Become a Certified CliftonStrengths Coach With Gallup Certification
The changing workplace demands that managers move from boss to coach.
So we're teaching and training coaches from around the world to answer the call.
Gallup-Certified Strengths Coaches epitomize strengths-based coaching excellence. By joining their ranks, you set yourself apart from other coaches and gain the skills, confidence and elite status you need to coach anyone.
How to Become a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Complete Our CliftonStrengths Coaching Curriculum
Learn how to become an expert in strengths-based development.
Complete Your Application, Exam and Evaluations
Earn your place in a powerful global community of coaches.
Commit to Developing Others Through Coaching
Help people maximize their potential and perform their best.
Download our guide How to Become a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach to learn more.
Why You Should Become a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
The CliftonStrengths assessment is just the start. The real improvement happens when people develop, not just discover, their talents.
You're the key to making that happen.
You're the type of person who the best teams and organizations rely on for leading employees to accomplish great things.
You might go by a different title in your role, but that doesn't really matter. Deep down, you're a coach.
Gallup-Certified Strengths Coaches help people accomplish great things by doing what they naturally do best.
As a certified coach, you'll learn how to lead the right conversations, ones focused on helping people achieve their purpose using their CliftonStrengths.
In the end, you'll learn to lead people to live their best lives, at work and everywhere else.
If that's your purpose, your calling, then it's time to become a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach.
Our community of coaches includes professionals from:
- human resources
- organizational development
- learning and development
- education
- counseling
- independent coaching
What You Will Learn While Becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Each year, thousands of managers and leaders complete our Gallup Global Strengths Coach course.
Like them, you can learn how to help others maximize their potential, including:
How to Help People Accomplish What's Most Important to Them
Coach others to commit to and achieve their goals using their natural talents.
How to Lead Others to Overcome Obstacles
Help people understand and use their talents to produce positive results, even in the face of adversity.
How to Lead Teams to Succeed Using CliftonStrengths
Help groups discover, develop and use their unique talents to improve team engagement and productivity.
How to Help Employees Transform Their Partnerships
Enable people to discover deeper insights into themselves and others, including how to work better together.
How to Empower Managers to Inspire Greater Performance
Provide leaders with ways to address specific team-related issues using strengths-based development.
How to Elevate Your Coaching Using Your Talents
Take your coaching to a higher level by developing your CliftonStrengths.
Follow These Steps to Become a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
We have developed a certification program that ensures you will be fully qualified to provide strengths-based coaching to anyone, including individuals, teams and managers.
As a certified coach, you also have the privilege of using our Certified Coaches Directory to market your coaching services. Don't miss out on this special opportunity to connect with millions of potential clients around the world.
Step 1
1. Attend the four-and-a-half-day Gallup Global Strengths Coach course, or both the Successful Strengths Coaching and Coaching for Individuals, Managers and Teams courses.
Step 2
2. Complete a certification application, providing details about your education, work experience and career focus.
Step 3
3. Complete a multiple-choice exam to demonstrate your comprehension of and proficiency in the course material.
Step 4
4. Using the knowledge and materials you gained from the coursework, coach at least six individuals and have them evaluate your coaching skills using Gallup's coaching evaluation system.
If you are interested in becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, download our guide How to Become a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach.
Take Your First Step to Becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Complete this form to connect with Gallup and learn more about why you should become certified. You'll also receive our guide How to Become a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach via email.