Fulfillment Method FAQs

The Fulfillment Method - Coach Certification

Understanding the Program

1. How is TFI's certification different from other coaching schools?

TFI's program offers several unique advantages:

Fulfillment-centered approach: Master TFI's exclusive models of fulfillment and self-mastery that give you a competitive edge for deeper, more transformative coaching
Extra learning hours: 80 hours vs. the standard 60-hour ICF requirement, providing 20 additional hours of development at the same fee
Whole-person impact: Prepares you to create meaningful change across personal, relational, and professional domains
Expert faculty: Learn from ICF-certified coaches and coaching psychology specialists who understand both the science and art of transformation
Action learning from day one: Apply coaching skills in real-world scenarios immediately, building authentic confidence through guided practice

2. Why does TFI offer 80 hours instead of the standard 60?

The additional 20 hours allow for deeper integration of TFI's distinctive fulfillment frameworks and provide more extensive coaching practice opportunities. This extra investment ensures you graduate not just meeting ICF requirements, but exceeding them with enhanced competencies and confidence to coach that set you apart in the coaching marketplace.

ICF Accreditation and Credentials

3. Is the program fully accredited by ICF, and what level does it support?

The program is currently pending ICF approval. Once approved, graduates will have fulfilled the necessary learning and mentoring hours to pursue ICF credentialing at the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) level, which requires 60 hours of coach-specific training.

4. How does this compare to going directly through ICF?

ICF doesn't offer coach training directly—they accredit training programs and credential individual coaches. TFI provides the structured learning experience, expert instruction, and community support that you can't get by simply applying for ICF credentials on your own.

Program Structure and Time Commitment

5. Can I do this alongside my full-time job?

Yes, the program is designed for working professionals. Sessions are scheduled to accommodate various work schedules. The hybrid format combines live sessions (theory and practice) with self-paced learning that you can complete on your own timeline.

6. How much time outside of sessions is expected each week?

Beyond the live sessions, expect additional time to complete readings, reflection exercises, and assignments. The exact time varies by week and individual learning pace

7. Are the sessions live only, or are they recorded for catch-up?

While we emphasize the value of live participation for community building and real-time interaction, we understand that conflicts arise. Contact our program team about recording availability and makeup options for sessions you cannot attend live.

8. How do you handle learners who fall behind or miss classes?

We provide individualized support through mentoring and flexible self-paced components. If you fall behind, your mentor will work with you to create a catch-up plan. The program structure accommodates different learning paces while maintaining quality standards.

Learning Experience and Support

9. What does "action learning" mean in practice?

Action learning means you will engage in guided coaching conversations with feedback from instructors and peers, building authentic confidence through actual coaching experience rather than theoretical study alone.

10. Will there be practical coaching labs to practice with peers?

Yes, Practice Labs (2-hour sessions) provide structured opportunities to practice coaching skills with fellow participants under expert guidance. These labs are essential for building competence and confidence in a supportive environment.

11. How will I receive mentoring and supervision?

The program includes individualized mentoring that honors your unique strengths and aspirations. Mentoring occurs through both group supervision during practice labs and individual guidance tailored to your development needs and coaching goals.

12. Is the program suitable for experienced professionals versus beginners?

The program welcomes both beginners and experienced professionals. Whether you are starting your coaching journey, wanting to incorporate coaching skills into your current role, or seeking to deepen existing skills with fulfillment-centered frameworks, the curriculum and mentoring adapt to your experience level.

Global Accessibility and Inclusion

13. Is the program global and inclusive, not just Western-focused?

Yes, TFI draws from diverse wisdom traditions and creates a global learning community. The fulfillment frameworks integrate insights from various cultural and philosophical traditions, not just Western psychology, making the approach relevant across different contexts and backgrounds.

14. How does the online format work across different time zones?

Sessions are scheduled to accommodate multiple time zones, making participation feasible for learners in different regions. The hybrid format with self-paced elements provides additional flexibility.

Career Development and Business Support

15. What happens after certification—are there career pathways or alumni support?

Graduates join a global network of certified fulfillment coaches with access to ongoing learning and collaboration opportunities. TFI offers advanced programs (like Trauma-aware Coaching, Whole Person Coaching, Coach Supervision, digital learning through Coach Bytes) for continued development, creating a clear pathway for professional growth.

16. How does the program help me find clients or establish a practice?

While the primary focus is developing coaching competencies, the program includes guidance on establishing your coaching presence and connecting with potential clients. The fulfillment-centered approach and TFI frameworks provide clear differentiation in the coaching marketplace.

Specializations and Continuing Education

17. Are there specializations or electives within the program?

The core program provides comprehensive foundational training in fulfillment-centered coaching. Specializations are available through TFI's advanced programs and continuing education offerings after certification.

18. Will I earn CCEUs if I am already a certified coach?

If you are already an ICF-certified coach graduating from the program, will provide you with continuing education units (CCEUs).

Practical Details

19. Are payment plans or financial aid available?

Yes, flexible payment plans are available. Contact TFI's enrollment team to discuss options that work for your financial situation.

20. When does the next cohort begin?

The first cohort begins in Jan 2026. Enrollment is currently open, and cohorts are kept small to ensure personalized attention and community building.

21. Can I transfer to another cohort or batch after registering?

Batch transfer requests are considered on a case-by-case basis. Each request will be reviewed individually, and approval is at the discretion of the program team. If approved, a batch transfer fee may apply (the amount will be communicated at the time of review).

22. What is included in the program fee?

Your investment includes all 80 hours of training including 10 mentoring hours, access to the learning platform, program materials, individualized mentoring, practice lab sessions, and ongoing support throughout the 12-week program.

Community and Outcomes

23. How large are the cohorts?

Cohorts are intentionally kept small to ensure depth of learning, personalized attention, and strong community connections among participants.

24. What can I expect as learning outcomes?

Graduates leave ready to coach clients immediately, with:

A strong grip of foundational coaching competencies
Proficiency in TFI's fulfillment and self-mastery frameworks
Confidence to coach built through extensive practice and mentoring
A clear coaching identity and authentic presence
Connection to a global community of fulfillment-focused coaches

25. What kind of transformation should I expect personally?

Many participants experience significant personal transformation alongside skill development. The program develops both your coaching capabilities and your ability to apply them across different contexts alongside cultivating your own fulfillment.

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Anita Vasudeva

Anita brings over four decades of deep and diverse work experience as a Coach, Communicator and Business Professional, to TFI. After 16 years in the corporate tourism industry, she became an entrepreneur who founded the first travel portal in India, set up a business consulting firm, a writing service and communication company, and also founded one of the first enabling platforms for women in India promoting diversity, back to work and flexibility. She co-founded The Foundation for Working Women addressing gender challenges at work, and has been an Advisory member to various social change organizations. For the past decade, Anita has dedicated herself to creating conscious growth through coaching, and to writing and communication.

“It is one life and we must choose to live it to the fullest. It is this belief that drew me to TFI.”

As an ICF Coach and Consultant, Anita has over 2500 hours of coaching experience with business leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, individuals, groups and teams from a range of industries and at different stages of life and growth. Anita draws upon diverse wisdom schools, and studies in a blended approach that responds to the context and reality of life and work. As a Writer and Communication Consultant, Anita has worked with various organizations on communication strategy and guidelines, development of communication collateral and content, and communication training. She has also written corporate and brand biographies and papers, and edited books and papers – business, non-fiction and fiction.

An English Literature major from Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi with a Social Communications post-graduate from Mumbai University, Anita is currently based in New Delhi. She continues to be a student of change psychology, social transformation, philosophy and spiritual study. Her other interests are theatre, art, language, poetry and media.

Preeti D’mello

Preeti brings a passionately committed vision, deep expertise and over three decades of work experience to TFI. Recognized for design thinking in systemic organizational and leadership development work, she has a practical and strengths-based orientation to her work, leveraging her experience and understanding of human nature to enable effective turnarounds in personal, business, and leadership challenges.

Preeti’s career of over 35 years spans several industries and sectors – IT Services, Education & Training, International Business, Education Consulting and Publishing. She recently completed a decade-long stint as the Chief Diversity Officer and Global Head of Organizational Development, Leadership Development (LeaD Academy), Coaching, Diversity (DEI) and Culture at TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), where she played a key role in significantly changing the trajectory of DEI with a simple motto – “Inclusion without Exception.” She established the Global Coaching Centre of Excellence as a part of the LEAD Academy and led the DEIJB function as Global Head. Her work is the recipient of the PRISM Award, a gold standard in Coaching from ICF.

Prior to TCS, she served as Regional Director: South Asia for Pearson Learning Solutions (PLS) and Edexcel International where she re-launched the Edexcel brand in South Asia, achieving 40% growth in 2010 (revenues $6.3M) and increasing school partnerships by 90%.

Preeti is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Organizational Psychologist with over 5000 hours of coaching a compelling contribution to the coaching field via Coach Education, Coach Supervision, Coach Mentoring and one-on-one leadership. Founder of the Gestalt Institute of Asia, where she now plays an advisory role, Preeti is also a member of the Global Board of International Coaching Federation (ICF) - Coaching in Organizations (CIO), and Chair of the Diversity Task Force for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

Preeti’s belief is that Coaching is both an art and a science with the potential to inspire transformation at the individual and systemic levels. As a process, she aims to bridge the gap between where people are, where they wish to be, who they are, and who they want to become by enhancing awareness and unlocking an individual’s potential to tap into the innate resourcefulness that every person possesses.

Over time Preeti has had the privilege and opportunity to support individuals, teams, and organizations in exploring resistance, enhancing communication, and promoting resilience and autonomous thinking at an individual level and creating pathways of transformation for systems at the level of groups and teams.

Satyashiv D’mello

Shiv’s experience as a Coach, his commitment to individual and social well-being, and his deep and diverse studies and research, have inspired his role and work at TFI.

A Professional Certified Coach through the ICF (International Coaching Federation), Shiv has spent the past 10 years working with corporate middle management and emerging leaders across a range of issues, from sharpening their leadership capabilities and navigating change more effectively, to working interdependently with teams and planning ahead for the future of the workplace. His approach integrates positive psychology, neuroscience, Gestalt processes, organisational development, and coaching, which together serve individual, team, and organisational needs.

Shiv is also Founder and Director at YouUbuntu Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on wellbeing.

Previously, Shiv led the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Wellbeing (DEI&W) and Social Sustainability functions for six years at Conscious Development LLC. He has designed, developed and facilitated learning programs for corporates such as Bosch, Netflix, Tata Group, and many others. He also carried out research studies and impact assessments for various Indian and global partners to shape organizational and industry policies.

Shiv graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai University with a double major in Psychology and Anthropology. He holds an MSC degree in Positive Organization Development and Change from Case Western Reserve University, USA

Dr. Anna Tavis

Dr. Anna Tavis is Clinical Professor and Chair of the Human Capital Management Departmentat NYU’s School of Professional Studies. She has been named to Thinkers50 Radar in 2020 and to top 100 Global Influencers in People Analytics in 2023, 2024. Dr. Tavis is the co-author of Humans at Work. The art and practice of creating the hybrid workplace. (Kogan Page, 2022) and The Digital Coaching Revolution (Kogan Page, 2024).

Prior to joining the NYU faculty, Dr. Tavis navigated a diverse global career in business, consulting and academia. In business, Dr. Tavis was the Head of Motorola’s EMEA OD function based in London, Nokia’s Global Head of Talent Management based in Helsinki, United Technologies Corporation’s Chief Learning Officer, and she was the Global Head of Talent and Organizational Development with AIG Investments. In academia, Dr. Tavis was on the faculty at Columbia University, Williams College, and Fairfield University.

Two of Dr. Tavis’ Harvard Business Review articles in collaboration with Dr. Peter Cappelli : “HR Goes Agile” (2018) and “The Performance Management Revolution” (2016) were published in HBR’s “Must Reads” (2016 & 2018), and “Definitive Management Ideas of the Year” (2016 and 2018) and in “Agile: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review” (2020).

Dr. Tavis is a frequent presenter at international conferences on the topics of Future of Work; People Analytics and Technology; Employee Experience; and Intelligent Automation in the Workplace. She is a Senior Fellow with the Conference Board and is the Academic in Residence with Executive Networks. She is the former Executive Editor of People+Strategy Journal, a publication of SHRM’s Executive Network and she is currently an Associate Editor of Workforce Solutions Review, a publication of the International Association for Human Resource Information Management and The Journal of Total Rewards, a publication of WorldatWork.

Stephen Badger

Stephen has a deep passion for the power of coaching, having benefited from it in business as well as life and witnessed its transformative power with many individuals, in both a personal and professional capacity.

He attended Duke University, Reed College, and graduated from Union Institute in Cincinnati with a BA in Anthropology.

Stephen was deeply involved as an investor and ultimately as the President of Seeds of Change, an organic seed and food company, from 1992-2004, before his appointment as the Global Director of Corporate Affairs for Mars, Incorporated. In March of 2008, Stephen joined the Mars Board and became Chairman in 2011, completing his first three-year term. As Chairman, he oversaw the creation of Mars’ first ever 25 year Vision and significantly evolved the Board to be more strategic and intentional. In March of 2017 he assumed the Chairmanship again (rotating off in March of 2020), having overseen the creation of the first Purpose for the company in its history: “The world we want tomorrow starts with the how we do business today.” Stephen also stewarded the creation of the Compass, a four quadrant model with the Purpose at its center that sets targets, which include non-financial metrics like positive social impact.

Stephen is an Advisor to Regeneration VC, in addition to serving on the boards of The Association for Traditional Arts, the Muscle Shoals Music Foundation, and the Economics of Mutuality Foundation.

Stephen also produced the documentary Muscle Shoals, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013 to a standing ovation. The film was sold around the world, including to PBS’ premiere network ITVS in the United States. Stephen thrives on time in nature, whether that be hiking, skiing, or mountain biking–and loves doing all three with his son, his partner Beth and friends.

Sreela Das Gupta

Sreela Das Gupta is the Global Lead Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Diversity Equity Inclusion at Tata Consultancy Services. Sreela has worked extensively for over thirty years in the space of human rights and social inclusion.

With an MPhil in Population Studies, from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India, Sreela worked for over two decades in the not-for-profit sector, focusing on issues related to gender equity, women’s rights, disability rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and Public Health. Sreela has worked both with rural poor communities; and in the area of policy formulation and strategic planning with organizations like International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), CARE International, UN Women, USAID, Centre for Policy Research, Oxfam.

Sreela was a Humphrey Fellow in 2000-01 -- a mid-career fellowship funded by the US Congress. Sreela went to the Tulane School of Public Health, New Orleans for her focus area of study on Gender and Public Health.

In her current role at TCS as SME, she works with 600,000 employees across 50 plus countries, focusing on providing insights on DEI concepts and strategies, managing internal and external partnerships, designing inclusive policies/ systems and processes, development of employee resource groups and is engaged in creating, curating and conducting learning sessions for multiple stakeholders to build a culture of inclusion within the company.

She is strategically engaged with national and international platforms for policy formulation and strategic dialogue on diversity, such as ILO (International Labour Organization), UK Disability Forum, Australia Disability Forum, Purple Space, WeConnect and CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) to name a few.

Sreela is on the Board of Transform Schools (India), which works with state governments on gender equity in middle schools. She is also on the Board of National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.

She is also a published author of two volumes of poetry, and four murder mysteries.

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