Where most of Singapore’s ICF-MCC coaches began their journey

Since 2004, ECI has developed professional coaches through small, in-person classes and expert guidance.

Where professional coaches begin

Founded in 2004 by Kelvin Lim, ECI is Singapore’s longest-standing coaching organisation. Kelvin became Singapore’s and Southeast Asia’s first ICF Master Certified Coach in 2005.

Why Choose ECI?

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In-person, ICF-accredited coach training.

Live demonstrations and practical coaching experience

Two ICF-accredited pathways: PCTP and LCTP

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Experienced, practising coach trainers

Ongoing alumni and coaching-hour support

In-person, ICF-accredited coach training

Live demonstrations and practical coaching experience

Two ICF-accredited pathways: PCTP and LCTP

Experienced, practising coach trainers

Ongoing alumni and coaching-hour support

The story so far

ECI began with a simple belief: effective coaching cannot be reduced to a checklist.

That belief shaped our small, in person classes and a methodology that develops who the coach is, not only the techniques they use.

More than a coaching framework

TruCoach™ is ECI’s signature coaching methodology, built to work with the whole person behind every challenge. It trains coaches to surface the root patterns driving a client’s behavior, creating change that holds rather than fading once the session ends. The process is developmental by design, reshaping how a coach shows up as much as what they do.

Why we created TruCoach™

Many coaching programmes focus primarily on tools, questions and conversational models. These techniques matter, but they do not determine how a coach listens, responds and adapts to the person in front of them.

TruCoach™ was created to develop both coaching technique and the person behind it, combining practical skill with presence, self-awareness and adaptability.

The principles behind TruCoach™

Principle 1

Coaching is a way of being, not a technique you perform

A performed technique is easy to spot and easy to resist. TruCoach™ shapes who the coach is in the room.

Principle 2

Transformation, not technique

Checklist coaching produces surface fixes that do not hold. TruCoach™ is built for change a client still carries months later.

Principle 3

The coach as instrument

Presence matters more than questions. Staying grounded and non-judgemental under pressure does more than any question could.

How TruCoach™ comes to life

TruCoach™ isn’t a chapter in a manual. It’s the foundation underneath everything ECI teaches.

Shapes every ECI programme

Built into PCTP, LCTP and our corporate programmes from the ground up, not added as a module.

Guides coach development

The standard ECI trainers use to coach, guide and assess learners throughout their training.

Applied in real coaching conversations

It shows up in how a coach listens, pauses and responds, not in a script.

Our ICF accreditation

Level 1

Level 2

Start your coaching journey

Small classes, in-person, ICF-accredited. Join the next intake and train with the faculty that shaped Singapore’s coaching profession.

Start your coaching journey

Small classes, in-person, ICF-accredited. Join the next intake and train with the faculty that shaped Singapore’s coaching profession.