Master of Arts in Executive Coaching and Consultation | Townsend Institute | Concordia University Irvine

Master of Arts in Executive Coaching and Consultation

Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine

Dr. John Townsend, New York Times bestselling author,
leadership consultant, and relationship expert.

M.A. Executive Coaching and Consultation

Are you looking for a career that engages your strengths and skills, offers meaningful work, and allows you to come alongside other leaders in achieving their goals? In today’s fast paced world, a quality online degree will help you achieve the career dream that you have envisioned for yourself.

Our online Master of Arts in Executive Coaching and Consultation, at the Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine, is one of the only graduate-level degrees of its kind in the nation. Our uniqueness is that we will train you in two marketable areas:

  • Executive Coaching, in which you will help leaders increase their performance and success skills for their organizations; and
  • Consulting, in which you will enter the actual world of the organization, helping them achieve their goals by strategizing, training, guiding and developing their leadership and teams.

We take a multidisciplinary approach, using the latest neuroscience research, high performance studies, biblical principles, industry-leading studies on organizational health, and Dr. John Townsend's own high level of experience in the field. Graduates will also develop a coaching style to their leadership, to accelerate the development of those on their team and achieve better results for their organization.

12-19 Month Completion Time
33 Total Units
Online Delivery
$545 Cost per Unit

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Dr. John Townsend

Dr. Townsend has a masterful way of coming alongside leaders – from the C-suite to small businesses, family-owned businesses, and nonprofit organizations– and helping them understand how to focus both on the task arenas of work (vision, goals, strategy, systems, and operations) and the personal arenas as well (emotional intelligence, culture, and leadership development).

His mentorship moves beyond simply imparting information, to engaging people where they are, and empowering them to grow and bring out the best in their organizations through collaboration and the right skill sets.

Dr. John Townsend

Dr. John Townsend on the Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine

When you’re ready to lead with competence & character.

The Master's in Executive Coaching and Consultation can be completed in 12 months (taking 2 courses at a time) or 19 months (taking 1 course at a time) with 7-week online courses. The program starts with a 4-day, on-campus Kickoff Conference with Dr. Townsend, faculty, and students in your cohort.

Spring term begins February 25th

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Kickoff Conference with Dr. Townsend

The most powerful part of facilitating change is who you are as a person. At the Kickoff Conference you will receive a number of different trainings from Dr. Townsend, faculty and the Institute Fellows. You’ll also go through our highly successful, breakthrough interactional groups that help you become the most optimized person that you can be. Finally, you will develop lifelong friends in your cohort who become part of your life team as you go through our program.

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Info Night

Live Stream Session with Dr. John Townsend

Apr

16

Townsend Institute Info Night

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:00 PM
Prospective student attending an info night

Missed the last Info Night? Watch the full recording of our Live Session.

We invite you to explore what we do differently, what we do well, and what the Townsend Institute can do for you. Hear first-hand from Dr. John Townsend and begin to understand the uniqueness of John's approach to leadership, counseling and the learning process.

You will also get a glimpse of how our 4-day Kick-off Conference, class sessions, instructors, and Institute Fellows all work together in the Institute. A live Q&A session is included!

As an added bonus, the $50 application fee will be waived for all who attend the Info Night.

For help registering for this event, please contact Sarah Martini at gradadmissionsevents@cui.edu or call 714-795-0124.

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Advance or launch your new career.

Surround yourself with like-minded people who inspire your best. Our program provides students the opportunity to practice a variety of executive coaching and consultative services to businesses and non-profits under the careful guidance of an experienced mentor. You will engage in 50 hours of direct client contact with at least 10 different individuals. The network you develop here will become an invaluable asset.

Dr. John Townsend

Townsend Institute distinctives.

  • Learn directly from Dr. Townsend at the Kickoff Conference, bi-monthly virtual classrooms, specially made training videos for each course, and many of his writings.
  • Develop marketable competencies, increase your strengths, and hone your expertise to improve how executives lead or organizations get healthy.
  • Personal character growth is the key to your effectiveness as a coach. Dr. Townsend’s growth model will allow you to increase those internal abilities that you’ll need to excel at work and in relationships.
  • Fully online curriculum that is highly flexible for busy professionals. It is frequently updated with the latest research and best practices, while also being experientially focused. You will practice coaching skills in each course.
  • Unlike many online programs, this is highly relational through virtual classrooms with your professors and weekly interactions with classmates. Many students adopt their cohort as their life-team that lasts beyond and outside the program.

Who is this for?

  • Leaders who want to increase their value to their organization by adding the skill of coaching, which often provides opportunities for advancement. When you integrate coaching knowledge and skills into your leadership style, you learn how to have powerful coaching conversations that increase trust, initiative, and increase the performance of your team members.
  • Consultants and executive coaches who want to learn the Townsend Competence & Character coaching and consulting model while earning a graduate academic degree.
  • Those transitioning to a career in executive coaching and consultation in response to the emergence of executive coaching as an established and distinct profession within the international field of individual and organizational development.
 

A deep bench of experience.

When you make a choice to invest in your future by continuing your education, you want to be sure your time is well spent. That’s where the Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers a distinct advantage.

Here, you will learn from the Institute Fellows: a group of extraordinarily talented, highly successful, world-class professionals and authors, who join John during the bi-monthly virtual classrooms. We choose Fellows who bring deep understanding through the subjects they write on, their best practices and their ongoing research. They not only offer their expertise, but are available to answer your questions during the virtual classrooms.

Along with your cohort, you will journey together with Dr. Townsend, the Institute Fellows, and the faculty through a transformational experience in the Executive Coaching and Consultation program.

Meet Our Faculty

In its purest form, coaching is a means of receiving truth to help you grow wiser, or more skilled in living.

Dr. John Townsend

Faculty of academic practitioners.

Trained on the Townsend model, our faculty is made up of practicing professionals who have real-world experience applying the very principles they teach at the Townsend Institute. Students will gain a deep understanding of human motivation and the dynamics of high performing teams and organizations.

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Dr. Scott Livingston

Scott is the president of Livingston Consulting Group and IntegratEI, where he partners with professionals with a focus on emotional intelligence to improve their execution and performance in their organizations. Many of his clients have expressed that he works with “heart and edge,” meaning that he’s friendly and engaging, but also holds his clients accountable to their performance objectives.

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Dr. Margaret Christmas Thomas

Before joining the faculty at Concordia University, Margaret provided national leadership, technical assistance, training and consultation for ResCare operations across the United States; consulted directly with the Social Ministry of Government of Bahrain to design programs for special need and at-risk students; consulted, developed and trained leadership in the United Kingdom to develop a new national model for counselors and leaders serving high needs populations.

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Prof. Juliana Wilhelm

Through the thousands of face-to-face hours of therapy and coaching with high capacity leaders in both the public and private sector, Juliana has first-hand knowledge of the type of impact created when leaders are equipped with skills such as emotional intelligence and are strengthened in their personal character competencies. Benefits range from employee productivity, positivity, and retention, to less burn out at high-level positions and satisfying personal lives.

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