Certified Leadership Coach Program · ICF-approved · Live virtual
Leadership is a skill.
Most people are put into leadership positions, with little to no training.
Coach Academy trains leaders to have the kinds of conversations that build connection. The Certified Leadership Coach Program is an ICF-approved, 21-week live virtual program for people who want the skill, presence, and credibility to influence, inspire and lead people through coaching.
Coaching is the language of connection, curiosity and influence.
Programs start monthly. Payment plans available.
No sales pitch. Just a clear conversation.
- ICF-approved coach education
- 21 weeks, part-time
- 90 coach education hours
- 10 mentor coaching hours
- Live weekly classes
- Small cohorts, by design
- 300+ five-star Google reviews
Sound familiar
People already come to you.
People confide in you. They ask you for advice at work, in your community, in the hallway after the meeting ends. You mentor formally and informally, and somewhere along the way you became the unofficial coach.
And still a question follows you into those conversations… who am I to be coaching?
Our students have a name for it: imposter syndrome. It shows up in executives, HR advisors, mediators, and Olympic-level sport coaches. People with 20 and 30-year careers who coach every day, without ever being trained for it.
Now learn the coaching skills behind the leadership people already trust you with. Training replaces the doubt with method. You’ll learn the fundamentals, practise them live every week, and earn an ICF-approved credential that backs what you already do by instinct.
A 60-second experiment
Do you lead with coaching DNA?
3 questions. Click the first answer that resonates to show your coaching DNA.
1Someone you lead brings you a problem you could solve in 30 seconds. What happens first?
2Think of your last one-to-one. Who did most of the talking?
3What do you want to be known for as a leader?
You just did what coaches do. You paused, and you noticed.
If you are curious, the next step is a conversation.
No sales pitch. Just a clear conversation.
Career changing value
You’re buying more than an ICF certification.
People choose Coach Academy because they want something more robust than a coaching course: a rigorous method, live practice, and a credential that stands up anywhere you lead and internationally.
How to ask questions that help people think differently.
How to offer feedback with skill.
How to create trust in high-stakes conversations.
How to notice your own assumptions and blindspots.
That is the skill of coaching. Coach Academy gives you the strategies to lead the kind of conversations people remember, because they left feeling capable, trusted, and clear.
The curriculum
What you’ll learn
In 21 weeks, you’ll practise the fundamentals behind professional coaching conversations, applied to the way you lead. You’ll learn how to:
- Listen for meaning, values, and patterns beneath the words
- Ask questions that create clarity and ownership
- Build trust that survives hard conversations
- Delegate with questions that create real ownership
- Give feedback people can actually use
- Stay present when emotions or silence show up
- See your blindspots: assumptions, judgment, and the urge to rescue
- Understand the ICF Core Competencies
- Build confidence through practice, mentoring, and feedback
You’ll leave a different leader.
The people you lead will feel it first.
Why Coach Academy
Why we are different
Rigorous training, human delivery
Coach Academy is built for people who take this work seriously. The curriculum is grounded in ICF standards, evidence-informed coaching practice, and 50,000+ hours of curriculum design, mentoring, and facilitation. Several of our students weighed a master’s degree against this program, and chose Coach Academy.
Small cohorts, real practice
You’ll learn live, beside people who lead in companies, non-profits, schools, healthcare, and communities, from Toronto to Nairobi to Hanoi. You’ll practise on real conversations, complete your practice hours inside our community, and find the connection many students tell us they came looking for.
A credential that ends the second-guessing
Certified means you can name what you’re doing and why it works. You’ll earn ICF-approved coach education recognized worldwide. Wherever you lead, it reads as credibility, and it can open the door to a leadership coaching practice of your own.
A boutique learning experience
Fewer students, more attention. Our programs strive for the academic excellence of the Ivy League and deliver, with the care and rigor you would expect from a world-class institute. Every detail is intentional. Every experience is curated.
No sales pitch. Just a clear conversation.
The details
Program at a glance
| Program | Certified Leadership Coach |
| Format | Live virtual training |
| Length | 21 modules, 1 per week |
| Weekly class | 2 hours live |
| Coursework | About 3 to 4 hours per week |
| Coaching practice | About 2 to 6 hours per week |
| Coach education hours | 90 (ICF Level 1) |
| Mentor coaching | 10 hours (7 group, 3 individual) |
| Practical coaching hours logged | 30 |
| Being coached hours logged | 10 |
| Designation earned | CA Certified Leadership Coach |
| Tuition | $7,400 plus applicable taxes |
| Payment plans | Up to 5 instalments (interest-free) |
| Start dates | Monthly |
Start dates, sponsorship, and what you will do with this credential are all part of the conversation. Prices are subject to change and valid for 2026 only.
Is this you
This program is for you if…
- People already come to you for advice, and you want to learn how to empower them to find their own answers
- You coach, mentor, or facilitate without a certification and know credentials are important
- You lead in a company, a non-profit, a classroom, a team, or a community
- You develop other leaders in HR, L&D, or consulting
- You coach in sport and want to listen better, ask better, and dig deeper
- You’re planning your next chapter, and coaching keeps calling
- You want a robust program backed by curriculum you can trust
- You want practice, feedback, community, and confidence
- You realize connection is a skill you were never taught, and you want to learn it
An academy, for the whole journey
One academy. A lifetime of learning.
The Certified Leadership Coach Program is just the beginning. It’s Level 1 of a full pathway: Coach Academy offers ICF-accredited programs at Levels 1, 2, and 3, plus several continuing education options that keep you growing long after you become certified.
Level 1Certified Leadership Coach
Level 2Professional and advanced coach training
Level 3Mastery-level training
CCEContinuing education
A vibrant virtual community with 10+ live events every month
Learning continues between and beyond the programs on the topics coaches actually need:
In their words
What students say
I thought I was a good listener before… but I learned to actually listen, to hold space, to withhold judgment, and to see people more clearly. It’s changed my relationships.Graduate, Coach Academy
When you have true coaching, you have to separate it from mentoring. Coach Academy helped me do that.Graduate
They don’t just teach you how to coach. They model it in how they run the program and how they treat every person.Graduate
It’s probably one of the only communities in my life where you just don’t feel judged. You feel it’s a safe space.Graduate
The most important investment you’ll make
The first life to change is yours in this program.
People come to Coach Academy to develop others. And they quickly realize it’s a personal and professional journey.
This program changes how you lead, and it follows you home. The listening, the questions, the presence… the people you lead feel it first, and the people you love feel it next.
No sales pitch. Just a clear conversation.
Common questions
What people ask before they call
Yes. Coach Academy is an approved partner of the International Coaching Federation, and this program qualifies for 90 ICF Level 1 coach education hours.
Yes. The program is designed for working leaders. You’ll attend 2 hours of live class each week, with about 3 to 4 hours of coursework and 2 to 6 hours of coaching practice you can fit around your schedule.
Both live here. Some students coach the people they already lead, in companies, non-profits, schools, and communities. Others build a professional practice coaching leaders and teams. The skills are the same, and cohorts are richer for the mix.
You’ll be in good company. Many students arrive with decades of experience and no formal fundamentals. The program gives structure to your instinct, and stretches it: students of the Academy speak of unlearning, more than learning.
Many of our students are sponsored by an employer, a non-profit board, or a professional development fund. An Admissions Coach can give you what you need to make the case: the program outline, the hours, the credential, and an invoice for your organization.
Some graduates never hang a shingle. The coaching stays in how they run meetings, one-to-ones, feedback, and the hard conversations. The skills travel wherever you lead.
You’ll graduate with 90 coach education hours, 10 hours of mentor coaching, and your practice hours documented. That is the education pathway toward the ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential, and we’ll walk you through the application.
Your next step
What happens when you fill out this form?
You will have the option to book a call with an Admissions Coach and have a conversation with a graduate from our programs. You’ll talk about your goals, your background, the ICF pathway, which program fits your starting point, the time commitment, tuition, and payment options. If you prefer to ask for information first, you will have the opportunity to communicate via email to ask for the support you are seeking.
Come as you are. We are here to answer your questions and provide clarity.
No pressure. Just a clear conversation.
Nathalie Blais, MCCFounder, Coach AcademyHarvard MA · TEDx speaker · ICF Master Certified Coach · 50,000+ hours of coaching education
Book a call with an Admissions Coach
Tell us a little about you. This helps us make the conversation useful.
Your conversation is booked.
We’re looking forward to speaking with you. Before the call, take 2 minutes to reflect:
- What kind of leader do you want to be known as?
- What would change on your team if every conversation created ownership?
- What questions do you need answered to make a clear decision?
We’ll meet you there.
Your next step is a conversation.
Every meaningful change begins somewhere. A question. A decision. A moment where you stop circling the idea and get information that helps you take the next step.
If coaching has been on your mind, speak with an Admissions Coach. We’ll help you understand the program, the pathway, and the next right step.
Programs start monthly. Payment plans available.