Train as a coach with the industry leading qualification 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 automatic approval as a Licentiate Fellow of the Institute of Training, giving you 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
• 5 hours of personal mentoring over the course of your qualification
• Twice-monthly webinars on coaching skills and practice management
• An informal monthly evening support group near our London offices.
• Comprehensive training manuals for each weekend
• A Members’ Area with resources, templates, recorded webinars and more

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:
  • Solutions-focused coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioural coaching
  • NLP coaching
  • Gestalt Coaching
  • Existential Coaching
  • A broad grounding in coaching psychology
• How to use these approaches to help clients set goals, challenge limiting beliefs, gain clarity, take action, overcome fear, find purpose and direction and much more
• Psychological models of human behaviour to enrich and guide your coaching
• Skills and advice on building your 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.