Coach Training for Employee Assistance (EAP) & Workplace Professionals

In the spring of 2003, ILCT researched introducing coaching into the field of Employee Assistance. Through focus groups we determined how expanding coaching services into the traditional roles of employee assistance can contribute to the development of organizational excellence. From that research the EA Coach Training Program began. It utilizes the first 20 hours of our regular Foundational Course, which is the also the first part of our International Coach Federation (ICF) Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP). Should EA professionals desire to become certified, the second 20 hours is our Coaching From the Inside Out (CFIO) course. All of the ILCT courses are aligned with the quality standards of the ICF.

The EA-CS™ certificate program is designed for EA professionals committed to leveraging their skills and fully utilizing their talents to inspire the optimal potential of employees and organizations. Classes are content rich and based on sound theoretical principles; group collaboration of colleagues enhances the depth of your learning. Our high caliber instruction, 200-page manual and 2 texts make this a quality graduate level training experience. The EACS™ program has been preapproved by EAPA for 20 PDH crediits and preapproved by HRCI for 20 PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification credit hours (category: Strategic). Classes meet by teleconference one hour twice weekly for ten weeks.

The course is also available as a two and one-half day customized in-person workshop. Please contact Candia Dye at 828-349-1524 for more information.

Warm regards,
Pat
Patrick Williams, Ed.D.,MCC

How Coaching Enhances the Value of EA and the Organization

• Advances the organization's image by demonstrating the employer's commitment to the personal and professional well-being of employees and exemplifying a business climate of continuous learning.
• Expands the scope & significance of EA professionals as valuable organizational collaborators and contributors to achieving business excellence and goals. For the external EA provider, coaching expands the total service offering and broadens the market potential and target audiences.
• The coaching model offers a more compelling benefit and appealing process for employees & referring managers desiring to utilize EAP services.
• Coaching models include tools and prep guides structured to streamline the efficient use of contact time while also increasing the client's opportunity to clarify goals, achieve personal accountability & follow through to successful outcomes.
• The "Coach on Call" format is designed for ongoing support of employee learning & development via telephone & Email support for scheduled appointments, intermittent contacts or brief accountability check-ins. (At least 70% of corporate coaching is typically conducted by telephone.)

Class Schedules:

• Employee Assistance Coaching Specialist (EACS)
• Coaching From the Inside Out (CFIO)

Employee Assistance Coaching Specialist (EACS™)
Tuition: $1,150.00 (USD)(Group discounts are also available for 3 or more participants from the same organization - please call 828-349-1524 for more information).
Number of sessions: 20 sixty-minute sessions for 10 weeks, via teleconference
Taught by: Lisa Kramer, PCC, Diana Kilinski, CEAP and guest appearances by Dr. Pat Williams, MCC ILCT President & Candia Dye, M.A, RCC, Program Director.

Students are responsible for cost of texts, which can be purchased using the links below or through our bookstore.

Tuition includes EA Coach Specialist Manual plus:

• Two follow-up coaching sessions with instructors after course completion.
• Authorization letter for 20 EAPA PDH credits.
• Authorization for 20 HRCI PHR, SPHR & GPHR recertification hours
• EA & Workplace Coaching Specialist™ graduate certificate.
• Employee Assistance & Workplace Coaching TeleForum – EACS™ graduates are invited to our Workplace Coaching TeleForuum for ongoing professional development & collaboration with expert guest speakers on topics of interest to workplace professionals!

Required Texts:

Coaching From the Inside Out
Prerequisite: minimum of 20 hours of Foundational or Introductory Coach Training or completion of ILCT's 20-hour Employee Assistance Coaching Specialist™ Program
Tuition: $1150.00
Sessions: 20 (meets twice weekly for 10 weeks via teleconference, maximum of 18 students per class)
Credits: 20 hours + 20 EAPA PDH CREDITS have been approved.
Taught by: Lynn Meinke, PCC
E-Mail: Lynn@lifecoachtraining.com

Human Being: A Manual for Happiness, Health, Love and Wealth (Click link above to purchase from ILCT - $15.95) by Dave Ellis and Stan Lankowitz “Human Being” is no longer in print but is distributed in an Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Coactive Coaching and Human Being are specifically referenced and assigned as the course goes along (you are of course welcome to read ahead.)

Course Overview:
To be a life coach means to help clients create satisfying and fulfilling lives. Participants in ILCT's Coaching From The Inside Out Program™ are required to have completed ILCT's Employee Assistance & Workplace Coaching Specialist Program™ (EACS). In the 20-hour foundational EACS program, participants have learned the required skills and strategies to help clients/employees discover what authentic and happy lives are, set and achieve goals, remove obstacles, and create visions and plans.

The twenty classes in "Coaching From the Inside Out" form a unique set of tools and methods that enable coaches to coach their clients or employees to design their lives for both professional and personal fulfillment. This includes, of course, the client's ability to design their ways of being and working successfully and in accordance with what is most important to them. The tools & skills are presented in a sequence that coaches may choose to use with their clients. They may also be used in other sequences, to match the specific goals and needs of clients. Some of the classes present skills and techniques that are also applicable and beneficial when working with small groups and work teams.

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