Our Certificate in Personal and Business Coaching Course is evening (or morning) based and is designed to equip you with all the essential skills and tools of coaching. It is also a hugely transformational course as you will be applying the coaching skills to your own life and business or workplace. It takes place over 16 weeks and upon satisfactory completion of this course you will have the option to continue your studies to Diploma level if you wish to qualify as a Professional Personal and Business Coach.

This course is fully accredited by the Life and Business Coaching Association of Ireland (LBCAI) and a FETAC Level 6 Component Award in Coaching is also available as an optional extra.

Participants come from a variety of career backgrounds. Some of our past graduates used the course as a means of enhancing their current careers, while others used it as a fantastic platform for personal growth and development.

Coaching is a powerful emerging profession, the value of which is being increasingly recognised by individuals and organisations throughout the world.

Coaching is a professional relationship which facilitates performance, learning and development of people. It is about improving effectiveness and achieving results. It focuses on measurable steps of success.

Coaching is supportive and challenging. It aims to help people clarify what they want out of life, set goals to achieve what they want and meet challenges effectively along the way.

Coaching is future oriented and action oriented based on present moment awareness. It focuses on individual growth and development.

Coaching is not advising, telling or influencing; and though it might be therapeutic in its effect, it is not therapy or counselling. It is based on the premise that each person has all the answers to all their questions, and the role of the coach is to facilitate the client in gaining clarity, setting goals, and taking action. This applies in all areas of life, whether it is personal, business or executive coaching.

Coaching is a partnership that takes place within a space of trust, safety, and challenge. In essence, coaching is a catalyst for success.

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ILI Coaching Approach - The Principle of Presence.

The ILI emphasises the importance of "being present" in all coaching engagements. Allowing your "Presence" to be in the coach's chair rather than your Mind is the essential difference between poor coaching and excellent coaching. This is easier said than done as we spend most of our daily lives living from our minds. Not alone are our students taught how to engage with their "presence" during the course to help them to be competent at coaching, they also learn how to bring their "presence" into their everyday lives thus hugely enhancing their life experience.

Course Methodology

We believe that learning should be through the process of doing; in an environment of collaboration, contribution and open and constructive feedback; and in an atmosphere which is stimulating and fun.

Course Modules Delivery

• Audio/visual presentations
• Experiential and interactive exercises
• Coaching role play with facilitator feedback
• Peer Coaching Group Sessions
• Personal development study and presentations
• Peer feedback
• Continual appraisal and assessment Course Content
• Concept and Origins of Coaching
• Key Skills of Coaching
• Coaching Relationship
• Attitude/Sabotaging Voice
• Self Confidence/Assertiveness
• Thinking Skills
• Different Coaching Models
• Personal Responsibility
• Change Management
• Stress Management
• Goal Setting/Action Planning
• Applications of Coaching in the Workplace
• Beliefs and Values
• Self Awareness
• Communication
• Listening/Questioning Skills
• Leadership
• Roles and Priorities
• Time Management

...and other topics related to personal and professional effectiveness and achievement.