Skills to support groups
Expand your coaching practice through group work
Coaching Circles provide a trusting environment for a small group of peers to coach each other in exploring the challenges and complexities of their roles and in designing effective and authentic ways to achieve what matters most to them. They are a relatively low-cost alternative to one-on-one coaching programs, yet they truly enhance the development of people who meet in this dynamic, challenging and safe setting.
Who this course is for
Your experience is welcome here.
This course is presented in partnership with Coaching Circles®, founded by NVW faculty emeritus Charles Brassard, who has over 20 years of experience designing and leading Coaching Circles around the world. We invite you to experience this powerful way to leverage your coaching skills through:
- Building your capacity to work with small groups, and leveraging your impact and resources
- Helping people learn how to deal with complexity and develop a range of responses to constantly evolving situations
- Boosting performance and accelerating the development of individuals and teams
- Creating a safe and stimulating environment for people to learn and grow
About the course
Learn the master skills to be a more effective coach all at your own pace
Explore at your own pace the basic principles and practices of coaching circles in a stimulating, interactive learning environment.
You will find multiple tools to support your role as facilitator-coach and to anticipate the wide range of situations that arise in the effervescence of a coaching circle.
This is a master level course that will enhance your competence as a coach and facilitator.
- The four main domains of knowledge and practice that form the foundations of Coaching Circles ( Integral Coaching, Action Learning, Andragogy, Inquiry)
- How to use compelling language to promote your offer and attract clients
- How to create powerful designs that are adapted to your audience
Choose the date that’s right for you.
This is an on-demand e-course.
There are over 12 hours of interactive guidance
- A large repertoire of references, tools and handouts that will help you and participants play their role fully and get the most out of their learning experience
- Over 12 hours of interactive guidance along with self-assessment tools, you can spend your time where you most need it and determine your progress
- Access to a full range of real-life scenarios we’ve encountered in our 20+ years of leading Coaching Circles®
- Unlimited course access, so you can return as often as you want, whenever you want
- Fulfillment of the prerequisite to participate in the Live Workshop (details below)
- Access to a community of coaching circle facilitators and leaders to share ideas, learn together and explore your practice
Module 1: Core Concepts
Module 2: Designing and making an offer
Module 3: Launching the first coaching circle session
Module 4: Leading a typical session
Module 5: Sustaining momentum and completing
Facilitation Capsules:
- Attuning to others
- Attending to multiple domains
- Rhythm and flow
- Openings and tread
- Facilitation techniques
Coaching Capsules:
- Asking insightful questions
- Using assessments to support the inquiry
- Using distinctions to evoke new possibilities
- Working with coaching themes
- Eliciting and supporting commitments
- Cultivating presence
- 12 ICF CCEUs
- $680
Learn about our next class
Coaching Certification
Meet the Leader Call
01/07/2026 Noon Pacific | Virtual – Noon PT | By Sahar Azarabadi
Get to know New Ventures West faculty and have your questions answered about Integral Coach® certification.
“NVW brings forward a unique space of rigorous coach development and truly supportive community. I have become a more compassionate person and shifted my coaching from a transactional approach to a place where real transformation is possible. “
Kathrin O’Sullivan
Redwood City, CA
“I’ve taken six different coach trainings, but New Ventures West was the one that influenced me the most—because it’s about you as a person rather than focusing on techniques and tools.”
Thomas Schulte
Mühital, Germany
“NVW was transformative for both my coaching and my sense of agency in my own life: I moved from goal-setting and achieving to actively shaping the experience I want to be living.”
Jo Ilfeld
Berkeley, CA
“For the first time in my life I am happy because of what’s inside me, not because of somebody outside me. During this training, I found myself, I am learning to love myself, and I am letting go of the past.”
Ellen-Birgitte Zorn
Copenhagen, Denmark
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