Essential coaching skills that
increase your impact

3-day training for professionals

3-day coach training Coaching Essentials
Start your development as a coach or coaching executive

In this 3-day coach training course, Coaching Essentials, you will start your development as a coach or coaching executive. Whether you are an executive, manager, consultant or teacher, coaching people on a daily basis, or want to explore a career as a coach – this training is for you.

Learn essential coaching skills that increase your impact. Collaborate more effectively and support others in their growth in a sustainable way.

CCE ICF

Start next training: March 20th 2026

* Listed prices are exclusive of VAT if the invoice will be in company name; inclusive of VAT if the invoice is paid privately.

What can you do after Coaching Essentials?

You will learn how to design a coaching process from intake to completion. You get a grip on both the structure and the relationship: what is your role as a coach, how do you make clear agreements and how do you monitor the process?
Instead of going along with the story or the emotions, you learn to look further and ask questions. In this way you help your coachee become aware of ineffective patterns and develop new behavior.
You learn how to build conversations with purpose, without it feeling ‘made’. You get tools to keep focus and give space, so that every conversation generates movement.

Coaching is more than having a good conversation. You learn to listen to what is not being said, to recognize signals in the undercurrent and to tune into them with sharpness and softness.

You develop the skill to give honest feedback that touches and helps. So that you don’t beat around the bush, but maintain the relationship.

Good questions encourage thinking as well as feeling. You will learn how to use open, curious questions to create space for insight, reflection and real change.

You not only learn to coach, but also to know yourself better. As a result, you will become more solidly connected, work more smoothly with others and make an easier impact in your work.

Plus, after the training, you have the opportunity to advance to the Co-Creation & ICF certification coach training.

Coaching as a communication and leadership style

Coaching skills are becoming increasingly important both in the workplace and in our daily lives.

Self-managing teams, flatter organizations and the pace of development of the environment around us all play a role here. The contemporary supervisor can improve the learning and performance capacity of others by not leading from orders and instructions, but by transforming the talents and wishes of the other into ambitions and results!

The result:

Coaching Essentials is designed for professionals who want to develop or strengthen coaching skills. Think of beginning coaches, executives, HR professionals, healthcare providers, teachers or team leaders.

You do not need to have coaching experience, curiosity and a desire to learn are sufficient.

You’ll discover if the coaching profession suits you and learn to have conversations that really make a difference.
Want to grow further as a coach or contribute to a coaching organization? Then also check out the Co-Creation Coach Training.

In this coaching course, you will learn how to coach others with effectiveness and integrity. You will gain an understanding of what coaching is and is not, how to create a safe setting and when to refer. You will practice skills such as active listening, asking powerful questions and having structured conversations that lead to insight and action.

You will also work with practical tools and exercises that you can apply immediately. You will explore your own style, qualities and pitfalls as a coach, and learn how your way of being influences the contact and impact you make.

In Coaching Essentials training, you learn by doing. From day one you will coach and be coached on real issues. You apply practical tools immediately, receive clear explanations of the theory (with reference work for at home) and receive supervision during your conversations. You will learn a lot from self-reflection and from each other. The training is led by certified trainers with extensive practical experience.

The Investment for Coaching Essentials is: €1,295.
Excluding VAT for business payment / including VAT for private payment.

Price includes:

  • All training days
  • 3x lunch, coffee and tea
  • Supervision
  • Textbook and training materials


Times

Coaching Essentials is a 3-day coach training from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. On the first day, reception is between 9:00-9:15 am.

Location coach training: Ulvenhout
The training location for Coaching Essentials is the Pekhoeve in Ulvenhout (North Brabant). An authentic location that is both charming and at the same time meets all modern comforts.
In consultation another location is also possible for a company training.

What others are saying about this coaching training

Matthijs Verhagen
- Marketing manager Doloris
Professional training with attention to the participants. Enjoyed taking the Coaching Essentials and now well prepared to put it into practice.

About us

With almost 20 years of experience, Johan van Bavel founded Intention, now a center for leadership and coaching with an international network of certified coaches. When you choose Intention, you choose professionalism, personal attention and international quality, contributing to connection and authentic leadership.

You become more self-aware, professional and effective as a leader, coach and human being.

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Your Coaching Essentials Trainers

Johan van Bavel MCC

Location: Breda
Language: Dutch and English
Coaches: offline and online

I coach individuals, teams and organizations. My style is goal and action oriented. I facilitate your coaching process, where you are and remain the owner of the process and your goal. My style can be provocative, but also loving and always with a touch of humor. When we meet, we invest in a professional relationship, where I am likely to get you into action right away. Want to explore with me and see what we can do for each other? Let’s play the game!

Vera Gulickx PCC

Location: Tilburg
Language: Dutch and English
Coaches: offline and online

As a coach and experience expert, I guide adults with ADHD or autism towards more clarity, self-confidence and grip on their lives. In a safe and familiar setting we listen to what is really going on and make obstructing patterns visible. With curiosity, sharp questions and a touch of humor I guide you to find new insights, so you can make choices that suit you and take steps towards change. Together we discover new possibilities and opportunities!

Angela Smith

Location: Bavel
Language: Dutch and English
Coaches: offline, on-site and online

I work with individuals, teams and organizations to ignite transformation and inspire meaningful action. My role is to support you in taking ownership of your process, setting ambitious goals and embracing the journey of change. With empathy, humor and a touch of boldness, I create a space where new perspectives converge with untapped potential.

I believe in being a rainbow in someone’s cloud-the way forward illuminating with clarity, energy and optimism. Together we will discover new possibilities and turn them into reality.

Seonad intention

Location: Breda
Language: English
Coaches: offline, on-site and online

I approach coaching as a partnership, supporting professionals and teams in navigating challenges, strengthening leadership capabilities, and achieving their goals. Whether it’s developing leadership skills, enhancing team dynamics, or achieving personal or professional growth, I support my clients with clarity, empathy, and actionable insights. My experience in building and leading successful teams has shaped my belief that growth and transformation come from within. By exploring new perspectives, unlocking potential, and fostering resilience, together we create the path to success.

The Investment for Coaching Essentials is: €1,295*.

This includes:

* Listed prices are exclusive of VAT if the invoice will be in company name; inclusive of VAT if the invoice is paid privately.

Coaching Essentials

20th, 21st and 22nd March 2026

Location: Ulvenhout (North Brabant)

  • 3 days including lunch
  • class days from 09:30 to 17:00

Frequently Asked Questions

What does ICF stand for?

ICF stands for International Coaching Federation. This is the world’s leading organization for professional coaching, with a strong focus on quality, ethics and continuous development. An ICF certification guarantees that as a coach you work according to international standards.

Transformational coaching focuses not just on behaviors or skills, but on deeper layers of consciousness, beliefs and identity. It helps people achieve lasting change, from greater insight and connection with themselves. Read more about transformational coaching. LINK

Coaching Essentials is distinguished by its small-scale format, personal attention and experienced trainers. We work in small groups, allowing for real interaction, reflection and direct feedback.

Our trainers are certified (ICF and/or NOBCO) and bring years of practical experience. We combine their expertise with an experiential approach: you learn primarily by doing, not by theory alone.

In addition, we align with the ICF coach competencies, so you build a solid foundation that can also lead toward professional certification.

Finally, this coach training is strongly linked to our vision: coaching starts with real connection – with yourself and with the other. You feel that from day one.

No. A coach does not advise, but asks questions and creates space for reflection. The power of coaching is in increasing self-insight and encouraging one’s own solutions, rather than providing answers.

The training consists of three consecutive days. You work intensively on your coaching skills and practice with real conversations. Theory, self-reflection and practical exercises alternate. What you learn can be used immediately in your work and context.

Very hands-on. You coach and are coached from day one. We work with real situations, not role plays. You practice, reflect and get direct feedback from trainers and fellow participants. This way you learn by doing.

Coaching Essentials is a compact and intensive three-day basic training course. It gives you a solid foundation in coaching. Would you like to go deeper, get certified or focus on team coaching? Then after this training you can move on to the Co-Creation coaching course.

The training is given at college working and thinking level

Yes, after attending the three days of training and active participation, you will receive a certificate of participation from Intention.

The training is not ICF-accredited, but it is consistent with the ICF competencies. It is therefore a good stepping stone toward advanced training or (possible) ICF certification.

The training will be held at De Pekhoeve in Ulvenhout, near Breda. This attractive location is situated in the green and is easily accessible:

  • A bus stops within walking distance
  • There is ample free LIJNK parking
    Would you like this coach training in-company or at another location in Brabant? That is possible! Contact us for options.

Yes. The Coaching Essentials training is intensive but short, three days in a row. The practical approach allows you to immediately apply what you have learned in your daily practice.