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Executive Coaching - College / University level training
Top level education for executive and business coaches
Georgia joins Penn State and Texas Christian
Business Journals, bizjournals.com, week of June 4, 2007 An executive coaching course developed by a Cincinnati company will be offered this fall at the University of Georgia.
The 60-hour Sherpa Executive Coaching Certification Program will be held at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens, Ga., Sherpa said in a news release. The school joins Penn State University and Texas Christian University in offering the program.
The program is an effort by Sherpa Coaching LLC to develop a university-based industry standard for the training and certification of executive coaches, according to the release. Penn State and Texas Christian have both graduated classes of Sherpa-certified coaches.
The Sherpa program is based on the book "The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching," by Brenda Corbett and Judith Colemon.
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