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TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE IS AT THE CORE OF OUR WORK AT VDI

In our programs, we hold safe spaces of transformative growth for participants, so they can experience first-hand the beauty, richness and messiness of development.

We walk the fine line between challenge and support, equipping leaders with the insights and practical tools they need to become catalysts for collective development in their teams and organisations.

ICF COACH TRAINING

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ICF COACH TRAINING |

SELF-PACED ONLINE PROGRAM

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SELF-PACED ONLINE PROGRAM |

VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES FOR COACHES AND LEADERS

Turning the science of Vertical Development into the practice of Coaching.

This unique, online, self-paced certification program supports existing coaches, leaders, as well as facilitators, educators and L&D practitioners to integrate cutting-edge research on vertical development into their day-to-day work with clients and teams.

It is most suitable for those who are already familiar with foundational coaching skills and are keen to focus on integrating vertical development into their work.

The program includes:

  • 10 modules

  • 5h of video lessons

  • 200 page coach’s handbook and reflective journal

  • Shifting Horizons developmental self-assessment and report

  • Downloadable coaching resources you can take into your client work

  • Life-long access to program platform and all resources, including future updates

  • Eight live mentoring sessions (one every 6 weeks) to be taken in your own time.

  • Rigorous synthesis of existing and original research from across multiple schools of thought in adult development

  • Proprietary model of vertical development coaching

  • Membership into the Vertical Development Institute, with access to growing library of VD resources and community of researchers and practitioners

  • Scholarships are available for research students, academics, educators and leaders in the not-for-profit sector

  • Accredited by the International Coaching Federation as a Continuing Coaching Education Program (40 CCEs: 34 Core Competency & 6 Resource Development)

WEBINARS

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WEBINARS |

Explore our library of free and paid webinars diving into different aspects of vertical development

BESPOKE CORPORATE PROGRAMS

For over 15 years Alis has been designeding and facilitated transformative learning programs in organisations large and small, across industries, sectors and cultures. She has coached hundreds of teams and senior leaders, supporting them in their growth.

As a practitioner, Alis balances group facilitation with executive coaching and brings her lens as a researcher in designing science-informed leadership programs and measuring ROI for organisational clients who invest in leadership development.

In her work with leaders, she is guided by a core underlying principle: the unconditional positive regard for the client’s resources and capacity to transform themselves. Alis believes a facilitator and coach’s role is to provide both developmental challenge and safe holding spaces for clients to safely get out of their comfort zone and tap into their developmental edge. In her work she seeks to be a clear, non-judgemental mirror that challenges with honesty and kindness. She is perpetually inspired and guided by one client’s words:

“The best quality of a coach is to be “un-dissappointable”

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Executive and team coaching

  • Long-form leadership program design and facilitation

  • Vertical development assessments and debrief

  • Professional coach training and mentoring (ICF accredited mentor)

  • Research on vertical development, leadership and transformative learning

SCHOLARSHIPS

At VDI we are committed to democratising personal and professional growth by making learning accessible to participants in the NFP sector - the people who often give so much (and so selflessly) to communities and are often locked out of learning because of prohibitive costs.

We offer scholarships on an ‘energy-exchange’ basis.

You tell us, in good faith, what you can contribute to the cost of the program you would like to attend. Choose a contribution significant enough to help you value the learning (and motivate you to put in the work) and affordable enough to not be a burden on your finances. We commit to covering the rest.

We offer one scholarship for every Diploma in Developmental Coaching Group and an unlimited number of scholarships for all our self-led programs.