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From the desk of Michael Neill:

Michael Neill

Traditional coaching takes place primarily on a horizontal dimension – coaches assist people in getting from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’. Yet lasting, sustainable change nearly always happens in the vertical dimension – a deepening of the ground of being of the client, giving them greater access to their own innate creativity, inspiration and higher wisdom.

This vertical approach is what I call “Transformative Coaching”, and here are typical signposts of someone who is being coached in this way:

• Their biggest problem is they have no more big problems
• Results matter less than ever, and they produce them even more consistently.
• They lose the fear that “it will stop working” because they realize that “it” never worked – the capacity to create the life they want to live was always inside them, right from the very beginning.

Three years ago, I released a book called Supercoach as a way of sharing the principles behind Transformative Coaching with the world. Then two years ago, we launched Supercoach Academy as a place where coaches and other difference makers could learn these principles for themselves and develop their work to a point where they could consistently transform the lives of others.

If you are someone who wants to make your living by making a difference, you’ve come to the right place…

This was, is and continues to be the most amazing journey of learning and path to enlightenment, both as a person and as a coach. My time at Supercoach Academy has been full of loving kindness, personal and spiritual growth, and the meeting of minds, hearts and souls with some awesome fellow coach travellers. I stand in awe at our journey thus far and know it is only the beginning. I am filled with happiness and inspiration at being the best Coach I know how to be. – Fiona Jacob, Saudi Arabia, FionaJacob.com

Supercoach Academy really has transformed me – and my life. Did Michael have any idea of what he was creating?? The sheer alchemy of hanging around with the world’s foremost coaches and trainers over a 6 month period, cannot help but rub off. I’m a different person now – and have the T shirt to prove it :-) – Sue Trinder, London

For me, one of the best ways to learn is to watch somebody being coached. I couldn’t get enough of that and everything I learned I ended up using on my own practice.  I also loved to have homework – I love challenges and the weekly calls kept me on track. – Alexandra Barreto, Portugal

How does Supercoach Academy actually work?

Beginning in January 2012, I will be guiding you alongside a small group of committed people from around the world through a gentle yet rigorous training program designed to unleash the most powerful, impactful difference maker that is there inside you. The program will be delivered through a combination of monthly live events, weekly teleclasses, online forums and virtual masterclasses and will be a comprehensive education in some of the most powerful technologies for change ever created.

Here’s a sneak preview of what’s included and how it all works:

1. Six live weekends in Los Angeles:

Module One: The Fundamentals of Transformative Coaching
Featured Faculty: Michael Neill, Bill Cumming
January 14-16, 2012

Material covered includes:

• The three levels of coaching and how to move elegantly and appropriately between them
• Understanding the nature of personal reality, well-being, wisdom and insight
• The core principles of transformative coaching, including how and why they work
• The practice of unconditional loving kindness in the coaching relationship
• Creating a powerful presence as a coach

…and much, much more!

Module Two: Creating the Climate for Transformation
Featured Faculty: Michael Neill, George Pransky
February 18-19, 2012

Material covered includes:

• Exploring your personal grounding as a coach
• Awakening well-being
• Insight-oriented coaching
• Teaching principles
• Increasing productivity with less effort and less stress

…and much, much more!

Module Three: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind
Featured Faculty: Michael Neill, Nancy Kline
March 24-25, 2012

Material covered includes:

• Coaching as a “thinking partnership”
• Listening at a deeper level than you ever thought possible
• Unleashing the hidden brilliance of your clients
• Experiencing the power of Incisive Questions
• Doing more by doing less
• Mastering uncorrupted silence

…and much, much more!

Module Four: Coaching for Performance and Results
Featured Faculty: Michael Neill, Mara Gleason, Dr. Aaron Turner
April 21-23, 2012

Material covered includes:

• Tapping into the driving force behind human potential
• Going beyond motivation and willpower
• Leveraging the critical variable in performance
• Getting better results with less effort and less stress
• Making significant breakthroughs in life, business, and relationships

…and much, much more!

Module Five: Creating a Fearless Coaching Practice
Featured Faculty: Michael Neill, Steve Chandler
May 19-20, 2012

Material covered includes:

• How to get clients that light you up
• Transforming your relationship with money and time
• Setting fees that work for everyone
• Mastering the art of proposals
• How to ask for anything from anyone

…and much, much more!

Module Six: What is Success?
Featured Faculty: Michael Neill, Dr. Robert Holden
June 9-11, 2012

Material covered includes:

• Understanding and working with success intelligence
• Creating a life that makes you go “wow!”
• Building your success team
• Putting it all together – what to do when you don’t know what to do
• Evaluation for certification

…and much, much more!

2. Between each of the live sessions, your learning will come to life through weekly teleclasses led by specially trained members of the Genius Catalyst team. These classes will be a chance for you to ask questions, practice what you’ve learned, share stories and gain new insights into what it takes to transform a life. Each “coaching pod” will consist of 12 – 15 students and the coaching pods will meet on different times and dates to better accommodate schedules throughout the US, UK and Europe.

3. Throughout the course, you’ll be given the opportunity to participate in virtual masterclasses with some of the top coaches in the world. In the past, we’ve offered masterclasses with coaching luminaries and transformative thought leaders like Iyanla Vanzant, Paul McKenna, Laura Berman Fortgang, Gay Hendricks, Jennifer Louden, and Srikumar S. Rao – and this year, we will once again be giving you direct experience of and exclusive access to the best of the best. All masterclasses will be recorded so that even if you can’t attend live, you’ll still be able to benefit and revisit them again and again.

4. A special members-only forum will give you the opportunity to stay connected with your fellow supercoach trainees on a daily basis. Many participants on past trainings have said that the people they’ve met through the trainings and the friendships and alliances they’ve formed have been one of the most valuable of the “unexpected perks” of participation.

At the conclusion of the program, you will be eligible for certification as a Certified Transformative Coach, and your certificate will be personally signed by me.

The wide variety of instructors and the depth of knowledge each brought,  made this an invaluable course….mastery comes from learning from many. LOVED the course, just LOVED it!!!! – Jim Pehkonen, Amazing Life Design, United States

It was a brilliant idea by Michael Neill and executed so well by him and all his support team. It was a lot of money and effort but well worth every penny. This level of coaching tuition is not available anywhere else. It has moved me forward at least seven years, and the benefits, knowledge and friendships are on going. Thanks to everyone. - Nigel Palmer, Chilbolton, UK

Where to begin?  I just know that on the 4 occasions I made the trek (24 hours from Australia to NYC) by the time I was at morning tea break, having listened to Michael share for the first part of the day, I knew the trip was worth it all, even if just for that one hour of learning from him!  I let it wash over me, soaked it in, remember some of it, and experienced his genuine commitment to expand his learning and yet still recognise his humanity in the process.  He is the rarest combination of smart thinking, sensitivity to people, and sharing of stuff that makes sense to my soul.   I and DEEPLY grateful to have had the opportunity to learn (and continue to learn) from him and the gang he hangs out with! –Jenny Ashton, Australia

Here are the certification requirements:

• Attendance of at least four of the six live events (including the first and last)
• Attendance of at least 75% of teleclasses (pod calls and masterclasses)  live and the remaining 25% via the recordings
• Demonstration of skills during live events
• Positive Peer feedback
• Log a minimum of 50 client sessions (minimum 25 hours) from the beginning of the course, including at least 5 paid sessions
• Completion of a mentoring session with a faculty member, including a review of a 30 minute coaching session of your choosing (included in the cost of the program)

The requirement that I feel is most important is that you log a minimum of 50 client sessions (and at least 5 paid sessions) before your certification is complete. You do not have to do this by the end of the program, but we strongly recommend that you do. You do not ultimately become a great coach by studying – you become a great coach by coaching.

I actually want you to get through as much of the learning curve that all coaches face when they are doing something new while you are still on the course, so we can offer you the kind of support that matters most at the time when it will be of most use to you!

I loved the connections with people, the fun of the weekends, the variety of knowledge and perspectives that was shared, and that I have enough areas that I would like to explore to last the rest of my life quite likely! I loved the exposure to so many wonderful people that share the same passions and interest in coaching and making a positive difference in the world. I loved the absence of “hype” and “sales gimicks”. – Alara Laden, Canada

The SCA is a really well structured, clearly thought out programme that allows coaches of differing experience to access material, practice new skills and revive forgotten skills and knowledge in a very safe, enabling environment. The structure of direct input,discussion, reflective learning and coaching practice together with the opportunities to debate ideas with coaching colleagues makes for a genius programme! – Marie Taylor, Marie Taylor Consulting, London

Get a Taste of Supercoach Academy!

A Taste of Supercoach Academy 2012 is a special teleclass series designed to introduce you to some of the core concepts of Transformative Coaching and to seven of the best coaches on the planet from the faculty of Supercoach Academy.

The series of classes is free but available by registration only. Click here to register for the free series and get access to the recordings!

Learn more about the Academy…

If you have questions about the Academy, visit the  2012 Faculty and Curriculum pages. You can also contact Michael Weitz or Janelle Light, our directors of Academy admissions, and they will be able to talk you through any questions or concerns you might have regarding the program and logistics.

If you’d like to learn more about Transformative Coaching, check out these articles:

• Introduction to Supercoach (Book)
• How Transformative Coaching Actually Works
• The Process of Transformation
• There is No Dragon

If you are ready to make a financial breakthrough in creating not only an effective coaching practice but a financially rewarding one, listen to one of our group coaches, Rich Litvin, as he shares his experiences of working with Michael Neill to create a six figure income from coaching in just over two years.

Have fun, learn heaps, and may all your success be fun!

With love,

PS – There will be NO academy in 2013, so if you’d like to participate, please begin your application process now!