60-Hour Coaching Program
Build essential skills. Learn at your own pace. Become BCC eligible.
The Threads That Hold 60-Hour Coaching Program is a transformative, self-paced program for those ready to lead with clarity and heart. By blending evidence-based frameworks with ethical foundations and practical application, we help you become a grounded, professional coach.
Spread across 13 intentional modules, you will navigate the entire coaching arc, from foundational communication and diverse coaching models to client growth and business readiness.
Your learning is deepened through interactive videos, scenario-based practice, and personalized mentor feedback, ensuring you can integrate these skills immediately.
Whether you are entering the field or enhancing an existing toolkit, this program provides the structure, integrity, and support needed to build a meaningful practice and drive lasting impact.
This program is ideal for:
- Aspiring professional coaches
- Emerging HR and talent development professionals
- Organizational leaders
- Helping professionals expanding into coaching
- Individuals seeking a structured and ethical pathway
Program Snapshot
A 12-week online, self-paced certification focused on ethics, communication, and business essentials. Master coaching models and growth strategies to become a confident, professional coach.
By the end of this program, learners will be able to
- Define core coaching concepts and distinguish coaching from counseling, mentoring, and consulting.
- Apply the BCC Code of Ethics to real-world coaching scenarios.
- Demonstrate ethical fluency in confidentiality, informed consent, boundaries, and referral decisions.
- Create coaching agreements, intake forms, and session templates that support clarity and alignment.
- Structure coaching sessions using goal-setting frameworks and evidence-based practices.
- Demonstrate active listening, empathetic communication, and grounded coach presence.
- Use powerful questions to evoke insight and deepen client awareness.
- Build rapport through inclusive communication and cultural humility.
- Compare and apply multiple coaching models (GROW, Co-Active, Developmental, Narrative).
- Facilitate client goal setting, action planning, and accountability.
- Integrate assessments such as 360-degree feedback, saboteur insights, and scaling questions.
- Develop a coaching brand, pricing structure, and client acquisition strategy.
- Understand legal, ethical, and operational considerations for launching a coaching practice.
- Demonstrate coaching competency through supervised practicum experiences and mentor feedback.
Program Journey
Module One
Program Orientation
Program Overview: Getting Started Guide Resource
Module Two
Foundations of Coaching and Ethical Standards
Foundations and Evolution of Professional Coaching, Essential Coaching Concepts and Definitions, Professional Distinctions in Coaching, Professional Boundaries in Coaching, Confidentiality in the Coaching Process, Ethical Fluency, Understanding Coaching Roles and Responsibilities, Examining Internal and External Coaching
Module Three
Coaching Agreements, Goal Setting, and Session Foundations
Coaching Agreement, Examining Levels of Coaching, Termination in the Coaching Process, The Intake to Session Cycle, The Coaching Session Framework
Module Four
Active Listening and Coach Presence
Levels of Listening, Internal Listening, Focused Listening, Empathetic Listening
Module Five
Powerful Questioning, Communication, and Rapport
The Anatomy of a Powerful Coaching Question, Powerful Questions Handout, Cultural Humility and Inclusive Coaching, Applying Cultural Competence in Coaching Practice
Module Six
Foundational Coaching Frameworks and Models
Understanding Coaching Frameworks, Examining Coaching Frameworks
Module Seven
Business Foundations and Integration
Your Identity in Coaching, Defining Your Brand, Developing Your Business Model, Marketing and Outreach, Client Acquisition, Legalities in Coaching, The Client Journey
Module Eight
Advanced Questioning for Insight and Awareness
Meaning Making, Examining Structure, Timing, and Intention, Establishing Trust and Rapport
Module Nine
Advanced Frameworks and Assessments
Coaching as a Pluralistic Discipline, Aligning Strategy and Philosophy, Elevating Your Coaching Toolkit
Module Ten
Facilitating Client Growth and Accountability
Theories in Goal Setting, Examining Action Planning
Module Eleven
Coaching Practicum I
Coach Preparation
Module Twelve
Coaching Practicum II and Mentor Coaching
Eliciting Feedback, Environments, Integration, and Coach Readiness, Context Shapes the Coaching Experience.