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Level 1: Start Your Journey to Become a Professional Coach

Ascend-U's L1 Program prepares you to get ACC certified with the International Coaching Federation (ICF)

 

Objectives and Ideal Participants

Find out if this program is for you.

NEXT INTAKES START ON 21 FEBRUARY AND 22 MARCH 2025

Who Should Join?

Ascend-U focuses on developing professional coaches working for or in organizations. The optimal participants include:

  • Senior Executives who want to coach top talents in their organization
  • Senior HR / L&D Executives who want to conduct internal coaching
  • HR Consultants who want to complement their services with executive coaching
  • Anyone else with organizational experience who wants to become an Executive Coach

Objectives of this Program

Successfully completing this program will

  • Get you started to coach at a professional level within an organizational context
  • Prepare you with all that's needed for ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) certification
  • Equip you with the competencies, tools and approach to get started with coaching at a professional level
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Built With U In Mind

How we develop Coaching Excellence

Ascend-U's Approach to Develop Coaching Excellence

Ascend-U's unique blend of learning, practice and feedback elements ensure that you develop your desired coaching excellence.
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Elements of Ascend-U's Level 1 Program

  • Digital Micro-Learning
  • Live Virtual Workshops
  • ICF Level 1/2 Mentoring
  • Coaching Practice Reviews
  • Supervised Practice Sessions
  • Moderated Peer Coaching
  • Unsupervised Peer Coaching
  • Unsupervised Non-Peer Coaching
  • Getting Coached (1:1)
  • ICF Performance Evaluation for Level 1

Ascend-U's Faculty

Ascend-U's faculty had very senior leadership experience before becoming professional executive coaches and coach trainers.

Ascend-U's lead faculty and program director, Charlie Lang, has been a pioneer of executive coaching, coach training and leadership development in Asia since 2002. He was involved in the development of over 1,000 professional internal/external coaches. He's joined by Amit Chatterjee who has an impressive corporate background and has meanwhile become an accomplished executive coach and coach trainer.

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Level 1 Program Structure

Ascend-U's program design principles include:

a) Optimize the learning experience for participants for maximum development impact

b) Ensure alignment with international accreditation requirements of the ICF (International Coaching Federation)

Following these principles and our ~20 years experience developing coaching excellence lead to this unique learning journey for anyone who wants to complete a Level 1 program.

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Why Getting Certified with Ascend-U?

Find out if Ascend-U's Level 1 Program is a good fit for you

  • Great Value for $$

    We offer top quality programs at quite affordable rates. We can do that, because we minimize our overheads and focus on delivering a great learning experience.

  • Ensuring Coaching Excellence

    With over 20 years of coaching experience and almost 20 years of coach training experience, we know what it takes to develop you into an excellent coach.

  • Guidance & Flexibility

    Through our systems and personalized support you will always know 'where' you are in your journey and what's still missing, and how to get started.

  • Integrity

    Integrity in our definition means to 'do the right thing'. Your learning success is our guiding principle and we'll do what it takes to help you over the finish line.