From CoachVille

A brief history...
Thomas Leonard - the founding father of the Coaching Industry - founded CoachVille in 2001 with the mission to improve the quality of coaching worldwide. In 2002 we launched our first Coach Training program - the Graduate School of Coaching - with the idea that anyone with the right make up and strong desire could become an effective Coach very quickly. Since that time we have trained over 4,000 coaches and our training has evolved into the program you are reading about right now.

You will start coaching in the very first class!
The only way to get really good at doing something is by doing it! Our super learning method is called DTMOPP - which stands for Desire, Theory, Method, Observe, Practice and Perform. Every session follows the same pattern and includes observing real coaching followed by you coaching one of your colleagues. You will be coaching well within weeks.

If you opt for the fast track path to completion, expect to invest about 10 hours per week inluding class time, study time and coaching time

The 3 Pursuits of Coaching
When you set out to become a Coach, you sign on to support people in the pursuit of the things that matter most to them - like family, business, career and romance. Along the way you help them become the person they have always wanted to become. It takes dedication and courage to Coach, and the rewards can be both financial and priceless.

The craft of Coaching has three primary pursuits:

The Pursuit of Human Greatness
Begins with a vision of achievement and evolves into becoming an inspiration for others
The Pursuit of the Flow State
The place of fluidity and grace where the desired results occur as the natural byproduct of full self- expression
The Pursuit of Personal Evolution
Our ultimate purpose as a community is to forward humanity one person at a time.