Fielding Graduate University

Evidence Based Coaching connects the most effective tools, strategies, and coaching orientations with theory and research from a variety of disciplines. Participants in this course will study theories and their coaching applications from a range of disciplines, including psychology, communication, leadership, organizational studies, theories of adult learning and adult development, and theories of culture, gender, and race.

CCEUs: 40

Delivery Method: online plus 3 hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Janet Baldwin Anderson, PhD, PCC, School of  HOD Evidence Based Coaching Faculty

Capacity: 15

Assessments of individual personality, styles and abilities are a critical component of effective coaching engagements. Used appropriately, the right assessment is a key part of the consulting intervention or the coaching conversation. In this course, participants will learn to evaluate the many assessments encountered in both consulting and coaching, and determine the effectiveness and appropriateness of these instruments for a range of coaching and consulting situations.

CCEUs: 27

Delivery Method: online plus 3 hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Dian Christian, MA, PCC, & Mary Shawver, PhD, PCC, School of HOD Evidence Based Coaching Doctoral Faculty

Capacity: 15

In this course participants will learn how to critically evaluate their work as coaches or consultants. Action research is an ongoing evaluative process of collaboratively defining and researching a coaching or consulting issue. Being able to systematically document the efficacy of a coaching or consulting action increases both performance and credibility. The curriculum includes concepts of action research, how to design an assessment, and how to document outcomes.

CCEUs: 39

Delivery Method: online plus three hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Francine Campone, EdD, MCC, School of HOD Evidence Based Coaching Faculty

Capacity: 15

Appreciative coaching is an alternative, positive methodology for change that can unleash life-enhancing energy for your coaching clients. Appreciative Coaching, which is rooted in Appreciative Inquiry (AI), is one of the most successful change efforts currently used in business and organizations. Based on AI concepts, world-renowned authors Ann Clancy and Jacqueline Binkert (Appreciative Coaching: A Process for Change) will instruct participants in this exciting new way of coaching.

CCEUs: 35

Delivery Method: online plus 3 hours telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Ann Clancy, PhD and Jacqueline Binkert, PhD, School of HOD, Evidence Based Coaching Faculty

Capacity: 15

Money is a means of exchange. It reflects the core values of the individual or the institution using it. In this course we will explore our habitual patterns of financial exchange, and create intentional exchanges that truly reflect what is important to you and how we, as a community, want to shape our lives and our world. You will acquire a new understanding of the movement of money—and our involvement in that movement. The skills learned in this course will help you observe your current patterns with money and create goals and new patterns that are grounded in your genuine intentions. It will also help you transform your awareness of the power and consequences of money movement in the community and in our world.

CCEUs: 24

Faculty/Instructor(s): Mary Carol Rose, MIPP, CFP(R)

Capacity: 15

In these financial times, it can be especially daunting to create a business “from scratch”. This course provides you with the nuts and bolts of putting together a thriving coaching practice: Designing a business plan; developing marketing outlets; create a niche; and effective networking. The course is taught by professionals who have successfully created their own coaching practice and are excited to share their experiences with others.

CCEUs: 27

Delivery Method: online plus 3 hours telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Cheryl Stein, MA

Capacity: 15

How do coaches understand the motivations and thought processes of leaders? Given the mindset and organizational demands of most leaders, what are the most effective coaching strategies in working with them? In this course participants will learn the major leadership theories and coaching protocols for leadership coaching. Participants will receive hands-on experience in practicing the latest leadership coaching strategies.

CCEUs: 27

Delivery Method: online plus 3 hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Diane Brennan, MBA, MCC

Capacity: 15

Coaches - both men and women - are finding themselves coaching an increasing number of women clients, as their numbers at higher levels of organizations are increasing. The dynamics of coaching women are explored in this course — including theories of gender and gender relationships, adult development, stress management, and workplace balance. The primary focus of the course will be the application of these theories to the coaching engagement, from point of view of the practitioner and the client. Participants will learn how to skillfully manage gender-related issues that may come up for their women clients. They will also gain valuable insights about themselves as coaches working with women clients.

CCEUs: 27

Delivery Method: online plus 3 hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Deepika Nath, PhD, and Leni Wildflower, PhD, PCC, Director of Coaching and Custom Programs Doctoral Faculty

Capacity: 15

In this course participants will learn the theory and practice of mindfulness, and how to apply these theories to their own work as practitioners. The curriculum will address key questions including what it means to be a mindful practitioner and how consultants, coaches, trainers, and educators use the concept of mindfulness to enhance their skills and capacities?

CCEUs: 27

Delivery Method: online plus 3 hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Francine Campone, EdD, MCC, School of HOD Evidence Based Coaching Doctoral Faculty

Capacity: 15

This course examines theories and skills used in coaching executives within an organizational context. By analyzing coaching case studies, participants will learn coaching strategies for organizational change; how to train managers as coaches; and the process for linking coaching to business strategy. In addition, participants will gain the ability to develop and modify one’s coaching practice and to incorporate evidence based theories as they relate to organizational practices. The course emphasizes the importance of gaining greater self-awareness working either as an external or internal coach within an organization.

CCEUs: 40

Delivery Method: online plus 4 hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Dennis White, JD, PCC

Capacity: 15

Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology, and Behavioral Therapy techniques are three of the most common and popular methodologies employed by coaches to affect individual change. In this course, participants will learn both the theories attached to these techniques and specific strategies for implementing them in a coaching engagement. In addition, theories of humanistic psychology and adult development are discussed in the context of coaching. Attention to the role of mindfulness and presence for the coach is an integral component of this course.

CCEUs: 40

Delivery Method: online plus 4 hours of telephone training

Faculty/Instructor(s): Leni Wildflower, PhD, PCC, Director of Coaching and Custom Programs

Capacity: 15