Team coaching · 60 hours
Team Coaching Program
Learn to coach a team as one client. Sixty hours of team coaching education built on the ICF Team Coaching Competencies, with two observed team coaching sessions and five hours of coaching supervision, practised with real teams from our own community.
- 60 hours · four stages
- 36 live · 24 self-paced
- 2 observed sessions · 5 hours of supervision
- English and Spanish
Designed to ICF's Advanced Accreditation in Team Coaching standards. ICF accreditation will be applied for once the first cohort completes.
World Happiness Academy
Team Coach · 60 hours
What team coaching is
The team is the client
ICF describes team coaching as partnering in a co-creative and reflective process with a team on its dynamics and relationships, in a way that inspires the team to maximise its abilities and potential in order to reach its common purpose and shared goals. The work is with the team as a single entity, not with a set of individuals who happen to share a room.
The ICF Team Coaching Competencies add no new competency to the eight ICF Core Competencies. They extend each of them for work with a team, and that is how this program is organised.
Read the ICF Team Coaching Competencies on ICF's websiteWho it is for
For those who already hold a room, and want to coach it
Coaches
ICF-credentialed coaches, and graduates of an ICF Level 1 program such as our Transpersonal Coaching Program, who want to work with teams and prepare for the ACTC.
Meta Pets Facilitators
Facilitators who guide groups with the Meta Pets Method and want the coaching skills to work with an intact team over time.
Ágora Hosts
Hosts of local Ágoras who lead a core team of volunteers and want that team to think, decide and grow together.
Catalysts and Chief Well-Being Officers
People who bring Happytalism into organisations and communities and work every week with leadership teams and project teams.
The pathway
Four stages, about six months
Each stage builds on the one before. Live sessions are two hours, online, in English and Spanish, with up to twelve participants.
Stage 1
Foundations
12 hours
6 live · 6 self-paced
What team coaching is and is not, the team as one client, and agreements with a team, its leader and its sponsor.
Stage 2
Working with the team
16 hours
8 live · 8 self-paced
Trust and safety, presence with many voices, listening to patterns, and evoking the team's own awareness.
Stage 3
Growth and practice
14 hours
8 live · 6 self-paced
Team growth and accountability, designing an engagement, ethics with many stakeholders, and tools for team awareness.
Stage 4
Practicum and integration
18 hours
14 live · 4 self-paced
Team coaching labs, two observed sessions with a real team, team coaching in our ecosystem, and the final assignment.
Plus 5 hours of coaching supervision of your team coaching practice, alongside Stage 4.
Curriculum
Fifteen modules
54 of the 60 hours are on the ICF Team Coaching Competencies, the ICF Core Competencies and the ICF Code of Ethics; 6 hours are Resource Development.
| Module | Hours | Format | ICF Core Competencies, extended for teams |
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| Module 1 · Stage 1What team coaching is, and what it is not: coaching, facilitation, team building, training, consulting and mentoring | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 2 · Stage 1The team as one client: systems, purpose and what makes a team effective | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 3 · Stage 1Agreements with a team, its leader and its sponsor | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 4 · Stage 2Trust, safety and conflict in a team | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 5 · Stage 2Presence with many voices, and working with a co-coach | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 6 · Stage 2Listening to the team: patterns, voices and what is not being said | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 7 · Stage 2Evoking the team's awareness: dialogue, dynamics and difference | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 8 · Stage 3Facilitating team growth: goals, experiments and accountability the team owns | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 9 · Stage 3Designing a team coaching engagement, from first conversation to closing | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 10 · Stage 3Ethics in team coaching: confidentiality, many stakeholders and when to change modality | 3 h | 2 live · 1 self-paced |
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| Module 11 · Stage 3Tools for team awareness: the Meta Pets Method with teams | 3 h | 2 live · 1 self-paced |
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| Module 12 · Stage 4Team coaching labs: live practice and co-coaching with peer teams | 6 h | 6 live · 0 self-paced | All eight competencies |
| Module 13 · Stage 4Observed team coaching practicum: two sessions with a real team | 5 h | 5 live · 0 self-paced | All eight competencies |
| Module 14 · Stage 4Team coaching in Ágoras, Catalyst teams and organisations | 3 h | 1 live · 2 self-paced |
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| Module 15 · Stage 4Final assignment: your team coaching engagement | 4 h | 2 live · 2 self-paced | All eight competencies |
Practice and assessment
How you are observed, supervised and assessed
Two observed team coaching sessions
You coach a real team twice while a faculty observer attends live or reviews the recording, with the team's written consent. You receive written feedback on both sessions, tied to the ICF Team Coaching Competencies.
Five hours of coaching supervision
Reflective supervision of your own team coaching practice, one-to-one or in a small group, with a coaching supervisor who meets ICF's eligibility requirements. These hours are in addition to the 60.
Final assignment
A portfolio of one team coaching engagement: the agreement, your engagement design, session notes, a reflective paper and a presentation to two faculty members.
To complete the program
- All lessons completed and module quizzes passed at 80% or more.
- Written work approved by the faculty.
- Live sessions attended; one session per stage may be made up with the recording and a written reflection.
- Two observed team coaching sessions, each with written feedback.
- Five hours of coaching supervision logged and confirmed.
- Final assignment judged ready by two faculty members.
Certificate: World Happiness Academy Team Coach — 60 hours, 2 observed team coaching sessions and 5 hours of coaching supervision. It is an Academy certificate, issued by the Director of Education.
A living practice field
Real teams, from our own community
Team coaching is learned with teams. The World Happiness Foundation's community gives this program something most do not have: teams who want to grow, and practitioners who already work with groups.
Meta Pets Method and its Facilitators
Module 11 introduces the Meta Pets Method as a tool a team can use to see its own patterns, gifts and shadows. Meta Pets Facilitators are invited as guests, and Facilitators who train as team coaches can bring both skills to the same team.
Ágoras and their Hosts
Every Ágora is led by a host and a core team. Host teams who wish to can be coached by program participants during the practicum, and Hosts are welcome as participants.
Catalysts and Chief Well-Being Officers
Catalysts and Chief Well-Being Officers work with leadership and project teams inside organisations. Module 14 looks at how team coaching fits their work, and their teams can take part in the practicum.
The Academy's coaching pathway
The Transpersonal Coaching Program teaches one-to-one coaching; the Mentor Coach Program develops those who train coaches; this program takes coaching to teams. Graduates can grow into the Academy's faculty as team coaching observers and instructors.
Every practicum team takes part by its own choice and gives written consent. Participants may also bring a team from their own work.
Towards the ACTC
How this program connects to ICF's Advanced Certification in Team Coaching
The ACTC is awarded by ICF to individual coaches. According to ICF, an applicant needs:
- An ICF credential (ACC, PCC or MCC) in good standing.
- At least 60 hours of team coaching education.
- 5 team coaching engagements within the last 5 years.
- 5 hours of coaching supervision with an eligible supervisor.
- A pass in the ICF Team Coaching Certification Exam.
This program is designed to provide the 60 hours of education and the 5 hours of supervision. Until the program is accredited, graduates apply through ICF's general team coaching education path. Your practicum engagement may count as one of the 5 if it meets ICF's definition of a team coaching engagement.
You can complete the program and receive the Academy's certificate without an ICF credential. To apply for the ACTC you will need one; our Transpersonal Coaching Program is the Academy's route to it.
ACTC requirements on ICF's websiteICF makes the final decision on every Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) application.
Faculty
Director of Education and lead instructor
Luis Miguel Gallardo, ICF PCC
Director of Education, World Happiness Academy
Luis Miguel Gallardo leads the World Happiness Academy's coaching education. Before founding the World Happiness Foundation he led Deloitte's global brand across 175 countries for a decade, and he coached handball teams for fourteen years.
Observers and coaching supervisors for each cohort are confirmed to applicants before the cohort begins.
Entry requirements
Before you apply
- Coach training in the ICF Core Competencies: an ICF credential (ACC, PCC or MCC), or completion of, or current enrolment in, an ICF Level 1 program.
- Experience of working with a group or a team, in any role.
- Access to a team you can coach during the practicum, or willingness to coach a team from our community.
- Agreement to the ICF Code of Ethics.
- A short conversation with the Director of Education.
Meta Pets Facilitator, Ágora Host or Catalyst without coach training yet? Start with Level 1 of the Transpersonal Coaching Program and join this program alongside it or after it.
Transpersonal Coaching Program →First cohort
Fees and dates
2 490 USD in one payment, or 3 monthly payments of 830 USD.
Includes the 60 hours of education, two observed team coaching sessions with written feedback and five hours of coaching supervision.
Dates for the first cohort will be sent to applicants and published on this page. Enrolment opens once your application is approved; applying now does not commit you to enrol.
Apply for the first cohortQuestions
Frequently asked
Is this program accredited by ICF?
No. It is designed to ICF's Advanced Accreditation in Team Coaching standards, and the Academy will apply for that accreditation once the first cohort completes. ICF decides on accreditation.
Will completing it give me the ACTC?
No program can. ICF awards the ACTC to individual coaches who meet all of its requirements, including an ICF credential, team coaching engagements and its exam. ICF makes the final decision on every application.
How is team coaching different from facilitation or team building?
A facilitator designs and leads a process; a team coach partners with the team so that it reflects on how it works and decides for itself. Module 1 sets out the differences, and Module 10 covers when a team coach may change modality and how to say so.
Do I need to bring my own team?
You can, with the team's written consent. If you do not have one, the Academy will help you find a team from our community: an Ágora host team, a Catalyst's project team or another group that has asked for team coaching.
Are the coaching supervision hours part of the 60?
No. The five hours of coaching supervision are provided in addition to the 60 hours of education.
In which languages is it taught?
In English and Spanish. Lessons are available in both languages, and live sessions are scheduled in each.
Apply
Apply for the first cohort
Tell us about your coach training and the teams you work with. The Academy will write to you to arrange a short conversation.
Designed to ICF's Advanced Accreditation in Team Coaching standards. ICF accreditation will be applied for once the first cohort completes. ICF makes the final decision on every Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) application.