Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery (CPPM)
Newfield's 9-month ICF Level 2 flagship — 125 hours; NCC credential; ontological foundation; observer-first learning sequence; top-3 global program ranking.
- Provider
- Newfield Network
- Format
- 100% virtual (live Zoom); global cohorts
- ICF hours
- 125 ICF Level 2 accredited coach-specific education hours
- Duration
- 9 months; 6-day opening + 16-week modules + 3-day closing
- Tuition
- Contact newfieldnetwork.com; payment plans and early bird pricing available
- Prerequisites
- None. The program is designed for those committed to personal transformation rather than a quick certification track.
About
Program overview
The Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery (CPPM) is the flagship program of Newfield Network, founded in 1991 by Julio Olalla, one of the founding figures of professional coaching and the originator of Ontological Coaching® in the United States. Ranked in the top three coach education programs globally and attended by participants from 63+ countries, the CPPM is a nine-month, 100% virtual program that simultaneously develops the coach as a person and trains them as a practitioner.
The CPPM is an ICF Level 2 Accredited Coach Education Program, providing 125 coach-specific education hours. Graduates earn the Newfield Certified Coach (NCC®) credential and qualify to pursue ICF ACC or PCC credentials through the Level 2 pathway.
What distinguishes the CPPM from most coach training programs is not its methodology alone but the sequence in which it teaches: the first half of the nine months focuses entirely on the student's own transformation. It examines how they observe, what they assume, how their language patterns and emotional habits shape what they perceive as possible. Only then does the program shift to coaching others. This sequencing reflects Newfield's core premise: that the quality of coaching is inseparable from the quality of the observer doing it.
Who it's for
Aspiring coaches who want an ontological, philosophically grounded foundation rather than a competency checklist
Leaders, executives, and organizational practitioners committed to personal transformation as the precondition for coaching effectiveness
Coaches seeking an ICF Level 2 program that simultaneously changes how they see themselves and how they practice
Those who want a program ranked in the global top three and attended by an international cohort from 63+ countries
Practitioners drawn to the integration of language, body, and emotion as a unified field of coaching practice
Coaches who want a 2,500+ member alumni community and lifetime access to a vibrant ongoing learning network
What you'll learn
Phase 1 — Personal transformation and ontological foundations (Months 1–4)
Before coaching others, students examine themselves as observers. The Foundations of Ontological Learning module covers the Theory of the Observer, the insight that what we perceive as possible is shaped by our ensemble of beliefs, language habits, emotional dispositions, and bodily tendencies. Students learn to see these patterns in themselves, opening the capacity to see them in others.
The opening intensive — 6-Day Virtual Coach Training Conference
An immersive opening experience led by Veronica Olalla Love (MCC, PCC) and Alexander Love (MCC) that begins the ontological work and establishes the cohort community.
Phase 2 — Coaching skills and professional practice (Months 5–9)
The second half applies the observer framework to coaching: how to listen for what clients are not saying, how to work with emotional patterns as coaching material rather than side notes, and how to enable the kind of structural shifts in observation that produce lasting change. ICF Core Competencies are integrated throughout.
Peer study groups, learning guides, and mentor coaching
Cohort members are organized into small peer study groups that meet twice monthly. Learning guides provide reading exercises, somatic practices, and reflection-based writing assignments. Structured one-on-one mentor coaching from Newfield Certified Mentor Coaches runs throughout.
Closing intensive — 3-Day Virtual Conference
The program closes with a three-day virtual intensive that integrates the full arc of learning and prepares coaches for their certification exam.
The NCC certification path
After completing the program and logging 50+ coaching hours, graduates submit a 40–60 minute recorded coaching session for evaluation by Newfield faculty. Passing earns the Newfield Certified Coach (NCC®) designation.
Credentials and accreditation
Completing the CPPM and passing the coaching exam earns:
Newfield Certified Coach (NCC®): Newfield's proprietary designation, awarded on demonstration of coaching competency
125 ICF Level 2 accredited coaching education hours, qualifying for ICF ACC (100 coaching hours required) or ICF PCC (500 coaching hours required) via the direct Level 2 pathway
Newfield's CPPM is self-described as ranked in the top three coach education programs globally.
Format, duration, and cost
Duration: 9 months, 100% virtual
Structure: pre-program optional foundation readings + 6-day opening virtual conference + two 16-week learning modules + learning guides + peer study groups + mentor coaching + 3-day closing virtual conference + coaching exam
Faculty: Veronica Olalla Love, M.Ac., PCC (CEO, Newfield) and Alexander Love, M.Ac., MCC; experienced mentor coaches throughout
Alumni community: 2,500+ member network with lifetime access via web portal
Cost: contact Newfield at newfieldnetwork.com; payment plans available; early bird pricing available for upcoming cohorts
Prerequisites: none; program is designed for those committed to deep personal transformation
What makes it distinctive
Newfield's CPPM is one of the few coach training programs in the world where personal transformation is the first half of the curriculum rather than a bonus feature. The program does not introduce coaching skills until the coach has spent months examining their own patterns of observation (their linguistic habits, emotional dispositions, and bodily tendencies), because Newfield holds that these shape everything a coach perceives and enables in a client. This sequencing is the origin of Newfield's institutional claim and its reputation: coaches from Newfield are different before they become skilled, and the skill emerges from that difference.
The ontological framework, rooted in philosophy of language, the biology of cognition, and phenomenology, gives the program an intellectual depth unusual at any price point. It is a program that asks "who are you as an observer?" before asking "how do you conduct a session?" That question, taken seriously over nine months, produces coaches who are genuinely hard to find a comparable substitute for.
Before you can coach another person's way of observing, you have to understand your own. The first half of this program is already the coaching.
Frameworks taught at Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery (CPPM)
Challenges this training prepares coaches for
Questions about Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery (CPPM)
Q.01What ICF accreditation does the CPPM hold?
What ICF accreditation does the CPPM hold?
The CPPM is ICF Level 2 accredited, providing 125 coach-specific education hours. Graduates qualify to apply for the ICF ACC (after 100 coaching hours) or PCC (after 500 coaching hours) via the direct Level 2 pathway.
Q.02What credential do I earn?
What credential do I earn?
Graduates who complete the 9-month program, log 50+ coaching hours, and pass the NCC coaching exam earn the Newfield Certified Coach (NCC®) designation.
Q.03How is the CPPM different from other ICF Level 2 programs?
How is the CPPM different from other ICF Level 2 programs?
Newfield's sequencing is distinctive: the first half focuses on transforming the student as an observer, examining their own language patterns, emotional habits, and somatic tendencies. Only in the second half does the program teach coaching skills. The premise is that coaching quality is inseparable from the quality of the observer doing it.
Q.04How long is the program and how is it structured?
How long is the program and how is it structured?
9 months, 100% virtual. The structure includes a pre-program foundation, a 6-day opening virtual conference, two 16-week learning modules with peer study groups and mentor coaching, and a 3-day closing virtual intensive. Estimated 15+ hours per week during the program.
Q.05How much does the CPPM cost?
How much does the CPPM cost?
Contact Newfield at newfieldnetwork.com for current pricing and upcoming cohort start dates. Payment plans and early bird pricing are available.
Q.06Are there prerequisites?
Are there prerequisites?
None. The program is open to anyone committed to deep personal transformation and coaching development. No prior coaching experience is required.
Q.07What is the NCC certification process?
What is the NCC certification process?
After completing the program and logging 50+ coaching hours, submit a 40–60 minute recorded coaching session for evaluation by Newfield faculty. Passing this exam earns the NCC designation.
Q.08Who are the faculty?
Who are the faculty?
Veronica Olalla Love (M.Ac., PCC), CEO of Newfield Network, and Alexander Love (M.Ac., MCC) lead the virtual conference intensives. Experienced Newfield Certified Mentor Coaches provide one-on-one mentoring throughout.
Q.09What community and resources do graduates receive?
What community and resources do graduates receive?
Graduates join a 2,500+ member alumni community with lifetime access via Newfield's web portal, which provides ongoing resources, coaching tools, and connection with coaches from 63+ countries.
Q.10What is ontological coaching?
What is ontological coaching?
[Ontological coaching](/frameworks/ontological-coaching) (from the Greek ontos, meaning 'being') is a coaching approach that works at the level of the whole person, examining how habitual patterns of language, emotion, and body shape what a client perceives as possible. Newfield is the originating institution for this approach in the United States.
Q.11What does the Newfield Certified Coach (NCC) credential tell me about a coach?
What does the Newfield Certified Coach (NCC) credential tell me about a coach?
The NCC (Newfield Certified Coach®) means the coach completed Newfield's 9-month Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery program, logged at least 50 coaching hours, and passed a faculty-evaluated recorded coaching session. It's Newfield's proprietary credential, not an ICF-issued one — though the CPPM itself holds ICF Level 2 accreditation, meaning NCC holders qualify to apply for ICF ACC or PCC credentials through the direct Level 2 pathway. What you can infer: the coach has trained in [ontological coaching](/frameworks/ontological-coaching), a philosophically rigorous tradition concerned with how habitual patterns of language, body, and emotion shape what a person perceives as possible, and they went through a program that begins with the coach's own personal transformation before introducing coaching skills. What it doesn't tell you: how many total coaching hours they've accumulated beyond the minimum 50, or whether they hold a separate ICF credential. Confirm both directly.
Q.12What should I ask a Newfield-trained coach before hiring them?
What should I ask a Newfield-trained coach before hiring them?
Ask whether they hold an ICF credential in addition to the NCC, and if so, at what level (ACC, PCC, or MCC). Ask how long they've been practicing since completing the CPPM and how many coaching hours they've logged — the NCC requires only 50 hours, so the gap between a recent graduate and an experienced practitioner can be significant. Ask them to explain what [ontological coaching](/frameworks/ontological-coaching) means in practice, not as a concept: a well-trained Newfield coach will describe concretely how they work with a client's listening patterns, emotional habits, or somatic tendencies as coaching material. Ask what kinds of clients and challenges they work with most, since Newfield coaches vary considerably in focus across executive, life, and organizational contexts. And ask what Newfield's 'Theory of the Observer' means to their practice — it's a useful signal of how deeply they engaged with the program's intellectual foundation.