facilitator certification program

Scale your emotional intelligence programs across your organization with a highly trained team of internal facilitators.

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Why Certify Internal Facilitators

Organizations see the greatest ROI on emotional intelligence training when it scales—from individuals to teams to company-wide culture.
 
Instead of relying solely on external trainers, you can build internal capability to deliver high-impact training across your organization. This empowers your people to own the transformation and sustain it long after the first session ends.
  • Scale emotional intelligence across teams
  • Reduce long-term training costs
  • Align learning with your unique culture and context
  • Build champions who model emotionally intelligent leadership every day
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key outcomes of facilitator certification for emotional intelligence programs

Certified facilitators help their organizations:

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drive employee engagement

Internal facilitators become champions for learning, supporting long-term application and cultural adoption.
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scale emotional intelligence programs

Enable fast, flexible delivery across departments and locations.
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integrate organizational context into training

Apply deep organizational knowledge to make training more meaningful and actionable.
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create cross-team connection

Internal facilitators help to build empathy, trust, and openness across teams.

Upskill your team

build transferable facilitation skills

This is more than a train-the-trainer program. It's a personal and professional development journey that builds both inner capacity and outer facilitation skill. You’ll build capabilities across five domains:

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    1. Transformational Facilitation

     
    Learn to:
     
    Track and respond to group emotional energy in real time.
     
    Facilitate inquiry-based dialogue using powerful questions and synthesized themes.
     
    Navigate discomfort and foster psychological safety in high-stakes moments.
     
    Adapt facilitation style responsively to group needs.

  • 2. Emotional Intelligence Embodiment

     
    Learn to:
     
    Model emotional awareness, management, and constructive empathy during facilitation.
     
    Offer and receive open-hand feedback with skill and generosity.
     
    Recognize and shift out of unhelpful facilitator roles (e.g., expert, fixer, pleaser).

  • 3. Learning Transfer & Business Connection

     
    Learn to: 
     
    Demonstrate how emotional intelligence links to organizational outcomes.
     
    Use real-world business examples to reinforce learning relevance.
     
    Frame exercises and stories in ways that connect directly to day-to-day work challenges.

  • 4. Program Delivery Best Practices

     
    Learn to:
     
    Manage pacing and time to support learning and engagement.
     
    Use narrative arcs to create a cohesive participant journey.
     
    Moderate energy, tone, and delivery style for optimal learning.
     
    Tailor language, stories, and examples to reflect diverse cultural and business contexts.

  • 5. Personal Development

     
    Learn to:
     
    Clarify your personal “why” for becoming a facilitator.
     
    Explore your perception box and how it impacts your style.
     
    Reflect on personal growth, learning edges, and long-term facilitator development.
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facilitator certification program logistics

The Facilitator Certification Program is an immersive, four-week journey that prepares facilitators to lead SIY Global programs with both mastery and heart. Unlike traditional “train-the-trainer” programs, this experience cultivates the inner capacity of facilitators as much as the outer skillset.

This program is a blended learning program that mixes self-paced learning with live programs, facilitation practice and feedback, and coaching.

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audience

Internal corporate trainers, L&D professionals, & employee facilitators

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participants

Up to 6 per cohort

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format

Blend of live sessions (virtual or in-person), self-paced learning, and practice teaching

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duration

approximately 30 hours over four weeks, with 20 hours of live sessions and 10 hours of self-paced learning

program details

Kickoff & Orientation

One hour-session to set expectations for the program. Participants will:
  • Meet and and build connection with their cohort
  • Explore program structure, expectations, and agreements
  • Set personal intention and begin facilitator development journey

Week 1: Foundations of Facilitation

Key topics in week one include:

  • Way of Being
  • Open-Hand Feedback
  • Creating Psychological Safety
  • Discussion on personal “Why” of becoming a facilitator

Self-Paced Learning (1-2 hours)

  • Self-assessment
  • Microcourse: Emotional Dynamics overview
  • Microcourse: Explore facilitation “Way of Being”
  • Prepare for first facilitation

Live Sessions (5 hours)

  • Skill-building session (2 hours)
  • Practice facilitation session with pod (3 hours)

Week 2: Inquiry and Resistance

Key topics in week two include:

  • Asking powerful questions
  • Working with participant resistance
  • Practice facilitation, focusing on asking powerful questions and working through moments of resistance

Self-Paced Learning (1-2 hours)

  • Microcourse: Use questions to unlock insight
  • Microcourse: Facilitate through resistance
  • Prepare for live facilitation practice

Live Session (5 hours)

  • Skill-building session (2 hours)
  • Practice facilitation session with pod (3 hours)

Week 3: Business Relevance

Key topics in week three include:

  • Linking EI content to real-world business needs
  • Adapting delivery for relevance and resonance
  • Practicing strategic framing and in-the-moment customization
  • Connecting content to organizational goals

Self-Paced Learning (1-2 hours)

  • Microcourse: Align content to business priorities
  • Microcourse: Make exercises relevant to day-to-day challenges
  • Prepare for facilitation

Live Sessions (5 hours)

  • Skill-building session (2 hours)
  • Practice facilitation session with pod (3 hrs)

Week 4: Integration & Certification

Key topics in week four include:

  • Articulating the narrative arc of a program
  • Integrating personal growth & key facilitation insights
  • Final certification teach-back

Self-Paced Learning (1-2 hours)

  • Putting it all together
  • Prepare for certification teach-back session

Live Session (5 hours)

  • Certification facilitation and final feedback (5 hours)
  • Determination of certification
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Who should get certified?
This program is designed for anyone who would like to facilitate sessions to build emotional intelligence-related skills in their organization.
 
Many of our clients begin by certifying members of their learning and development or HR teams. Others like to begin by training people across various departments to enable people to learn from their peers with deeper discussion around context for their team.
 
Recommended Experience
We recommend that participants have at least some experience facilitating adult or corporate learning. Those who do not have previous experience can still participate in the program, may need to invest a little bit more time in practice and preparation.
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frequently asked questions

Here are a few of the most common questions we get about our facilitator certification program. Don't see your question answered here? Contact us here. 

How much does it cost?

We offer our facilitator certification program for organizations that are looking to scale their delivery of SIY Global programs. Therefore, the price is integrated into a larger program delivery or licensing bundle.

Can I get this certification if my organization does not offer it internally?

We primarily deliver our facilitator certification program within organizations that are looking to scale their delivery of SIY Global programs. 
 
However, if your organization is a client of SIY Global but cannot fill a full 6-person cohort, we may be able to partner you with other clients who have a need to certify a smaller number of people. If you are interested in this option, contact your customer success manager or contact us here.
 
We are not currently offering any public programs to certify individuals.

What programs am I certified to teach after completion?

You may teach any SIY Global program, including our full 2-day Search Inside Yourself program. You can find the full list of programs here.

What’s the difference between the Facilitator Certification Program (FCP) and the SIY Teacher Training?

Both certifications enable you to facilitate any SIY Global program.

SIY Teacher Training is a more intensive program that offers a deep dive into emotional intelligence, focusing on the content of the full Search Inside Yourself Program. The program takes place over the course of 9 weeks, with 36 hours of live learning and approximately 40-50 hours of self-study (~80 hours total)

Because SIY Teacher Training focuses entirely on the content of the SIY course, facilitators who want to facilitate other programs should expect to spend additional time preparing for delivery.

FCP develops a broader facilitation skill set, with a unique focus on emotional intelligence, that can be applied to a broad range of topics. The program is also shorter, taking place over the course of 4 weeks with 20 hours of live learning and 10 hours of self-paced learning (~30 hours total). 

Organizations can choose the content they want their facilitators to focus on during FCP from any program in SIY Global’s catalog.

Do I need facilitator certification if I’m already a certified teacher of the Search Inside Yourself program?

Anyone who works within an organization that is a customer of SIY Global and is a certified SIY teacher may teach any of SIY Global’s programs.

Some SIY teachers are choosing to participate in the full facilitator certification program (FCP) as this program puts more emphasis on emotional-intelligence based facilitation skills, rather than the deeper dive into the content.

This upskilling is especially useful if it has been a while since you have been certified or if your organization is already running a cohort to connect you with other facilitators.

Independent consultants who are certified as an SIY Global Certified Teacher (GCT) may only deliver the full SIY program. For questions, contact us here.

Are you still offering SIY Teacher Training?

Yes, we are still offering SIY Teacher Training within client organizations. However, we are not offering any public programs at this time.

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Ready to upskill your team?

We'd love to talk to you about certifying an internal group of facilitators to amplify the impact of your emotional intelligence programs.