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Executive Coach Training

Executive Coaching has become an a significant part of Executive Development in recent years and provides substantial benefits for people who are seeking professional development. Executive Coaching often provides competent business resources for the people or "human side" of leading people and building teams to accomplish business goals.

Transformational Coaching

There are two ways that people learn. The first is linear incremental learning in which people learn skills and abilities by building stepwise on previously learned skills. However while learning new skills what does not change in this type of learning is the person. Transformational learning occurs when the person changes their view of themselves and the world in which they live. They may not learn a new skill but they will learn to offer their skills in more effective and efficient ways. Spiritually this type of transformational learning is called, enlightenment, conversion or being born again.

At the Clergy Leadership Institute we use a foundation of Appreciative Inquiry as a the basis for transformational coaching.

Appreciative Coaching

Our Appreciative Coaching is based on the Appreciative Way, Rob and Kim Voyle's synthesis of:

  • The practice and philosophy of Appreciative Inquiry
  • The work of Milton Erickson and his students
  • Positive Psychology
  • Compassion as the agent of transformation
Appreciative Coach Training Programs

The Clergy Leadership Institute provides several programs for those interested in developing their coaching skills. Grounded in the Appreciative Way, our Coaching Competent Leaders program uses a variety of Emotional Intelligence and Executive Coaching assessments as a basis for providing training in essential leadership competencies.

While oriented primarily toward coaching and consulting with clergy and churches our Certificate in Appreciative Coaching would also be applicable to anyone who wants to provide Executive Coaching using:

  • an appreciative inquiry perspective
  • their personal spiritual resources and the spiritual resources of their clients
Spiritual Perspective

Our training programs are explicitly Christian in their theological outlook but are open to a wide variety of spiritual expression, including Buddhist and other compassionate, contemplative practices. Participation in our programs does not require a specific belief system, however it does require that participants can reflect theologically and psychologically on their life and coaching.

Coach Training Programs

We offer the following coach training programs:

For information about each training program click on the link.
For training dates and locations or to register go to the training schedule.

Who Should Attend Appreciative Coach Training
  • Clergy
  • Psychologists, Consultants and Counselors
    who are also clergy or who work with clergy and churches
  • Leaders who coach or mentor staff and volunteers

While primarily oriented toward clergy and coaching clergy our coach training programs are also open to those who have substantial experience as a coach or mentor and who are interested in coaching from an appreciative perspective and who can reflect theologically and psychologically on their coaching.

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