Smart Growth Certification
Get Certified – Join an elite group of talent development professionals and coaches who are helping leaders across the globe achieve peak performance.
What Is Smart Growth Certification?
We are hardwired to grow, and when we understand growth, we can grow faster. The Smart Growth Certification program gives you the tools to start meaningful conversations about growth with individuals, teams, and clients.
As a Certified
Smart Growth Advisor …
Smart Growth Model
Be qualified to coach others using the proven Smart Growth Model
S Curve Insight Tool
Have access to the S Curve Insight Tool and other valuable resources for use with your clients
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Supportive Community
Join a supportive community of like-minded peers and mentors with regularly scheduled engagements
A Certification Program Designed for You
Who Is a Certification Candidate?
Internal Coaches and Talent Development Professionals
The Smart Growth Certification is for you if you are a leader, internal coach, or talent development professional interested in combating retention challenges and quiet quitting with loud, positive support for your team members’ growth goals and journeys.
Independent Consultants, Coaches, and Trainers
The Smart Growth Certification is for you if you are an independent consultant, coach, or trainer looking for breakthrough methods to support your clients so they can capitalize on change and disruptions—both individually and at a team level.
Our certification is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for 40 CCE hours. Through our certification, ICF coaches receive 21 core competency hours and 19 resource development hours upon completion.
Those Dedicated to Fostering Individual Growth and Organizational Development
The Smart Growth Certification is for you if you want a surefire system for helping your team accelerate individual growth while also becoming a catalyst for organizational growth.
Why Become a Certified
Smart Growth Advisor?
Individuals who become certified learn how to support others as they navigate growth and disruption using the Smart Growth model. The program is highly experiential and informative, blending in-depth courses with independent reflection, assimilation, and practice.
This is not a “coaching skills” training.
Benefits of Certification
Deepen the impact of your career
Help leaders transform their organizations
Demystify the emotional experience of growth
Experience personal growth and development
Build your network
Earn 40 continuing coaching education hours (21 core competency, 19 resource development)
What You’ll Learn
Course Topics
Leveraging the Smart Growth Framework
The S Curve of Growth
An S-shaped model that maps the experience of personal growth in three phases: Launch Point, Sweet Spot, and Mastery
Seven Accelerants of Growth
The tools, resources, skills, and professional competencies needed to climb the S Curve and maximize your growth potential
Ecosystems for Growth
The resources and relationships that make growth possible for individuals and teams
Keys to Coaching for Smart Growth
How to Utilize the S Curve Insight Tool to Discover and Maximize Growth Potential
Course Overview
Smart Growth Course
Deep dive into the concepts of disruption and Smart Growth via our online, asynchronous Smart Growth Course
10 hours + reading Smart Growth and
Disrupt Yourself
Live Sessions
Join us live (either in person or virtually, depending on the program) for an experiential learning course to integrate the concepts, apply them to real-world situations, and build a community
Post-Work
Consolidate your learnings through asynchronous assessments and application, including coaching demos on Smart Growth and the S Curve Insight Tool
15 hours (includes coaching individuals
in Smart Growth)
Ready to Get Started?
Upcoming Dates
November 19–21, 2024 – Virtual
2025 Dates Coming Soon
Virtual Live Session Programs
$3,800
The virtual Smart Growth Certification programs are a powerful way to earn your certification from the comfort of your home or office.
Testimonials
What Certified Smart Growth Advisors Are Saying
“What I say about going through this certification and [to] anyone who might be thinking about it is you actually experience it. It makes you a better coach because you can relate to where others are in their growth. It’s a very relatable and excellent experience… And boy did I learn some things about myself, as well.”
Professional Certified Coach
September 2023 Cohort
“The biggest benefit of Smart Growth Certification is the idea that we can open a whole new way of thinking about learning and lifelong learning, and apply it to almost every situation in life. And so we find ourselves at different launch points in our lives. It’s this wonderful way of looking at where we currently are, where we want to be, and continually being open to launch points, wherever they are.”
Consultant
March 2023 Cohort
“I have a whole new toolbox around how to think about talent, how to think about teams, how to think about performance differently, and how to tie the performance of individuals and teams to the value of the organization.”
HR Executive
March 2023 Cohort
“I feel [Smart Growth] will have a transformational impact on talent development professionals who are working to improve the talent lifecycle of employees they serve.”
HR Manager & Coach
July 2024 Cohort
Upcoming Informational Webinars
Learn about Smart Growth Certification
Join us for a free introductory webinar to understand how the Smart Growth Certification demystifies growth, supports individual and team development, and operationalizes a growth mindset.
Learn more about upcoming certification sessions, with virtual and in-person options available. Webinar attendees get 10% off program costs.
Make Real Growth a Reality
Want to learn more about Smart Growth but unable to attend a webinar? We’d love to connect with you!
Schedule a virtual one-on-one meeting to ensure that the Smart Growth Certification is the right fit for you.
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