- Online
- $1,800
Expand your leadership range by integrating your lived experience with a coaching approach and skillset that promotes development, performance, autonomy and resilience for the leader and those they engage with. Develop the awareness, knowledge, and skills to create a safe, productive conversational learning environment and to navigate conversations in a way that strengths relationships and makes efficient progress on the challenges at hand.
Our foundational Leader as Coach course focuses on what coaching is and how it works through exploration and practice of the ways in which coaches co-create the conditions for coaching, and confidently navigate coaching conversations that are supportive, empowering and promote the autonomy of all involved. This is the first required course for our upcoming 60-hour UBC micro-credential, Leader as Coach.
By the end of the course, you'll be able to:
- distinguish between coaching and other forms of helping such as consulting, advising and mentoring
- discern and choose when coaching is (and is not) appropriate as a learning modality in a given situation
- work with awareness of personal identity, biases, status and power dynamics as they relate to co-creating psychologically safe conditions and the coach's presence
- navigate and lead the process of a coaching conversation, in context
- articulate how to prepare, take action on, and reflect upon elements of a coaching conversation
- employ a systemic lens to toggle between execution and operational vs. strategic and relational perspectives
- identify areas of strength and development with respect to personal coaching skills and leadership presence
- use reflective practice to inform ongoing development as a leader and coach.
Why UBC?
The UBC Certificate in Organizational Coaching program emerged from UBC’s long running and successful internal coaching program for faculty and staff, UBC Coaching Services. The University holds a CoachingWise designation from the International Coaching Federation British Columbia Chapter.
This program has also won the EMCC Global Coaching Award in 2024 and two ICF Prism Awards, in 2005 and 2018, recognizing the University’s high standard of excellence in coaching programs. These are prestigious honours from the world’s most prominent professional accreditation bodies for businesses and organizations with coaching programs that fulfill rigorous professional standards, address key strategic goals, shape organizational culture and yield discernible and measurable positive impact
Who is the course for
The course is for people who are:
- learning-oriented and open to trying new things with new people
- managers and leaders working in organizations and communities of any kind
- wanting to expand their leadership effectiveness and influence, specifically the ability to develop self and others using coaching as a learning methodology
- interested in pursuing an International Coaching Federation Level 1 program enroute to applying for an ACC credential.
Please note that this course is provided in the English language only.
Meet your instructors
- Brian Taguchi, PCC
- Kels Davidson, PCC
- Linda Alexander, PCC
- Andrea Fruhling, PCC
- Darrell Lim, PCC
- David Ogle, PCC
- Fenneke Tjallingii-Brocken, PCC
Course outline
There are twelve weeks of course engagement, comprised of six integrated two-week sections. Each section includes pre-work and a 2-hour synchronous call in the first week, and ongoing practice and reflection in the second week:
- Coach Approach and Co-Creating the Conditions for Coaching (3 hours)
- COEC: Connect (3 hours)
- COEC: Open (3 hours)
- COEC: Explore (3 hours)
- COEC: Close (3 hours)
- Coach Approach Labs (3 hours)
Attendance at all Live Learning Sessions is mandatory to complete this course.
Textbook
There is no textbook required for this course.
How am I assessed?
Participants are assessed throughout the course according to University of British Columbia grading practices to ensure successful acquisition of required skills, concepts and the ICF Core Competencies. Online module contributions are graded complete/incomplete based on assignment guidelines. Practicum elements are also graded complete/incomplete, and participants are required to initiate conversations should accommodations be required. You are also required to evaluate your own progress.
Upon completion of all course elements, you receive a Letter of Completion including International Coaching Federation CCE units or acknowledgement towards completing the requirements for the UBC Leader as Coach Micro-certificate.
Expected effort
To be successful in this course, we recommend planning for a minimum of 4 hours every 2 weeks for twelve weeks, participating actively in a) pre-course orientation (~30 min), b) synchronous live learning sessions (~2 hours), c) asynchronous modular learning (~1 hour) and d) ongoing practice (~unlimited) and reflection (~30 min). For more details, see Course Format below.
Before registering for the course, carefully read and understand the program handbook.
Technology requirements
To take this course, you’ll need access to:
- an email account
- a computer, laptop or tablet under five years old using Windows or macOS with access to a video camera and microphone
- the latest version of a web browser (or previous major version release)
- a reliable internet connection.
Requisites
No pre-requisite courses required.
Course format
We have designed a diverse range of learning activities including workshop sessions, coaching labs, demonstrations, live feedback sessions, group discussions, mini-lectures, skills practice, case studies, readings, group coaching, mentoring and online discussion and learning between participants and course instructors. We invite you to dive into the learning zone, develop a reflective practice, and stretch your range, as a coach and as a leader. Our 100% online delivery offers a flexible, supportive and interactive learning model.
Pre-Course Orientations. In the week prior to the start of each course, you will receive access to the course materials via Canvas and be provided instruction on how to best prepare and get going in your upcoming course. If you're new to using Canvas or Zoom, we recommend setting aside time to get familiar with both platforms before the course begins.
Synchronous Live Learning Sessions occur weekly within each course, including work in pairs, dyads, triangles and small and large groups to ensure ample opportunities for participants to work with one another and learn by doing via Zoom. Attendance for these live learning sessions is mandatory as per ICF requirements.
Asynchronous Modular Learning involves self-directed study and responding online via Canvas. Your participation in the online learning community provides an opportunity to engage in critical thinking and reflections on theory and practice; to share experiences, awareness, and knowledge for the purpose of learning together; and to contribute to supporting the learning of others.
Mentor Coaching. Our ICF-credentialed mentor coaches support your development in advancing your awareness and coaching skills towards an ACC credential competency level through group and 1:1 mentor coaching.
Ongoing Practice and Reflection. The integration of a coach approach and skills in context comes through structured and intentional practice and reflection. The courses provide structure and numerous opportunities to gain direct feedback to progressively develop your coaching competencies and confidence as a coach. However, the degree to which coaching is integrated is determined by the participant.
The richness of this shared learning experience depends on our willingness to lean into discomfort in service of learning, to be vulnerable with one another, and to actively engage with the learning community.