Train as a coach with the industry leading qualifcation that sets the standard for coaching skills.

The ITOL Diploma in Coaching Excellence is ITOL’s premier coaching qualification delivered exclusively by the Smart School. If you want to train as a life coach or to become a business coach, this groundbreaking course sets a new standard in training which brings together an industry-leading level of content with real support to put it into practice.

Duration: 4 – 6 months

Bursary:

A bursary is available for private individuals taking this qualification – click here to find out how as much as 40% of the course can be paid for you.

Course details:

The ITOL Diploma in Coaching Excellence is a cutting edge qualification, integrating a wide range of coaching approaches with genuine one-to-one support and a structured programme that builds step-by-step on the concepts, models and tools.

Whilst many coaching courses only scratch the surface of coaching (usually teaching just one approach), the ITOL Diploma draws from many coaching styles and models to ensure you become a master coach with the flexibility and confidence to get real results for your clients.

To reflect the professional nature of the course, the qualification gives you Licentiate Fellow status as a member of the Institute of Training for a professional edge that few coaches possess.

This course is not for people who just want to add basic skills to their workplace role. It’s been designed for people who want to excel as a life-coach or executive coach or to coach as a significant part of a management or L&D role.

Take this Diploma and you will benefit from:

• 8 full days of small group training spread over 4 weekends
• A personal mentor to support you to qualification
• Monthly observed coaching to ensure you get live feedback on your improvements
• Monthly Coach Development tele-conference to address challenges as you progress
• Training manuals with step-by-step “how to”s for each model
• One to one session with a the founder and marketing director on building your practice.

You will learn:

• What makes coaching unique and how it differs from other approaches
• Core skills for coaching including powerful question techniques, challenging negative thinking, critical listening, rapport building and establishing the coaching relationship
• A comprehesive range of coaching approaches, models and tools from difference styles of coaching including:
  • Performance coaching
  • Solutions-focused coaching
  • Behavioural coaching
  • Cognitive behavioural coaching
  • NLP coaching
  • Transpersonal coaching
• How to use these models of coaching to help clients set goals, challenge limiting beliefs, gain clarity, take action, overcome fear, find purpose and direction and much more
• How to give observation-based feedback in coaching and design 360° feedback processes
• Psychological models of human behaviour to enrich and guide your coaching
• Skills for building a private practice
• And much, much more!

The extraordinary ITOL Diploma in Coaching Excellence will ensure you become a inspiring and successful coach.  So, why not book a place on a free “Discover Coaching” seminar or a one-to-one consultation where we can find explore how becoming a coach can work for you.