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IACC for Teams

 Scalable coaching training for modern organizations. Equipping your leaders with tools they can use immediately to grow people, culture, and performance.

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The IACC Experience for Teams

Custom Packages

Bring IACC’s coaching certification experience in-house with a dedicated cohort designed around your organization’s goals, schedule, and leadership needs.

Workshops

Interactive, half-day or full-day workshops focused on practical coaching skills your leaders can apply right away. Ideal  for kickoffs, retreats, or leadership development series.

 General Cohort

Enroll your team members in an upcoming general cohort to learn alongside professionals from leading organizations and gain fresh, cross-industry perspectives.

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Partnering with HR and Talent Leaders

Training Aligned to Your Talent Strategy

Evidence-based training that bolsters bench strength and improves internal mobility. Our programs help talent leaders develop managers,  increase engagement, and support employees through change with practical, coaching-based solutions that create:

Stronger succession pipelines through intentional coaching and development

Reduced skill gaps with focused growth opportunities

Improved internal mobility through meaningful career conversations

Lower outplacement costs by equipping employees for smoother transitions

IACC for Teams Reviews

Lauren Levine

“As Chair of VSP Vision’s Women’s Inclusion Network, I had the honor of hosting Cara for a session on Executive Presence—and the impact was immediate. Cara has a rare ability to simplify complex concepts and turn them into practical tools our members could use right away. Many participants described it as one of the most valuable sessions in their professional development journey.”

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Lauren Levine

Chair, Women’s Inclusion Network
VSP Vision

Jessica Sinnarajah

“The highest impact from training internal staff as career coaches is that everyone benefits: impacted employees, the company, and the certified Blue Shield coaches. Talent acquisition, HR, leaders, and even employees outside HR were all trained—that’s how valuable Blue Shield of California viewed the program Cara and her team designed for us.”

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Jessica Sinnarajah

Manager, Executive Recruiting
Blue Shield of California

“As Chair of VSP Vision’s Women’s Inclusion Network, I had the honor of hosting Cara for a session on Executive Presence—and the impact was immediate. Cara has a rare ability to simplify complex concepts and turn them into practical tools our members could use right away. Many participants described it as one of the most valuable sessions in their professional development journey.”

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Lauren Levine

Chair, Women’s Inclusion Network
VSP Vision

“The highest impact from training internal staff as career coaches is that everyone benefits: impacted employees, the company, and the certified Blue Shield coaches. Talent acquisition, HR, leaders, and even employees outside HR were all trained—that’s how valuable Blue Shield of California viewed the program Cara and her team designed for us.”

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Jessica Sinnarajah

Manager, Executive Recruiting
Blue Shield of California

Our Team

Meet your coaching team

Seasoned professionals breathe life into career coaching and have been in your shoes.

Cara
Cara
Heilmann
President and Founding Instructor
MBA, MPCC, SPCC, CPRW, ACC

Cara Heilmann is a globally recognized career coach and visionary leader who has transformed thousands of lives by teaching others how to coach with purpose, integrity, and real-world impact.

Michelle
Michelle
Traino
VP of Client Engagement & Operations
B. Sc. Business Administration, SPCC, SPRW

Michelle is a master résumé writer with 7+ years’ experience and creator of the SPRW course, ensuring every IACC experience reflects excellence, care, and community.

Olesia
Olesia
Iakivchyk
Lead Facilitator and Eastern European Region Manager
M. Sc., SPCC, CSMT

Olesia is a British Council Master Trainer with 15+ years’ experience and has led 100+ workshops across 5 countries. She is an expert resilience trainer who helps people grow through change.

Niko
Niko
Hazel
Senior Principal Trainer
M. Sc. Ed, CPTD, SPCC

With 20 years in Training and Performance Improvement, Niko uses a strengths-based, inclusive approach to help LGBTQIA+ professionals navigate career transitions with confidence.

Gayle
Gayle
Morihara
Principal Trainer
B. Business Administration, SPCC

Gayle Morihara is a seasoned career and leadership development professional with over 20 years of experience. As the SPCC Capstone Senior Trainer, she helps aspiring coaches apply their skills with confidence, guiding them through real-world practice and ensuring they graduate ready to create meaningful career impact.

Cara
Heilmann
President and Founding Instructor
Michelle
Traino
VP of Client Engagement & Operations
Olesia
Iakivchyk
Lead Facilitator and Eastern European Region Manager
Niko
Hazel
Senior Principal Trainer
Gayle
Morihara
Principal Trainer

FAQs

Common questions about our certification programs

What kinds of organizations typically partner with IACC for Teams?

We work with mid-sized and enterprise organizations across a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, financial services, education, and professional services.

Our partners are typically organizations that value people development, want to build leadership capability internally, and see coaching as a strategic lever, not just a perk, for performance, retention, and resilience.

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How does IACC for Teams support internal mobility, succession, and employee transitions?

By training leaders to have high-quality coaching and career conversations, organizations become better at identifying potential, developing talent intentionally, and supporting employees through change.

This leads to stronger succession pipelines, more thoughtful internal movement, improved readiness for new roles, and smoother transitions, reducing both regretted attrition and the need for costly external interventions.

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What does the time commitment look like for participants?

Time commitment varies by format:

  • Workshops range from half-day to full-day sessions.
  • Custom Packages are designed collaboratively and can range from a short series of sessions to a more immersive cohort experience.
  • General Cohorts follow a structured schedule with predictable weekly time commitments.

We work with you to ensure the training fits realistically within your operational rhythms and workload cycles.

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Is IACC for Teams training evidence-based and aligned with modern HR and leadership best practices?

Yes. Our programs are grounded in established research from organizational psychology, adult learning, career development, and behavior change and aligned with modern best practices in leadership development, talent management, and employee engagement.

We focus on practical, skill-based learning that leaders can apply immediately, not abstract theory or one-size-fits-all frameworks.

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How do you tailor the training to our organization and talent strategy?

We begin with a discovery conversation to understand your business context, workforce priorities, and talent goals, whether that’s strengthening succession pipelines, improving manager capability, supporting transitions, or enabling internal mobility.

From there, we adapt language, scenarios, case examples, and emphasis areas to reflect your organization’s culture, challenges, and leadership expectations, ensuring the training feels relevant, practical, and aligned with your broader people strategy.

What’s the difference between a Custom Package, a Workshop, and a General Cohort?

Custom Packages are fully tailored programs delivered exclusively to your organization, aligned to your goals, timelines, and talent strategy.

Workshops are focused, interactive sessions (half-day or full-day) designed to build specific coaching capabilities quickly. Ideal for leadership or team offsites, kickoffs, or development series.

General Cohorts allow individual team members to join scheduled programs alongside professionals from other organizations, offering flexibility and cross-industry learning.

All three formats are grounded in the same evidence-based approach, the difference is the level of customization, scale, and integration with your internal strategy.

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What business challenges can the IACC for Teams training help solve?

IACC for Teams helps organizations build stronger leaders and more resilient talent systems. Our training supports challenges such as skill gaps in coaching skills among talent teams and leadership, low engagement, inconsistent development conversations, stalled internal mobility, and high costs associated with external coaching, turnover, or outplacement.

By equipping leaders with practical coaching skills, organizations strengthen bench strength, improve retention, enable more effective career conversations, and better support employees through growth, change, and transition.

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Still have questions?

Every great coach starts with a few questions.

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Let’s Design Your Team’s Training

Meet with President, Cara Heilmann, and start to design a training experience tailored to your team.