Where Shared Space Creates Bigger Breakthroughs
As the coach, you design a structured, intentional environment that sparks fresh awareness, encourages meaningful dialogue, and supports each participant in creating their own breakthroughs and next steps.
Group coaching blends the best parts of:
- Facilitation
- Connection
- Mindset exploration
- Collective wisdom
- Individual transformation
When done well, group coaching becomes a catalytic experience — one that expands each person’s perspective, amplifies their learning, and elevates your impact as a coach.
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Introducing our newest offering — The Group Coaching Certification Program— a dynamic learning experience designed to give you the tools, structure, and insight to lead transformational group spaces. By the end of the program, you will feel ready to create powerful conversations and breakthroughs within any group you serve.
Regardless of whether you are just stepping into group work or ready to sharpen your facilitation strengths, this program sets you up to lead with confidence, presence, and purpose.
Why Group Coaching Works — and Why It’s Exploding in Demand
Because it multiplies everything — your impact, your income, and your opportunities.
Group coaching is one of the fastest, most sustainable ways to:
- work fewer hours while serving more clients
- deliver deeper transformation through shared insight
- build thriving communities around your work
- offer more accessible pricing without lowering your value
- create recurring and scalable revenue streams
And most importantly: group coaching is becoming a core skill for coaches who want to stand out in a crowded field. Only 15–20% of coaches offer group coaching — meaning the opportunity is massive.
Here’s What You’ll Learn
This is a hands-on, practice-rich, skill-building certification anchored in:
- ICF Core Competencies
- Facilitation Mastery
- Psychological Safety & Ethical Practice
- Applied Neuroscience
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Real-world group coaching implementation
Certification Details
- Delivered online (live virtual)
- Includes all templates and tools
- Practice labs with feedback
- ICF-aligned, ethics-grounded, neuroscience-supported
- Earn Certified Group Coach badge
Meet Your Faculty: Masters of Collective Transformation
Two exceptional coaches. Two powerful perspectives. One transformative learning experience.
Shelley Smith (left) and Cheryl Close (right) bring decades of real-world coaching, corporate leadership, and extensive training and facilitation experience. Known for their clarity, warmth, and deep presence, they’ll teach you how to:
- facilitate with confidence
- read group dynamics in real time
- maintain psychological safety
- balance structure with flexibility
- spark collective wisdom
- move groups from insight to action
Check out this ONE MINUTE video preview of the program.
Here's the Schedule
10 am - 4 pm Eastern | 9 am - 3 pm Central | 7 am - 1 pm Pacific
| Module | Dates |
|---|---|
| Access to Learning Hub | August 1, 2026 |
| Module 1 | September 16, 2026 |
| Module 2 | September 17, 2026 |
| Module 3 | September 30, 2026 |
| Module 4 | October 1, 2026 |
| Module 5 | October 15, 2026 |
| Bonus Group Mentor Coaching | |
|---|---|
| After you have had a little time to get your group coaching programs going, we want to support your growth and help you expand your reach. | |
| Group Session 1 | January 28, 2027 |
| Group Session 2 | March 23, 2027 |
| Group Session 3 | May 20, 2027 |
You’ll walk away, knowing how to:
- structure a powerful group coaching experience
- manage group dynamics with intelligence and ease
- balance individual needs with group momentum
- spark collective wisdom and meaningful insight
- keep groups engaged, connected, and moving forward
Ready to Add Group Coaching to Your Practice?
Our journey into Group Coaching Mastery starts in September. Each module is designed to progressively build your confidence, structure, and mastery in leading powerful group coaching sessions.
The Learning Hub, your personal program guide and resource library, opens August 1. All materials and pre-work assignments will be available to support you for a full year.