Our courses
We offer the following types of courses, some of which are open courses only, some are in-house only and some which are available as open or in-house courses:
- Coach training courses: various accredited, recognised and short courses.
- NLP courses; accredited and short courses.
- Institute of Leadership Accredited communication, influencing and personal effectiveness courses.
- Personal development workshops
Here is a summary of each of the courses, with a link to the page for each course. Please click on the link for NLP training course dates and coach training course dates. We also have a range of supporting Coaching Products and NLP Products including books, e-books, audio CDs and videos.
1a. Coach Training Courses: accredited
ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring. Incorporating an NLP Diploma, this 6-day course (plus ILM-required self study) will teach you how to become an excellent coach, and how to gain the ILM qualification.
ILM Level 7 Certificate for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors. Incorporating an NLP Diploma, this 7 day course (plus ILM-required self study) will teach you how to become an excellent executive coach, and how to gain the ILM qualification.
Association for Coaching Accredited Coach Training. We are the first company in the world to offer all 4 AC levels.
- AACT: Accredited Award in Coach Training
- ACCT: Accredited Certificate in Coach Training
- ADCT: Accredited Diploma in Coach Training
- AADCT: Accredited Advanced Diploma in Coach Training
1b. Institute of Leadership Accredited Coach Training
We offer four Institute of Leadership Accredited Coach Training courses, each of which link to our existing coach training courses.
- Introduction to Coaching Skills. This 1-day introduction to coaching course for managers who want to improve their people skills or those who wish to see whether they would like to coach professionally. You can also buy the video of a previously-recorded Introduction to Coaching Skills course. There is a 1,000 word assignment. The course itself is currently available in-house only.
- Core Coaching Skills. This 2-3 day course is perfect for anyone with basic coaching skills wanting to upgrade their skill level (Day 1 is the Introduction day above, and if you have done this or an NLP course, just do the last 2 days). You can also buy the video of a previously-recorded Core Coaching Skills course. There is a 1,500 word assignment.
- Advanced Coaching Skills. This is the same classroom 6 day study as ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring above, plus a 2,000 word assignment.
- Executive Coaching Skills. This is the same classroom 7-day study as ILM Level 7 Certificate for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors, above, plus a 2,500 word assignment.
1c. Coach training courses: other
- Introduction to Coaching Skills. Similar to that shown in 1c above, without the written assignment.
- Core Coaching Skills. Similar to that shown in 1c above, without the written assignment.
- Coach Practice Groups. A 2-hour practice session every 2-3 months for anyone with an interest in coaching, whether novice or expert, where you practice at least one coaching technique In a paired session, plus have the opportunity to have your coaching questions (specific or general) answered.
2a. NLP training courses: accredited
- NLP Diploma. A 4-day, 2 module course teaching you essential NLP communication and development tools. You can also buy the video of a previously-recorded NLP Diploma course.
- NLP Practitioner. A 10-day, 4 module course giving you skills to massively enhance (and potentially transform) your personal, professional and sporting results. You can also buy the video of a previously-recorded NLP Practitioner course. The course itself is currently available in-house only.
- NLP Sports Practitioner. A 1-day add-on to the NLP Practitioner course giving you skills to improve your resaults in sport, whether you are an athlete or a sports coach. You can book the 11-day version. You can also buy the video of a previously-recorded NLP Sports Practitioner course. The course itself is currently available in-house only.
- NLP Master Practitioner. A 14-day, 4 module course that increases exponentially the results you obtained from your NLP Practitioner course. The course itself is currently available in-house only.
- NLP Trainers Training. A 16-day, 4 module course designed to comprehensively train you to train NLP (and any other topic), and make presentations, to an extremely high standard. The course itself is currently available in-house only.
2b. NLP training courses: short
- NLP for Business Success. A 1-day introduction course, which does what the title says. You can also buy the video of a previously-recorded NLP for Business Success course. The course itself is currently available in-house only.
- NLP Practice Group. A ½ day, practice session every three months for anyone with an NLP qualification, where we cover at least three NLP ‘techniques’ plus coaching each session.
3. Institute of Leadership Accredited communication, influencing and personal effectiveness
All of our main NLP courses have links to an Institute of Leadership Accredited course, and lead to you being able to get an Institute of Leadership Accredited certificate. These courses are very much focussed on the leadership and management skills that will benefit you at work. We show below the Institute of Leadership course name and, where relevant, the NLP course (with the same web page) that it links to. For each course there is a written assignment of between 1,000 to 3,000 words.
- Communication and Personal Effectiveness (1 day). Links to NLP for Business Success.
- Advanced Influencing Skills (4 days). Links to NLP Diploma.
- Advanced Influencing and Personal Effectiveness Skills (10 days). Links to NLP Practitioner.
- Mastering Influencing and Personal Effectiveness Skills (14 days). Links to NLP Master Practitioner.
- Advanced Presentation Skills. A 3-day course that will help you feel confident and knowledgeable when presenting to any audience in your area. It is part of our 16-day NLP Trainers Training.
- Train the Trainer. A 4-day course (Advanced Presentations Skills plus 1 day) to prepare you to train any topic you are knowledgeable about.
4. Personal development workshops:
From time to time, we run specialised personal development courses, such as:
- The Money Power Programme: A 2-day course that will change your finances forever and leave you feeling empowered around money.
- Be More Successful. A 1-day personal development course, focussing on you, what you want from your life and how to get it.