Introduction
& Frequently Asked Questions
What Is Coaching?
Life and
Business Coaching is a new
personal development phenomenon, which began in the United States, but
is now sweeping Europe.
It is designed to determine, plan and implement life/career goals, with
its powerful mentoring strategies, also encouraging the development of
all personal skills to the optimum. It leads to creating a balanced
success and a meaningful purpose in life.
As a coach, you will work with your client on a one-to-one basis,
guiding and assisting them with their life career developments. You may
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Why Do People Use Coaches?
The following
are the main areas of
coaching:
Executive/Corporate
Coaching
-- for those in any of the following categories:
• Human Resources Departments interested in hiring external
coaches.
• CEO's, executives, managers and other professionals who
would like a coach.
• Companies looking to launch a coaching initiative.
• Companies intending to train their managers to be coaches.
• Initiative to prevent and/or cure burnout.
• Companies interested in coaching workshops.
• Companies wanting the support of a coach in any of the
following: Strategic planning, process re-engineering or creating a
compelling vision; Launching and developing teams; 360-degree reviews. |
Small Business Coaching
-- for those
in any of the following
categories:
• Entrepreneurs.
• Owners or Managers of small companies.
• Start-up companies (actual or planned).
• Professionals in private practice.
• People who run a business from their home.
• Executives thinking of leaving companies and launching a
business.
Personal/Life
Coaching
-- for people
interested in working
on:
• Life planning.
• Life vision & enhancement.
• Retirement Coaching.
• Relationships (Singles, couples, families, etc.).
• Health & Fitness.
• Creativity.
• Financial Freedom.
• Organisation.
• Children/Teens/College Students. |
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Career
Coaching
-- for those
in any of the following
categories:
• People in career transition.
• People with a big career decision to make.
• People in a corporate job or considering one.
• People struggling with the decision of whether to stay in a
corporate job or choose another option.
• People who would like to work with a coach familiar with the
following: The changing expectations of employees & employers;
Trends in the workplace; Values and issues of loyalty &
security; Specific evaluation criteria for your company, your future,
and your career satisfaction; Determining your readiness to strike out
on your own or look for another career. |
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Can anyone be a Coach?
LECI offers
professional and
comprehensive modern coaching programmes to assist you to become a
qualified, professional Life and Business Coach in an achievable
format. We believe the most important qualification you need to be a
coach is the ability to communicate and, even more importantly, the
ability to listen and to ask powerful questions. LECI courses will help
you to build on these techniques as well as giving you the tools
designed to help your client find powerful solutions for their personal
situation. If for whatever reason we do not believe you would enjoy
coaching, we will take the time to talk to you about other areas, which
may better utilise your talents. |
What sort of
opportunities are there
for Coaches?
Once you are
qualified as a coach
there are a number of different areas you can choose to specialise in.
Many coaches find themselves drawn to a particular field for which they
have a passion. There are as many fields of coaching as there are
companies and individuals. LECI offers Diploma courses, which focuses
on both Personal Coaching and Coaching in the Workplace. The courses
are holistic and recognise that peoples personal and professional lives
are intertwined.
Coaching helps people to find balance in their life, make better
decisions, assist them with career changes, reduce stress, make a
bigger impact on the world, have better relationships, reach their
health and fitness goals, get in touch with their creativity, increase
their income and better manage their time. Essentially all coaching is
about supporting your client and giving them the tools they need to
succeed on their personal journey. |
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Is There a Difference
Between Life
Coaching & Coaching in the Workplace?
At LECI, our courses offer training in the Core Coaching Skills which
will allow you to coach anyone
in any situation. LECI courses are based on a holistic philosophy which
recognises that peoples personal and professional lives are
intertwined.
However, In general Business Coaching involves working with CEO's,
Managers, Executives and Human Resource Departments to assist them
develop and launch teams, increase productivity, create company
visions, avoid or cure burnout and improve the company's office
culture. It can also involve offering support to small business owners,
entrepreneurs, start-up companies and owner/managers to help them to
run professional practices launch their business and thrive in a
competitive environment. Life coaching is often an integral part of
business coaching. If you want to specialise in this area we now offer
a Diploma in Business & Executive Coaching.
Life Coaching assists clients create a work-life balance, make better
decisions, assist them with career changes, reduce stress, make a
bigger impact on the world, have better relationships, reach their
health and fitness goals, get in touch with their creativity, increase
their income and better manage their time. Essentially all coaching,
whether Business Or Life is about supporting the client and giving them
the tools they need to succeed on their personal journey. |
If
I Work As A Self-Employed Person, Will I Get Assistance In Setting Up A
Practice?
While not all
students will want to
set up in a business of their own, LECI recognises that marketing
skills are an important aspect of the coaching profession. So whether
you are self-employed or promoting your coaching within a corporate
setting, you will receive comprehensive advice on marketing your skills
as part of your training qualification. |
If I decide Not To Work As A Coach,
Will The Course Be Of Any Benefit To Me?
Absolutely
yes. The course is aimed
at developing strong self-empowerment and personal growth in the
participants. These techniques will be of enormous benefit to anyone
interested in self-growth. |
Do I Need To Have An
Office If I
Offer Life & Business Coaching?
You may be
surprised to learn that as
much as 80% of coaching is now done over the telephone. This allows you
to build a very wide and sometimes international client base. Coaching
continues to be a growth area and in addition to in-house corporate
work, there is a demand for private coaching which many coaches do from
their own home. |
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Class
Format
What Can I
Expect From The Classes?
Training to
be a coach is exciting,
challenging, fun and fulfilling. During your time as a student at LECI
you will work hand in hand with the facilitators to develop your
skills. Each module will be thoroughly explained and we encourage all
our students to ask challenging questions and explore the boundaries of
coaching. The classes consist of formal lectures combined with small
discussion groups, practical exercises and role play. The emphasis is
on learning by doing, and for each module you attend, you will be asked
to practice in groups of three, where you will have the opportunity to
act firstly as an observer, then as a client and then finally as a
coach. Observation is invited from the other participants on your
coaching technique, which is a wonderful way to quickly develop your
coaching skills.
Is there much work to be done outside of the class?
Each week students will be expected to coach one other student and also
to receive coaching from another – usually done on the phone,
this may take up to two hours. In addition, there will be some reading
and projects to undertake along with research and written assignments. |
How is the Assessment for the
Diploma carried out?
Each student
will be assessed on an
on-going basis. The majority of the assessment is based on observations
of your practical work in the classroom. In addition there will be a
written assignment to evaluate your knowledge of the subject and there
will also be one or more formal observation to test your practical
coaching skills. You may also be asked to provide a taped coaching
session for evaluation.
In order to achieve your Diploma you will also need to meet our minimum
attendance requirements. |
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Why
Only the Best Coaches Achieve a Diploma from Life & Executive
Coaching Institute?
LECI
formally assesses all students
before they receive their coaching qualification. In order to maintain
standards and to ensure that your Diploma qualification continues to be
highly respected, there may be times when we feel that we cannot award
the Diploma to a particular student. If you do not pass the Diploma,
you will be invited back for further training at no extra cost until
such time as we believe you have achieved the standard necessary to
receive your Diploma. |
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Accreditation
Does the
Course Have Accreditation?
Coaching is a
relatively new business
and accreditation for training courses is still an area of discussion
and agreement. Accordingly a number of coaches, coach training
providers and companies who use coaches have joined forces in an effort
to set in place a comprehensive set of standards and ethics both for
those practicing as coaches and the training companies.
However, it is self regulating and there is no one body that can be
identified as the main and recognised provider of accreditation for the
training companies. We believe it is vital that standards for coaches
and coach-training providers be maintained to protect both coaches and
their clients
On choosing a training company, it is far more important to evaluate
the skills of the trainers, course content, quality of handouts and the
follow-up service provided.
On successful completion of the course, it is up to the individual
graduate to then seek their own personal accreditation from the
accreditation body of their choice, regardless as to whether the course
was accredited or not. Levels offered are generally from Practitioner
Coach, Corporate Coach, Senior and Master Coach.
LECI has an "A" level accreditation for its training courses
from the International Institute of Coaching. This is an internationally
recognised accreditation body www.internationalinstituteofcoaching.org (formerly known as the European Coaching Institute).
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Post
Graduate Support
What
assistance is available after I
graduate?
At LECI we
aim to create a sense of
community and shared learning among our course participants and
graduates. We have an active LECI Support Group that meets once a month
from May to September.
LECI is committed to your success. That is why we offer one of the best
post-graduate support systems to all our students. We encourage all our
graduates to take full advantage of this on-going support and to
continually aim to be truly exceptional coaches.
Here are just some of the options open to you to help you stay
motivated, build your business and enjoy every second of your success.
On-Going
Professional Training
LECI offers
many professional
training courses every year to all graduates. These training courses
can be logged towards your on-going coaching accreditation. We
encourage all our graduates to continue to build on their accreditation
and we can provide training up to the highest level of Master Coach.
LECI
offers a Diploma in Executive
& Business Coaching.
Applicants must have already achieved a Diploma in Life &
Business Coaching or have a proven track record of working in the area
of Life/Business/Executive Coaching.
Refresh
Your Coaching At Any Time -
At No Extra Cost
When you
study to become a coach you
will be taking in a lot of new information. We want to make sure you
really understand and integrate all of this information so you can
really put it into action in your coaching. That is why, if at any time
you would like to re-visit a topic from the Diploma course, we
encourage you to simply contact us and we will arrange for you to
'drop-in' to a Diploma class and refresh your skills.
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LECI Diploma Course Content
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Differences
between
Therapy & Counselling
Applications for Coaching
Coaching Definitions
Coaching Competencies
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Intervention
Styles
Coaching Techniques
Coaching Clarifiers
8 Places to Start Coaching |
Dealing
with Fears
Understanding Emotions
Life Purpose Exercise
Future Self Exercise |
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Listening
Skills
Questioning Skills
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Values
and Fulfilment
Belief Systems |
Concluding
Coaching |
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Coaching
Models and Skills
The Grow Model, 3 Step Model – Who, What, How
Wheel of Life – Coaching Tool
Effective Questions and the GROW Model
Goals
– The pros and cons of goal setting, SMART Goals, Essence of
Goals, Seven Step Guideline for Goal Setting
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Co-Active
Relationship–
The Relationship between coach and client
The art of giving and receiving feedback
Self-Management
Personality Profile – Understanding ourselves and others in
the coaching process |
Business
Coaching
Marketing for the Coach |
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Structuring
a Coaching Session,
The Coaching Contract |
Thinking
Skills & Cognitive Distortions – Blocks to Progress |
Introduction
to NLP
Presentation Skills |
Please
note: We reserve the
right to amend the above course content to reflect enhanced course
facilitation where appropriate.
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Diploma in Business &
Executive Coaching
Course
Content:
Developing
as an Executive & Business Coach:
Becoming aware of and managing your state – mental and
emotional, Coaching as a way of being, Essential executive and business
coaching skills, The Transformational coaching process, Key elements of
a coaching session, Engaging in coaching supervision
Executive/Business
Coaching Models:
Behavioural coaching, Solution-focused coaching, Cognitive –
behavioural coaching, Transpersonal coaching
Coaching
Organisational Change and Performance:
Models of and approaches to organizational change, Key leadership
roles, How to inspire team effectiveness, Creating and sustaining a
coaching culture, Designing, implementing and evaluating in-house
coaching programmes
Executive
Coaching:
Developing a strong signature presence, Understanding the challenges
and possibilities of the executive coach, Being effective as an
executive coach, The four phases of executive coaching, Making the
transition to the role of executive coach.
In addition participants will have the opportunity to learn and
practice advanced coaching competencies and models. The focus will be
on skills demonstration and development utilizing current coaching
practice, case studies and role play.
The Diploma Course in
presented by
LECI in partnership with CoachAcademy PLUS.
Course
Facilitator:
Noel Brosnan of CoachAcademy PLUS
| Guest
Facilitators |
| LECI recognises
the value of
'experts' in their field and offer our students the opportunity to work
with visiting facilitators. In the past these have included specialists
in niche areas of coaching. |
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| I'm Very
Interested in Doing a
Diploma Course, What's The Next Step? |
1. You can
register for the diploma
course on line, click on “Training Schedule”,
and then click on “Register” on the relevant course.
2. Alternatively, complete and return a LECI registration-form, if you
do not have one, either print off our registration page and send it to
us, or contact us.
If you are undecided or require additional assistance with the course,
we will arrange an informal meeting for you with one of our course
facilitators. During the meeting we will explain the various Diploma
course options to you in detail as well as discussing your personal
requirements and answering any questions you may have. We will also
help you to assess your suitability for the coaching profession. |
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