Certified Facilitative Leadership Coaching
The advanced certification built for coaches who are ready for what’s next.
WHY CFLC?
You know how to coach. Now learn how to facilitate real, lasting change. Certified Facilitative Leadership Coaching is an advanced certification program for already-trained and certified coaches who want to make the leap from technically skilled to genuinely transformational.
5 in-person intensives. Virtual sessions in between.
Starting January 2027.
The first CFLC cohort starts januAry 2027.
Space is limited to 10 coaches. Join the waitlist to be first to know when applications open.
You became certified. Something is still missing.
Getting certified makes you qualified.
If you’re a trained, certified coach and you still feel uncertain about whether you’re truly helping your clients create lasting change, you’re not alone.
You know how to ask powerful questions.
You know how to hold space.
You know how to listen.
But sometimes your clients leave a session with insight and don’t do anything differently.
Sometimes you sense there’s more beneath the surface and you’re not sure how to get there.
Sometimes you wonder if you’re really challenging them or just holding space really well.
That gap? It’s real. And it’s closeable.
CFLC was built for exactly this moment in a coach’s development.
A facilitative leadership coach is a coach who blends facilitation skills, processing skills, coaching skills and implements the pillars of the LIFT framework to help clients access what’s actually stopping them achieve their outcomes and take action in making them happen.
Most advanced coaching programs will teach you one of two things: how to get more clients, or how to deliver a cleaner coaching framework. Those things matter. But they’re not what’s missing.
What’s missing is this: the ability to skillfully challenge a client to see where they are participating in the outcome they keep trying to change, and to hold that truth up with compassion, precision, and unshakeable belief in what they’re capable of.
That is not a script. That is not a framework you can download. And it is absolutely not something an AI can replicate.
What the gurus aren’t teaching
and what AI will never replace.
Here’s what changes when you become a certified facilitative leadership coach
Certified Facilitative Leadership coaches emerge feeling more confident, more credible, and more certain of the value they bring to every session.
They coach with clarity and courage. They hold clients accountable with compassion.
They know, not hope, not wonder, but know that they can create meaningful, lasting change because they’ve experienced it and embodied it themselves.
Here’s what your time in CFLC looks like.
5 In-Person Intensive Weekends
January, March, May, July and September — five immersive in-person sessions designed to deepen your understanding of the LIFT framework, strengthen your leadership skills, learn facilitation and processing skills while giving you live practice with expert feedback. The final weekend is certification, graduation and celebration.
Live Practice with Expert Feedback
CFLC is not a passive learning experience. You will give and receive facilitative leadership coaching and receive direct feedback from Kelly in a high-accountability environment. This is where the real growth happens.
CFLC Certification
Upon successful completion, you will be certified as a LIFT Certified Facilitative Leadership Coach equipped to confidently market yourself as a coach who facilitates high-level transformational conversations and helps clients create meaningful, lasting change.
Virtual Sessions Between Intensives
In between in-person meetings, you’ll participate in virtual sessions that include teaching, coaching, Q&A, and feedback. These sessions keep your momentum going, deepen your practice and connect you with your cohort between weekends.
Personal Work & Growth
CFLC coaches are expected to do their own personal work alongside the program. You will not just learn this framework, you will embody it. The coaches who create the most transformation for their clients are the ones who have experienced it themselves.
A Cohort of 10 Committed Coaches
CFLC is intentionally small. You will learn alongside a group of experienced coaches who are equally committed to their next level. The relationships built inside this cohort will extend well beyond the program.
The first CFLC cohort starts january 2027.
Space is limited to 10 coaches. Join the waitlist to be first to know when applications open.
Is CFLC right for you?
CFLC is for you if…
✓ You hold a recognized coaching
certification from a reputable coaching
school or organization.
✓ You have been actively coaching for at
least one year and have real client
experience.
✓ You ask strong questions and sense
there is a deeper level of impact
available to you.
✓ You want to help your clients move from
insight and awareness into real, lasting
behavioral change.
✓ You are ready to be challenged and to do
your own personal work alongside the
program.
✓ You want to confidently charge premium
rates and position yourself in
higher- value markets.
✓ You’re interested in expanding into
corporate coaching, leadership
development, or facilitation.
✓ You are committed to the craft of
coaching, not just the business of it.
✓ You want to be part of a small
cohort of coaches who will elevate your
practice and your thinking.
✓ You believe the world needs better
coaches and you want to be one of
them.
cflc is not for you if…
✗ You are new to coaching and looking for
foundational skills. (CFLC is advanced
training, not a starting point.)
✗ You want a certification you can earn by
completing modules without real
accountability or practice.
✗ You are primarily looking for a program
to help you get more clients. (We will
make you better at coaching them and
the business growth follows.)
✗ You are not open to receiving feedback
or being challenged in your current
approach.
✗ You are not willing to do your own
personal work alongside the program.
✗ You are looking for a quick certification
to add to your bio without meaningful
commitment.
CFLC requires an application, not because we want to make the process difficult, but because the quality of your experience inside the cohort depends entirely on who is in the room with you. We review every application personally to make sure CFLC is the right next step for you. If it’s not the right fit right now, we’ll tell you honestly. You can also set up a call with Coach Kelly to discuss further. Send her an email and she’ll get back to you.
Why i built CFLC and why i’m the one to teach it.
I have spent 23 years doing this work. Not studying it. Not reading about it. Doing it with thousands of real clients, in real sessions, creating real change.
In that time, I’ve learned something that most coaching programs won’t tell you:
The most powerful coaching doesn’t come from asking the perfect question.
It comes from being willing to challenge your client to help them see how they are participating in the outcome they keep trying to change, and to hold that truth up with compassion and an unshakeable belief in their capability.
Let me tell you a quick story about what this looks like in practice. One of my clients was stuck in “I don’t know how.” The shift didn’t come from more insight, it came from one precise intervention. Calling out the pattern that had her stuck and asking a direct question. She got clear in a nano-second, trusted her truth, took action immediately and moved forward. Her business is growing. That’s facilitative leadership coaching.
That insight transformed my own life. It became the foundation of the LIFT framework. And it is what I have committed my career to teaching.
I built CFLC because the coaching industry needs more coaches who can do this.
Not coaches who are positive and supportive, though those things matter. Coaches who are willing to go deeper. To challenge. To facilitate real transformation. The world needs solid Facilitative Leadership Coaches. CFLC is how I’m building them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. CFLC welcomes coaches certified by any recognized coaching school or organization — ICF, CCE, or otherwise. What matters is that you have completed rigorous foundational training, have real coaching experience, and are serious about your continued development.
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CFLC is designed for coaches with real client experience — typically a minimum of one year of active coaching practice. If you’re newer to coaching and have completed significant foundational training, we encourage you to join the waitlist and we can discuss your specific situation when applications open.
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CFLC includes 5 in-person weekend intensives (January, March, May, July and September) plus virtual sessions in between. You should expect to invest meaningful time in practice, personal work, and integration between sessions. This is a rigorous program and the coaches who get the most from it are the ones who show up fully.
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Venue details for the September 2026 cohort are being finalized. Waitlist members will be the first to receive location information when it is confirmed.
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Pricing for the inaugural cohort is being finalized. Join the waitlist to be notified first — founding cohort pricing will reflect the exclusive nature of being in the first CFLC class.
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That’s exactly what the application process is for. When applications open, you’ll have the opportunity to share where you are in your coaching practice and what you’re looking for. Kelly reviews every application personally and will only accept coaches for whom CFLC is a genuine next step. You can also set up a call with Coach Kelly to discuss further.
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Yes, but not by teaching you sales tactics. CFLC makes you a more effective, more confident, more differentiated coach. Coaches who consistently produce meaningful results for their clients naturally attract premium clients, stronger referrals, and new markets like corporate coaching and leadership development. The business growth follows the craft development.
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Most advanced programs focus on business growth or deliver a new coaching system for you to add to your toolkit. CFLC does something different: it develops you as a coach by teaching facilitation, processing and the LIFT framework. There is no one else in the coaching community teaching this.
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CFLC graduates are certified as LIFT Certified Facilitative Leadership Coaches and are equipped to confidently market themselves as coaches who facilitate high-level transformational conversations. You will have a proven framework, a certification that distinguishes you, and the skills to back it up.
Ready to find out if CFLC is your next step?
Join the waitlist now. Applications open early Fall 2026.
Cohort limited to 10 coaches.
The world needs coaches who can do more than support. It needs coaches who can challenge, facilitate and transform.
That’s what you’re about to become.
Join the waitlist for the january 2027 founding cohort.
10 spots. Applications open early Fall 2026. Be first in line.