ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) – 2026

ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC)

Systemic Team Coaching is an approach to coaching that focuses on the dynamics and interactions of a team, as well as the wider system in which the team operates. This approach recognizes that teams are complex systems with their patterns of behavior and that the success of the team is influenced by factors both within and outside of the team.

This program will equip you with the skills and knowledge to:

• Understand and improve Team dynamics in supporting team members to work together with Strong Team Relationships.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply the ICF Core Competencies in a team coaching context, integrating these skills with the specific demands and needs of team coaching.
• Apply co-creative and reflective processes with teams, empowering members to explore their collective abilities and potential and to align their efforts towards achieving common goals and shared purposes.
• Design and implement effective team coaching strategies, techniques, and approaches that address teams’ distinct needs to foster growth and development, improving their performance and desired success.
• Understand and apply systemic coaching principles to teams, recognizing how team coaching contributes to broader organizational goals, enhances systemic thinking, and drives overall organizational development and innovation.

To think systemically is to take a holistic integrative approach that recognizes the organization to be a complex entity, comprising interconnected parts urging both coach and leader to look beyond the dyadic relationship between coach and client and interpersonal relationships within a team, to consider the impact of other variables in the ‘system’.

The coach may use a range of tools and techniques to help the team understand its dynamics and improve its performance, such as team assessments, group facilitation, and individual coaching sessions.

Team coaching is one of the fastest-growing disciplines in the coaching profession, and through the ICF ACTC, qualified coach practitioners can demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities in team coaching, allowing them to build upon their coaching competence as an ICF ACC, PCC, or MCC Credentialed coach.

Who Is this Program For?

This program is for coaches who want to develop and expand their team coaching understanding, competence, capabilities, and practice, as well as experienced OD consultants, HR and related Professionals, and executive/managers with experience in leading teams.

To apply for the ICF ACTC Credential – note additional requirements https://coachingfederation.org/credentials-and-standards/team-coaching

Learning Methodology – Multiple learning approaches – feel free to request a program outline. Send us an email at contact@coacharya.com

Learning Outcomes and Benefits 

Systemic Team Coaching can offer many benefits to Individuals, team,s and organisations, including:

1. Master Team Dynamics: Unlock the secrets of high-performing teams. Apply cutting-edge models like Lencioni’s Dysfunctions and Google’s Project Aristotle to boost team cohesion and productivity.
2. Cultivate Systemic Awareness: Develop a bird’s-eye view of organisational ecosystems. Use Hawkins’s 5C model and Whittington’s Constellation to map complex team interactions and drive holistic improvements.
3. Foster Psychological Safety: Create environments where innovation thrives. Implement Amy Edmondson’s techniques to build trust and encourage bold ideas within teams.
4. Harness Collective Intelligence: Tap into the power of group wisdom. Apply Appreciative Inquiry and the SPEED model to unleash team potential and drive breakthrough results.
5. Navigate Change with Confidence: Become a skilled change architect. Utilize proven change models to guide teams through transitions and emerge stronger on the other side.

Course Outline:

Our program is designed to transform you into a Systemic Team Coaching expert through immersive learning experiences:

1. Ethics in Team Coaching: Navigate complex ethical scenarios unique to team settings.
2. Systemic Mindset: Shift from individual to holistic thinking using OD and Systems Theory of Kurt Lewin, Edgar Schein, Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, etc, and Spiritual Intelligence concepts of Danah Zohar.
3. Stakeholder Agreement: Master ICF competencies using Coacharya’s DEMO, LASIE, 5A, and SET frameworks aligned with Stakeholder-Centred approaches of Marshall Goldsmith, 5C framework of Peter Hawkins, etc. for alignment.
4. Team Trust and Safety: Build unshakeable team foundations with Lencioni’s model, Edmondson’s Psychological Safety framework, and Coacharya’s Appreciative Inquiry-based SPEED model.
5. Coaching Presence: Develop a commanding yet inclusive presence in team settings using Theory U.
6. Active Deep Listening: Hone advanced listening skills using the Hurier Model, Carl Roger’s client-centered approach, and Theory U listening levels.
7. Evoking Systemic Awareness: Employ Constellation techniques and Whittington’s methods to uncover hidden team dynamics, along with Johari Window and Belbin approaches.
8. Learning, Growth, and Action: Drive continuous improvement using Kolb’s Learning Cycle and Action Learning principles, and applying Theory U concepts.
9. Change Process: Learn to understand cultural implications through frameworks of Hofstede, GLOBE, etc, and how to apply through frameworks such as Lewin and ADKAR.
10. Supervision: Learn to supervise coaches individually and teams using Hawkins 7 Eyed model and other psychological frameworks
11. Psychological, Neurological, and Spiritual Underpinning: Anchor your learning as unconscious competence through psychological theories of Jung, Seligman, Edmondson, etc, supported by recent neurobiological research of David Rock, Bruce Lipton, Ramachandran, etc, embracing Spiritual Intelligence from multiple cultures and traditions expressed by Danah Zohar
12. Practice Group work using Constellation and Multiple Voices with the Theory U framework.
13. Group Supervised Mentoring
14. Wisdom Group Sharing and Mentoring
15. Applying Learning to Develop a Coaching Business

Program Hours: 60 hours

Experience a comprehensive program with 45 Synchronous hours and 15 asynchronous hours learning model

A Multiple Experienced Trainer panel

Diverse expertise and a focus on team competencies, systemic approaches, and spiritual intelligence.

Actionable learning

Deepen your understanding of team coaching through practical tools and case study discussions based on real-world scenarios.

Additional ICF Requirements: https://coachingfederation.org/credentials-and-standards/team-coaching

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