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This module introduces Profiling, coaching Emotions and Interpersonal dynamics, enabling you to listen, recognize and coach a person’s whole person that pulsate beyond what’s presented on the surface.

Advanced Coach Development Series:

Module 1:
Transformational Life Coaching

As a Transformational Life Coach with CCI, you specialize in the skills and know-how of activating the transformational element in your coaching, across a diverse range of life topics you might find yourself having to tackle like like confidence, communication, relationships, happiness, mental wellness, life transitions and so on.

Training Dates

  • program duration:
26 Apr 2025 - 11 Oct 2025
  • ENROLMENT CLOSES ON:
25 Apr 2025
  • Training Hours
35 Hours
  • format:
In-Person And Online
  • prerequisites:
Have At Least 60 Hours Of ICF- Approved Training
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Transformational Life Coaching

As a Transformational Life Coach with CCI, you specialize in the skills and know-how of activating the transformational element in your coaching, across a diverse range of life topics you might find yourself having to tackle like like confidence, communication, relationships, happiness, mental wellness, life transitions and so on.

This module introduces Profiling, coaching Emotions and Interpersonal dynamics, enabling you to listen, recognize and coach a person’s whole person that pulsate beyond what’s presented on the surface.

These abilities are key in shifting a coach from an ACC to a PCC, and eventually an MCC.

You will graduate from CCI with a “Certified Transformational Life Coach” title and certificate.

Topics Covered

  • Identifying your strengths and development areas using CCI's proprietary 'Coaching Mastery Map' (aligned with the ICF's core competencies)
  • How to profile clients without a tool using a universal method that applies to everyone you meet
  • Learning the language of the subconscious and how to engage it and onboard it to your client's desired change
  • Creating 'ah ha' moments through deep listening to 'pull out' the unsaid of the client
  • Diving into the depths of your coach vision and designing a development game plan
  • How to create an immersive coaching experience that causes a whole-body shift in the client
  • How to see through - and coach through - the complexity of interpersonal dynamics in client cases
  • Responding to your client's emotions in a way that is calm and yet 'on-point'

How this module helps You

In our 20 years of coaching, we understand coaches encounter various challenges when working with clients, which can compromise the client-coach relationship and engagement success. These challenges can arise due to the unique dynamics of each coaching engagement and the individual needs of clients, and the coach’s skill set. 

We have designed this module to help coaches gain freedom from these limitations.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

How this module changes that...

Clients may be resistant to making the necessary changes in their lives, even if they sought out coaching, leading to low impact or perceived value from the coaching.

How this module changes that...

You learn how to design a coaching experience that the client buys into and is excited to start with you.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

Clients may struggle to express or articulate their goals, values, or feelings and you are unable to help them do so, leading to communication breakdowns

How this module changes that...

You learn how to adapt your coaching style so that your client feels you understand them to a T!

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

The coach gets stuck when clients open up emotional moments, or uncover emotional blocks during the coaching session, leading to panic and helplessness or irrelevant coach responses.

How this module changes that...

You learn how to respond to emotions, and stay calm and completely present to the coachees transformation process.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

The coach doesn’t know what to do with the client and the conversation seems to be cycling, leading to desperate measures like advising or suggesting.

How this module changes that...

You learn what to address specifically that creates a breakthrough and forward movement.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

Both coach and coachee are going nowhere and are not getting each other; no ‘click’ or resonance, leading to frustration.

How this module changes that...

You instinctively know what ‘language’ to switch to that swings the conversation back into a groove.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

The coach gets the client but doesn’t know how to or what will cause a breakthrough in the issue, leading to time wastage and a low impact session.

How this module changes that...

You confidently explore and experiment with creative ways and push the boundaries of your coaching repertoire.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

The client gets the idea and knows what to do, but the coach cannot seem to cause a full-body transformation that creates action, leading to sessions that end with ‘a good idea’ or ‘thanks for confirming’.

How this module changes that...

You flow with ease and creativity, creating in-the-moment an experience that immerses the client that creates new insights.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

The coach ‘sees’ what the client needs, but is unable to turn that into an approach or a question, in the end resorting to ‘telling’ or ‘leading the client’ which leads to dissatisfaction of your performance.

How this module changes that...

You learn how to listen deeper and ‘pull out’ unsaids that creates powerful discovery moments for the client.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

The coach is unable to create a deeper, more powerful transformation in the client beyond some tangible progress, leading to frustration that you are ‘unable to reach your coach potential’.

How this module changes that...

You uncover the knowledge you’re missing that would help you piece together the transformation process, and learn how to execute that in your coaching.

Common challenges coaches struggle with...

The coach feels inadequate with your coaching know-how and experiences a limitation in style and approaches, leading to uninspired coaching, lack of fulfilment and excitement.

How this module changes that...

You graduate with a renewed sense of identity and purpose, eager and excited to test your new skills and new level of coaching powers.

This program is for you, if you ...

  • Want to experience accuracy and precision in your coaching
  • Wish to create impactful moments with your clients
  • Desire to move from a 'functional coach' to a 'transformative coach'
  • Have a goal to master deep listening and sensing
  • Are keen to discover your creative powers as a coach
  • You feel like you have have reached a plateau in your coaching skills, and seeking to experience your next level
  • Have hit a performance ceiling and can't find a way to break through
  • Can't seem to go beyond 'action planning' to address a client's situation
  • Are stuck or blocked or struggle with coaching emotions that arise in a client

Recommended for coaches who offer

  • Life Coaching
  • Relationship Coaching
  • Mental-Wellness Coaching
  • Executive Coaching
  • Team Coaching

Module Outcomes

By completing the module, you will accomplish the following outcomes.

  • Increased confidence and skill sets to handle the diversity of cases that coaches encounter in life coaching.
  • Understand humans' 'inner workings', psychology and how they relate to their world.
  • Increased precision and depth in active listening and questioning.
  • New level of coaching presence.
  • Expansion in your range and creativity as a coach.
  • Clear vision of your 'next level' and the path ahead.

From our Clients

As a coach, I had another breakthrough to better connect and partner with my coachee - I am now able to get through "not knowing what to coach" and getting past coachee's "I don't know".
Beyond the basics in PCD, having a simple framework on directions, energies and leans has definitely helped me be more rounded as a coach!
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Program Timeline

  • In-Person
  • Live/Online

Program Structure:

  • 2 Intensive Days (16 hrs)
  • 2 Webinars (4 hrs)
  • 3 Supervisions (8 hrs)

Program Structure:

  • 1x Graduation Session (3 hrs)
  • 2 Assignments (4 hrs)
  • C4C opportunities

NOTE:
On-going self-paced assignments from Month 0 to Month 6.

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Program Structure:

  • 2 Intensive Days (16 hrs)
  • 2 Webinars (4 hrs)
  • 3 Supervisions (8 hrs)
  • 1x Graduation Session (3 hrs)
  • 2 Assignments (4 hrs)
  • C4C opportunities

CERTIFIED TRANSFORMATIONAL LIFE COACH

Upon completion of all training requirements, you will be recognized as “Certified Transformational Life Coach”.

You will be awarded a hard copy certificate and a digital badge that reflects your approved ICF Coach Training hours and the criteria achieved.

Gain priceless experience from coaching real clients!

Module 1: Transformational Life Coaching (TLC) includes our highly rated Coaching for Change (“C4C”) Initiative.

Our C4C Initiative is an exclusive program for our Transformation Life Coaching students that also brings the impact of coaching to the community!

Through C4C, you will get the opportunity to coach public clients on their personal life issues and experience the impact a coach can bring to someone’s life!

Through C4C,

  • Get real feedback for your coach profile - which is marketed and featured on our website
  • Experience what it’s like to pitch yourself - as you meet up your prospective client fora chemistry session
  • Get exposure to a spectrum of client profiles and life coaching issues
  • Experience coaching real clients, and create meaningful change with them
  • Accelerate your coach master as you apply what you have learnt and get feedback from the faculty

Leverage our 20 years of experience as pioneers in the field!

The CCI training team has been coaching, mentoring and training coaches for 20 years. We have helped hundreds of coaches obtain their ACC, PCC and MCC ICF credentials. We don’t just teach – we coach as well, keeping our experiences up to date and our client cases fresh and relevant to our modules. 

The ACD training team is the only faculty in the region that brings you 5 Master Certified Coaches, who have been coaching as early as 2004. Our MCCs are a dedicated faculty team who have been improving every single program we have run since 2016. It is our relentless commitment to quality coaching and a transformational training experience that has led us to be recognized as a leading coaching institute in Asia. 

You get 20 years of only the stuff that has worked. We’ve made the mistakes, we’ve learnt the lessons, we’ve coached over 25,000 worth of hours and figured out the universal mechanics that drive successful change in Human Evolution.

Having trained close to 1000 coaches from around the world, we have discovered a tried and tested method of training high quality coaches from diverse backgrounds. 

The best part is, coaches have used what we teach them to create faster, deeper, more lasting impact on their clients than before the training. We may be highly experienced coaches and trainers, but our success factor lies in the close relationships we have with our coaches that has allowed us to ascertain open feedback for continous evolution of our training programs. 

You get to benefit from all these that have come before you, and we look forward to you carrying the torch of coaching high and bright for your clients and the profession.

Training programs that are designed for you

Immersive

You become a part of a different environment than your normal day to day, heightening your senses and intuition so you absorb the learning on multiple levels

Experiential

A CCI speciality, you get to learn through exploring, experiencing, creating, discovering, and interacting the topics through a myriad of activities, helping you embody the lessons for ease of application in your day to day coaching

Real work, real cases

No fluff involved. You learn what has been tried and tested, gain exposure through real cases we talk through, and you are guided to do the work that counts. Students report immediate difference in the way they coach and what they witness as a result

Triple-loop-learning approach

Our development structure is tried and tested, and over 20 years of coach training we have figured out how to guide you seamlessly through complex topics in a way that is easy to digest and progress through

Easy management

Our training structure breaks down the process into very manageable milestones that busy executives can manage. You only need to manage deadlines for 2 required assignments. For the rest of the training, simply show up on your training date – that’s it!

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Achieve professional certification that can immediately add value and credibility to your portfolio and rates in 5 months.

Our Testimonies

Hear what our students have to share about their experience.

Beyond the basics in PCD, having a simple framework on directions, energies and leans has definitely helped me be more rounded as a coach. Personally, this module has given me another set of language to describe my own leans and further increased my awareness of how these leans impact the way I make sense of the world as well as my clients.

Kristie Chen

This module allows me to know how I can connect better with my client. With a deeper understanding of how the directional model works, I am more conscious of remembering to ask questions that can move my client forward, and sometimes side by side with my client. This helps in shaping the questions I ask. I love how the intensive class was conducted, especially the live demo where we worked with XJ and our classmate.

Sheryn Yeo

This module helped remind me to coach the person and not the issue. It also helped me to quickly profile a client to help me in my coaching approach. The directional approach gave me a sense of perspective on how I as the coach was approaching the client. It helps the client also realise that while at all points I was journeying with them, I could approach them from different angles to draw deeper reflections and understanding of themselves.I felt the course was interesting, engaging and impactful. I drew many learning points and am still applying the learning in the coaching. Thanks, Xing Jian and Teng Ning!

Lorraine Kwek

Personal front, I was able to better understand how I connect/relate/understand external environment and people. As a coach, I had another breakthrough to better connect and partner with coachee, able to get through “not knowing what to coach” and getting past coachee’s “I don’t know”.

Veronica Loh

I redefined my role as a coach. Instead of diagnosing, to being a curious sightseer collecting inputs to paint a map of the coachees self and explore together what this map means to him or her, how the coachee would like to have the map and how to get there.

Jochen

The 5 stages of evolution are most useful and probably easiest to remember cos of the way they were taught – more experiential. I gained additional tools to use but they can also get a bit overwhelming if I don’t mindfully keep my explosive thoughts in check. It’s a challenge not to swing to either extreme end – either give up totally on all the models/frames or drown in them. I like the experiential learning of the 5 Stages. Doing really helps with the solidifying of learning.

Kristie Chen

I am made more aware of the presence of the different stages of the evolutionary coaching. What I have found the most valuable is having learnt how I can possibly work with the clients when I identify beliefs or mindsets surfacing.

How it impacted me personally is the activity we did on the intensive day where I got the realisation that I am not trusting myself enough. I am learning to do that more nowadays.

I love the learnings that come about from the interactions between my classmates. I believe it is how the module is structured that allows for these kind of interactions and participation to take place.

I also love how my learnings are enhanced when integrated with the knowledge I gained from the person-centric module (especially the P.I.E. model) It allowed me to understand the client more, and see instances where the client may be too focused on a certain element, and that I will need to explore the other elements to make the coaching session more complete.

Sheryn Yeo

I really like all the emphasis and practice on identifying the unsaid, looking beyond the surface. I think this helps to elevate my coaching

Jason Ong

I like having trainers share their coach case in point and break it down on how they navigate the conversation per the evolutionary model.

Veronica Loh

I have learned that there is no need to rush through things with my client. Sometimes, what the client requires is just a space to sit with and digest new info, and as a coach, I have learnt to respect that. I must say that I have learnt more about the space I can be in when partnering my client.

Also, there is power in piecing together the data gathered, making a meaningful summary and mirroring back to the client. When presented correctly, the client can gain new insights.

I love how the trainer brings us through and dissects the coaching conversation and allows learning to happen through it. Another thing I appreciate about the trainer is her sense of calmness and the positivity she brings with her. Thank you Ting Nging 🙂

Sheryn Yeo

The models were really useful . Reminded to be aware of filters the client and as Coach that I may have.
Be persistent and ask succinct questions to collect the data points. There were many good examples shared. And the opportunity to reflect on how we have grown as a coach is a reminder to be intentional in evaluating how we have done.

Juniper Chua

Relationship coaching is dynamic and requires constant negotiation and renegotiation of space with the client. I’ve learned to accept even more fully the ability to get lost with the client (at least in the beginning) so that we find our way together out of the woods. Appreciation of deliberately diving into the flow of relationship coaching.

Kristie Chen

Experiencing being coached by Teng Nging on relationship issues, and learning what it means and the process to get to systems thinking instead of hovering around the issue. Beyond just the models and theories, I like how Teng Nging was clear in how to apply Module 3, and what it is not about.

Veronica Loh

Coach Trainers

Lin Tan

(MCC, ICF)

Lin is recognized with an ICF Master Coach Credential, the highest professional coach accreditation conferred on a Coach, joining the top 2% globally. She brings over 4,000 hours of coaching experience into her work with organizations and individuals, specializing in leadership development and coaching skills training. She is currently serving as the President-Elect of the International Coach Federation, Singapore chapter.

In 2018, she was recognised as a Young Leaders Award Finalist by ICF and identified to be in the top 11 globally who are set to lead the coaching profession. Lin has trained and mentored over 200 individuals in coaching skill sets, and helped over 60 of them achieve their professional certifications.

Tan Teng Nging

(MCC, ICF)

Teng Nging has coached for more than 18 years with over 3000 hours of coaching experience. Her expertise lies in helping clients navigate uncertain situations in the workplace and in life, and turn situations of tension, challenge and complexity into synergistic opportunities and creative solutioning. Specially trained in Process-Oriented Psychology and Worldwork, she brings in concepts of Eldership and Deep Democracy to empower individuals amidst workplace dynamics of power, rank and communication. As a Reiss Profile® Master, she transforms diversity and difference within a group into opportunities for complementary collaboration.

Graduating with a Masters of Arts in Process Work (MAPW) from Process Work Institute (USA), she is a trained conflict facilitator and counsellor in transpersonal psychology.

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Tan Xing Jian

(MCC, ICF)

Xing Jian is a life coach with over 13 years of experience. He started coaching in 2007, and in 2009, began training coaches.

He started his coaching journey in one of Asia’s largest coaching organisations where he honed his skills as a coach and coach trainer for 5 years, and as part of a management team, grew a body of coaches from 15 to 80 individuals in a few short years, with a quarter of these individuals going on to achieve their individual professional certifications with the International Coaching Federation.

Lim Pei Ying

(MCC, ICF)

Pei Ying brings over 2,000 hours of coaching experience, combined with a commercial and management background to empower individuals and teams to realize their potential and drive larger outcomes/objectives. Some notable results of her coaching include transiting leaders into larger roles and building successful sustainable businesses alongside that.

Having trained and mentored Coaches since 2008, she currently develops budding coaches, coaching leaders and managers through the professional, advanced and corporate programs under Collective Change Institute.

Lin Tan

(MCC, ICF)

Lin is recognized with an ICF Master Coach Credential, the highest professional coach accreditation conferred on a Coach, joining the top 2% globally. She brings over 4,000 hours of coaching experience into her work with organizations and individuals, specializing in leadership development and coaching skills training. She is currently serving as the President-Elect of the International Coach Federation, Singapore chapter.

In 2018, she was recognised as a Young Leaders Award Finalist by ICF and identified to be in the top 11 globally who are set to lead the coaching profession. Lin has trained and mentored over 200 individuals in coaching skill sets, and helped over 60 of them achieve their professional certifications.

Tan Teng Nging

(MCC, ICF)

Teng Nging has coached for more than 18 years with over 3000 hours of coaching experience. Her expertise lies in helping clients navigate uncertain situations in the workplace and in life, and turn situations of tension, challenge and complexity into synergistic opportunities and creative solutioning. Specially trained in Process-Oriented Psychology and Worldwork, she brings in concepts of Eldership and Deep Democracy to empower individuals amidst workplace dynamics of power, rank and communication. As a Reiss Profile® Master, she transforms diversity and difference within a group into opportunities for complementary collaboration.

Graduating with a Masters of Arts in Process Work (MAPW) from Process Work Institute (USA), she is a trained conflict facilitator and counsellor in transpersonal psychology.

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Tan Xing Jian

(MCC, ICF)

Xing Jian is a life coach with over 13 years of experience. He started coaching in 2007, and in 2009, began training coaches.

He started his coaching journey in one of Asia’s largest coaching organisations where he honed his skills as a coach and coach trainer for 5 years, and as part of a management team, grew a body of coaches from 15 to 80 individuals in a few short years, with a quarter of these individuals going on to achieve their individual professional certifications with the International Coaching Federation.

Lim Pei Ying

(MCC, ICF)

Pei Ying brings over 2,000 hours of coaching experience, combined with a commercial and management background to empower individuals and teams to realize their potential and drive larger outcomes/objectives. Some notable results of her coaching include transiting leaders into larger roles and building successful sustainable businesses alongside that.

Having trained and mentored Coaches since 2008, she currently develops budding coaches, coaching leaders and managers through the professional, advanced and corporate programs under Collective Change Institute.

WHY TRAIN WITH US

Simplified learning

20 years of accumulated coaching and training knowledge, assimilated into simple formulas that you can grasp in a day

Walk the Talk

Our “walk the talk” philosophy integrates key lessons via your personal experience/personal project – so you achieve results both personally and professionally that saves you time and money

In Depth training

Intimate learning and enriching exchanges with the MCC trainers due to our low student:faculty ratio, ensuring value for the training dollars invested

diverse experiences from coaches

Little or no risk of wasted training investment – Coaches of diverse backgrounds report a difference in their coaching, reflecting the tried and tested training methods designed by CCI

Frequently asked questions

Participants should possess at least 60 hours of ICF-approved training from any ICF-approved coach training school.

The ACD program is suitable for anyone who is keen to bring your coaching to the next level.

Yes. The ACD program is open to all participants with some background in coaching. Participants should possess at least 60 hours of ICF-approved training from any ICF-approved coach training school.

Yes.

PCC Certification Track is only for coaches interested and committed to coaching at the ICF PCC level. This module consists of 10 hours of coaching labs and 4 hours of mentor coaching – with a focus on your coaching competency and bringing it up to the ‘PCC coaching standard’.

If you have obtained a minimum of 125 training hours with CCI (along with 10 hours of mentoring hours), you are eligible to take CCI”s ACTP route. (i.e. you have taken both ACD and PCD programs) This means you will take the final assessment with CCI. Upon passing this assessment, you can simply submit your certificate to ICF during your PCC application. There is no further need to submit any coaching recording for your application.

If the 125 training hours you have obtained are from a combination of CCI’s ACD and other coach training schools, you are eligible to apply for your PCC under the ACSTH route. This means you will need to submit your coach recording to ICF for evaluation when applying for your PCC.

Module 1: Transformational Life Coaching
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