Executive Coaching Institute

A summer coaching institute for individuals looking to enter the field of executive coaching or to improve their own coaching and leadership skills.

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Overview

Take Your Leadership Skills to the Next Level

Offered in partnership with the UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education, the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute is a summer coaching institute for individuals interested in entering the field of executive coaching, as well as executives seeking to become better managers and leaders.

The program consists of over 80 contact hours of group classes, individual tutorials and coaching and practicum sessions that will lead to a certificate of completion awarded from the Center for Executive Education at the University of California, Berkeley.

The primary focus of the executive coach training is for participants to learn the skill set that is necessary to coach a variety of business professionals as well as work groups. The program takes place in three phases:

 
Phase 1: Five days of intensive training in coaching skills, tools, attitudes and behaviors. Participants leave enabled to coach their clients in leadership skills such as delivering presentations, building relationships, and negotiating. Coaching Institute participants are trained to serve in two executive coaching capacities, as both communication coaches and behavioral coaches.

Phase 2: Two days of practicum training held at prominent Bay Area companies, which allow Coaching Institute participants to apply the coaching skills learned in the intensive training by coaching emerging leaders.

Phase 3: Four months of follow up online workshops, teleconferences and individual coaching & supervision, in which Coaching Institute participants receive ongoing support and practice. Each participant will participate in four group workshops, all faciliatated by Coaching Institute faculty, and will complete the remainder of their individualized coaching and supervision hours.

Advantages

Daily classes focus on what it is to be a coach, coaching techniques, methodology, and tools. Instruction will span anywhere from 8-12 hours a day, plus a follow-up distance learning curriculum in the months following the Berkeley session. Over 80 hours of instruction will be provided. Program curriculum includes:

  • 10 hours of individual coaching and supervision sessions
  • Two practicum where participants will be observed in coaching individuals from leading Bay Area corporations and organizations
  • Four monthly group follow-up sessions (held online after the institute)
  • Films, video work and readings
  • Tutorials in coaching groups and teams
  • Final coaching exam—written and oral

Who Should Attend?

Corporations

  • Internal coaches
  • Corporate leaders

Client Service Professionals

  • Individuals or firms in consulting, law, health care, staffing services

Aspiring and Growing Coaches

  • Individuals who want to enter a new profession of Executive Coaching
  • Practicing coaches seeking to learn a new methodology