Join Australia’s first workplace health and leadership coaching certification - designed for both people and the planet.
Work is changing faster than we can keep up.
The way we work has changed, but the way we build human capability hasn’t.
Climate transition, AI, psychosocial risk, and constant organisational change are reshaping work faster than our leadership systems can keep up - leaving people stretched, reactive, and exposed to burnout.
At the same time, leadership, health, career, and climate adaptation capabilities continue to be taught and operationalised in silos. Yet work is a major social determinant of health, and leadership decisions shape how safely and sustainably people can work as tasks evolve and climate risks intensify, influencing wellbeing, safety, performance, and long-term resilience.
Kinwork’s Level 1 Regenerative Coach Certification Program exists to bridge this gap, integrating workplace health, leadership, systems capability, and emerging climate requirements so people and organisations can thrive in the future of work.
Become a certified coach for the realities of modern work.
Kinwork’s Level 1 Certification equips you with core coaching capability to work confidently at the intersection of health, leadership, and systems of work.
Grounded in ICF coaching principles and Australian and international health coaching standards, and aligned with global frameworks such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this program prepares you to support individuals and organisations navigating complexity, change, and transition.
Join the waitlist to access early release details and priority enrolment.
Incorporating priority UN Sustainable Development Goals relevant to work, health, and sustainability
Coaching safe and meaningful change at work - grounded in wellbeing, ethics, and systems thinking.
Kinwork Coaches are trained to support safe and meaningful adaptation to change - building agency, connection, and capability where work evolves.
Certified Coaches support:
Individual agency and organisational capability
Wellbeing and sustainable performance
People and planet positive outcomes
This is coaching embedded into decision-making, leadership practice, and everyday work design, building capability that endures, rather than relying on short-term wellbeing initiatives to buffer the impacts of work as it evolves.
Most organisations are navigating climate and AI transitions without the human skillsets required to do so safely and effiectively.
Coaching directly addresses this gap.
Get in-demand capability for the changing world of work
Empower individuals
Support people to build clarity, agency, and resilience as they navigate work and life transitions.
Strengthen resilience
Use evidence-based coaching to develop emotional, cognitive, relational, and systems-level resilience.
Embed sustainability
Help individuals and organisations integrate people- and planet-positive thinking into everyday decisions, behaviours, and systems
What you’ll learn
Kinwork’s Level 1 Coach Certification program provides a professional foundation in workplace focused health and leadership coaching.
You’ll gain:
Core, evidence-based coaching skills for work, health, and life contexts
Tools to support clients through change, transition, and environmental and organisational complexity
Techniques to build clarity, energy, and sustainable performance under evolving work conditions
An introduction to the Kinwork regenerative coaching framework
A clear pathway to advanced study (Level 2 and beyond)
This program is designed for practice, not theory alone.
Why these skills matter now
The pace of change at work is no longer episodic - it’s constant. Organisations are navigating climate transition, AI adoption, hybrid work models, shifting regulations, and rising psychosocial risks simultaneously. This isn’t just fast - it’s complex, systemic, and unpredictable.
Burnout and stress are no longer fringe issues. Recent data shows that most employees around the world report work-related stress, with up to 77% of workers saying they felt stressed at work in the last month and a majority experiencing chronic stress and burnout symptoms (1). In Australia, around 61% of workers report burnout, with 60% of absenteeism linked to stress (2), highlighting the real cost to productivity and wellbeing.
Employee engagement - a key driver of performance - also remains alarmingly low, with only about one in three workers actively engaged at work (3). Disengagement erodes performance, innovation, retention, and organisational resilience.
These patterns are signals of systems under pressure, not individual failure. Yet most leadership, health, career, and climate adaptation skills continue to be developed in isolation, leaving practitioners under-prepared to support people and influence the way work is designed and led.
In this context, coaching capability is no longer a ‘nice to have’. It is essential - equipping practitioners to strengthen agency, support adaptation, and build capability that helps individuals and organisations navigate complexity, maintain performance, and thrive in a rapidly evolving world of work.
References
1) American Psychological Association (2023), 2023 Work in America Survey
2) Mental Health First Aid (2023), Navigating Burnout
3) Gallup (2020), US Employee Engagement Reverts Back To Pre-COVID-19 Levels
Why Kinwork?
Kinwork is a social enterprise building the next generation of workplace coaches.
Our approach is informed by:
evidence-based health and occupational guidance (WHO, ILO)
coaching principles aligned with ICF standards
climate science (IPCC)
regenerative frameworks such as B Corp, Doughnut Economics, and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.
We translate global best practice into human capability - through coaching and education that works in the real world of work.
Level 1 Kinwork Coach Certification Course
This course is for you if:
you believe work should support people, communities, and the planet
you want to integrate health, leadership, and systems thinking into the performance of work
you value evidence, standards, and ethical practice
you are open to reflection, feedback, and ongoing development
you see coaching as a lever for meaningful, systems-level change
This includes emerging coaches, health and wellbeing professionals, leaders, HR/OHS practitioners, and those transitioning into purpose-driven work.
This course may not be for you if:
you’re looking for a quick certification without practice or depth
you’re interested only in surface-level wellbeing initiatives
you see coaching as purely transactional or profit-driven
you’re unwilling to engage in reflection, learning, or assessment
you’re not interested in people and planet-positive outcomes
We’re building a profession - not a shortcut.
Climate and AI transitions are already shaping work faster than organisations can adapt and the health impacts are already visible
Certification and recognition
This program has been designed to align with leading Australian and international coaching and health coaching standards, ensuring graduates develop robust, transferable professional capability.
Our curriculum is grounded in ICF coaching principles and competencies, and aligned with HCANZA requirements, alongside evidence-based workplace health guidance from global bodies including the WHO and ILO. The program also integrates systems frameworks that underpin people and planet positive organisations - including B Corp standards, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Doughnut Economics, and Wellbeing Economy principles - translating theory into practical capability for real-world application.
Formal certification and recognition pathways are actively being progressed to support graduate portability, professional recognition, and future accreditation opportunities.
Trust, transparency, and credibility are central to everything we do.
This is coaching for people and planet positive systems of work.
Places in the first intake are limited. Join the wait list now to:
be the first to know when enrolments open
access early release pricing and bonuses
secure priority access to the program
join the founding cohort shaping the future of workplace coaching
