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Our Positive Coach Leader Program
ICF Level 1 Certification
Your Pathway to ICF ACC Credentials

Developing Next Generation Coaches at the Forefront of Transformation

Our Positive Coach Leader is the next generation International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited coaching program which harnesses the skills highly sought after and required by leaders in the current and Future of the Workplace, including Emotional Inteligence, Positive Psychology, Psychological Safety, Agility, Wellbeing, Resilience, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) by building positive relationships and becoming more effective at work.

Recent research confirms that coaching creates positive workplaces which are ultimately more productive, agile, innovative, are able to retain talent and more profitable.

Our program has been designed to meet ICF Level 1 Accreditation and is intended to provide participants with coach education that is accredited by ICF Coaching Education. The program is 64 hours and is designated pathway to becoming an ACC credentialed coach with ICF.

Graduates from a Level 1 education and training programs may apply for the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) Credential using the Level 1 application path if they meet the credentialing requirements.

Our Positive Coach Leader ICF Level 1 Coach Accreditation program is offered in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Society of Professional Training.

Next Hong Kong Cohort – 5 February 2025
(In-Person) – Details Here

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Why Our ICF Level 1 Program?

Future-Proof Your Career

Next Generation Coaching Program focused on skills to thrive the Future of Work including Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology, Agility, Wellbeing, Resilience, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the current Age of Digitalization Transformation.

Top-Tier Coach Faculty

Our program faculty are MCC, PCC and ACC with significant corporate experience as ListCo Chair & Board of Director and on Global Committees at ICF Foundation and ICF Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

World-Class Expertise

Our program director lectures & coaches with Top Global Business Schools at Melbourne Business School, Birmingham Business School and Emeritus (in partnership with Top Global Business Schools).

APAC Tailored - Global Focused

Asia Pacific tailored program delivered in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore designed for specific nuances of becoming an ICF Credentialed Coach in the Asia Pacific region, with a Global outlook.

Expert-Led Transformation

Our program founders are ICF MCC & PCC with significant experience coaching at C-Suite levels and delivered some of the world’s largest corporate Digital & Cultural Transformation Programs.

Professional Coach Training Structure

Training Content

Learning Labs
12-two hours sessions to learn the ICF Gold Standard of Coaching Core Competencies including:

01

Demonstrates Ethical Practice

02

Embodies a Coaching Mindset

03

Establishes and Maintains Agreement

04

Cultivates Trust and Safety

05

Maintains Presence

06

Listens Actively

07

Evokes Awareness

08

Cultivating Learning and Growth

Practical Labs
12-two hours sessions of coaching practice supervised by ICF Professional Certified Coaches. Participants will get feedback of their coaching competencies and learn 12 different real life coaching cases with debriefing led by practising coach supervisor.
Learning Assignments
There is pre-reading for the training course, 6 hours of reflective learning, 1 research paper writing and submission of 30 minutes of coaching recording demonstrating participant’s coaching skills.
Mentor Coaching

10 hours mentor coaching (which 3 hours are 1-on-1)

Next Regional Cohort - April 2025 
(Online Program)

Our next Regional Cohort is in April 2025, details as follows:

24 hours – Learning Lab
24 hours – Practical Lab
16 hours – Learning assignments & mentor coaching*

Total = 64 hours – ICF Level 1 Certification

*includes the 10 hours Mentor Coaching required for your ACC Application.

This program will be Online via Zoom.

Learning Labs

 

Practical Labs

 

Dates

Time

Dates

Time

Saturday 05 April 2025

9am – 3pm (6 Hours)

Saturday 10 May 2025

9am – 1pm (4 Hours)

Saturday 12 April 2025*

9am – 3pm (6 Hours)

Saturday 17 May 2025

9am – 1pm (4 Hours)

Saturday 26 April 2025

9am – 3pm (6 Hours)

Saturday 24 May 2025

9am – 1pm (4 Hours)

Saturday 03 May 2025

9am – 3pm (6 Hours)

Saturday 31 May 2025

9am – 1pm (4 Hours)

 

 

Saturday 07 June 2025

9am – 1pm (4 Hours)

 

 

Saturday 14 June 2025

9am – 1pm (4 Hours)

Total

24 Hours

Total

24 Hours

* One week break for Good Friday & Easter holiday in Hong Kong & Singapore.

Your Investment – Your Level 1 Certification:

  • Hong Kong – HKD$33,000
  • Malaysia – RM16,000
  • Singapore – SGD5,000
  • International – USD4,500

Please enquire about our Early Bird, Corporate, Inhouse, Group, NGO & Non Profits Discounts.

Meet Our Coaching Faculty

Eric Toh

Eric Toh

Leona Wan

Leona Wan

Wilson Li

Wilson Li

Kenneth Chai

Kenneth Chai

Zahrah Zaid

Zahrah Zaid

Venus Leung

Venus Leung

Eric Toh, PCC

Eric Toh
eric.toh@etpotential.com
+60 17644 6032

Eric is a seasoned executive coach and management consultant with over 25 years’ professional experience in Asia, Europe, USA and Australia. Eric is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and on ICF’s Global Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Cultural Committee (2022 – 2024).

Eric has an MBA, USA and a BSc (Honours), Australia and worked at senior levels at KPMG in Australia and London. With extensive experience with training and coaching assessments, Eric is a DISC Master Trainer with DISC Flow® and Master Trainer for Genos® International Emotional Intelligence.

He is accredited in MBTI® Step II, Leadership Analysis Effectiveness (LEA360™) and official authorised trainer for Country Navigator™, Culture Wizard™ (both cultural and diversity profile assessments) and Implicitly® (Harvard University’s Unconscious Bias Assessment). Eric is also a Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) Accredited Train the Trainer (TTT) in Malaysia

Leona Wan, MCC

Leona Wan
leona.wan@etpotential.com
+852 9273 5058

Leona is a passionate coach. Her mission is to promote and sustain her clients’ successes. She specialises in inspiring her clients to deliver their personal best. In her most recent appointments with MNCs, she supported her clients to excel in their leadership competencies and to engage their teams to deliver higher performance.

Leona is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), American Board of NLP Master Coach and a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia.

Leona believes that awareness and flexibility makes you the most influential person. Leona draws from a corporate experience of over 30 years including senior leadership roles in frontline operations, financial services and external consultancy. Her philosophy is that people are the most valuable resources of an organisation and leaders get results via their people. Her success is based on building positive relationships by focusing on resourcefulness and creativity of human potential.

 

Wilson Li, PCC

Wilson Li
wilson.li@etpotential.com
+852 6903 5109

With over 25 years of extensive professional experience in managing businesses and teams in multinational corporations (MNC) and smaller organisations across diverse markets, Wilson’s transition to Executive Coaching in 2015 was natural due to his combined passion for talent development as well as customer and commercial centricity.

Wilson’s experience includes working with Shell (the global energy corporation), and expatriate assignments in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the United Kingdom. He brings a wealth of experience in leading people and teams from sales & operations, brand & marketing, business development and strategy.

Aided by his own diverse background (Chinese with a UK upbringing), he has invaluable experience in effectively leading teams and engaging stakeholders from diverse markets and cultures (from mature to developing markets as well as west and east cultures).

He has now conducted over 600 hours of coaching with senior level executives. Due to his professional and diverse background, Wilson is a highly sought-after Coach for C-Suite leaders, emerging leaders as well as in the arena of career coaching.

Kenneth Chai, PCC

Kenneth Chai
kenneth.chai@etpotential.com
+60 12-225 5352

Kenneth is a corporate director and he serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director in a public listed company. He is passionate about helping organisations achieve success in their sustainable business journeys, and developing and empowering their leaders.

He is an Ambassador of the International Coaching Federation Foundation, a member of the International Coaching Federation, and a member of the International Coaching Federation Malaysia Charter Chapter. He is also a Certified Sustainability Practitioner and a member ofthe Institute of Certified Sustainability Practitioners.

Kenneth is a Professional Certified Coach credentialed by the International Coaching Federation and a HRD Corp Accredited Trainer. As a coach and facilitator, Kenneth is passionate about facilitating executive, leadership and personal development and transformation so that people become better versions of themselves at their workplaces and in their personal lives.

Specialising in emotional intelligence, Kenneth shapes emotionally intelligent future leaders, develops leaders to lead with emotional intelligence, and helps people connect better with others and achieve their desired results.

Zahrah Zaid, ACC

Zahrah Zaid
zahrah.zaid@etpotential.com

+60 12 326 6881

Zahrah is an experienced leadership coach, facilitator and senior HR practitioner. She is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Zarah is a Genos® International Emotional Intelligence (EI) Practitioner and a Certified Insights Discovery® Practitioner.

With an MBA and BSc from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, Zahrah has held senior HR positions including as CHRO Malaysia Airlines and Danone. Zahrah works with senior executives at C-Suite level for global multinational corporations (MNC) and a number of major Malaysian Government Linked Companies (GLCs) in Cultural Transformation, Talent, Organisation Development, Learning & Development.

Venus Leung, ACC


venus.leung@etpotential.com

+852 9102 6275

Venus is deeply passionate about fostering personal growth and empowering individuals to reach their fullest potential. She firmly believes that inspiration, empowerment, and love are key factors in unlocking personal and professional success. Venus provides dedicated support to her clients, assisting them in transitioning between opportunities and excelling in their roles, ultimately enabling them to become high performers within their organizations.

Venus has an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, showcasing her strong educational background. Additionally, she holds Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has acquired the role of Master Trainer for DISC Flow®.

With over 20 years of extensive experience in global and cross-cultural management across various corporate positions. This vast experience led her to emerge as a professional coach and learning facilitator. In addition to conducting DISC certification and other training programs, Venus actively engages with clients in career coaching and corporate training initiatives.

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