EXECUTIVE & TEAM COACHING CERTIFICATIONAdvanced Executive
Coaching Certification
Exclusively for Senior Leaders
An advanced coaching certification for senior leaders ready to fully embrace coaching in the next chapter of their work, and for credentialed coaches deepening their practice to an even more rigorous level. This program will elevate your coaching skillsets above the top 2.5% of the global market*.
* Of 300k coaches worldwide, 150k are ICF-certified (2025) only. about 10k are ICF PCCs.
- Applied adult development
- Complexity & systems thinking
- Neuroscience & depth psychology
- Team dynamics & culture design
- Decision-making in complexity
WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM DIFFERENTMost executive coaching certification programs
miss the dual skill clients need. We develop them.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TEAM DYNAMICSStandard programs stay on the behavioral surface. The Advanced Method targets the unconscious currents, such as team defenses, scapegoating, and collective regression. This is where high-stakes leadership failure actually occurs.
COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENTMost teams treat complex problems as merely complicated, stalling out in endless debate. Claristrat integrates the Cynefin framework so leaders can match decision-making style to reality instead of remaining puzzlingly ineffective.
SYSTEMIC RESILIENCE & CHANGE We scale systems thinking to decode three critical realities: collective feedback loops, external organizational dynamics, and the senior leader’s developmental ceiling. These pillars unlock what is possible.
What you’ll leave with
Before you enable transformation in others, you will experience the developmental process firsthand.
You cannot guide another leader where you haven’t been yourself.
ICF PCC Credential Support
Full documentation, portfolio guidance, and faculty support for your PCC application submission.
Commercial Practice Foundations
Proposal templates, contracting frameworks, and market positioning. Ready to deploy from day one.
The Claristrat Advanced Method™
A structured, replicable system for adult development: the ICF-aligned operating framework for every session you’ll run.
Hogan® Profile + Debrief
A 90-minute personal Hogan debrief. The instrument at the core of corporate leadership assessments worldwide.
Peer-Level Network
A lasting cohort of senior executives and practitioners who become thought partners and referral sources.
Path to ACTC Positioning
PCC alumni receive priority access for the Master Certificate and further practice development.
Who the program is for
Right for you if you are
A senior leader with 20+ years of operating experience
An executive, consultant, advisor, or board member
A coach seeking the rigor of a systemic depth approach
A practitioner seeking to to achieve your ICF credential
Not the right fit if you are
Earlier in your career
Seeking foundational management training
Looking for coaching outside the executive context
Unable to commit to the program’s rigor
Program structure
Advanced training that respects executive reality. A highly flexible, cohort-driven structure designed to adapt to your schedule.
Two live sessions weekly
90-120 minutes each, scheduled across Americas and Europe time zones. Recorded in case you cannot attend live.
Coaching practice with feedback
Over a dozen peer coaching opportunities, five of each with formal written feedback on official ICF competency markers.
Mentor coaching, group and 1:1
Seven group mentor coaching sessions plus three individual ones with ICF certified mentor coaches. All senior leaders like you.
1:1 executive coaching cycle
Four 60 min individual sessions with a seasoned executive coach. Your confidential space and time to further development.
Asynchronous learning at your pace
70+ hours of proprietary material including primers, frameworks, and reflection prompts on the mobile-friendly Thinkific® platform.
Optional add on sessions
From a Hogan certification to webinars, peer and pro-bono coaching sessions, you can expand the experience to fit your goals.
GLOBAL CLIENT PARTNERS
TESTIMONIALS“I can't begin to express how valuable this development was. I wish I had done this as a younger leader.
“Even if you don't want to be a coach, if you manage people, lead organizations, boards or teams, these skills are invaluable.”
— Arthur Fleischmann, Former Group CEO, john st. & Ogilvy Canada. Country Lead, WPP Canada
“The program was incredible and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to advance their coaching skills.
“Fabiana is an outstanding leader and coach.”
— Esther Benzie, CEO, Canadian Marketing Association · Brand and Advertiser Executive · Board Director
“I've done MBAs and executive development. Nothing came close to this level of personalization.
“Fabiana honed in on my specific challenges with refreshing honesty. I left every session with come-to-Jesus moments and a clear path forward..”
— Joey Jollymore, Senior Partner and SAP Service Lead, Americas, EPI-USE Labs · Former General Manager, IT Retail, JD Irving
UPCOMING COHORTS
Claristrat Advanced Method™ · Level 2 · ICF PCC Path
This program is designed for senior leaders who have achieved at the highest level and want to develop others with the same rigor that got them there, in their current role or as the foundation for a credentialed practice.
What’s included (see further details on the program page)
125+h of coaching education, including 70+h of live teaching and practice
7 group + 3 individual mentor coaching sessions · 60 min each
4 individual executive coaching sessions · 60 min each
Hogan Leadership Series · 90-minute personal debrief
ICF PCC credential documentation and portfolio guidance
Claristrat Advanced Method™ program access and licensed practitioner use
Peer cohort · maximum 8 C- and SVP-level leaders
Next steps
After payment you will receive a confirmation email and a link to schedule your alignment conversation.
Questions before enrolling? Schedule a conversation →
Claristrat Method™ · Level 1 · ICF ACC Path
This program is designed for senior leaders who have achieved at the highest level and want to develop others with the same rigor that got them there — in their current role or as the foundation for a credentialed practice.
What’s included (see further details on the program page)
105+ hours of coaching education, including 50+ hours live and 55+ hours self-paced
7 group + 3 individual mentor coaching sessions · 60 min each
4 individual executive coaching sessions · 60 min each
Hogan Leadership Series · 90-minute personal debrief
ICF ACC credential documentation and portfolio guidance
Claristrat Core Method™ program access and licensed practitioner use
Peer cohort · maximum 8 C- and SVP-level leaders
Next steps
After payment you will receive a confirmation email and a link to schedule your alignment conversation. Applicants who do not meet entry criteria receive a full refund within 5 business days.
Questions before enrolling? Schedule a conversation →
TRY THE METHOD FIRST
Next Chapter Leadership Bootcamp
This program is designed for senior leaders who have achieved at the highest level and want to design their next steps with the same rigor that got them there: as the foundation for an intentional leadership posture and journey.
What’s included (see further details on the program page)
6 weeks of duration
6 live group sessions · 90-120 min each
Hogan Leadership Series profiling and personalized reporting (1,000 USD value)
Next Chapter Leadership Map containing
Leadership Profile and Statement: your capabilities, motivations and next chapter goals
Systemic Field Map: overview of your dynamic leadership field and levers, focused on next chapter goals
Pattern Reframes: recurring leadership loops which kept you from full potentiality, and respective de-triggers
North Start and Pathfinding Guide: vision, principles, and next steps to your next leadership chapter
Mobilization Narrative: your transition pitch and storytelling tools, fit-to-purpose to your audience (and yourself)
Peer cohort · maximum 20 experienced people leaders
Next steps
After payment you will receive a confirmation email and a link to perform your Hogan leadership series profiling.
Questions before enrolling? Schedule a conversation →
The ICF competencies tell you what good coaching looks like. The Method teaches how you can achieve it every time, while guiding senior leaders and their teams towards durable solutions which behavioral approaches miss.
12 complete modules shape
A truly executive coaching approach
ADVANCED EXECUTIVE COACHING PROGRAM CURRICULUMARC I — INTENTIONAL AWARENESS · WEEKS 1–41. Foundations of Professional Coaching
The ethical and structural backbone of coaching practice: clarity of agreements, psychological safety, disciplined presence, and session architecture aligned with ICF’s latest competency set.
2. Expanding Awareness
Listening beyond content to emotion, pattern, assumption, tempo, and bias. Developing interpretive discipline without defaulting into boxed judging.
ARC II — DYNAMIC MEANING · WEEKS 5–83. Systemic Meaning-Making
Identifying loops, leverage points, and self-fulfilling narratives across emotional, relational, and organizational layers. Seeing beyond symptoms.
4. Directional Coherence
Facilitating semantic reframing and clarifying a client's North Star as embodied orientation. Visioning that is disciplined, ethical, and systemically grounded.
ARC III — ITERATIVE TRANSFORMATION · WEEKS 9–125. Operational Pathfinding
Detecting coherence gaps between aspirational values and operative behaviors. Designing iterative forward movement that holds under real-world pressure.
6. Organizational Application
Multi-stakeholder contracting, ethical assessment integration and practice foundations: proposals, positioning, and development planning.
ARC IV — ADVANCED THRESHOLD · WEEKS 13–187. Coaching Maturity
The shift from coaching competency to systematic discernment; calibrated to PCC marker standards through observed coaching, complex case analysis, and structured supervision practice.
8. Coaching the Collective
The pivot to coaching at the collective scale. Multi-stakeholder contracting and trust building, listening across the collective field, and the developmental ceiling as the collective boundary to effectiveness.
ARC V — SYSTEMIC DECODING · WEEKS 19–229. Collective Meaning Flows
The systemic reading of the loops that determine what a team can trust, think, decide, and do together. Working with these flows rather than the surface behaviors that result from them.
10. Collective Maturity
Gauging the team developmental edge reflected through power, authority, and influence exchanges; then mapping the respective systemic affordances and leverage points for amplifying these.
ARC VI — COLLECTIVE DESIGN · WEEKS 23–2611. Dynamics Design
The structured operations for effective team culture: governance, accountability rituals, role clarity, and the relationship with sponsors. Hawkins' Five Disciplines in the Claristrat frame.
12. Complexity Management
Leading through disruption with creativity in visioning, decision-making in complexity, and applied business design for operating structures that hold under real-world pressure.
HOW TO APPLYFour steps to
Your executive coach certification
1. Apply to a cohort
At the cohorts page, pick your dates and fill up the checkout form with the required application information. Your seat will be held throughout the acceptance process.
2. Get accepted
We’ll book a 30-minute conversation to discuss your goals for the program. If cohort placement is not optimal, your payment is refunded in full.
3. Map your personal path
You will complete the Hogan Series and have a dedicated session with faculty to explore how your go-to leadership behaviors, values, and motivations map to your coaching pathway and goals. With a plan to ensure the program addresses your core strengths and edges.
4. Begin the work
Regardless of when your cohort starts, you’ll get fast-tracked access to the asynchronous lessons and program materials so you cover those at your pace. You’ll also receive calendar invitations for the upcoming live sessions.
Not ready to choose?
Speak with us.
TO THINK IT FURTHER
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSEvidence-based
human leadership development
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Executive coaching is the skillset required for, and respective practice of, coaching clients holding executive leadership positions at their organizations. Team coaching is exercised when the client is a leadership team instead of an individual leader. Team coaches are best equipped to optimize the dynamics and effectiveness of boards, ELTs and functional leaders as a group.
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Yes, in addition to delivering on all the requirements for the PCC certification, this program also prepares graduates for their ACTC if they so desire the additional credential.
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Most senior leaders begin with the Professional Certificate in Systemic Coaching (the ACC path). It is the entry point to the Claristrat Method™ and the foundation every other level builds on. The Advanced Certificate (PCC) is for credentialed coaches (or those ready to commit to the longer haul) looking to work systemically with leaders and the organizations they lead through.
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All Claristrat programs have been designed to meet their respective ICF level requirement through the portfolio path. Faculty supervision and full application documentation are included.
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ACC, PCC, and ACTC are three credential levels of the International Coach Federation. Each one represents a deeper standard of coaching practice (including documented hours), mentorship or supervision, and ethical discipline. The Claristrat path mirrors these levels and adds the systemic and developmental depth standard programs omit.
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No prior coaching experience is required for the Professional or Advanced Certification paths. Prior coaching experience is welcome and respected, and the method is taught from the foundation. Note that 20+ years of senior leadership experience are required for every Claristrat program.
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Several Claristrat coaches have had their certifications sponsored by their employer through L&D budget allocation. We provide documentation to support an internal business case. For team sponsorships and co-delivery arrangements, contact us for an overview of our Corporate Programs.
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The method is fully structured around the latest ICF Core Competencies published in 2025. Every asynchronous and live session in the program aligns to the specific competency markers the ICF will measure your coaching expertise upon. Graduates leave with the documented evidence required for their desired ICF application.