Coaching Foundations
An introduction to coaching principles, transformational communication, ethics and professional practice for emerging practitioners and leaders.
What to Know Before You Join
- Who it is for
- Aspiring coaches, managers, mentors, counsellors and community workers developing foundational coaching habits.
- Entry requirements
- Details will be published before applications open.
- Duration
- Details will be published before applications open.
- Schedule or weekly commitment
- Cohort dates and weekly commitments will be published before applications open.
- Delivery format
- Live cohort learning with digital materials and supervised practice laboratories.
- Tuition and payment
- Fees and payment information will be published before applications open.
- Assessment and completion
- Learners practise foundational conversations in supervised laboratories. Completion requirements will be published before enrolment.
- Accreditation or recognition
- Any completion award or external recognition will be stated explicitly before enrolment.
Build the Core Habits of a Transformational Coach.
Coaching Foundations introduces the essential framework of coaching conversations. You will move past the natural impulse to give immediate advice, learning how to listen deeply, ask powerful questions and hold space for client discovery.
The Coaching Foundations Pathway
Four modules, in the order the catalogue publishes them, ending in supervised practice.
- 1Learn
Ethics & Boundaries
Apply fundamental coaching ethics and referral boundaries.
- 2Learn
Active Listening
Master active listening and the distinction between coaching and advice.
- 3Learn
Questioning Models
Study question design: how to ask powerful questions and hold space for client discovery.
- 4Practise
Practice Lab
Practise foundational coaching conversations in supervised laboratories.
- Outcome
A structured, goal-aligned 45-minute coaching conversation
What you are able to conduct by the end of the programme.
Next step: the Professional Coach Programme.
Programme duration is not yet published. Cohort dates are announced when applications open.
Who It Is Designed For
- Aspiring coaches testing their passion for professional practice.
- Managers and team leaders wanting to adopt a coach-approach.
- Mentors, counsellors and community workers establishing boundaries.
Join the Priority List for Coaching Foundations
Be notified when applications open and founding cohort dates are announced.