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Elevate Your Impact

Explore the Online Executive Coaching Graduate Certificate from the Townsend Institute

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Grow Your Coaching Toolbox

  • Flexible online learning. Our Professional Certificate is a fully online program that can be completed in just 4-6 months. Or you may choose the Advanced Certificate program, which can be completed in as few as 11 months.
  • Become a practical, skills-based practitioner. Learn how to partner with your clients in a thought-provoking, creative, and collaborative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
  • Continue your education. The certificate program coursework can be applied to the M.A. in Executive Coaching & Consultation program at the Townsend Institute.
  • Engage with world-class Christian thought leaders. Learn from Dr. John Townsend and master teachers who have decades of real-world experience.

Why Choose the Townsend Institute?

  • A different approach to learning. We focus on relational learning, addressing the head and the heart through competence, character, and connection.
  • Founded on experience and research. Dr. John Townsend is a New York Times best-selling author, leadership consultant, psychologist and relationship expert. He has written 35 books, selling 10 million copies, including the top-selling "Boundaries" series.
  • A strong partnership. The Townsend Institute is housed within Concordia University Irvine. Centered on a Lutheran Christian worldview, Concordia is home to a thoughtful and caring community of learners.
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"I would absolutely recommend this program. It is so rich, scripturally based, and business driven. It uses all areas of your brain and will just make you better at relationships."

Cheryl Todd

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Concordia University Irvine is a private, Christian university that is ranked nationally among the "Top Performers on Social Mobility" universities by U.S. News & World Report. Concordia is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and serves over 5,000 students annually.