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Level 1 coach education program, accredited globally by the International Coaching Federation

Transform your leadership and coaching through enjoyable, enriching online learning.

Discover your natural coaching powers, based on your own strengths and style.

Take your formal coaching qualifications to the next level.

Refine the art and science of co-creative dialogue.

Make a bigger, better difference.

Who is this program really for?


boas coaching essentials is a learning experience tailored for those who understand the power of co-creative dialogue.

This online program is designed for seasoned professionals seeking to extend, deepen, and refine their conversational skills. Coaching skills are not only for coaches! We welcome a broad range of like-minded individuals, including:

  • experienced or soon-to-be professional coaches
  • business and community leaders 
  • managers with coaching responsibilities
  • senior HR professionals
  • entrepreneurs and investors
  • board members and non-executive directors
  • facilitators and consultants
  • in-house coaches and advisors
  • clinical and organisational psychologists
  • educators engaged in adult learning
  • philanthropists and social innovators


Are you ready to bring your whole self into the learning process, uncovering, identifying, and activating your inner resources and natural coaching powers? 

 

If your answer is "Yes", you're in the right place... read on!

By the end of the boas coaching essentials program,
you'll have...

  • Learned to apply the boas via model (vocation integration alignment) as a deep structure in all your coaching dialogues.

  • Discovered other boas tools for transformation that will guide and support you in any co-creative conversation.

  • Explored essential themes in coaching, including nonverbal communication, somatic coaching, and the integration of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels of leadership.

  • Deepened your understanding of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Core Competencies and their use in cultivating an ethical and effective coaching practice. 

  • Identified and strengthened your own coaching style through a powerful blend of group workshops, self-led learning, peer practice, and individual mentor coaching.

  • Joined a dynamic learning community of peers who will support your personal and professional growth.

  • Prepared for your next professional credential by graduating from a globally-recognised, ICF-accredited program.
I'm ready!

Here’s what's you get when you purchase your boas essentials program

Two 10-hour
modules

to explore via and accord
tools for transformation

Ten hours of
mentor coaching

to transform your
coaching practice

Ten self-directed videos

to deepen your understanding of the ICF Core Competencies

Co-coaching opportunities


within a selected team of learners

Expert
feedback


on your coaching practice

Comprehensive evaluation

of a coaching session, with formal assessment by our expert faculty on behalf of the ICF

The coaching essentials program comprises a total of 60 program hours.
Half of these hours are self-paced, while the other half are delivered live.

The live sessions for #1 and #2 take place online and are scheduled to suit time zones worldwide.

Click here to see the full calendar

 

It has given my life a deeper meaning as a person and thus as a coach. The programme challenged my assumptions and dissolved boundaries. It expanded my business horizon. It guided me in my search for new ways to express myself. It has given me the courage to share what I believe in: transcending differences... I thank Zora for showing me my via.

 

Anneliese Monden

Master Certified Coach MCC, Author of 'The 3D-Leader' & 'Be your own leader'

Click on your chosen BLACK FRIDAY price below to sign up now.

Our fantastic BLACK FRIDAY prices for 2025 are now open for your registration!  

We have fantastic SEASONAL prices open now for our April 2025 program.

And, we are discounting this online course deeply for members of our online community.

By signing up now, you can take advantage of massive savings on the price of your participation in the program!

The regular price of this program is $11,338.

But... in addition to our amazing BLACK FRIDAY prices, members of LIFEdance Community benefit from deep discounts, so you can join us for around a third of the full price!

Not a LIFEdance Community member yet? 
 Become a member for only $470 per year and enjoy all the benefits of being part of the LIFEdance Community.
Read more about LIFEdance memberships

 

BLACK FRIDAY

non-member price

$ 5,594

 

BLACK FRIDAY

member price

$ 3,794

 

BLACK FRIDAY

member price

$ 738

Faculty

Sara 'Zora' Boas

Sara Boas, MCC, MA, RDMP - known to her friends as Zora, is the Founding Director of boas and the director of training for the coaching essentials program and the boas professional coach certification. Her via coaching model forms part of a full set of tools for transformation which are used to transform leadership in business, the public sector, research institutions, NGOs and the arts.

Zora is an award-winning leadership expert, who has been coaching professionally for more than 30 years and has worked with many thousands of individuals across 100 countries, on 5 continents. She is a pioneer of the coaching profession, having founded her coaching business in 1987, several years before the start of the International Coaching Federation.

In 2007, Zora was a recipient of the Top 30 Global Gurus 'Leadership Gurus Award of Excellence'. This award is bestowed upon individuals who have attained the recognition of their peers and the general public for the originality, practicality and impact of their ideas, and for their visionary leadership.

Creativity and innovation are at the heart of her lifelong journey of transforming leadership and leading transformation. While continuing to partner with global corporate and institutional clients, as she and her team have done for several decades, she is now also making her unique approach more available to the many individuals who seek to work with her directly. 

Her subscription membership, LIFEdance Community, brings coaches and leaders together to refine and deepen the art of co-creative conversation. Her LIFEdance Academy provides professional Mentor Coaching, masterclasses, leadership education, and a transformational Accredited Coach Training Program. Through the cultivation of potent presence, embodied learning, timeless connection, and enlivening growth, LIFEdance programs put co-creative conversation at the heart of leadership, guided by the motto ‘Live your dance, Dance your life!

 

 

Linda Spencer

Linda Spencer is a skilled Coach, Mentor, Trainer and Programme designer, and has been working with boas since 2012. Linda brings an in-depth understanding of the demands of sophisticated, complex and global businesses from her own international leadership experience with major industrial companies. She is passionate about integrating personal development with the delivery of business results.

She holds a Master’s degree in Coaching and Mentoring Practice and is an International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach (MCC).

Linda’s approach is informed by her study of psychology, philosophy and leadership. Her work encompasses developing a deeper understanding of the self and the pursuit of values, strengths and authenticity. A supportive and challenging critical thinking partner, she helps leaders widen perspectives, identify challenging goals and maintain tenacity in the process of transformation.

Linda’s research on the role of coaching in helping leaders convert learning experiences into lasting personal and professional change has been published in a peer-reviewed journal. .

 

 

Barbara Alfors

Barbara Alfors is a PCC Certified Coach through the ICF, a certified via® coach and member of the International Coach Federation, and was formerly a registered architect in California. Training with boas partners profoundly deepened her previous training completed with Co-Active Coaching (CTI).

Barbara has been coordinating and designing educational coaching events as part of the Education Leadership Team of her local ICF chapter, and recently completed a two-year term on the board as Director of Education. Barbara also hosts many LIFEdance Community and LIFEdance Academy offerings, including the weekly LIFEdance Community Circle sessions.

Barbara’s coaching style is to use intuition, embodiment, and presence to help her coachees to new insights, and to use validation and normalization to help coachees to have more confidence about themselves as they are. Barbara combines various methodologies in order to support clients into discovery, clarity and inspired action. Barbara’s combined experience with leadership in the workplace and her extensive coach training positions her to be a highly effective coach in a wide variety of situations, from supporting leadership and managers in reaching their next goals, to coaching around more personal goals such as clarifying their purpose and path, to working with clients who have mild anxiety or similar concerns.

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