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We are a coaching company that provides global leadership development solutions including leadership training, executive coaching, and keynote speaking. Over the last thirty years, we have had projects with Fortune 100, nonprofits, governmental, and educational organizations in over 50 countries working in English and Spanish. We also offer virtual certifications in coaching, team coaching, and coaching supervision.

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Professional Coaching Certification · Level One, ICF Accredited Education

Starts on September 4, 2025 (20 Weekly Sessions)

Introduction

The “Coaching Tools” Professional Coaching Certification offered by The Goldvarg Consulting Group is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF) as Level One, ICF Accredited Education (previous ACSTH), and it is designed to develop professional coaching skills to provide professional services worldwide. The program consists of 85 hours of training and is offered in English and Spanish.

Why to become a coach?

As a professional coach you partner with clients to maximize their potential and become the best version of themselves. In a collaborative process, you support your clients to achieve objectives, become more effective, and bring more wellbeing to their lives. Are you interested in being a transformational agent? Becoming a professional coach will allow you to make a significant contribution in the lives of your clients, their teams, and organizations.

Target Audience

Human resource partners, training, and organizational development professionals, leaders, and managers.

Objectives

By the end of the program, participants are able to understand and apply the International Coaching Federation Core Coaching Competencies and enhance their personal and work effectiveness. Topics covered include Coaching Agreement, Building a Partnership, Communication Skills, Coaching Presence, Cultural Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, and Positive Psychology. The program includes coaching practice and working with a mentor coach who provides feedback from recorded sessions.

Program Agenda

The program cost is US $7,ooo. Includes Mentor Coaching.
The program lasts 85 hours with the following components:

Thursdays at 4:00 PM PST
Participants have to attend to 80% of the classes to receive the certification of attendance.

Participants need to plan to spend an average of 1hr. per week for readings, 15 hours total. This program will assign readings from three (3) texts.

  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Greaves, J., Lencioni, P. TalentSmart. (2009).
  • Professional Coaching Competencies, by Goldvarg, Matthews, and Perel (2018).
  • Language and the Pursuit of Happiness. C. Brothers. New Possibilities Press (2005).

The individual sessions are an additional ICF certification requirement. Participants complete these individual sessions with a certified mentor coach. These mentor coaching sessions must be arranged individually based on mutual availability.

To assist participants in building their coaching skills, they have to schedule 5 coaching sessions with at least 3 individuals for a total of at least 15 hours. These hours count towards the 100 hours of certification required for ICF ACC – Associate Certified Coach Credential.

Participants will receive coaching from program graduates to understand how coaching works and experience being a coachee before working professionally as a coach.

Participants meet in small groups four times for 2. 5 hours each, to practice and receive feedback from a Certified Mentor Coach.

Participants meet with a supervisor to reflect on their work and explore emotional reactions, ethical dilemmas, and challenges as new coaches.

Organizational mission and vision for being a coach education provider.

 We have been providing coaching certification programs for ten years closely aligned to the ICF Core competencies framework and professional and ethical standards. Our mission is to provide excellent coaching, mentor coaching, and coaching supervision training to prepare very effective and ethical professional coaches.

Our vision is to support the development of extraordinary coaches committed to making the world a better place.

Learning philosophy that guides delivery and accreditation management.  

Our philosophy embraces ICF values of excellence, respect, integrity, and collaboration. We follow adult learning models and treat students as peers that bring to their training their life experiences and wisdom that can be leveraged during the learning process. Our programs are very interactive and we focus on global participation and give priority to diversity and equity issues. The programs are developed around ICF competencies. Each class focuses on one competency

Disability/Discrimination/DEIJ statement

Goldvarg Consulting Group does not discriminate based on race, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, sexual identity, or disability.  We provide services that bring awareness of the importance of equity and embracing differences.

Complaint/Grievance Policy

If any client has a complaint needs to write a letter explaining the concerns to the President, Damian Goldvarg, at damian@goldvargconsulting.com

Participant/Participant Enrollment Agreement

Participants receive a contract they need to sign that explains all program requirements and adherence to ethical and professional behaviors.

Completion policy

Participants receive in the contract clear guidance about completion. They need to attend 75% of interactive sessions, finish mentor coaching sessions, practice with clients and perform the assessment at the end to complete the program.

Payment/Fees policy(s)

Participants may split payments in monthly installments but need to finish paying the whole program to receive the certification.

Refund policy and Transfer of Credit policy.

A partial refund is offered in case of personal circumstances such as illness.  We don´t offer refunds after attending four sessions. We also offer the possibility to participate in the next program if a participant needs to stop participating before arriving at half of the program.

Road to Certification

To follow the Level 1 path to become an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), participants will need to:

  • Submit the Coaching Tools Certificate of Completion to ICF (you will receive the certificate after completing all program requirements).
  • Log at least 100 hours of client coaching experience (Coaching Tools Certification will fulfill the first 15 hours towards this requirement).
  • Complete the Coach Knowledge Assessment (CKA).
  • Submit a fee of $300 to ICF ($100 if you are an ICF member).

Please see the ICF website (coachfederation.org) for further details on ACC application requirements.

Please see ICF website for further details on ACC application requirements.

What is
coaching?

What is coaching presence?

The coaching agreement

Feedback “BEST” Model

Mentor Coaches

Alicia Aguero, MCC, ESIA

Susie Warman, MCC, ESIA

Teresa Estremadoyro, MCC, ESIA

Testimonials · Coaching Certification Program

“The “Coaching Tools Program” is the most beneficial professional development experience I’ve had in my career. The skills I learned were immediately useful in my position at USC and equipped me with effective communication tools that I continue to use daily with my colleagues and constituents.”

Joshua James Knightley, Associate Director, Marshall Learning & Development

“Damian is a true coaching master! If you want to get well below the surface of things and into the true essence of success and its connection to who you are being, not what you are doing, Damian will get you there with ease and grace. He has a powerful gift for opening people up, and a passion for coaching that is unparalleled.”

Mary K. Campbell, Ph.D.

Dr. Damian Goldvarg
Facilitator

Goldvarg Coaching Group

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