Short description
Do you want to:- Start your journey as a coach?
- Bring structure to your conversations and acquire the posture of a professional coach?
- Follow a practical, no-nonsense, yet embodied and creative coaching training?
- Obtain an internationally recognized ICF coaching diploma?
- Learn how to move people in a surprisingly simple yet deep and powerful way?
- Build self-confidence as a mentor, leader, partner, and human being?
Dates
Starting Spring 2025 (Weekend)
- March 15 & 16, 2025
- April 26 & 27, 2025
- May 24 & 25, 2025
Starting Spring 2025 (Thursday/Friday)
- April 3 & 4, 2025
- May 22 & 23, 2025
- June 12 & 13, 2025
Summer School 2025
- July 7-12, 2025
Starting Autumn 2025 (Monday/Tuesday)
- October 6 & 7, 2025
- November 3 & 4, 2025
- December 1 & 2, 2025
Starting Autumn 2025 (Weekend)
- October 11 & 12, 2025
- November 22 & 23, 2025
- December 13 & 14, 2025
What will I learn?
The Essentials is a collection of solid coaching techniques and essential life wisdom that together create an unforgettable experience. It is the ultimate practical training for natural coaching skills and transformative mindsets. It is also the first part of our ICF-accredited Level 2 Integral Coaching program (Essentials + Professional).
This training quickly gets you started with practical coaching applications. You will learn the standard techniques but with a unique twist—we provide you with their essence, including lesser-known nuances that allow you to guide people naturally and effectively. Whether you are a coach, leader, colleague, family member, or partner, this course will help you enhance your coaching abilities.
What is the training format?
Day 1 – What is (Integral) Coaching... for you?
"Champions are brilliant at the basics." – John Wooden
On Day 1, we lay the foundation for your coaching skills. You will experience firsthand the challenge of understanding someone else's Model of the World and learn how to truly see the other person. We introduce the fundamental models of Integral Coaching:
- The 7C Model for structuring a coaching conversation
- The No Comment principle
- Regular vs. coaching questions
- Conversational techniques and intuitive, body-based formats around the Model of the World
- Managing conversation dynamics: the 50% rule and the 5-second rule
- Key coaching competencies: Listening – Questioning – Reframing – Language use
Day 2 – Division of Responsibility
"Every right implies a responsibility;
Every opportunity, an obligation;
Every possession, a duty." – John D. Rockefeller
Most coaching questions revolve around responsibility. Clients want change but take no initiative; their environment fails them; expectations are unmet. Responsibility also plays a role in the coach-client dynamic—who is responsible for solutions, insights, and actions? It's not as simple as it seems!
On this day, you will learn how to sense the correct balance of responsibility in different areas. You will also recognize and address common patterns of irresponsibility.
- Where do you take too much or too little responsibility?
- Ways to empower the client to take responsibility
- Preventing misunderstandings and energy drain for both coach and client
- Managing judgment and projection as a coach
- Learning to use silence with intention
- The difference between coaching – therapy – psychiatry
Day 3 – Awareness of the Impact of Your Presence
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." – Winston Churchill
Your attitude as a coach influences your interactions, whether you realize it or not. Even when you try to be neutral, your presence has an impact. This can be a pitfall or a powerful tool. On this day, we explore how you can play with your attitude to create more effective interactions.
- Setting up the coaching space
- What the first handshake reveals about your client
- Your unconscious default settings
- Interacting consciously from different power dynamics (superior – inferior – equal)
- Using verbal, non-verbal, and energetic positioning
- The power of scaling questions
- Managing stimulation levels in conversations
Day 4 – Working with Goals
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." – C. S. Lewis
Goals are the cornerstone of coaching. They set the stage for the coaching process, measure the client's progress, and determine your effectiveness as a coach. It is crucial to approach them correctly!
- Techniques to question, clarify, and refine goals
- PRISMAT: zooming in on goals
- Finding the Inner GPS: zooming out to the bigger picture and life path
- Techniques to maximize action and commitment
- Sharpening and restructuring priorities
Day 5 – Everything is in Balance
"Everything that irritates us about others
can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." – Carl Jung
Coaching is not just about moving forward—it is also about balancing different forces. Where there is motivation, there are also blockages. Where there is a desire to move forward, there are also counterforces.
- Understanding the balance in every situation
- Seeing the benefit in disadvantages
- The double goal bookkeeping method
- Ofman's Core Quadrants model
- Identifying hidden balances
- Physical and creative formats for working with polarities
Day 6 – Closing a Coaching Conversation
"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing
that we see too late the one that is open." – Alexander Graham Bell
To move forward, we must let go of the old. A strong closure is essential for both individual coaching sessions and entire coaching trajectories.
- Bringing a coaching conversation or trajectory to a strong conclusion
- Helping clients close unfinished business
- Releasing yourself as a coach
- What makes a coaching conversation empowering?
- Assigning meaningful homework to clients
- Creating a Personal Development Plan (POP)
WHO IS IT FOR?
More Than Just a Training—A Gift to Yourself
"You can only take a client as far as you have gone yourself."
Beyond learning coaching techniques, we encourage you to go through your own process.
Through short yet powerful self-awareness exercises, you will gain insight into:
- How you interact with others
- Your strengths and areas for growth
- Your coaching identity as a professional, individual, or entrepreneur
You will experience the Integral Coaching Method firsthand, with ample time for practical application and self-exploration.
For independent coaches: Essential tools for building your coaching practice
For leaders: Practical insights for managing and supporting employees
For personal development: A deep dive into self-awareness and growth
- Start coaching from Day 1—the Essentials material is applicable in any setting.
- For new coaches: A solid foundation in international coaching techniques and beyond.
- For experienced coaches: A fresh, creative perspective on coaching models and mindsets, making your coaching more effective and natural.
Will I receive a certification?
Anyone who has attended at least 80% of the modules will receive the official YourCoach diploma for Integral Coaching Essentials.
The 42 lesson hours of the Essentials program are also the first step toward obtaining your Level 2 certificate at PCC level. This makes us one of the very few programs in Flanders that can offer this high-quality international certification.
What does PCC mean?
The ICF distinguishes three levels of competence for professional coaches. These are mainly measured by the number of hours of practical experience and the specific methods and attitudes involved.
- Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
A beginning coach with basic experience in standard coaching. At least 100 hours of practical experience. You can achieve this level with the materials from Integral Coaching Essentials and sufficient practice hours. - Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
A professional coach with smooth coaching skills who knows how to tailor techniques and approaches to the client. At least 500 hours of practical experience. You can achieve this level with the materials and attitudes from Integral Coaching Professional, along with more practice hours. - Master Certified Coach (MCC)
A master in coaching with a personal method that leads to deep transformational change. At least 2500 hours of practical experience. This level is achieved after multiple training programs and years of experience in various areas of coaching.
Part 1: ICF-accredited Level 2 Training
- 6 training days (42 lesson hours)
- 1 observed coaching conversation with written feedback
- 1 group intervision session (3.5 lesson hours)
- FREE Training: "Discover the ICF Core Competencies"
Your Trainer: Benjamin Bal
ICF MCC, Coach and Trainer, Master of Laws
- ICF MCC coach
- Certified coach and recognized career counselor
- Certified family & organizational constellator and systemic coach
- Founder of the coaching program Integral Coaching and the specializations in creative/physical and systemic coaching
- More than 3,000 hours of individual life & business coaching
- More than 150 group trainings on coaching, leadership, and public speaking
- Master of Laws
- Favorite topics include entrepreneurship and discovering invisible drivers in work and life
Location
Loft 26, Sint-Salvatorstraat 18 / 104, 9000 Ghent
The Integral Coaching Essentials program takes place at Loft 26, our own venue in the newly renovated Ghent Docks. In a bright and luxurious space, you'll find all the necessary facilities for an enjoyable and memorable training experience, including a fresh lunch and delicious coffee or tea.
Hours
The training consists of 6 days (including certification).
Doors open at 9:00 AM, and the training starts at 9:30 AM. The day ends at 4:30 PM.
Here's What Our Clients Say
"Instead of teaching you techniques, this training lets you feel them, which is a thousand times more powerful."
– Natasja B.
"This training is so much more than just 'learning about coaching.' It allows you to experience what coaching does to you in both roles, how space emerges when you allow it, and how answers come in silence and practice."
– Lies V., General Director
"Here you discover whether coaching is for you or not. You receive a range of tools to conduct effective coaching conversations—and all within just six days. It inspired me and triggered me to continue coaching."
– Barbara V., Communication Consultant
"You learn to see the world in a different way. The tools you acquire enable you to have real conversations. Less is more. The exercises where you barely speak are the most powerful. The way the training is delivered is incredibly powerful and highly engaging."
– Elien L.
"Top-quality training with a focus on practical exercises, making it easy to absorb and apply the material immediately. No-nonsense approach. A very professional trainer who explains things based on personal experience."
– Frederic L.
"Brilliant at the basics! A valuable journey that lays solid foundations for coaching with real impact."
– Olivier D.
You can choose to go to a public training or buy the training for your company.
PRICE for public training:
€ 2850 (Excl. btw)
Certificate, extensive course materials, and fresh lunch included.
ICF Pack: Integral Coaching Essentials + Integral Coaching Professional for € 6650 ex BTW* (Save € 650). Only when Integral Coaching Essentials & Integral Coaching Professional are invoiced together!
If you want to make use of this promotion, we suggest you inscribe in both trainings without paying online, after which we will send you an invoice with the reduced price.
Opleidingscheques
Employees can use KMO Portefeuille. Please indicate this when registering.
Incompany training:
Contact us to organise this as an incompany training. Incompany trainings can be in English or Dutch, Live or Online (or a combination of both).
Incompany training can also be customized to your needs.