CCE - Center for Coaching Excellence

Essential Coach Training is in its second year at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. Here's more about CSU.

With nationally distinctive programs in the arts, education, business, nursing, and more, Columbus State University provides a creative, deeply personal and relevant college experience. Serving the Southeast while attracting students from around the world, Columbus State thrives on community partnerships to deliver excellence for students who want to achieve personal and professional success in an increasingly global environment.

Columbus State University is part of the University System of Georgia, enrolling more than 8,200 students in a wide variety of degree programs, from online degrees to a doctorate in education.

Since 1958, CSU has educated students who have gone on to become leaders at the local, state and national level. Currently, the university offers 46 undergraduate and 42 graduate degrees.

While CSU is not the first university to incorporate our Essential Coach Training, this particular partnership represents a step forward on two fronts. First, we reallocated the ECT content and practicums across the 17-week semester cycle, creating a template for applying a professional training in other academic settings in the future. Second, we included applications unique to the organizational coaching context in this curriculum, which enlarges our ability to equip leaders entering corporate America with the same quality of coach training we have supplied to professional coaches for five years.

We are grateful for this remarkable opportunity to be a part of the CSU educational system.

Cathy Alford, MA, ACC is the lead trainer for the course. She is an ICF certified coach and CCE certified coach as well as a Certified Gallup Strengths Performance™ Coach. Cathy's background includes over 30 years of sales and management in the healthcare industry. Currently she is a full-time coach, trainer, and speaker.