Countdown to the 2026 coach training
Are you having the impact you want to?
What is the impact you have when you enter or leave a room? How do people perceive you as you move through their world? What's it like to be on the receiving end of you? If you could choose the impact you make, what would you choose?
Welcome to LightWalker Coaching.
Coaching Accreditation programmes
LightWalker Coaching offers an annual accreditation programme. Coaches attend 12 days of in-person tuition. They refine their skills by coaching in front of accredited benchmarkers, and are required to demonstrate a minimum skill level before reaching accreditation.
People decide to pursue the LightWalker Coaching accreditation for many reasons. Some want to be more effective leaders. Others want to have an impact in their workplace. Others want to grow their consulting businesses.
About half our graduates decide to join our coaching panels.
Taryn Sydow was head of Finance, Operations and IT for a merchant bank before starting her first coaching business. She is the founder of LightWalker consulting, which she runs with her partner Erich Viedge.
What's included
Six live two-day training sessions at R4,000 per day x 12 days -- total R 48,000 value
6 x 3-hour supervised triad coaching sessions, valued at R3,000 each for a total of R 18,000
2 x one-on-one coaching sessions with qualified senior Accredited LightWalker
coaches, valued at R 5,000
Six mentoring sessions with your assigned mentor (value R1,500/hour) R 9,000
Reflection interview plus project feedback sessions (value R 3,450)
Total value (including VAT) R 83,450
With the early bird and other discounts you may pay as little as R46,800 (including VAT)
10 month instalment plans are available.
Five years of coach training
2026 will be the fifth year of our coach training and will bring the total number of Accredited Lightwalker Coaches nearly 100.
Do you want to miss this chance to be part of a growing body of highly effective transformational coaches?
Download the brochure here
Fill in the application form here
Do people transform in your presence?
People sign up for coach training because they want to be that person -- the person who makes a difference in people's lives.
Accredited LightWalker coaches include exco members and other senior leaders of international banks, physiotherapists and dermatologists, consultants, activists, accountants, self-employed consultants, heads of Finance and heads of HR -- even people who work in Government -- anybody who wants to make an impact in their lives or the lives of the people around them.
Erich Viedge led an organisation of 2,500 people before going into leadership development and coaching full-time.
Coaching is a growing profession, and SA is under-served
South Africa has around 250,000 businesses which employ 50 people or more. That's a huge addressable market for leadership and transformational coaching.
The coaching profession itself is now worth more than the GDP of Lesotho and the Seychelles combined! In fact, the value of the coaching market is larger than the GDP of 50 different countries!
English and German-speaking countries seem most open to using coaches and South Africa leads the way in Africa but also globally. For more information, download the brochure here
Erich Viedge and Taryn Sydow run the annual LightWalker Coaching Accreditation programme.
Do you want 2026 to be the same as this year?
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The next best time is right now.
An investment in yourself now can transform yourself, your relationships and your career.
You can use your coaching skills wherever you are -- in your leadership, your parenting, with your clients and suppliers -- or, if you choose to, as a part-time or full-time coach.
Download the brochure here
Fill in the application form here
