ICAgile Coaching Conversations Micro-Credential
Professional Coaching Skills Explained and practiced
Boost your Leadership impact with foundational coaching skills
What You’ll GET
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Understanding Coaching
Differentiate between professional coaching, mentoring, consulting, and traditional leadership to use the right approach at the right time.
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Foundational Coaching Skills
Master presence, active listening, and powerful questioning—core skills that immediately enhance your leadership effectiveness.
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Real Practice & feedback
Discover how to structure and lead coaching conversations that drive action, accountability, and positive change.
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Start the Coaching Conversation
Self-Paced Course with Live Practice Opportunities
Learn at your own pace through up to 4 hours of video-based content and real coaching demos, then bring your learning to life by joining weekly peer coaching sessions. You’ll have the chance to apply your new skills in a live setting and receive supportive feedback.
Practical Coaching Skills, Immediate Impact
Build a strong foundation in coaching with techniques you can use right away to support growth, reflection, and performance in your team or organization.
Part of the ICF Fast Track Level 1 Certification
This course is also the first module in our ICF Fast Track Level 1 pathway, giving you a head start toward earning your International Coaching Federation (ICF) credential. Your learning here will count toward full ICF certification.
Flexible, Focused Learning
Designed to fit your schedule, this self-paced course delivers targeted content in manageable modules—ideal for busy professionals.
Affordable, No Ongoing Costs
This microcredential is part of a pathway toward ICF certification. Like all ICAgile-accredited programs, it comes with no renewal fees, offering long-term value and recognition.
Recognized and Respected Certification
Earn a globally trusted microcredential from an ICAgile-accredited program and take your first step toward professional coaching certification recognized by employers worldwide.
Coaching Conversations
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Self-Paced 2 to 4-hour course
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Unlimited Peer Coaching Sessions
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Interactive environment
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Innovative learning methods
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Notebook and training material
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ICAgile Coaching Conversations Micro-Credential
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Language : English
Leadership today requires more than just expertise and authority—it calls for the ability to coach. Our Foundational Coaching Skills course combines a 4-hour self-directed course step-by-step online course with Practical peer coaching sessions in which you’ll learn and grow with other student coaches from around the world! Feedback is rovided in your certification letter! Start today, develop practical, immediately applicable coaching techniques.
ICAgile Microcredentials
Learn the foundational skills to coaching conversations
ICAgile Coaching Conversations Micro-Credential
Course Program
LEARNING OUTCOMES
During this course, you will learn about:
- Professional coaching and how it differs from leadership, mentoring, and consulting
- Key professional coaching skills including presence, active listening and powerful questioning and how to apply them in coaching conversations
- How to structure effective coaching conversations that inspire action and accountability
Leadership today requires more than just expertise and authority—it calls for the ability to coach. Our Foundational Coaching Skills course combines a 2-hour cohort-based workshop with a 4-hour long step-by-step skills builder online course to give you practical, immediately applicable coaching techniques.
Through ICAgile’s Coaching Conversations Micro-Credential, you’ll develop the key skills needed to empower individuals, nurture high-performing teams, and inspire sustainable growth in your organization.
Introduction to Coaching Conversations
- What is Coaching?
- Definition and purpose
- Coaching vs. mentoring, consulting, and managing
- What is a Coaching Conversation?
- Characteristics of a coaching conversation
- Benefits of coaching conversations in professional and personal settings
Foundational Coaching Skills
- Coaching Presence
- Developing a coaching mindset
- Active Listening
- Techniques to enhance listening
- Powerful Questions
Coaching Conversations vs. Other Conversations
- When to Use a Coaching Conversation?
- Identifying the right moments to use coaching conversations
Conducting an Effective Coaching Conversation
- The Coaching Conversation Framework
- Setting the agenda
- Exploration and learning
- Action and Reflection
- Common Pitfalls and Best practices
Coaching in Action – Case Studies & Demonstrations
- Cohort based experience and practice of the learning
- Demonstration of a Coaching Conversation Good coaching conversation example
- Breakdown and analysis Guided Role-Playing Exercise (Self-Practice)
- Interactive scenario for learners to respond to Self-reflection questions
When you enroll in this course, you receive:
Notebook & Reference Book
A physical or digital notebook for capturing insights and reflections.
A comprehensive reference book to deepen your understanding of coaching concepts.
4-Hour Self-paced course with real world feedback!
A live, interactive session where you’ll practice coaching conversations with peers.
Mentor Coaching Practice Sessions
Live practice sessions guided by experienced coaches to refine your technique and build confidence.
Online Community Space
Access to a supportive network of fellow learners and experienced coaches for ongoing Q&A and peer feedback.
This course is hosted on our Community learning platform and the peer coaching sessions are hosted online using Zoom as our online meeting place
The course takes 2 to 4 hours of your time. You are, however welcome to join any peer group session in the future, so you can stretch the learning!
Unlimited
This course is perfect for Anyone who wants to start their coaching journey!
People Managers
Develop a coaching mindset to guide your team with empathy, promote accountability, and foster continuous learning.Scrum Masters
Elevate collaboration and create a culture of continuous improvement with foundational coaching skills.Product Owners
Effectively lead stakeholders and teams by mastering the art of powerful questioning, active listening, and constructive feedback.
No prior coaching experience is required—this course is ideal for those at any stage of their leadership journey.
No prior coaching experience is required—this course is ideal for those at any stage of their leadership journey.
You will receive your ICAgile Microcredential certificate at the end of our course.
Meet our speakers
Passionate about Agile, we work together as a team to deliver meaningful change for our clients. We make it our mission to inspire change with our enthusiasm and knowledge of Organizational Agility.
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About the Credential
About the ICAgile Coaching Conversations Micro-Credential
The ICAgile Coaching Conversations Micro-Credential is a globally recognized qualification that validates your foundational coaching capabilities. Unlike lengthy certification programs, a micro-credential targets core skills and competencies, enabling you to demonstrate immediate, practical expertise. By focusing specifically on the essentials of coaching conversations—such as active listening, powerful questioning, and structured dialogues—you’ll be able to apply what you learn in real-world leadership scenarios right away.
Key Benefits
- Verified Competency: Earn a credential that confirms your mastery of fundamental coaching skills.
- Globally Recognized: ICAgile is respected by organizations worldwide, giving your new skill set instant credibility.
- No Renewal Fees: Once you’ve achieved your micro-credential, you maintain it without the burden of ongoing dues or recertification costs.
- Immediate Impact: Because the program focuses on practical application, you can start using your new coaching skills from day one.
This micro-credential is ideal for leaders and aspiring coaches who want to quickly level up their ability to empower teams, foster accountability, and guide others through effective coaching conversations.
Interactive and experiential course
Why Coaching Matters
Coaching has become a critical leadership skill because it fosters:
- Growth: Help team members and colleagues unlock their potential.
- Stronger Relationships: Improve trust and collaboration through empathetic dialogue.
- Enhanced Performance: Encourage accountability and self-directed action within teams.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Never. The Certificate issued by ICAgile after this certification program has lifetime validity.
Usually within a few days after completion of the course, ICAgile will send you your certificate.
Two days before the start of the course you will receive your workbook. We ask you to print the pages and use them during the session. At the end of the program you can bind them together with the slides you found interesting and other notes you took during the session, to keep as a reference.
We will send you an invitation to join our Zoom conference room by email. The link will open a window. If you have never used Zoom before, we recommend you open this window a couple of minutes before the session starts so you can download the application if your browser requires this. You can then keep the window open untill your trainer opens the classroom and the session begins.
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