Graduate Certificate - Executive Coaching

This Executive Coaching Certificate is an interdisciplinary coaching program that focuses on developing effective coaching skills, building rapport, facilitating organizational change, using assessments, developing cultural awareness, applying coaching models and strategies, exploring emotional intelligence, and creating a plan to turn a graduate’s coaching idea into a business. Knowledge gained in this coaching certificate is valuable for business leaders, managers, and professionals across various disciplines, equipping them with the executive coaching skills and leadership tools needed to collaborate effectively with clients, teams, and organizations.

Certificate Objectives

Upon successful completion of this certificate, the student will be able to:

• Distinguish between coaching, counseling, mentoring, and supervising.
• Explain the characteristics that encourage an effective coaching experience.
• Demonstrate fundamental active listening and coaching skills.
• Evaluate various models to determine most appropriate for specific coaching situations.
• Evaluate assessments to determine applicability and effectiveness in various coaching situations.
• Use assessments to promote an effective coaching experience.
• Compare and contrast strategies and techniques associated with coaching individuals versus coaching in teams and groups.
• Generate strategies for coaching teams and groups within an organizational structure.
• Apply ethical guidelines and professional standards associated with individual, team, and group coaching.
• Develop business leadership skills required to be an effective coach.