Coaching Courses – For qualifications that create income
“The PSG Accredited Diploma in Executive and Life Coaching Program was developed due to our commitment to developing successful individuals, managers and teams. We know that businesses and organisations with executives and managers who use coaching as a means for developing their employees will see significant bottom-line results.”
Maureen Hewitt, Course Director and Principal Coach
1/ Accredited Diploma in Executive and Life Coaching with FETAC Level 6 award
This part-time course runs in Dublin, Cork and Galway. Note there are two Dublin courses – one in English and one in Polish. Click on a location to find out course dates or to view or download a brochure
Who is this course for ?
- People looking to set-up their own coaching practise as professional coaches
- People developers, managers and leaders who want professional coaching skills and structure to enhance their behaviours and skill sets
- Professionals who are involved in HR and talent management who wish to develop competencies to support their culture and their executives
- Self-employed and business owners who want the confidence to apply coaching methods and skills to increase their levels of success
- Coaches who want to coach better and who will benefit from experiencing and exploring new methods and models
- Individuals who want develop themselves personally and realise how this enhances their life and career prospects.
- Counsellors, career guidance, recruiters and those involved in helping others and shaping futures
If you want to be more effective with managing yourself, managing others people and managing your environment – then this course is for you.
The Accredited Diploma in Executive & Life Coaching is a part-time course for those wishing to become a coach or to learn coach skills in order to improve their personal and professional effectiveness. The course leads to the following two qualifications:-
- Diploma in Executive & Life Coaching – a professional qualification which allows the student to become a member of professional organisations such as the LBCAI (Life & Business Coaching Association of Ireland) or AC (Association for Coaching) and to practise as a coach.
- FETAC Level 6 Component Certificate in Coaching – a nationally recognised academic qualification
The course consists of 7 weekend class sessions in addition to external work including assignments, reading course books, giving and receiving coaching (peer, professional and pro bono), journalling, book and media reviews and study group meetings.
Class sessions are 10am to 5pm (weekends). External course work would typically be 16 – 20 hours per month.
Topics covered include :
- Executive Coaching
- Seven Stage Coaching Model
- The difference between coaching, consulting and counselling
- Coaching skills; including – Listening (levels I, II & III), permission to speak, staying in the moment with the client, mirroring, reframing,responding, interrupting, summarising, clarifying, brainstorming, blurting, metaphors, powerful questions, open & closed
- Belief systems (empowering & limiting)
- Client Values
- Tolerations and boundaries of coaching
- Intuition in coaching
- Emotional intelligence
- Self management & motivation
- Daily habits – how they influence how you feel
- Setting & achieving goals (your own & your clients)
The course fee is normally €2,550 and is paid either by a €250 deposit and then the balance at the start of the course or a €250 deposit and the balance paid in interest-free installments over the duration of the course. (See the page for each course for any special offers or discounts.)
At the end of each course we always ask students to complete feedback forms. We asked the Autumn students, “What would you say to anyone thinking of taking the course?”
Here’s a few of the answers:
Do, Do, Do
Helena (Counsellor, Trainer, Teacher, Physiotherapist)
I’d recommend it without hesitation. It’s a fantastic investment – because you are able to engage at the level you’re at, everyone is valued, able to fully enjoy and benefit.
Clare (Musician)
Do it – just do it. All the challenges are worthwhile. The more you bring to it the more you will get out of it. Brilliant experience and bonding. Genuine & authentic.
Brilliant. Best course I have ever done by far!
David (Secondary School Teacher)
Go for it! If the effort is put in they will get 3 times back. The investment is fantastic & will stand to you for the rest of their lives.
Charlie (Training Coordinator, Supervisor)
“Trust the process”. Have faith and give it a shot. No learning is wasted.
I read the comments on the website from previous participants, but they were just words – now I have experienced all of the learning areas & I have understood so many things that were a mystery to me. I have been given so many tools. Tools that I needed to progress as a trainer/teacher/coach.
Miriam (Adult Education Tutor, Owner of Childcare Facility)
2/ Certificate in Coaching with FETAC level 6 award – 6 Evenings
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3/ Certificate in Career Coaching – 8 Evenings
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Business puts a high value on coaching skills when recruiting – it gives all managers the edge when looking to be selected or retained
Your effectiveness as an individual and as a manager is dependent on how well you coach
Coaching is a set of skills that used to be a “nice to have” but in this complex world it is now a “need to have”. Today, due to technology and global working practices we are handling far more relationships, tasks and business goals than ever before. We are also more likely to experience a level of chaos during our day. Whereas before we would try and avoid chaos by putting rational models and schedules in place – this no longer works and is no longer relevant. We have to move beyond what we used to do yesterday and look to what’s needed today and forecast what we might need tomorrow and the next day. In order to manage ourselves in a confident and consistent manner – we all need the ability to self coach and if we hold a role that involves people management or development then coaching practitioner skills are crucial.