In my coaching training you will meet people who are active in a controlling and directional function, e.g. as a manager, entrepreneur, human resources manager, consultant, trainer. And who, like you, strive to create excellent quality and the greatest possible benefit, to lead in dialogue and to reconcile economic efficiency and humanity.

You develop your ability to successfully lead yourself and others through change. And in addition to the knowing, evaluating and mandating attitude that you have internalized as a manager or consultant, you learn to approach people with a questioning, listening and understanding attitude. Metaphorically spoken, this means that in the future you will drive through life with a second engine, so to speak ;-) In addition, you will become aware of what makes you special and how you can align yourself even more effectively in your professional life.

At the end of the training you will be able to lead people in an appreciative way and to support them effectively through coaching. You will have strengthened your communicative, analytical, social and emotional skills, you will have learned helpful coaching methods and you will be able to apply them in real life and you will have sharpened your personal profile.

The special features of our coaching training at a glance:

• Worldwide recognition as an Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Non-violent communication (GFK) and Bottleneck-focused Strategy (EKS) as a basic mental attitude
• Focus on the acquisition of a dialogical attitude
• Gentle compulsion to deal with one's own identity and to find one's place in the world
• Excellent toolbox of methods and tools from different schools (systemic, solution-oriented, behavioral therapy, NLP, NVC...) thanks to an eclectic approach
• Comprehensive and intensive support by senior coaches with very long experience
• At least 6 one-on-one mentor coaching sessions with a Master Certified Coach or Professional Certified Coach (ICF)

The following topics await you:

• Professional design of coaching processes
• Self-leadership, stress management, resilience
• Nonviolent communication in business
• Formulating and achieving goals
• Solution-oriented thinking and acting
• Systemic attitude
• Dissolving conflict & bringing about decisions
• Dealing with strong emotions
• Mindfulness & meditation
• Recognizing & overcoming limiting thought & behavior patterns
• Finding identity: purpose, mission, vision, ideal professional direction
• Positioning & marketing

For my ICF-accredited coaching training I offer exactly two start dates each year for 10 travel enthusiasts each. If you want to join one of them, you should sign up for it early, as the places are often booked up months in advance.

We will meet Face2Face or virtually every 4-6 weeks for 2 days on Fridays and Saturdays over the course of 1 year to support each other in strengthening our life satisfaction. And at the same time, to learn how to support others in doing so.

Between our modules, you will meet with one or two of the other members of your travel group  in tandems or triads for reflection conversations and coaching exercises. In addition, you will review professional readings, be coached by strangers, coach strangers yourself, and record some of your experiences and insights in the process.

For all this you should plan about ½ day per week in addition to our presence modules. So 1 x per month 2 days in the group and additionally every week about ½ day for self-reflection and exercises with peers. This is quite intense and you should only enroll if you are really, really willing to make this time investment. Your reward is a profound update of your life and also the acquisition of a globally recognized ICF-accredited professional qualification with the title Business Coach IHK. Your financial investment is 6.756 € (VAT exempt).

The next cohort will start on July 07, 2023. A mandatory prerequisite to be admitted to the course is the written answer to some self-reflection questions. The questionnaire is below this text in the PDFs for download. You can find more detailed information about the course content and requirements as well as the application form in the course announcement below and on the homepage of the Educational Center of the Chamber of Commerce Karlsruhe (IHK-BIZ) under this link. In any case, registration is done via the IHK-BIZ.

You can get further insights into my course...

... through some testimonials from former course participants as well as a report by the journalist Friederike Blaser, which was published in the specialist magazine ZukunftBeruf and an interview that Hanne Demel from the Institute for Emotional Management conducted with me.

"I finished a 12-months training program to become a certified Business Coach. It was an intense and challenging, but also highly rewarding experience. What did I learn? How to manage emotions and feelings, identify needs, discover beliefs, create psychological safety, ask inspiring questions, provide feedback, and set objectives. I took the course in order to add coaching to my leadership style, and I can highly recommend it to every leader with a similar ambition. In particular, I would like to thank Silvia Richter-Kaupp, who was a fantastic trainer during the last year."

Dr. Johannes Wechsler, Chief Digital Officer, BAUHAUS Deutschland 

"For me, the training as Business Coach was a turning point and a start into a new phase of my life. Because I have developed professionally and privately in a way that I did not expect. Today I approach people differently and can accompany them in a way that suits them. I was able to realize my dream of empowering people who are committed to sustainable change. At the same time, I had to clear away some of the obstacles on my personal path. Today, five years later, I am more relaxed, more satisfied, and more effective. And when new stones appear, I see them as an offer and an opportunity to grow a little further. I am grateful that Silvia Richter-Kaupp allowed me to learn everything I needed to know, and I can recommend this valuable training without reservation."

Andrea Matt, Dipl.-Designerin, Business-Coach (IHK) und Trainerin, www.andreamatt.de

"Becoming a Business Coach - trained by Silvia Richter-Kaupp - was an amazing sailing trip! An awesome captain teaching us about how to sail. Lovely and impressing people forming a crew to learn, practice, laugh, fail, and succeed. Many thanks to everybody who supported me during this part of my journey."

Jan Breitling, Manager, Robert Bosch GmbH

"I can recommend this coaching training because it gives you a very solid education regarding attitude, competencies and methods and you get to know yourself a bit better. For me it was an excellent complement to my experience as a Scrum Master and trainer to arrive in my new role as an agile coach and to support employees of our company as a coach."

Udo Pieles, Agile Coach

"Silvia understands in an unprecedented way to inspire heterogeneous groups for the topic of coaching and to carry them away into the depth of the topic. With indescribable subtlety and tact, she manages to take even rational participants like me, for whom causality and tangibility are important, on this journey outside the comfort zone and make new experiences comprehensible. It is an overwhelming experience to get the content and skills from her in this course. I am thankful that I was allowed to do this training, even more thankful that I was allowed to do this training with Silvia!"

Alex, Consultant in the IT / Defense Industry

"I found the training very intensive, even between the modules. The trainers were humanly present and credible. The group size of only 10 participants also contributed greatly to creating a good basis of trust. The numerous sessions with real clients allowed me to gain confidence as a coach. And I especially appreciate the ability to listen now without immediately starting the »solution machine« inside."

Tobias Ritter, Software Developer at SAP

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