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What coaching is, and what it is not
Understand how professional coaching differs from mentoring, consulting, training and therapy.
Free live webinar | Tuesday, September 29 | 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT
Free live webinar with Empower World
How to Become a Highly Skilled and Paid Coach
Discover the essential coaching skills, ethical foundations and professional pathways to build a paid coaching practice or use coaching more effectively in the work you already do.
Join Jeanine Bailey, Founder of Empower World and International Coaching Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach (MCC), for a practical introduction to what professional coaching really involves and what it takes to do it well.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
90 minutes
Live online and free
12 PM ET | 11 AM CT | 10 AM MT | 9 AM PT | 8 AM AKDT | 6 AM HST
Reserve your free seat
Join Jeanine live
Register now to receive the webinar access details, calendar link and replay by email.
✓ICF Approved Level 1 and Level 2 education
✓Led by an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach (MCC)
✓Experiential learning, practice and feedback
great coaching is not advice
Supporting others may come naturally. Coaching takes skill to empower people.
Perhaps friends and colleagues already come to you when they need perspective. You care deeply, you listen and you want to help people move forward. Yet when it comes to professional coaching, it can be difficult to know where to begin.
- What does a professional coach actually do?
- How do I guide without telling someone what to do?
- Which skills help clients create lasting change?
- How can coaching strengthen my current role?
- What builds the credibility to charge for coaching?
- Is coaching a realistic professional path for me?
What you will discover
A clear roadmap into professional coaching
Leave with a grounded understanding of the craft of coaching, the professional pathway and the ways these skills can support your next stage of your personal and professional development.
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The skills behind meaningful conversations
Explore deep listening, powerful questions, awareness, feedback, clear agreements and ethical practice.
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A structure that goes beyond advice
Understand how coaches build safety, focus attention, explore what matters and support meaningful next steps.
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How to hold space without fixing
Learn how a skilled coach stays present, curious, compassionate and client-centred.
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Why practice creates confidence
Understand the role of observation, reflection, feedback and mentor coaching in developing real capability.
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The path towards paid coaching work
Explore training, practice, credential pathways and the responsible first steps towards offering coaching professionally.
This webinar is for education and exploration. It does not certify you as a coach or guarantee income. It will help you understand the professional route and decide whether it is right for you.
"Coaching is not about being the expert in someone else’s life and giving advice. It is about creating the conditions for people to understand themselves more deeply, recognise their patterns and take ownership of who they choose to be and how they want to move forward."
The Empower World approach
A professional foundation for empowering conversations
At Empower World, coach education is designed to be experienced, not merely watched. You learn the principles of strong coaching, then practise them in a supportive environment with feedback from experienced coaches.
Our programmes develop the presence, communication skills, confidence and self-awareness required to hold empowering conversations that create transformational and sustainable change. Participants learn how to support people to generate their own insights, take ownership of their learning and recognise their responsibility for the choices and actions they take. That’s what makes coaching powerful.
- Listen to what is said and what is unsaid.
- Ask questions that expand awareness and perspective
- Build trust and establish clear coaching agreements
- Work with non-verbal communication such as emotions, energy and physiology
- Support insight to become committed action
- Understand how to work with intuition, values and purpose
Who this is for
Use coaching to build a new path or strengthen the one you are already on
Aspiring professional coaches
You are exploring a meaningful career change or want to develop a paid coaching practice alongside your current work.
Leaders and HR professionals
You want to hold better conversations, develop people and create ownership rather than dependence.
Consultants and practitioners
You want to complement your expertise with a client-centred coaching approach that creates deeper awareness.
Educators and people developers
You want to support learning, confidence and growth without always needing to provide the answer.
This may not be the right session for you if you are looking for a quick-income formula or a shortcut that avoids practising the craft. Professional coaching deserves a professional foundation.
Meet your host
Jeanine Bailey
Founder of Empower World and International Coaching Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach (MCC)
Jeanine has more than 25 years of professional experience across multinational and influential organisations in Qatar, the United Kingdom and Australia. Her work spans coaching, training, facilitation, communications, business development, marketing and recruitment across diverse professions and cultures.
As an executive and life coach, coach educator, mentor, facilitator and trainer, Jeanine supports individuals and organisations to unlock potential and create meaningful behavioural change.
International Coaching Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach (MCC)
EMCC ESIA Accredited Coach Super-Visor
EMCC ITCA Accredited Team Practitioner
Coach Mentor and Trainer
Certified in Conversational Intelligence
Extended DISC, Appreciative Inquiry and Lego Serious Play Facilitator
Certified Hands-On Thinking Coach
What graduates say
More than coach training. A new way of listening, leading and showing up.
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The trainers at Empower World are warm, empathetic, inspiring and so very skilful. They will not only teach you great coaching skills and tools in a fun and impactful way, but you might walk away with a new perspective on your personal life as well.Joy SimonyICF PCC Coach
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This course gave me an awareness of the extreme power in coaching. It truly is a conversation like no other.Trish MillsExecutive Director of Corporate Governance
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I wanted to add coaching into my professional practice. I am so glad that I finally followed up and took the course. I learned a great deal about the fundamentals and philosophy behind coaching.Kevin LambEmpower World graduate
Frequently asked questions
Questions before you register?
Is this webinar really free?
Yes. There is no charge to register or attend. Reserve your place and the joining details will be sent to your email address.
Do I need previous coaching experience?
No. This webinar is designed for people who are new to coaching, as well as professionals who want a clearer understanding of the skills and professional pathway.
Will this webinar make me a certified coach?
No. This is an introductory educational webinar. Coach education and ICF credentials involve structured learning, practice, mentor coaching, performance assessment and the relevant International Coaching Federation requirements.
Is this only for people who want to coach full-time?
No. Some people build a professional coaching practice over time. Others use coaching skills in leadership, HR, consulting, education, healthcare or their existing profession.
Will you discuss how to build paid coaching work?
Yes. Jeanine will provide a high-level overview of the professional path from skill development and practice to offering coaching responsibly. The webinar does not promise a specific income or timeframe.
Will there be a replay?
Yes. Register for the webinar and replay details will be sent to registered attendees after the live session.
Take the first grounded step
Ready to discover what it takes to become a highly skilled and paid coach?
Reserve your free seat and explore a coaching path built on real skill, meaningful practice and professional integrity.
12 PM ET | 11 AM CT | 10 AM MT | 9 AM PT | 8 AM AKDT | 6 AM HST
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