Looking for the missing piece?
EFI Coaching Mindset might be it!
What is EFI?
At Equipping for Impact (EFI), we are passionate about equipping you to incorporate coaching skills into your conversations. Coaching or coach-like conversations are a way to come alongside people and change lives in a powerful way. We are glad to create customized materials for your staff, team, or church and we offer coaching for individuals, couples, and groups.
EFI offers Coaching Mindset - a program that will establish your understanding of coaching and set you up to incorporate coaching skills into your life in just 8 weeks. You can take the 2nd course for coach certification in 2025 if you’d like!
Keep reading, or schedule time to chat to see which program is the best fit for you!
Would coaching skills change you for the better?
What We Believe
We are relational beings, and each person makes an incredible impact when they connect with others. We believe you will make an even more powerful connection with coaching skills in your tool belt.
Integrated Coaching Skills
Rather than working toward Coaching Certification, our Mindset track prepares you to use the skills of coaching right away with the clients and conversations you are already having. You can complete this course in just 8 weeks!
Who It’s For
EFI Coaching Mindset is for professionals who want to increase their impact and see results. Team leaders, business owners, managers, financial planners, realtors, counselors, educators, or anyone wanting to integrate coaching into their work and lives.
This FREE Zoom session will unpack the potential of a coaching mindset and help you determine if coach training is a good fit for you!
What is EFI Coaching Mindset?
You will enjoy the interaction of this practical 32-hour program, which will earn you a whole lot of leverage to connect in a powerful way, enhancing your professional and personal conversations. EFI Coaching Mindset is on Zoom and is full of class participation, real life lab time, partner exercises, and group work. Your preparation before class sets you up for a deeply satisfying discussion where coaching skills meet real life!
This class is limited to 12-14 students to protect the small group culture and is taught by Abigail Doust, an ACC (Associate Certified Coach with the ICF). Fall 2024 is focused on professionals (several are in the financial industry) who want to integrate these skills into their current field. By the end of 8 weeks, you will be equipped to serve people in a unique and powerful way.
Not sure if this class is for you? Join us for a FREE 45-minute class on Sept. 11 to find out more. We will meet on Zoom at 11 am ET, 10 am CT, 9 am MT, 8 am PT. Ready to integrate coaching into your current role? This class will help you put your new skills into your next steps!
“EFI is in-depth and teaches you how to ask the right questions.”
—Angela
"I'm significantly more equipped and confident I can assist people to move beyond life's obstacles and get unstuck to enjoy more personal and and relational freedom from the inside out." —Jim
“I have gained confidence that I can use my empathy not just to listen to people, but to help them get out of their own way to reach their goals.” —Lorin
How Will I Grow in this 8-week course?
Some people think coaching is just about asking great questions, but there is so much more to being effective in coaching conversations. You will develop critical coaching tools as well as grow in self-awareness, boundaries, relationship skills, how to expand business and deepen the connections with your clients, all while practicing the skills that will change your life for the better!
Coaching Skills
Grow the art of asking powerful questions that evoke intrinsic motivation
Develop authentic and intuitive listening skills which will help you connect
Identify ways to give space and empathy for those who are hurt and stuck
Differentiate between Coaching, Counseling, Mentoring, and Consulting
Explore the EFI coaching model and become proficient at using it
Highlight ways to help clients identify and activate values & goals
Uncover with your instructor specific ways you can increase your impact (2 one-on-one conversations about your practice and practicum sessions)
Self Awareness & Growth
Deepen your understanding of how you are and others are wired
Learn how to increase your emotional intelligence and adjust your boundaries (and help others do the same)
Get equipped to walk alongside people in a season of grief
Recognize and navigate marriage/partner struggles in clients
Identify truths about the power of relationship in moving forward
Moving Forward
Integrate coaching skills into life, business, church, and everywhere you go
Create agreements and instigate communication to increase your effectiveness
Identify your next steps and how to make a significant impact
What Does EFI Coaching Mindset Look Like?
Join us for 8 sessions of fun, thought-provoking class, and prepare for robust conversation with specific assignments that both grow your knowledge and guide in practicing what you are learning. Estimate 2 hours of reading, watching videos, preparing, partner work, applying what you are learning, etc. in addition to attending class.
The “Work” in Developing Your Coaching Skills
Read assigned chapters, articles, and papers
Watch short videos
Take assessments for further learning
Participate in partner/trio coaching lab with classmates (& record the sessions, write a short evaluation of each session)
Total of 32 hours class time and completed course work over 8 weeks
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Founder & Trainer
Abigail is an author, speaker, coach, and trainer who is passionate about helping leaders get equipped to make a significant impact. She is a Certified Professional Life Coach (CPLC) and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is also a Certified Human Behavior & DISC Consultant and skilled in helping people make changes and cultivate healthy relationships. She loves serving others.
Abigail has a Bachelor of Communications Education and Masters in Theatre in Directing. An educator at heart, her background includes coaching individuals and couples, running theatre programs, directing productions, training teams of orgs and businesses, coaching, teaching at the college level and, of course training people just like you in the art of life coaching. She is a gifted educator and natural encourager, and excels at helping her students apply coaching concepts with practical feedback that is personal and genuine.
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Calendar
Sometimes, it all comes down to the calendar. This course is 8 weeks and meets on Zoom during the workday on Wednesdays.at 1 pm ET, 12 pm CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT, etc.
FALL 2024
Our first day of class Sept. 18, and our last day will be November 6; we will not take any days off in that time, but you are permitted to miss a class if you need to, and you can watch that class recording afterward. Also, you can join us when you travel or even in your car if needed!
If you have any questions, please schedule a 15-minute conversation or contact us.
SPRING 2025
Our first day of class is Wednesday, January 15, and our last day will be March 5; we will not take any Wednesdays off in that time, but you are permitted to miss a class if you need to, and you can watch that class recording afterward. Also, you can join us when you travel or even in your car if needed!
If you have any questions, please schedule a 15-minute conversation or contact us.
How much does it cost?
Your tuition for EFI Coaching Mindset includes meaningful and interactive class times, resources, and one-on-one feedback about your live and recorded calls, next steps, and much more! This 25-hour program is only $1,800. You will need to acquire your own textbooks (new or used, digital or on paper, etc. ).
Save your spot with a $500 deposit. The program can be paid for in 2 or 4 installments or even monthly payments with small processing fees. Please contact us for questions, concerns, payment plans, or to talk about your goals. Ready to move forward? Save your spot today!
Texts for EFI Coaching Mindset
Required Texts (borrow or buy, paper or Kindle):
The Coaching Manual by Julie Starr, 5th ed, 2021.
The Heart of Laser-Focused Coaching, by Marion Franklin, MS, MCC, 2019.
Coaching Questions: A Coach’s Guide to Powerful Asking Skills, by Tony Stoltzfus, 2008.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0, by Travis Bradberry and Dr. Jean Greaves, 2009.