The Level 1 and Level 2 Certificates in OPEN COACHING SKILLS from The Open Leadership Network
The OLN awards certificates in Open Coaching. Level 1 require that you complete 5 specific OLN courses, and join a Level 1 coaching cohort as a condition of certification. Level 2 is more rigorous, requires a Level 1 certificate, and also requires significant experience to have your Level 2 application considered. The entire Path to Open Coaching certification is described below.
Achieving Level 1 requires that you successfully complete 5 specific OLN courses. Upon completing these courses, you’ll have know-how in Open patterns, Open Space, Open Space Agility, and No-Limits Self Management. You have also have an essential supporting skill: you’ll know how to effectively teach, mentor, facilitate, and coach…over remote, online video.
The Level 1 Certificate in Open Coaching
To achieve the Level 1 coaching certificate, candidates must complete the following five courses:
The Eight Patterns of Open Business Agility™ (OLN-PATTERNS1)
- Understanding Whole Group Process & Common Knowledge
- Explicit Agreement & Boundary Management
- Leadership Invitation & Clarity of Authorization
- Interaction Protocols & Empirical Approach
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Open Space in Organizations (OLN-OPENSPACE1)
- Understanding Open Space in the organizational context
- Leadership Prep
- Physical Space and Online Platform Prep
- Facilitator Prep
- Delivering Open Space ONLINE
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OpenSpace Agility (OLN-OSA1)
- ENGAGE YOUR PEOPLE IN THE CHANGE, by inviting them to help
- Understand enterprise iterations of Whole-Group Process, and how to prepare leadership teams for OpenSpace Agility
- Execute Enterprise-Wide iterations of change in 45 to 90 day cycles punctuated with whole group Open Space events
- Learn from the creator of OpenSpace Agility, Daniel Mezick
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CONNECT & COMMUNICATE: How to Teach Online
- Learn how to effectively communicate, teach, coach and lead over the medium of video
- Identify and practice over 100 Do’s and Dont’s
- Stand out as a communicator as you explain and guide the implementation of Open Patterns and Practices
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No Limits Self Management (OLN-NLSM1)
- Learn the essentials of Self-management, Explicit Agreements and Clarity of Authorization
- Understand how to manage complexity using 2 simple rules: do not use force to gets agreements, and keep all commitments
- Exit with a toolkit of resources for implementing self-management inside the organizations you serve
- Learn from a leading worldwide authority on self-management, Doug Kirkpatrick
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The Level 2 Certificate in Open Coaching
Level 1 is your entry point; Level 2 is a much more rigorous certification. It requires a Level 1 certificate, and also requires significant experience before your Level 2 application can even be considered. The successful Level 2 applicant will have the following qualifications:
- The applicant must have a Level 1 certificate, and
- The applicant must submit an application describing direct experience applying Open patterns and practices in a coaching context, and
- The applicant must complete an additional 3 specific OLN courses before applying (described below), and
- The applicant must pass a rigorous exam on Open patterns and practices
Through writing, conference speaking, and community involvement, the applicant must demonstrate professional engagement with the Open community, and also show how they are actively promoting and encouraging others to consider the Open approach.
These are the 3 additional courses required for Level 2:
The Agile Open Practitioner
- Learn the essentials of Self-management, Explicit Agreements and Clarity of Authorization
- Understand how to manage complexity using 2 simple rules: do not use force to gets agreements, and keep all commitments
- Exit with a toolkit of resources for implementing self-management inside the organizations you serve
- Learn from a leading worldwide authority on self-management, Doug Kirkpatrick
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Clean Language Fundamentals
- Learn the essentials of the Clean Language communication protocol, as applied to executive and team-level coaching
- Understand where and when to use Clean for communication & the gathering of requirements
- Exit with a toolkit of resources for implementing the Clean Language protocol in your practice
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Inviting Leadership
- Learn the essentials of Inviting Leadership for generating substantial employee engagement in the change
- Understand how to coach executives towards invitation, and away from a purely delegated approach
- Learn how to produce higher levels of self-management leading to higher productivity
- Learn from a leading worldwide authority on the subject, Daniel Mezick
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Summary
The Level 1 and Level 2 Open Coaching certificates from the OLN represent substantial expertise in Open patterns and practices, and a real commitment to implementing them.
The individuals who hold these credentials are active participants in the move away from imposed forms of change, and towards the invited, included, Open approach that puts employee engagement first.
Those holding the Level 1 and Level 2 Open Coaching credentials from OLN are influencers of the Open movement, and also are very influential leaders within the wider OLN community. These are the professionals who actively advancing Open patterns and practices in their work. These are the people who are making an impact, and then reporting their experiences through blog posts, social media conversations, and conference speaking. Level 1 and Level 2 practitioners are the emerging leaders of the Open movement and the new ways of working that are required to succeed in the new world of work.