the Co-Active Leadership program is one of the prerequisites to becoming a CTI front-of-the-room leader for the coaching curriculum. Completing the Co-Active Leadership Program does not guarantee that you will be hired as a Leader however, as a rigorous front-of-the-room interviewing process is also required. 

Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), is a for-profit leadership development and coach training company (not a school), which has inherent limitations in how our official logo is presented on LinkedIn. (Example: you will not be able to list CTI under the “Education” section on your LinkedIn profile). This is a LinkedIn issue that we cannot control.Here are some tips on how you can express your affiliation with Co-Active Training Institute on LinkedIn.

  1. Load your profile with keywords (like coach, coaching, CoactiveCoaching, CoactiveLeadership, leadership), so that searches for “coach & coaching” inside LinkedIn may serve up your profile as a search result.
  2. Use the Licenses & Certifications section. There, you can list CPCC (if you hold that designation currently) as well as each of the core courses you completed leading up to CPCC. Some of our coaches list them one-by-one and others all together.

 

Coach Training & Certification

More information about CTI's Professional Coach Training and Certification programs.

Program links:
Coach Training Program
Coach Certification Program

Co-Active Coaching has impacted the lives and careers of thousands of managers, leaders, and coaches around the world. The success of the Co-Active Model has led CTI to become:

  • the world’s first ICF-accredited coach training program
  • creator of the most widely used textbook in the industry, Co-Active Coaching
  • home to the largest number of certified coaches trained globally
  • creator of a powerful, innovative Co-Active Leadership Program that unlocks participants’ unique and natural leadership strengths.

The Co-Active coaching philosophy holds that people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole—completely capable of finding their own answers to whatever challenges they face. The job of a Co-Active coach is to ask powerful questions. It is also to listen and empower—rather than instruct or advise—to elicit the skills and creativity a client already possesses.

There are 7 important characteristics of an outstanding coach training program, and CTI has them all!

Experiential

We are known for our experiential learning, which makes learning stick. Experiential learning moves you from your head into your being—similar to experiencing a bicycle ride rather than talking about it.

In-Depth

Our programs provide greater depth through multi-day immersion in hands-on coaching practice, rather than through tele-classes. Advanced courses provide continuing development and education.

In-Person

Being physically together is essential to creating and learning from the interpersonal dynamics that are crucial to understanding yourself and others.

Co-Active

Co-Active coaching is so effective because you help others discover their own answers, in the context of a collaborative and creative relationship. Co-Active coaching is the hallmark of CTI’s work. Discover the Co-Active difference.

Personalized

Individualized exercises unleash your own personal coaching competencies, as well as your wisdom and instincts that all too often lie dormant. In addition to developing skills, you also develop your intuition.

Sustained

CTI has the largest community of certified, practicing coaches, to help you through the crucial early stages of putting your new skills to practice. We are here for you.

Proven

Our scientifically proven Co-Active Model continues to be the industry standard. You have the assurance of working with the oldest and largest accredited coach training school in the world, with methods and models that work.

You are the leader you’ve been waiting for!

We invite you to explore these qualities as a way to compare coach training organizations, so you’ll have all the information you need to make a decision that’s right for you.

There are no prerequisites to begin the coach training program. Fundamentals of Co-Active is first workshop in the coach training curriculum and open to anyone.

However, the subsequent 4 workshops in the coach training curriculum (Fulfillment, Balance, Process, and Synergy) must be taken in order, and therefore the only prerequisite is to take the prior course.

To qualify for the certification program, all 5 core courses in the coaching training curriculum are required to be completed.

Many people who seek out coach training believe they already have been coaching. It’s true that our students are typically good listeners and care about people. However, coaching skills are very specific, and most people only can understand the depth of true coaching after they've experienced professional training.

If you were looking to drive a large truck, teach kindergarten, or sell real estate, you would get the training and permits you need in order to do the job with skill and confidence. There's no question that training is a must for coaching professionals.

Learn more about the value of coach training and certification

Smart businesses know the value of coaching. Manchester Inc. recently released the results of a study that quantifies the business impact of executive coaching: The study included 100 executives, mostly from Fortune 1000 companies. Companies that provided coaching to their executives realized improvements in productivity, quality, organizational strength, customer service, and shareholder value. They received fewer customer complaints, and were more likely to retain executives who had been coached.

In addition, companies that invested in providing coaching to their executives realized an average return on investment (ROI) of almost 6 times the cost of the coaching.

Among the benefits to companies that provided coaching to executives were improvements in:

  • Productivity (reported by 53% of executives)
  • Quality (48%)
  • Organizational strength (48%)
  • Customer service (39%)
  • Reducing customer complaints (34%)
  • Retaining executives who received coaching (32%)
  • Cost reductions (23%)
  • Bottom-line profitability (22%)

Among the benefits to executives who received coaching were improvements in:

  • Working relationships with direct reports (reported by 77% of executives)
  • Working relationships with immediate supervisors (71%)
  • Teamwork (67%)
  • Working relationships with peers (63%)
  • Job satisfaction (61%)
  • Conflict reduction (52%)
  • Organizational commitment (44%)
  • Working relationships with clients (37%)

Great coaches make great leaders. That’s one of the big reasons Co-Active coaching skills are in such high demand.

Our programs are not theoretical; they engage the learner to actually experience what it’s like to be a coach as you participate in experiential group activities, immediately applying your new skills.

We call this kind of instruction “contextually based, experientially driven learning,” and all CTI programs are structured in this way, resulting in transformative learning. (On average, experiential learning has about 80% retention vs. a traditional classroom setting, which provides about 25% retention). This means that you get 65% more value for every dollar spent.

“Experiential learning is the most effective method of adult learning."
- McKinsey Global Management Consulting

Every CTI instructor has completed:

Co-Active Professional Coach Training Program
Co-Active Professional Coach Certification Program
Co-Active Leadership Program

If they pass our rigorous application and audition process, they also must complete a 6-month series of advanced coaching and leadership practicum, while maintaining an active coaching practice. We have the most demanding instructor training requirements of any school—and it shows!

Learn more about our faculty

Our program consists of 5 in-person courses that are taken in order: Fundamentals, Fulfillment, Balance, Process, and Synergy. 

Each weekend course is held Friday through Sunday, and we offer some mid-week courses as well. We also offer options of 2.5 days or 4 days for Fundamentals along with 3 or 5 days for Intermediate online courses. All of our in-person courses are 3 days long. If you enroll in the 4 intermediate courses, you will receive a discounted incentive price. We’ll need a deposit to hold your space. You also can choose to enroll in one course at a time, however, the prices are slightly higher. Visit our Pricing and Purchasing page for more details. 

When students are ready to take their coaching to a deeper level, they look to our coach certification program for one-on-one supervision, to further refine their skills. Once you have completed the first 5 courses, you may apply for the certification program. This part of the program takes 6 months to complete and is done entirely online, via Zoom. Enrolling in the coach certification program gives you access to support systems to help you acquire these 5 clients. You need to have 5 paying clients by your 2nd Pod call. Enrolling in the coach certification program gives you access to support systems to help you acquire these 5 clients. 

After completing the coach certification program and logged your 100 client experience hours you will take an oral exam. When you pass the exam, you will be awarded the designation of Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), one of the most prestigious certifications in professional coaching. 

If you take advantage of our incentive, the entire program can be completed in as little as a year. 

It takes between approximately 12 months to become a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). The 5 core curriculum courses take 6 months on average, and the certification program takes an additional 6 months.

Yes.

Step 1 is to complete all five in-person courses in the core curriculum of our coach training program which are taken in order: Fundamentals, Fulfillment, Balance, Process, and Synergy - each building on the last.

Step 2 is, after completing the coach training program, complete our virtual certification program if you plan on becoming a certified coach.

The Co-Active Professional Coach Certification program is scheduled on a first come, first serve basis. While spaces in the certification program fill quickly, most people are able to schedule a start date within 1 - 3 months of completing coach training.

Learn more about Co-Active Professional Coach Certification

We put tremendous value on people being able to design their lives with flexibility. We offer 3 registration paths:

1. Register for all 5 courses with a discounted package available.

2. Register for Fundamentals first and then, after completion, register for the 4 Coach Training courses with discounted package available.

3. Register for each course individually, as and when it suits your schedule (a la carte). No discount available with this option.

Please note that all programs registration pathways include a non-refundable registration fee. 

100% Guarantee on Fundamentals

 We want you to be completely comfortable with your decision to embark on Co-Active® Training Journey. We are so confident in our ability to deliver you value that if you are not completely satisfied with either Co-Active® Fundamentals or Co-Active® Leadership Experience, we will send you a full refund, including your $250 registration fee and cancel your course package registration without penalty. You don't have to complete the full course, but we strongly recommend you do get the full experience before making a decision.

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Coach Training & Certification

When you register for the discounted coach training package, you can choose to pay in full or by installments. Depending on your chosen registration pathway, you will pay the full amount for the first course plus the $250 non refundable registration fee and then your remaining balance will be billed every 30 days in equal amounts. For a la carte courses, full payment is due upon registration. This amount includes the $250 non refundable registration fee. If you choose to cancel your package, you will be refunded any installments you've paid for courses not yet taken in line with our transfer/cancellation policy. 

Weekend courses run Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Midweek courses run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Courses build on one another and must be taken in order.

Course Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Fundamentals 1:00pm - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Fulfillment 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Balance 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Process 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Synergy 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 4:30pm

You will find Co-Active coaches working as certified professional coaches, working as a coach within a range of contexts, including but not limited to: their organization, in boardrooms, schools, prisons, companies, medical institutions, communities, and families.

Life coaches, executive coaches, wellness coaches, coaches who help teens prepare for college—all of these people use their Co-Active coaching skills to coach others to identify self-defeating influences, tap into their full potential, and design fulfilling lives.

Whether you want a career as a professional coach, want to improve your leadership skills, want to create a more conscious world that taps into human potential, or simply want to improve your communication with the important people in your life, Co-Active coach training is for you.

Successful coaches come from all walks of life (business executives, teams, managers, leaders, human resource professionals, trainers, consultants, therapists, teens, medical professionals—to name a few.) We’ve learned that people bring in all their unique talents and interests, to design their coaching around what's important to them.

People who are attracted to coaching seem to have a calling. They often feel they’ve already been coaching, and want to take their skills to a professional and more effective level. What makes a great coach is someone who is curious, believes in possibilities, and has the ability to see the magnificence of others.

Participants simply need to be fascinated by human potential, inspired by individual creativity, and unwavering in their commitment to hold others as creative, resourceful, and whole. Great coaches are people who are committed to their clients’ growth, as well as to their own continuous learning.

Anything and everything! With proper training, you’ll have the tools and techniques to be there with your client in each moment as they define what is true for them. You’ll guide them to make powerful, conscious choices that move them forward toward their dreams. Coaches do not coach: addictions, deep psychological wounds, abuse issues, suicidal tendencies, mental illness, etc. A professional coach knows when to refer their client to a therapist. Coaches do not give financial, real estate, legal, or medical advice—a professional coach knows when to refer their client to experts in other professions.

Psychotherapy generally deals with people who have emotional/behavioral problems and disruptive situations. It seeks to bring the client to normal function by focusing on dysfunction. The primary focus is on healing.

Coaching, on the other hand, deals with functional people who want to move toward higher function and achieve excellence, while creating an extraordinary life. The primary focus is on evolving a manifestation of potential. Healing is often a side effect.

Additionally, the expectations and focus the client brings to the professional relationship sets the context as coaching or as therapy. 

We cover this information in our Fundamentals of Coaching and Fulfillment courses. You’ll learn how to have specific conversations with each of your clients right from the start, to set up expectations and accountability around how you will work together and which areas your client wants to focus on.

Remember, as a Co-Active coach, you don’t instruct or advise. You don’t have to have all the answers. Your job is to ask questions, listen deeply, and trust that your client has the capability and creativity to uncover their own answers.

Co-Active coaches all over the globe are working with individuals, organizations, and communities to create a Co-Active world.

As a Co-Active coach and leader, what kind of world will you help create?

Co-Active Leadership
Imagine a world where we are all leaders, truly conscious of ourselves and the impact we have on our world? What if we abandoned top-down control, tapping into the talents of the many, not just the few? What if we acknowledge that there is more than one way to lead, replacing rigidity and control with flexibility and agility? We would value learning and growth over comfort and appearance. We would help others create compelling visions—wholly supported, encouraged, and celebrated.

Co-Active Work
Imagine a world where everyone has a compelling vision of his or her work. This would be a world that receives everybody’s best effort, everybody’s gift—instead of merely their compliance. Instead of going through the motions, work would be inspired and innovative, generating creative solutions through collaboration that would never be possible just on our own.

Co-Active Purpose
Imagine a world where everyone has a sense of choice and purpose, and is determined to make a difference in the lives of others, while living fully as themselves. They would no longer tolerate second-rate lives. Fulfillment would not be something that would happen “some day.” It would be available in this and every moment.

Co-Active Conversations
Imagine a world where people were committed to truly listening, not only to hear what is being said, but also what is not being said. What if people listened deeply, allowing us to see and be seen in our humanity? What if it was safe to routinely tell the truth to one another, even the hard truth? What if we were comfortable sitting with people during emotional times? We would hold conversations driven by honesty, respect, curiosity, and commitment.

Co-Active Relationships
Imagine a world where the axioms of coaching operate everywhere in interpersonal relationships, both professional and personal. Imagine the difference it would make if people designed alliances based on trust and accountability. What if we held out the biggest picture possible of what we and others could be, instead of pointing out everybody’s limitations and flaws? What if we came to expect greatness instead of failure or inadequacy?

This would be a transformative world indeed.

We’re building it one person at a time. Will you join us?

Coach Anyone
The Co-Active Model is simple, elegant and adaptable in any coaching situation. It will empower you to navigate leading others with fluidity and confidence of being supported by the most flexible and proven model in the coaching world.

CTIs Co-Active Professional Coach Training program will prepare you to coach anyone, on any topic.

Examples of Coaching Situations
Individuals
  • Employees of an organization
  • Teams within an organization
  • Community groups
  • Sports teams & athletes
Examples of Coaching Topics
  • Board meeting challenges
  • Team building and leadership challenges
  • Career development
  • Health and wellness
  • Family situations

After you receive a confirmation email from CTI that you successfully earned your CPCC certification, you’ll receive an email from Credly. Click on the Accept your badge button in the email and this will take you to Credly, where you will create an account and claim your badge.

Visit https://credly.com/ , click on sign-in and fill in each field. Then read and agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Click Create Account. Then, check your email to confirm the address you provided and follow the instructions there to continue. You will be prompted to sign in with the credentials you created.

After claiming your badge, you will also be able to download your certificate. Follow these steps to download your certificate.

Step 1: Click on the blue SHARE button
Step 2: To the very right of all the social media, email and embed buttons, click the printer icon.
Step 3: Click the blue Download PDF button.

Print Certificate CPCC

Although a credential is not a requirement at this time to be a practicing coach, we highly recommend that you become a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). CTI’s Certification Program offers the most rigorous and thorough training in the industry, and gives our coaches the expertise, experience, and confidence to take their coaching to the world.

After successful completion of the program, students are eligible to take the written and oral certification exam, with the goal of becoming a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC).

Training hours you complete at CTI are recognized by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and are applicable toward credentials as an ACC (Associate Certified Coach), PCC (Professional Certified Coach), or MCC (Master Certified Coach).

As a leading-edge school of coaching, our founders’ involvement with the ICF from its very inception has resulted in significant influence on the industry, coaching competencies, and ethics. Indeed, CTI became the very first organization to be accredited by the ICF.

By setting a standard of excellence, we are creating a profession that people can trust—a significant benefit to build credibility in your marketing efforts. Further, we believe that it is better to set rigorous standards and self-regulate versus government-created standards.

CTI offers an extensive array of resources for our graduates. Visit our leadership resources page to see how we can support you as you continue to learn and grow as a Co-Active coach.

The cost of the course does not include transportation, lodging, or meals. If you are traveling from out of town, we will be happy to recommend nearby hotels where you can stay during your program.

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The Business of Coaching

One of the best ways to succeed as a professional coach is to get high-quality training, so that you have the skills and confidence to bring the best to your clients. Becoming a Co-Active coach is a terrific first step toward building your business.

As a part of our Certified Co-Active Professional Coach (CPCC) program, you will be required to have 5 paying clients. We can work with you, sharing ideas on the best way to make that happen. Having the elite CCPC designation is a key way to differentiate yourself and your skills.

“I thought I was a good coach until I went into certification. There, I found a direct payoff to clients, and I doubled my income last year.”
Andy Denne CPCC, Avignon, France

We also have resources to help you build your professional coach business. You can start with our blog articles, including How to Succeed in the Business of Coaching.

One of the best ways to meet new clients is through word of mouth, as happy clients pass along your name. Again, Co-Active coach training will give you the skills and confidence to coach your clients toward life-transforming results.

Looking for other ways to get new clients? Check out ideas on our blog. A good place to start is How to Succeed in the Business of Coaching or How to Get Your Coaching Practice Featured on Media Outlets.

All kinds, because everyone can use a coach!

As the pace of our lives has quickened, we have become increasingly action-oriented and results-driven. We push to just get the job done. Unfortunately, this leaves us feeling disconnected and desperate for meaning and belonging. We want to get off “the hamster wheel of life” and take back control, as well as lead lives that are fulfilling and whole.

Some clients may be looking to be more successful in their work. Others may want more fulfilling relationships. Others may have an elusive goal they cannot reach on their own.

So, it’s really up to you to decide where you want to focus your coaching practice. There will always be a need for Co-Active coaches.

Co-Active Leadership Experience

Program link:
Co-Active Leadership Experience

We believe this course is useful for anyone living on planet Earth! That said, we know you will find the course valuable if you:

  • Are interested in learning about yourself as a leader. (This course will provide that understanding, and an entry point into further developing your leadership capacity.)
  • Have taken our coaching courses and are not planning to go on to certification, but would like to continue your personal growth.
  • Are a CPCC and are looking for a way to expand your range, reconnect with your purpose, and boost your capacity for growing yourself and your business.
  • Are an alumni of our leadership program who would like to get reinvigorated as well as reconnected to your leadership.
  • Are an HR director or hold a corporate leadership position, and are looking to explore a leadership agility model that you can use for yourself and your team.
  • Are an HR director or hold a corporate leadership position, and are looking to explore a model that you can use to introduce a culture shift in your organization.
  • Are interested in our 10-month leadership program and would like a little more experience with the model before committing.
  • Are interested in our 10-month leadership program and are unable to make the time or cost commitment at this time.

No.

We do recommend that you read our book, Co-Active Leadership: 5 Ways to Lead, before attending the course.

The Co-Active Leadership Experience is a 3-day immersion in CTI’s Co-Active Leadership Model. The focus is on creating a deep, experiential understanding of each of the 5 dimensions of leadership. You will practice leading from each dimension, and come away with a plan for how to grow your own leadership in your life and work. It is a fast-paced and fun way to deepen your understanding of what it means to be a leader, and to create a practical plan for applying what you’ve learned. If you are considering the 10-month intensive program, the Co-Active Leadership Experience will give you a great introduction to both the Co-Active Leadership Model and CTI’s unique approach to learning.

The Co-Active Leadership Program is a 10-month immersion in developing and strengthening every aspect of you as a leader. During the program, you will be introduced to the Co-Active Leadership Map and the Co-Active Leadership Model, and you will learn how to use them powerfully to harness the unique leader in everyone. You will deepen your understanding of who you are as a leader and identify your most vibrant, authentic leadership style. The program is experiential, and happens with the same group for the entire 10 months, so you have a safe place to experiment with new skills in a supportive setting before applying them. In between the intensive weeks together, you will have ample time to apply your learning in your own life and work. This program is transformational. If you want to learn more or register for the 10-month program visit this section of our website.

Outdated, static, top-down leadership models are no longer viable. Today’s leaders need to be agile, collaborative, and, most importantly, relationship-focused, able to connect with, engage, and empower employees. They need skills to tap into the potential of many, not the power of one.

Co-Active leadership development has the competitive advantage of being informed by the proven coaching and interpersonal skills CTI has been teaching for over 25 years. We’ve seen firsthand the transformation that happens when individuals and organizations introduce coaching skills into their leadership practice. Effective results are driven by effective relationships.

Management training tends to focus on problem-solving. But people are not problems to be solved. They are whole, creative, conscious, capable humans. Co-Active leaders don’t tell others what to do, they bring out the leader in others, tapping into their creative potential.

Another difference is that Co-Active leadership training is informed by our dynamic leadership model, which introduces 5 ways to lead. This gives leaders a tool box of 5 different leadership models that they can tap into, providing flexibility and fluidity in any situation.

A final advantage is our experiential learning environment, which allows you to have world-class leadership experiences of yourself as an evolving leader, creating a deeper understanding of others, yourself, and your impact on the world.

The world needs Co-Active skills, Co-Active leaders, and Co-Active cultures. That’s why our leadership training is in such high demand.

Our programs are not theoretical; they engage the learner to actually experience what it’s like to be a coach as you participate in experiential group activities, immediately applying your new skills.

We call this kind of instruction “contextually based, experientially driven learning,” and all CTI programs are structured in this way, resulting in transformative learning. (On average, experiential learning has about 80% retention vs. a traditional classroom setting, which provides about 25% retention). This means that you get 65% more value for every dollar spent.

“Experiential learning is the most effective method of adult learning."
—McKinsey Global Management Consulting

Yes.

The Co-Active Leadership Experience is a great supplement to your continued leadership development journey. It’s also a way to refresh and update your knowledge. And it’s an excellent way to check in with what’s evolving for you now while gaining a new goal, insight, or focus for what’s next for you. If you are a coach, you’ll find that your learning from the Co-Active Leadership Experience is immediately applicable to your practice with your clients.

This 3-day workshop is not theoretical, but instead engages the learner to actually experience what it’s like to be a leader as you participate in experiential group activities, immediately applying your new skills.

  • Learn all 5 dimensions of the revolutionary Co-Active Leadership Model: Leader Within, Leader in Front, Leader Behind, Leader Beside, and Leader in the Field
  • Gain competence in each of the 5 leadership styles, knowing where and when to use each to be most effective, depending on the situation.
  • Gain tools and skills to respond to any challenge with fluidity and flexibility, while still staying true to your vision, relationships, values, and sense of purpose.
  • Learn how to apply the model with direct reports, clients, teams, and in your own life.
  • Learn about yourself as a leader, and leave with a greater sense of where you “check out.” You will better understand the impact of your actions and behaviors, and will develop new skills to quickly shift to creative leadership in any situation.
  • Identify areas of strength and areas for growth.
  • Leave with a plan to expand and grow your capacity as a leader.
  • We provide tools that you can start using right away—and a plan for how to apply your learning immediately.

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A complete program guide, plus a journey map of where you want to grow in your leadership, along with a plan for next steps. You will also have a personal assessment of your strengths and weaknesses, and guidance for expanding the areas that will best serve you.

You will receive 11.75 Core Competency hours and 7.0 Resource Development hours for the Co-Active Leadership Experience course.

All the dates and locations for the Co-Active Leadership Experience are listed on the product information page.

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The cost of the course does not include transportation, lodging, or meals. If you are traveling from out of town, we will be happy to recommend nearby hotels where you can stay during your program.

Co-Active Leadership Program

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Co-Active Leadership Program

The Co-Active Leadership Program is a powerful experiential program designed to uncover, deepen and build on your natural strengths as a leader. It consists of four intensive residential retreats and in-between assignments over a ten-month period.

The Co-Active Leadership Program is an international program is designed for people who want to have a more powerful, positive and lasting impact within their profession, organization, family, and/or community, and are ready to do something about it. The diversity of program participants enhances both its appeal and impact.

The Co-Active Leadership Experience is a 3-day immersion in CTI’s Co-Active Leadership Model. The focus is on creating a deep, experiential understanding of each of the 5 dimensions of leadership. You will practice leading from each dimension, and come away with a plan for how to grow your own leadership in your life and work. It is a fast-paced and fun way to deepen your understanding of what it means to be a leader, and to create a practical plan for applying what you’ve learned. If you are considering the 10-month intensive program, the Co-Active Leadership Experience will give you a great introduction to both the Co-Active Leadership Model and CTI’s unique approach to learning.

The Co-Active Leadership Program is a 10-month immersion in developing and strengthening every aspect of you as a leader. During the program, you will be introduced to the Co-Active Leadership Map and the Co-Active Leadership Model, and you will learn how to use them powerfully to harness the unique leader in everyone. You will deepen your understanding of who you are as a leader and identify your most vibrant, authentic leadership style. The program is experiential, and happens with the same group for the entire 10 months, so you have a safe place to experiment with new skills in a supportive setting before applying them. In between the intensive weeks together, you will have ample time to apply your learning in your own life and work. This program is transformational. If you want to learn more or register for the 10-month program visit this section of our website.

In addition to its unique and experiential Co-Active Model, this program stands out by continually deepening and integrating learning over a ten-month period. This results in both personal mastery and the formation of a powerful leadership community that builds and sustains momentum over time.

The program consists of 22 full training days spread over four residential retreats, plus group interaction and projects scheduled between each retreat. Projects are designed by participants themselves, and vary widely in content, scope and time commitment. Retreat days often include structured activities into the evening hours. Participants remain connected with their leadership community through regular conference calls that take place at least bi-weekly, and via project work.

All retreats begin promptly at 10:00 AM on the first day and complete at 3:30 PM on the last day. All participants are expected to stay the entire time so please make your travel plans accordingly.

For more information about travel & accommodations for each location, please see the links pertaining to each retreat location below.

US West Coast
US East Coast
Spain

As an experiential program, learning is often accomplished through moderate activity including movement, games, exercises, and various physical challenges. Safety is of the utmost concern and everyone is encouraged to participate only to the extent to which they do not risk injuring themselves or others. A medical form completed at the time of registration allows us to address any issues early on.

Course participants vary widely in both age and fitness levels however, and limitations can be accommodated without sacrificing learning.

Learn more about our approach to accessibility and inclusion 

As an experiential program, learning often happens through activities, games, and exercises designed to get the learning out of your head and deeply embedded in your body. As a result, the specific impact of learning is often difficult to describe in words.

The most universal participant feedback is that the Co-Active Leadership Program is “life changing.” Specifically, graduates report that the program has most dramatically impacted their ability to access their personal strengths and leadership qualities, and apply them in all aspects of life, both personal and professional. They are more able to show up fully, take a stand for who they are and what they believe in, and take responsibility for the impact they create in the world. Graduates are also more attuned to the gifts of others and seek out opportunities to re-experience the joy of collaboration and co-creation.

The International Coach Federation (ICF) has approved the Co-Active Leadership Program for 182.75 hours of Continuing Coaching Education. We will provide a certificate of completion and supporting information for participants who are interested in pursuing continuing education units with other professional associations.

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