How Adaptable Are You?
The Apprenticeship™ will improve your ability to navigate power dynamics, negotiations and tough conversations all while providing you with a tactical framework so you can uncover your blindspots by getting the feedback you need!
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What Sets The Apprenticeship™ Apart?
Leadership in real life happens in the gray area.
It’s not about trust falls or motivational cliches.
Instead, it’s a messy, lonely full-contact sport that requires a deeper understanding of people, power dynamics, and how to communicate effectively in chaotic situations.
This is exactly why The Apprenticeship™ was created!
Across two days, you’ll engage in a unique combination of applied role-playing, video reviews, case studies, lectures, and peer evaluations that will help you better meet the demands of any situation you’re struggling with personally or professionally.
Whether your goal is to become more effective at:
These two days will provide you with research-backed strategies that have been applied by people across a diverse range of 30 professions and 22 countries. Most importantly, we create an environment of collaboration where people can practice without worrying about feeling judged or having to put up a front.
To be clear: The Apprenticeship is NOT a sterile “soft-skills” workshop!
It’s also not for those who think the technical skills of their trade are all that matter or those who believe they will never have to learn how to “play the game” if they want to make a positive impact while getting ahead.
Gain an advantage over your peers by getting the hands-on experience that will help you deal with people who are resistant to change, improve your ability to get your message across, and gain the perspective you need to ensure you’ve truly done all you can to make a meaningful difference.
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What attendees are saying
I think the Art of Coaching is about one human being talking, communicating and teaching another human being, which is ultimately what it means to be a human being. We have to appreciate that this “soft” skill (and I put that in quotation marks of course) is highly under-appreciated. [It’s necessary] to always be practicing communication, practicing learning, and practicing teaching.
Kelly Starrett
Physical Therapist, Co-Founder of The Ready State
About Brett
Brett Bartholomew is a strength and conditioning coach, author, consultant, and Founder of Art of Coaching™. His experience includes working with athletes both in the team environment and private sector along with members of the United States Special Forces and members of Fortune 500 companies.
Taken together, Brett has coached a diverse range of athletes from across 23 sports world-wide, at levels ranging from youth athletes to Olympians. He’s supported numerous Super Bowl and World Series Champions, along with several professional fighters in both professional boxing as well as the UFC.
Brett is also a self-published, best-selling, author of Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science of Building Buy-in. This book ranked the charts as:
As an advisor/entrepreneur, Brett has proudly served as a teammate and supporting partner in the strategic growth of two separate performance companies and is a highly sought-after consultant and mentor for many others across the United States and abroad. Additionally, his work and expertise has been featured in numerous local and national media outlets such as ESPN, FOX Sports, as well as Inc. Magazine and Outside.
True leaders crave guidance, not gimmicks!
Helping you become a more adaptable communicator over the long-term is our priority.
While others claim to solve all of your problems by offering an “inspirational” overpriced weekend seminar, The Apprenticeship™ is focused on immediate actionable learning.
Our facilitators are not gurus, they are guides. Leaders and communicators who, like you, are relentlessly focused upon improving the way they lead and influence others.
Becoming a more effective leader and communicator takes a combination of skin-in-the game, deep reflection and strategic interventions that are all focused upon how we can enhance our ability to understand and interact with others.
The Apprenticeship™ examines the role that communication, human behavior, and social psychology play out in the complex world of helping others.
It is only through this improved understanding of the interconnectedness between “the art” and “the science” of effective communication, that we can transform our message into something bigger than ourselves.
To improve in this capacity is the responsibility of every leader. To leave no stone unturned by continually taking a beginner’s view, and to be held accountable to examining our foundation for the entirety of our careers.
“No skill will separate a coach, or any other professional, more so than the ability to communicate more effectively.” – Brett Bartholomew
Want more info? Read our FAQ’s.
You can reach our support team at info@artofcoaching.com
We do offer a variety of online courses that include video, printouts, downloadable notes and even workbooks, but The Apprenticeships™ themselves are only available in person due to the high socially interactive nature of the material and experience. Please visit the “COURSES” section of https://artofcoaching.com/ to view our online offerings.
We are pleased to announce that attendance to an Apprenticeship™ will earn 1.8 NSCA Continuing Education Credits (CEU’s) in Category A for 18 hours of education! Your certificate will be emailed to you after successful completion of the event.
Regardless of CEU allocation, we strongly recommend you do NOT sign-up if that is your primary purpose of doing so. Coaches and leaders from all over the world who are dedicated to their craft and have signed up to continue to push themselves for the sake of those they serve. Any CEU’s should just be considered a bonus.
Absolutely! We offer both “Super Early Bird” and “Early Bird” discounts if you book in advance. We also offer a discount if you have passed the exam for either of Brett’s online courses (Bought In or Valued). All of these options can save you hundreds of dollars. Please email info@artofcoaching.com for further details.
We would love to work with you and have an opportunity to serve/provide value to your audience. Please see this link to get the process started and a member of our team will be in touch!
Yes. Partnership and licensing opportunities do exist in special circumstances. For more, please email info@artofcoaching.com
All sales are final.
Yes. Attendees will be required to sign a waiver for participation, and will also be required to answer a few quick questions so that the material can be better customized to enhance your experience at the event. We also require those attending to keep an open mind and to ensure that you enter the two days ready to engage, laugh, learn and be receptive to any and all feedback. Titles, awards or years of experience do not exempt any of us from being open to improvement, especially in the area of communication.
While prior familiarity with Brett’s numerous resources certainly does help, we do not mandate that each participant has read the book or taken the courses. Please note, however, that previous material will not be covered in these two days as The Apprenticeship™ is a continuation of topics covered within Brett’s foundational resources.
The Apprenticeship™ is a two-day experience.
*Exact timeframe is subject to change and may vary depending on audience participation, questions, logistics as well as potential circumstances that may occur outside of our control. Please plan on blocking off around 8 hours for each day.
For now, this workshop is only offered in English. We will be working to offer it in other languages and countries.
We don’t want to spoil all of the surprises, so some bonuses/gifts will remain specific to each event, but in general, each attendee will receive the following:
One of the best things about The Apprenticeship™ is that the experience evolves and is never static! Some examples of topics covered are listed below, but we cannot emphasize enough that each workshop features a unique distribution of topics as we do our best to adapt to each population and the relevant context as well as how they interact with one another and the material.
Sample topics include:
These events are for everyone, regardless of vocation! If you work or interact with people in any fashion the content will be relevant to you! At Art of Coaching™, we define a “coach” as anyone who leads, guides, teaches or interacts with others. We have served teachers, business owners, members of the tactical community, first responders, sport coaches, and even therapists. If you want to enhance your ability to lead or communicate in any fashion- The Apprenticeship™ is for you.
Put simply, the Art of Coaching Apprenticeship™ is a highly interactive 2-day live event that is focused on social skill development in today’s coaches and leaders, as well as the science behind what constitutes more effective leadership in chaotic environments. It is the first true resource of its kind and blends research-backed presentations, small group discussion, case studies, live evaluations, breakout sessions, and personalized video breakdowns. Oh, and a bit of laughter as well given that we do try and have a bit of fun amongst the two days.
