My Official Coaching Certifications
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If you are dipping in new waters, you must have the right gears. I have been an author and a content writer. So, when I decided to become a Coach, I had to do things right.
Coaching is an esteemed and growing industry. Coaches around the world are making a HUGE difference in people's lives. Since I believe I can do it too, I decided to learn how it works. Getting certified was the first step.
Here I am curating a list of the certifications that I have finished. I am proud and grateful to share it.
WHY CERTIFICATION IS NECESSARY?
Before we dive into the list, let's have a brief talk about why you should get certified first.
The Coaching industry is regulated as well as non-regulated. It is regulated in terms of having specific guidelines to coach people. It is non-regulated in terms of not requiring any certification at all to do so. If you have experience and you like helping people, you can be a Coach. Basically, anyone can be a coach.
And that's where the waters get murky.
Coaching is about empowering people. It is a thought-provoking process. If someone has not learned its modus operandi (MO), then they are simply counseling/mentoring others. Yes, there is a difference between a Coach, Mentor, Therapist, Counselor, Consultant, and Trainer. Check out the FAQs section on my website to know more. To avoid imposing your thoughts, feelings, and experiences on others, it is essential to get certified.
A Certification course ensures that you know the 5Ws (What, Why, When, Who, Where) of the coaching process and also how to do it. A certification helps you in several aspects. For example,
- It builds credibility
- It draws instant trust from people
- It shows you are accountable for your commitments
- It explains that you have done the work
- It makes you stand out in the crowd of so-called 'I-am-also-a-coach'
- It showcases that you know the ethics and the MO of the best coaching practices
- It gives you confidence so that you don't suffer with the imposter syndrome
- It guarantees that you are more likely to avoid mistakes and pitfalls
- It gets you down to the doing of the process which helps you find your WHY (means why do you want to become a coach)
HAPPINESS LIFE COACH CERTIFICATE
I am now a Certified Happiness Life Coach by The Transformation Academy.
GET RESULTS CERTIFIED MOTIVATION COACH
Here is my Official Certificate from Get Results Coach Academy!
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| Official Motivation Coach Certification |
It's so amazing! I am so humbled and grateful to have received my certificate accredited by the International Association Of Coaches With Certification (IAOCWC). IAOCWC is also known as the International Accreditation Organization.
Here you can see Get Results Coach Academy's association with the organization.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION ORGANIZATION (IAO)
As per their website, IAOCWC.ORG is a not-for-profit collaborative team of dedicated volunteer coaching/teaching professionals who are committed to empowering the world through coaching training that is affordable, accessible, and empowerment-based.
IAOCWC accredits coaching academies with world-class coaching programs that follow 4 core values: Competency, Accountability, Integrity, and Diversity (CAID).
IAOCWC or International Accreditation Organization certifies coaching academies on the below criteria:
1. The coaching training programs must be Empowerment-based learning that fosters student accountability.
2. The coaching training program must be affordable and priced online with more than 4 hours of video lectures.
3. The coaching training program must have hands-on coaching fieldwork that focuses on real-life coaching, not just simulation or peer-to-peer coaching.
4. The coaching training program must provide ongoing personal and professional development.
To know more about coaching and how it works, follow my website.
HOW DID I RECEIVE MY MOTIVATION CERTIFICATION
First I joined the course provided by the Get Results Coach Academy on Udemy by Louise Anne Maurice. The course has 6 hours of on-demand video, several assignments, many articles, and various downloadable resources. Louise has explained everything in detail, including the basics of optimizing the course as well as how to apply for the certification. I loved her friendly approach. She is quite enthusiastic and knowledgeable about her subject.
I committed myself to the course and sat down every single day to learn and grow. I did all the assignments, went through each video properly, and read the articles recommended in the course. Basically, I devoted myself to becoming a certified coach.
The course entails how as a Coach I can provide motivation to others. Motivation is required to achieve any goal - be it a personal goal (weight management, anger management, stress management, etc.) or a professional goal (better work-life balance, project management, peer-to-peer pressure, etc.). In the videos spanning 6 hours and several articles and assignments, I understood where is the lack and where to look to get that motivation in people.
More importantly, as the certification requirement, I had to coach REAL people to apply for it. And I Did. It was scary, but I had to throw myself out in the world. I coached people and finally got my certification.
THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATE
Let me jump with joy a little more while sharing another certification I worked for and received. I am also a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner (August 2024) by The Priority Academy.
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| Official Emotional Intelligence Practitioner Certification |
According to Mental Health America, Emotional Intelligence is the ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you.
The EQ Practitioner certificate is important because it teaches the candidate how Emotional Intelligence is an aspect of our brain and how it primarily controls our feelings, thoughts, emotions, and actions. For example, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, fear, stress, anger, frustration, and many more!
The certificate is ACCREDITED by the Complementary Therapists Accredited Association (CTAA). The Priority Academy is also fully accredited as a Quality Distance Learning Provider, with the CTAA Membership Number: 10662322.
Check out the Udemy course HERE.
COACHING MODELS, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES CERTIFICATION
Coaching is an altogether different industry. It has its own rules and regulations.
Motivating people with your experience in a normal conversation is one thing that anyone and everyone can do. But if I wanted to learn how to do it professionally as a Coach, I had to learn some models, tools, and techniques. This is a skill and not everyone can do it.
So, I did another certification on Udemy - Mastering Coaching Models, Techniques, and Tools by Patience Wilson.
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| Coaching Models, Techniques, and Tools Certification |
- COACHING MODELS I LEARNED IN THS COURSE -
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I also learned tools and techniques like active listening, goal-setting, powerful questioning, action planning, time management, empathy, productivity, rapport building, and reframing and rephrasing.
The course is 1.5 hours long, but since I usually watch videos at 1.5x or 1.75x speed, I finished it rather quickly. I enjoyed this course very much! It has helped me become more skilled as a Coach.
WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE SAYING
My clients are from varied backgrounds. They come to me with different challenges. Once we found our compatibility in the Discovery Call, we then went on creating and establishing a strong and honest Coach-Client relationship.
As a Coach, I always put my 101% effort. As a Client, you have to as well. To achieve the result you want, efforts have to be put in from both sides.
My clients rate my coaching 4 stars and 5 stars. They rate our sessions/time together on various measures such as:
- communication
- connection and rapport
- understanding
- trust and accountability
- punctuality
- calmness and patience
- and more!
MY PLEDGE TO EVERY CLIENT
READ MY PREVIOUS POST: Lost in Your Journey to Achieve Goals? Try This Motivation Hack!
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