Professional Coaching Certificate

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Professional coaches are in great demand, and the need for their services is only growing. Employers are realizing that coaching is a cost-effective way to help their employees increase effectiveness, think more creatively, take on greater responsibility, and grow professionally. The result? A better performing organization and a loyal workforce. Likewise, individuals are turning more frequently to coaches for help in developing and implementing career and life plans.

Participants approach this program from multiple roles:

As consultants, looking to meet their clients’ specific coaching needs
As internal coaches, looking for additional training to better serve their company
As managers, looking to implement coaching programs at their own company
As career-seekers/changers, looking for a career that helps people reach their highest professional and/or personal potential

This certificate program is designed exclusively to meet the needs of the evolving coaching profession. It provides a structured, but flexible, program that includes a five-session seminar covering core principles and practices, and four one-day specialization seminars that will equip you with the necessary toolbox of techniques to become a skilled and confident professional coach in a career or life satisfaction capacity. This program's two-tiered approach will enable participants to work with the "whole client" within the context of the "whole system" in which they operate.

Certificate Requirements:

Complete three (3) "required" workshops:
- Art of Coaching: Becoming an Exceptional Career or Life Coach (5-Days over 3 Months)
- Negotiation Skills for Coaches
- Gender Dynamics in Coaching
Complete two (2) "elective" workshops

Certificate requires completion of three "required" workshops and two "elective" workshops within a two year period.

To enroll in the Professional Coaching Certificate program, add the "PC Certificate Enrollment fee" to your cart at checkout when signing up for any of the elective workshops. (An additional one-time $50 fee.)

The five-day "Art of Coaching" core course runs once per year, in the fall semester. Dates are announced in late spring.

Spring 2019 Certificate Workshop Schedule:

Are You Listening? Developing Effective Listening | Mar. 8 | Portsmouth
Gender Dynamics in Coaching (required) | Mar. 12 | Portsmouth
Analyzing Workstyles: Using MBTI to Improve Communication Skills | Mar. 26 | Portsmouth
Training Design and Delivery | Mar. 27 | Manchester
The Business of Coaching: Get the Results You Want | Apr. 9 | Portsmouth
Train for the Brain | Apr. 16 | Portsmouth
Strategic Influencing Skills: Influencing with Impact and Integrity | May 3 | Portsmouth
Negotiation Skills for Coaches (required) | May 21 | Portsmouth
Analyzing Workstyles: Using MBTI to Improve Communication Skills | Jun. 13 | Manchester

Certificate Workshops Currently Unavailable:

Professional Coaching is an unregulated industry at this time. UNH Professional Coaching is an educational, not a licensing program. The certificate you receive upon successful completion of all required sessions (nine days total) does not meet any licensing or regulatory requirements and does not entail any special status, rights, duties, or privileges.

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Joe Perna

After looking at other alternatives, I completed the Professional Coaching Certification at UNH. It was not only a helpful addition to my OD practice, but some of the skills I acquired proved useful in my work on a not for profit board. The classes were informative and engaging, and Carlotta Tyler, who led the program, provided a great deal of insight into this important field.

Anna Super

I loved the Professional Coaching Certificate program with UNH Professional Development and Training. The lead instructor, Carlotta Tyler, was an engaging facilitator and I grew exponentially as a coach while working with her and the other professionals I met in class.