Online Senior Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching

This impactful programme combines world-class coaching tools, frameworks and methodologies from experts and thought-leaders in the industry with highly experienced facilitation from AoEC Faculty to give you a rich and varied learning environment.

Gain access to an online coach training experience that will take your coaching to the next level in an accessible, flexible and cost-effective way.

Positive impact

The aim of this diploma is to improve your effectiveness as a coach, getting better results – faster. Through improved understanding of the theory and hands-on practice with your coaching model, you’ll improve your confidence, capabilities and your eligibility for further credentials with the International Coach Federation (ICF) or European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC).

Reasons to enrol

• This online course combines the intense training experience needed to progress your coaching skills with the flexibility to manage your own time and learning
• Uniquely developed and facilitated by thought leaders and experts in their field of coaching; giving you global knowledge from your own location
• Deepen your understanding of presence and attention in service of your client as a Senior level coach
• Your 81 training hours will contribute to credentialing with the ICF as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and accreditation with EMCC at Senior Practitioner level

Testimonials 

What’s involved

The course will give you access to a wide range of theories, methods and tools as well as live coaching practice to stretch you in your thinking and approach.

The theory half of the programme will be delivered online. Spanning 33 weeks over 10 months, the programme includes at-home access to study when it suits you and weekly facilitated discussions by AoEC Faculty.

The other half will be monthly live peer practice sessions and regular practice with coachees outside of the modules. This will be essential as application of theory will be a key part of supervision.

The Online Senior Practitioner Diploma is comprised of eight modules structured over 10 months.

The elements of the programme include:

Weekly 60 minute webinars from the AoEC faculty and specialists on coaching theories, models and techniques (33 over the year)

• (See Content Schedule for topics and dates)
• Illustrated by case examples and/or demonstration
• Designed with practical exercises to take away and use on your own and in your practice group

Weekly 90 minutes facilitated discussion

• Facilitated by a faculty member
• To expand your own thinking & reflection on the webinar topic
• Examining how this helps you to further develop your personal coaching model

Working in peer practice groups (self-managed) for 6 hrs each month

• Carrying out exercises identified on the webinar
• Discussing and applying new tools
• Coach/Client/Observer practice with new techniques
• Integrating learning to further develop your personal coaching model
• Help to build your coaching ‘business’ either internal or external

Regular practice with coachees outside the modules

• Required to have four practice coachees
• Face-to-face or virtual
• Emphasis is on practicing then reflecting on practice, to expand style and technique

Evaluating practice

• Four evaluated coaching practice sessions
• Monthly supervision for practice groups
• Bi-monthly meeting with faculty in practice groups

Reflection on practice

• Keeping reflection notes on all coaching sessions
• Maintain a learning journal
• Giving and receiving peer feedback

Final assessment

• Presentation of your coaching model
• Assessment of your coaching practice
• Written submission

Topics include

Recognising Diversity as a Coach

Kimberli  Lewis discusses how to work with the four dimensions of diversity: Gender, Culture, Ethnicity and Age.

Kimberli Lewis, Diversity and Culture

Challenging Coaching

John Blakey introduces the FACTS model and looks at this new and challenging approach to coaching.

John Blakey, Challenging Coaching

Cognitive Behavioural Coaching

Gladeana McMahon provides an introduction to CBC including preparing the client and tools to support your Cognitive Behavioural Coaching.

Gladeana McMahon, Cognitive Behavioural Coaching

Immunity to Change

Zia covers the theory of adaptive leadership, adult development theory and a new type of coaching that is evolving.

Zia Manji, Immunity to Change

Ethics

Sophie takes us through explored ethical principles and core value, considered ethical complexities and challenges and identified sources of support and guidance.

Sophie Welch, Ethics

Mindfulness

Liz Hall explains the core elements of Mindfulness and how these elements can transform your coaching.

Liz Hall, Mindfulness

Working with Emotions

John will discuss how to manage emotions and how the Gestalt perspective fits in with other approaches.

John Leary-Joyce, Working with Emotions

Neuroscience

Ursula Franklin gives an overview of Neuroscience and its relevance to coaching.

Ursula Franklin, Neuroscience

Who’s it for?

We want to maintain the highest quality of participants so you will benefit enormously through learning from each other. This means that all participants should be:

• Experienced coaches at ACC level actively practising with 50 hours of client coaching
• Constantly refreshing their coaching model and style of coaching
• Experiencing regular supervision – individual or group
• Self-managed learners

Coach Training Hours

Participants can achieve 81 accredited coach specific training hours (ACSTH) with the ICF, if all elements of the programme are completed.

Support for applications to the EMCC is in the form of a statement of attendance showing the number of hours completed and a factsheet outlining the course details.

We can provide further course information to participants if requested by the ICF or EMCC.

Programme Faculty include

John GrayFaculty

John is a senior member of the AoEC Faculty. He is passionate about supporting people in their personal and professional development and personal awareness and change. He brings a wealth of experience and empathy to support new coaches in their learning journeys and helps them to find their own coaching style and approach. John’s commercial insight and experience was formed as a practising solicitor. He has also worked at the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva, in grassroots peace building in Burundi and has established a community mediation service. John runs a successful freelance organisational consultancy offering, consultancy, facilitation, non-managerial supervision and coaching. In addition to his coaching, and his faculty role with AoEC, John is a part-time lecturer in leadership and management at the University of York’s Centre for Applied Human Rights.

Moira HallidayDirector of Training

Moira is our Director of Training and joined the AoEC in January 2009. For over twenty years she successfully combined organisational consultancy, executive coaching and psychotherapy. Running her own business, Moira worked with CEOs, senior managers, leaders and leadership teams – focusing on developing effective leadership skills, organizational learning, managing change and enhancing personal effectiveness.
Moira is trained in Humanistic Psychology and Process Oriented Psychology as well as being a trained mediator, experienced in conflict resolution and developing mediator training programmes.

Investment

Our primary aim is to deliver a programme of the highest standard that also reflects value for money. We therefore make a promise to support you through to graduation.

The course fees are £3,750+ VAT

Contact Mandy Golley for information on how you can spread your payments.