A tool is only as good as the mind behind it. Build the discernment to choose, sequence, and hold tools well - so they serve presence instead of replacing it.
The opening lesson of the course. It's the ethos that runs through all six modules.
Lesson 1.1.1 · 7 minutes · Module 1, Unit 1: The Hand, Not the Tool. Or browse the full course playlist.
Most CCE on the market is a single talk you sit through, claim hours for, and forget. This course is built differently.
Six practical shifts. Each is something you'll do differently in your next session.
Run the five-move discernment loop before reaching for a worksheet - and recognise the moments when staying with what's alive beats any tool.
Co-name the intended shift with the client - awareness, clarity, action, integration - before picking the instrument. The conversation changes when the purpose has a name.
Purpose, format, time, readiness. A repeatable check you can run in real time, not a memorised tool list.
Sequence tools across sessions toward client growth - and diagnose what to do when a chain breaks mid-engagement.
Tools as vehicles for the client's insight, never a substitute for your presence. The mind behind the tool stays the point.
A personal decision aid you can pull up in a session, tuned to the niches you actually coach. Tested against unseen scenarios in the final module.
Each module goes deep on one move in the discernment loop. Hours and ICF Core Competency split are documented per lesson in your learner workspace.
If you're claiming these hours toward a credential, here's how each of the eight ICF Core Competencies shows up in the course - the ones we go deep on, the ones we touch in passing, and the one we don't cover.
Deepened means at least one full lesson teaches the competency directly. Touched means it shows up in a chain or selection moment. The 3 mandatory ethics renewal hours aren't claimed here - earn those elsewhere. A detailed lesson-by-competency map is included in your learner workspace once you enroll.
Two quick lists so you can self-select before you enroll.
Not "led by" - written, recorded, and reviewed by an active Master Certified Coach. No guest faculty, no ghostwritten modules.
Cherie is the co-founder and CEO of Tandem Coaching with over 20 years as a corporate leader turned professional coach. She ranks in the top 3.7% of 56,000+ credentialed coaches worldwide and was named the #16 most influential coach by Global Gurus. Her background in executive, leadership, and agile coaching - paired with deep organizational design expertise - shapes how this course teaches discernment over collection. Cherie is one of only 215 Accredited Coaching Supervisors worldwide with EMCC and co-author of the Enterprise Agile Coaching book.
Cherie on LinkedIn41 short video lessons (5 to 9 minutes each). Watch on any device. No live sessions to schedule around.
No 30-day, 90-day, or one-year limit. Come back to a module when you take on a new client niche or your practice shifts.
Finish the verification checks and submit the Tool-Selection Map capstone. You'll get a shareable certificate of completion suitable for LinkedIn and L&D reimbursement.
14 framework worksheets and chain cards, 4 niche-specific tool-chain sets, and the Tool-Selection Map capstone. Yours to use in client sessions long after the course.
One short form, no credit card. Your account is set up immediately - you can be in the first lesson within 60 seconds.
Enroll now and the course is yours, free, for life - even after we turn pricing on for new learners.
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Really free, no catch. The course is at $0 while its ICF CCE accreditation is in review. Pricing turns on once accreditation lands - and if you enrolled before that, the course stays yours, free, for life.
What we ask in return: your email so we can let you know when the CCE designation lands, and the chance to learn from how you use the material.
Once ICF approves the CCE designation for this course, the 20.0 instructional hours - 14 Core Competency, 6 Resource Development - will count toward your renewal CCE requirement. Pre-approval, completion still earns you the certificate and the learning, but the hours aren't yet claimable as ICF CCE.
The course doesn't claim the 3 mandatory ethics renewal hours - earn those elsewhere.
Right Tool, Right Mind. Five moves you run in the moment: Read the Moment (is a tool called for at all?), Name the Purpose (what shift am I after?), Match the Tool (four-dimension fit check), Chain the Sequence (sequencing across sessions), Hold Presence (the tool serves presence, never substitutes for it).
The "mind" is the point. A tool in the wrong hands is dangerous. The course teaches the hand.
You can enroll, but the course assumes coaching foundations. If you haven't trained in the ICF Core Competencies yet, start with our free Coaching Foundations module on the ACC certification page - that gives you the grounding this course builds on.
If you're pre-credential but have been through coaching training elsewhere, you'll be fine.
20 hours of structured content. Most coaches complete it across 3-6 weeks at 3-5 hours per week. There's no deadline - your access doesn't expire.
Module 5 (worked tool-chains in context) is self-paced by niche - you pick the chains that match your practice, so you can finish in less time if you focus on your niches.
Three things you keep using:
1. A personal Tool-Selection Map - a one-page decision aid you build during Module 6 and can pull up in a real session.
2. 17 resources - 14 framework worksheets and chain cards, 4 niche-specific tool-chain sets, the Map capstone.
3. A certificate of completion - shareable on LinkedIn; suitable for L&D reimbursement; carries the ICF CCE-Approved Program badge once accreditation lands.
During the free window there's no cost to reimburse. Once the course transitions to paid pricing, we issue an invoice and a verifiable certificate - both standard L&D documentation. Confirm your specific policy with HR.
Tandem's flagship programs are ICF Level 1 (ACC) and Level 2 (PCC) - those are credential-earning programs that take you from no coaching credential to ACC or PCC. Months long, instructor-led, with practice sessions and mentor coaching.
This course is a specialization for coaches who already have foundations. It's narrower in scope (tool discernment specifically), shorter (20 hours), self-paced, and complements - rather than replaces - credential training.
The course is yours, free, for life - if you enroll before ICF CCE approval lands. Setup takes 60 seconds.
