Language: English
Short Description: Our Life Skills Coach Program will help you learn the skills you need to become a successful Life Skills Coach while also helping you create the business you want. Throughout this course you will be working on your business plan and creating a quick comprehensive overview of the elements you want in your new business while also learning how to help clients to identify life purpose, recognize and combat obstacles, maintain a positive mind-set, and live with integrity.
Life Skills Coaching is one of the fastest growing professions in the world today. It is a key component of individual's success as well as an organization's toolkit for developing leaders, working with teams, and helping employees at every level achieve their personal and professional best. Through this course you can discover the techniques and tools for becoming a successful Life Skills Coach!
This course takes students step-by-step through the coaching process, covering all the crucial ideas and strategies for being an effective, successful life coach. This course moves seamlessly from coaching fundamentals to more advanced ideas such as helping clients to identify life purpose, recognize and combat obstacles, maintain a positive mind-set, and live with integrity. In the course, you will discover ways to help clients succeed and grow.
Instructor Description: Though this program is a self-paced program it is supported by an educational mentor. Educational mentors are subject matter experts who have years of experience in their field as well as the necessary educational training and credentials to work as an expert. The mentor is available to answer any questions a learner may have including questions on course content, course material, certifications, and even industry questions. Mentors also monitor the progress of learners to ensure training retention and program advancement. In eLearning, motivation is a key tool to success. Because of this, mentors provide encouraging comments, feedback, and coaching to motivate learners throughout the duration of the program to support completion and success!
Certification: The Certified Life Skills Coach (CSLC) certification exam prepares individuals for a career as a Life Skills Coach. Attaining national certification displays that individuals have mastered the latest industry information and skill set necessary to become a successful and highly recognized professional in the field of Life Skills Coaching.
A Certified Life Skills Coach (CLSC) assists people with making decisions about improving their personal and professional lives. As a Certified Life Skills Coach (CLSC) it is imperative to study the best practices to offer guidance in an on-going collaborative effort with clients. Job opportunities for Certified Life Skills Coaches (CLSC) are often found in large companies, school systems, behavioral and mental healthcare clinics. Certified Life Skills Coaches can also become self-employed and start their own lucrative coaching business.
The certification exam will consist of 80 questions and you will have 2 hours to complete it. You will have 30 days from the date of purchase to take the certification exam.
Each certification exam is proctored. We partner with an online proctoring service called Proctorio (click for more information @ Proctorio).
Once you have completed the certification exam and scored a 70% or higher you will have immediate access to your Certification Certificate by clicking on the link in the exam center. The certificate will also be emailed to you as a .pdf file.
Requirements
Internet Connection
• Broadband or High-Speed (DSL, Cable, Wireless)
Hardware Requirements
• Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
• Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended
Software Requirements
• Operating Systems - Windows 7, 8 or 10; Mac OS x 10 or higher
• Microsoft Office or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
• Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
• Cookies MUST be enabled
• Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
• Adobe PDF Reader
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Lesson 1
Life Skills Coaching Level 1
Module 1: Coaching Fundamentals
• Listening as a Coach
• Three Kinds of Listening
• Listening To
• Listening For
• Listening With
• Listening for the “Big Five”
• The Language of Coaching
• Coaching Conversations
• Using Structures
• Preparing for Coaching Sessions
Module 2: Coaching and Empowerment
• Coaching as a Developmental Change Process
• Psychology, Philosophy and Human Development
• Ken Wilber’s Four Quadrants of Change
• Levels of Consciousness Development
• Empowering the Client
• When Do Coaches Use Empowering Skills
• Selecting the Right Type of Conversation
• Six Types of Conversations
• Seven Skills for Empowering
Module 3: Working with Clients
• Stretching the Client
• The Coaching Continuum
• Ways to Challenge
• Metaphors and Analogies
• Creating Momentum with the Client
• The Know in Order to Grow Principle
• Focusing on “Right Action” Through Fieldwork
• Coaching the Whole Client
• Mind, Body, Emotions, Spirit
Module 4: Coaching from the Inside Out
• The Power of Purpose
• Ways to Discover Life Purpose
• Being Purpose-Full
• Design Your Life
• Living a Fulfilled Life
• Using the Contemporary Wheel of Life with Clients
• What Gets In Your Way?
• Aligning Values, Actions and Habits
• Developing New Values
Module 5: Integrity, Play and Wealth
• Walk the Talk
• Personal Integrity
• A Workable System
• Play Full Out
• Being At Choice
• Boundaries
• How Wealthy Are You?
• Personal Revenue
• Making it Practical
Module 6: Mindset and Love
• Mindset is Causative
• How Mind-Set is Sourced
• Distinctions on Observations
• Affirmations
• Moods, Emotions and the Body
• Fear vs. Trust
• Expressions of Love
• Learning to Love Ourselves
• Love is a Choice
• The Power of Forgiveness
Module 7: Co-Active Coaching Part 1
• Co-Active Coaching Model
• Four Cornerstones
• Co-Active Coaching Relationship
• The Coaching Environment
• Co-Active Coaching Contexts
• Listening
• Intuition
• Curiosity
Module 8: Co-Active Coaching Part 2
• Forward and Deepen
• Goal Setting
• Putting Structures to Work
• Self-Management
• Self-Judgement
• Coaching Fulfillment
• Balance
• Process
• Putting it all Together
Life Skills Coaching Level 2
Module 1: Coaching Principles
• The Coaching Spirit
• Relationship and Trust
• Asking Questions and Curiosity
• Listening and Intuition
• Feedback and Awareness
• Suggestions and Simplification
• Goals and Action Plans
• Accountability and Accomplishments
• Six Paradigms of Situational Coaching
Coaching Module 2: Achiever’s Coaching Techniques
• Responsibility
• Building Self Esteem
• Clarifying Life Purpose
• Visualizing and Affirming Desired Outcomes
• Planning for Action
• Using Feedback, Learning and Perseverance to Your Advantage
• Law of Attraction and Celebrating Success
• Making the Impossible Dream Possible
Module 3: Coaching Questions
• Become a Master of Asking
• Top Ten Asking Mistakes
• Starting Significant Conversations
• Conversational Models
• The GROW Model
• Defining the Problem
• SMART Goals
• Seven Strategies to Overcome Obstacles
• Destiny Discovery
• Asking Good Questions
Module 4: Ways to Succeed
• The Art of Dreaming
• You Were Born Happy
• A Whole New Way of Thinking About Goals
Module 5: Supercoach Techniques
• The Simple Ways to Make Decisions
• Rainy Days and Mondays
• How to Get Stuff Done
• The Magic of Connection
Module 6: Becoming a Supercoach
• How to Ask for Anything from Anyone
• The Secret to a Lifetime of Financial Security
• The Power of Hope
**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**
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