Transform yourself and your practice
Learn with other coaches committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and belonging (DEIJB) in the workplace. Examine client cases. Raise ethical dilemmas. Work through personal barriers. Explore effective interventions – and avoid missteps.
Increase your confidence, courage and competence when coaching leaders around social justice issues
Many organizations now expect internal and external coaches to be versed and skilled in the domain of social-justice coaching. Our program helps to qualify you to work with their leaders.
The International Coaching Federation values supervision. ICF credential-holders may submit up to 10 hours of coaching supervision they receive as core competency Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units toward their credential renewal. Those who complete Social Justice in Coaching: Transforming Yourself & Your Practice will have received 10 hours of group supervision and one hour of individual supervision.
Social Justice in Coaching
We help you transform yourself and your practice through group supervision. Explore coaching situations and issues related to DEIJB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging) with colleagues and a trained coaching supervisor in 7 group sessions over 8 months.
This program has been approved for 10 core competency and 5 resource development hours by the ICF.
Self-awareness and balance
No matter your race, ethnic background or gender, DEIJB issues affecting the client or organization could set you off. During the program, identify situations that might impact your effectiveness and how you might address them from a place of steady resourcefulness.
More clarity, courage and confidence
Complete the program knowing where you stand, feeling confident to broach issues at the intersection of racial, ethnic and gender difference.
An ethical, competent and compassionate stance
Discover how to coach clients competently and compassionately to address their personal and organizational challenges related to systemic racism, ethnic prejudice and gender bias.
How often do you notice yourself experiencing the following?
Do you notice yourself answering ‘yes’ to any one of the following? This indicates you could benefit from our program.
Questioning whether to broach social-justice issues out of adherence to a professional norm of “meeting clients where they are”?
Uncertainty about whether the client’s presenting issue is actually related to race, gender, or ethnicity?
Fear of conflict when confronted with a client’s prejudices against a marginalized group?
Feeling triggered by your client's situation and/or attitude related to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and/or belonging?
Avoiding communication about potential differences when your client is not of your race, gender, or ethnicity?
A sense that attempts to discuss differences around race, ethnicity and/or gender are not as helpful as you had intended?
How it works
You will find it easy to benefit from the Social Justice in Coaching program. It is designed carefully so your learning flows from beginning to end.
Apply to our supervision program
We will then confirm your group based on your peferences and a supervisor will schedule your 30-minute orientaion call.
Confirm fit
Once you and the supervisor agree that this will be a good fit, you will receive an invoice, pay, and your place will be reserved.
Attend Group and Individual Supervision Sessions
You meet your cohort members and explore actual client cases and coaching issues mainly focused on social justice.
Certification
If you have attended the minimum number of sessions, you will receive a certificate confirming that you have completed this program.
Program Pricing
We are committed to making it possible for all coaches to benefit from the program regardless of their monetary circumstances. The equity rate is subsidized by generous donations and by participants who pay our benefactor rates.
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Topics from previous supervision groups
On the coach’s first, in-person visit, the client provides a campus tour. As they pass through a corridor in the main building, the coach notices hanging portraits of the institution’s past chairmen, who are all White. The 360-debrief starts with the client expressing a desire to be promoted, hoping the coaching will position them to “move up.”
In the middle of a senior-leadership team retreat, one of the nine members of the all-White management group tears up and protests, “How could my direct report call me racist? My partner is African American.” What had been a conversation about minority staff complaints about inequitable hiring practices and job assignments comes to an abrupt, awkward halt. All eyes turn toward the team coach.
An ally in the cause of racial justice, this White client, who is Jewish, reports the increasing emotional toll it is taking on them to be in the middle of “battles” between the all-White C-suite and the organization’s DEIJB working group. Lines are drawn around which social-justice initiatives to prioritize. In this context, trust is eroding between the client and two members of the working group, one Asian American, the other Black. The client asks for coaching on managing conflict.
The coach has started working with a department supervisor within the city hall of her New England hometown. Toward the end of the first session, she mentions she was once denied employment due to being White. Critical of affirmative action, she staunchly espouses meritocratic management practices and talks heatedly about “reverse discrimination.” The client manages an increasingly diverse, younger staff and wants coaching on “how to motivate those people.”
Recognizing his White-male privilege, the client seems remarkably forgiving of minority employees for their financially costly mistakes. Meanwhile, as head of the firm, he seems particularly tough on women executives. He wants the coach’s advice on what to communicate to the entire company about race and how to do so.
During a coaching session, the client brings up a recent argument had with the CEO concerning termination of Black employees. The CEO took umbrage with the client’s assessment that the corporation tolerates poor performance among its White employees but takes swift measures against BIPOC employees. Anxious, the client says he feels targeted.
The client is a 30-something operations director for a large conglomerate. He self-identifies as a biracial, cis-gendered male. He reports to a White division president who espouses social-justice values who has asked the client to lead a diversity initiative. The client reluctantly agrees -- reluctantly because the work lies well outside of his role, and he doubts senior leadership’s commitment to DEIJB is genuine.
Frequently Asked Questions
Training typically follows a curriculum with differing degrees of interactivity, depending on the training program and trainer. In our reflective supervision program, a coaching supervisor helps the members of your small group (no more than 7 members including the coaching supervisor) to explore your work, as coaches, through a DEIJB lens. After an initial meeting where members meet each other and decide how you will work together, a typical session will provide time for 1 - 2 members of the group to share a case or issue that they would like to explore through a DEIJB lens. In a final session, group members will explore together what they are taking away from their work together.
Yes. We are committed to making it as easy as possible for all coaches to benefit from the program regardless of their financial circumstances. Our equity rate is currently available to any accepted registrants on an honor-system basis. If socio-economic factors would make investing the full rate a financial hardship, then please use the discount, no questions asked.
Yes, you may deduct the difference between the benefactor rate that you pay and the current and fair-market rate. If you pay the benefactor rate, we will provide a receipt substantiating your donation.
Supervision hours can count toward ICF CCEUs required for ICF renewal, up to a total of 10 hours per certification period for any supervision, including our program.
Groups are kept to no more than seven members, including the facilitating supervisor, to ensure rich dialogue and learning. If there is sufficient interest, CSJ plans to offer affinity-group supervision for coaches who would like to join a cohort composed of colleagues with the same or similar ethnic/racial identity. If an affinity-group experience interests you, please let us know.
To ensure the group and individual supervision sessions are safe learning environments, all communication that takes place within them will be held in strict confidence by the participants and supervisors indefinitely. Sessions will not be recorded.
The chemistry call affords you and your potential supervisor the opportunity to assess whether this program and the supervisor’s group seem likely to be a good fit. You might also have specific questions about the process that can be answered during the call.
If you cancel your registration and request a refund of your tuition payment, we will refund the full amount, less a $150 processing fee, on two conditions: (1) you request in writing to cancel your registration at least 28 days prior to the date of your cohort’s Initial Group Session (to give us time to try to find someone to take your place); and (2) we are successful in finding another participant for the group. If you miss the 28-day deadline or CSJ is unable to recruit another paid coach participant to take your place you will not receive any refund. If you drop out of the program (other than due to extraordinary circumstances), you will not be entitled to any refund. Our full cancellation and refund policy will be provided to you prior to paying to register.
Although we don’t require specific training in DEIJB prior to enrolling in our program, it will be helpful for you to have had some exposure to some of the basic concepts of DEIJB (e.g., systemic factors supporting racism, privilege, intersectionality).
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We are taking applications now. Fill out the attached Google Form and select the cohort you’d like to join. We will be in touch with next steps.