Business Performance Coach

Certified coaching programs on various levels according to European Standards

We offer a coaching qualification in Business Performance Coaching based on the standards of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC): Foundation, Practitioner, Senior Practitioner and Master Practitioner. The programs have been structured according to the guidelines of the EMCC--many assessed and awarded. Target groups are trainers, consultants, human resource managers and others who want to receive a qualification which is globally recognized and respected. Leaders who want to extend their leadership competence with coaching are also invited to take part. The certificates allow participants to apply for an EMCC accreditation as coach.

Pictures: Madrid 2010 and Bonn 2008

Course Goals

EMCC-Certification of programms with Dr. Susanne Klein

• To build and extend competence in coaching
• To augment knowledge in psychology and diagnostics
• To strengthen systemic and organisational understanding
• To become acquainted with and employ tools to broaden perspective and develop new behavioural options
• To learn to establish and maintain professional distance
• To support leaders in their solution focus
• To reflect upon work as a coach
• To practice boundary management
• To understand and apply the EMCC Code of Ethics

The program focuses on practical aspects. The first three programs take approximately four months each. The Master Program requires two years, with an emphasis on developing and testing new approaches to coaching, finding one’s area of specialization, and establishing one’s place in the market. One of the main topics here is individual contribution to the practise.

All programs are organized to be integrated into professional availability.

Goals of the Individual Programs

1 Foundation

Understanding the role and responsibility of a business coach
Contracting
Broadening the scope of observation and quickly implementing results
Using questions as interventions
Discussing behaviours and generating new options
Employing basic tools

2 Practitioner

Acquiring psychological knowledge
Managing relationships
Differentiating individuals and systems
Extending tool competence
Giving feedback
Finding and leveraging the key point

3 Senior Practitioner

Implementing more complex tools
Using oneself as a tool (self-awareness)
Managing awareness and attention
Understanding psychological crises
Managing boundaries
EMCC Code of Ethics
Peer coaching
Writing a thesis

4 Master Practitioner

Positioning oneself as a Master Coach
Developing and refining one’s own coaching approach
Supervision
Consolidating psychological and neurobiological knowledge
Publications

Dates
All groups start once a year
Next Foundation: 2012 October
Next Senior Practitioner: 2012 November
Next Master Practitioner: 2013 December

Equivalent qualifications from other coaching programs will be considered.