Transformational Fitness Leadership: Coaching Obstacles into Opportunities

Transformational Fitness Leadership: Coaching Obstacles into Opportunities

The world has changed forever, and skills we focused on in the past are not the same that we will need to be the powerful and relevant agents of change in the future. This brave new world requires brave new skills.

Join Petra Kolber in this fascinating course, where you will learn all about a different leadership model, one where sets and reps take a backseat to the heart and happiness of you and your clients. Using proven positive psychology concepts to help you become a transformational fitness leader, Petra help guide your coaching and wellness skills to a new level. You will also learn how to tap into your client's potential by asking empowering questions and developing new listening skills. Elevate your coaching and become a leader in these ever-changing times.

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Learning Objectives



  1. Understand the foundations of positive psychology and how to incorporate it into your work.
  2. Learn the skills of appreciative inquiry and how to utilize it within your sessions.
  3. Understand the difference between listening and fixing, and how to ask empowering questions to tap into your client’s potential.
  4. Understand the PERMA model of Positive Psychology and how to build your coaching and wellness practice upon this model.
  5. Tap into the values of your clients to align their fitness program with their life dreams versus their fitness goals.
  6. Become more confident as an agent for change, and remove any of your own limiting beliefs of how you think you “should” show up to be successful.
  7. Amplify connection and community even when communicating virtually.
  8. Learn to ask your clients questions that open doors to possibility and curiosity.
  9. Elevate the engagement of your clients and trigger more intrinsic motivation by aligning their workouts to their values.
  10. Successfully navigate the ups and downs of being a leader in these ever-changing times.
  11. Show up as the light without burning out.

Course Procedure

  1. Enroll in the course.
  2. View the course content.
  3. Take the test. (You must score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.)
  4. Print your certificate of completion.

Course Content

  • Welcome from Petra
  • Objectives for this Module
  • A Different Conversation
  • Five Common Regrets
  • "Best Possible Self" Reflection Exercise
  • Objectives for this Module
  • The Happier Way to Success
  • The Health of Our Happiness
  • The Happier Way to Success Quiz
  • Objectives in this Module
  • Coaching Through the Circle of TrUSt
  • Coaching Through the Circle of TrUSt Infographic
  • Coaching Through the Circle of TrUSt Quiz
  • Objectives in this Module
  • Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
  • Transforming the Inner Dialog
  • Turning Obstacles into Opportunities Quiz
  • Objectives in this module
  • Strengthening Our Beliefs
  • Positivity Primers - Starter Questions
  • Strengthening Our Beliefs Quiz
  • Objectives in this Module
  • Goal Setting: Putting Values Into Action
  • Empowering The Fitness Journey
  • The Win Method: Questions for Success
  • Putting Values into Action Quiz
  • Objectives in this Module
  • The Five Pillars of Transformational Change
  • Objectives in this Module
  • Flowing Into Motivational Movement
  • Flowing Into Motivational Movement Quiz
  • Objectives in this Module
  • High Powered Questions
  • Appreciative Inquiry
  • Appreciative Reinforcement & Active Listening
  • High-Powered Questions to Spark Your Creativity
  • High Powered Questions Quiz
  • Objectives in this Module
  • The Language of Success
  • Objectives in this Module
  • The Transformational Journey