Take your coaching skills to the next level with this dual-accredited programme.
The Advanced Professional Business Coaching programme is aimed at coaches who are looking to take both their own and their coachee's experience of business coaching to the next level; to intensify deeper connections with others to facilitate a true thinking partnership for more sustainable results and greater business impact.
This intensive programme focuses on the manifestation of the confident business coach who is able to hold trusted relationships at all levels. The impact is demonstrated in different ways, from short-term goals to ongoing sense-making and fulfilling of a significant legacy or purpose. One of the ultimate aspirations of business coaching is the systemic process: sustainable impact at both the individual and organisational levels.
The Advanced Professional Business Coaching Programme is the final block in your journey with GIBS to coaching mastery.
Programme Methodology:Assessment/ Evaluation:This consists of:
- observed coaching sessions (in triads) with immediate feedback by an ICF-accredited coach
- ten hours of mentor coaching sessions (both group and individual);
- independent self-study confirmation;
- business acumen, systems thinking and leadership assignment to be completed in a syndicate group;
- live presentation of syndicate's business acumen presentation;
- individual assignment, covering the critical incident, feedback on coaching of four individuals, inter alia; and
- presentation of Coach Legacy and coaching skills to be evaluated based on ICF-PCC and GIBS core coaching competencies
The programme is experiential in nature and blends business and coaching theory with practice in a way that can be integrated and applied in reality.
Structure:The programme is comprised of three plenary/ classroom blocks as well as two evaluation days where the full classroom is expected to observe individual coach declarations and live/video coaching.
Block 1: 3 days; Block 2: 2 days; Block 3: 3 days Block 4: 2 days and final assessment days
In between these blocks, individuals are expected to:
- Meet in syndicate groups to complete a case study on the business of being a business coach (including a tutorial guided by Faculty) and prepare a syndicate presentation and assignment;
- Complete three hours of individual mentor coaching (one hour between blocks 1 and 2; one hour between blocks 2 and 3; one hour between block 3 and final examination);
- Complete seven hours of group mentor coaching;
- Select four coachees to collaborate with you throughout this coaching journey; ensuring that diversity is carefully considered in selection;
- Complete extensive reading material in order to complete independent study; and
- Submit a coaching video of (no more than) 25 minutes prior to the final examination.
Attendance:
The GIBS Advanced Professional Business Coaching Programme will, together with the GIBS Professional Business Coaching Programme, provide you with the necessary hours for coach-specific training for ICF credentialing purposes.
GIBS will only be able to provide you with a certificate to this effect if you are physically and on all other levels present for 100% of the course as well as complete the validation of independent self-study, presentation of legacy and your Coaching Assessment. You will also be required to pass an evaluation of your coaching skills in a live/video demonstration of coaching.
