

Coaching Certificate
Help others develop, take action, and reach their goals.
Master foundational coaching skills, processes, and tools through practice sessions and scenarios in this three-day intensive course
Evidence shows that coaching for individuals, teams, and organizations is a powerful development tool that leads to positive change and results. Earning the ATD Coaching Certificate improves your ability to help the people you coach develop rapidly, produce better results, improve their ability to achieve goals, and take action.
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Evidence shows that coaching for individuals, teams, and organizations is a powerful development tool that leads to positive change and results. Earning the ATD Coaching Certificate improves your ability to help the people you coach develop rapidly, produce better results, improve their ability to achieve goals, and take action.
During this program, you will come to better understand yourself in the role of coach, uncovering your biases, strengths, and areas of development, so that you may refine your coaching approach for increased impact. The focus of this course is on practice, allowing you to quickly incorporate theories, models, and processes into your coaching conversations while receiving real-time feedback from your peers and an expert facilitator. You will leave this program better equipped to help individuals succeed by leveraging their natural strengths.
Why You Should Attend:
- Practice core coaching competencies, skills, and strategies and hone your ability to apply them to coaching conversations.
- Refine your coaching approach by recognizing and evaluating factors that impact client engagements.
- Use the ATD Coaching Model to develop and maintain effective coaching plans with those whom you coach.
- Earn an industry-recognized certificate, continuing education credits, and an ATD digital badge to share with your networks.
- Discuss the purpose of coaching and how it can be applied for individuals, teams, and organizations.
- Identify the factors that influence your own approach to coaching.
- Apply a trusted framework to coaching conversations.
- Use a variety of coaching skills and tools to facilitate coaching conversations.
- Articulate the importance of ethics and demonstrate ethical practices in coaching.
- Apply the six phases of the ATD Coaching Model in initiating, working through, measuring, and ending coaching relationships.
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Coaching Certificate Brochure
Download the brochure to learn everything you need to know about this course.
- Coaching Definitions and Roles
- Coaching Readiness
- Bringing Coaching Into Organizations
- The Coach’s Purpose and Presence
- Recognizing Bias
- Self-Discovery
- What Is Dialogue?
- Intentional Listening
- Powerful Questioning
- Talking Candidly
- Coaching Tools
- Coaching Ethics
- Coaching Agreements
- Coach and Coaching Client Fit
- Create a Partnership
- Collect and Analyze the Data
- Construct a Development Plan
- Collaborate and Challenge
- Complete and Acknowledge
- Participate as a Coach, Coachee, and Observer
- Apply Tools and Techniques Introduced in the Program
- ATD Coaching Model
- The COACH Process
- Coaching Agreement Checklist
- Coaching Competencies Checklist
- Coaching Readiness Checklist
- Coaching Wrap-Up Conversation Checklist
- Essential Coaching Tools
- Guiding Questions for Coaches: Action Planning
- Helping a “Stuck” Coaching Client
- Self-Reflection Questions for Coaches
- Tips for Establishing a Professional Coaching Presence
This program is for individuals who want to develop successful coaching skills and competencies for use with individuals, teams, or an entire organization. Practitioners new to coaching or those who want to enhance and validate their current coaching skill set will benefit most from attending this program. Whether you are an internal coach (or talent development professional), an external coach, or a manager wishing to work with their teams more effectively, this program is for you.
"My favorite takeaways from the program were the overview of the coaching process and the tips and tools shared by the trainer. This is a good, comprehensive program for those who are coaches or learning to be coaches who don't have the time or money for a full coaching certificate from CTI."
"This program provided me with all the necessary information to begin development of a coaching program within my own organization, and the interaction and information from fellow coaches was invaluable."

"This program reinforced the positive, actionable, and future outcomes that are the goals of coaching. The dialogue tools were definitely worth learning and practicing—they gave me new insights into initiating productive conversations with peers and management while avoiding common pitfalls. I walked away with a very thorough understanding of coaching, and how to implement it effectively."
Things To Know
COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS
Participation in all originally scheduled days of the program, including both face-to-face and live online formats, and completion of all coursework is mandatory to receive the certificate of completion and continuing education credits.
Face-to-Face Programs:
Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate.
Live Online Programs:
ATD requires active participation throughout the program to receive credit. Active participation in live online sessions includes, but is not limited to, participating in virtual classroom activities, discussions, breakout sessions, and intersession work.
Make-up policy: You can miss and make up one session* by listening to a session recording. Instructions for reporting make-up sessions are posted on ATD’s learning platform.
*For full-day sessions, you can only miss up to 3.5 hours and make up the time by listening to the recording.
CREDITS
21.0 Learning Hours
2.1 CEUs awarded
This program is eligible for 21.0 professional development hours or recertification points from the ATD Certification Institute (ATD CI) for the APTD or CPTD credential.
This program has been approved for 21.0 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
This program is valid for 21.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrm.org/certification.
This program has been approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for 17.0 core competency units, and 3.0 resource development units. However, coaching certification under the ICF is not provided. For more information on how to become an ICF certified coach visit https://coachfederation.org/icf-credential/be-a-coach
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
A laptop computer with Wi-Fi capability is required to participate in ATD Master® Programs.
Face-to-Face Program Components (if applicable):
Please do not bring mobile devices (for example, phones or tablets) instead of a laptop. There will be no computers available on-site for participants. Note: You might not have an optimal experience using Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge to access your courses. Chrome is the recommended browser.
Live Online Program Components (if applicable):
You must log in to the learning platform to access course content and to join all live online sessions. Special software is not required. You only need a standard web browser and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability to participate. Please join your session from a location with a strong internet connection and plan to use VoIP for your audio during the entire session.
ATD LEARNING PLATFORM
Enrolled in a program? To check your course status and enrollment details, launch your course, or download your certificate, go to MyATD.
TRANSFERS/CANCELLATIONS
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ATD HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY
View our health protocols for in-person courses.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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