Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching

Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching Summary

Duration: 10 Months
Schedule: Part-time
Starting: February 2012
Fees: €12,500 or €11,250 for UCD alumni
Programme Director: Dr. Geoff Pelham

“I have no doubt but that the completion of the Diploma in Executive and Business Coaching will prove a worthwhile investment at both a personal and business level.  The programme of study and the associated coaching practice has heightened my level of self-awareness as never before. I am more mindful of how I’m impacting others and equally how they impact my thoughts and feelings.  I have no doubt but that this raised consciousness will enhance my leadership skills and my management of key relationships. My experiences in coaching practice have also convinced me of the power of coaching – there is nothing more rewarding than witnessing a coachee have an epiphany; that moment when everything becomes clear to them; and they wholeheartedly commit themselves to a plan of action that allows them move forward with confidence. The programme has certainly influenced me to explore the area of coaching practice even further.”

Paul Keeley, Director Enterprise Development, Fáilte Ireland

 

"The Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching which I finished in August 2011 was one of the best personal development experiences of my life. It is well designed to bring you on a personal development journey with the support of your course colleagues and tutors – you are being coached and coaching others through coaching practice sessions with feedback from experienced coaches from day 1.  I am more convinced than ever that coaching is a great tool to use with people to help them to better understand how to reach their potential and to improve their performance – both personally and at work. I have used the many techniques I have learned to develop my own skills and career and have had really good coaching sessions with clients.

Cathy Gilmore, HR Director, Talentevo (& Business Coach)

 

The Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching was terrific, an education not only in skills which I can apply everyday, but also in coming to a greater understanding of how helping others to grow and reach their potential can do the same for me at the same time.

Paddy Ryan, Head of Group HR, Mercury Engineering

 

The Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching has been an enlightening experience and I intend to continue on the journey which it has prompted both personally and particularly within the organisation which I am fortunate to lead.

It is clear that the leaders who practice their leadership with a higher degree of emotional intelligence/self awareness are most likely to produce a result that is greater than the sum of parts. In areas where the leader relies on his/ her genius there is much less excess performance, less individual empowerment, less personal development and energy.

The coaching course has given me a greater understanding of the inter and intra personal dynamic in the team which drives these results and gives me access to a new skill to use in personal and people development, which is improving organisation momentum. Following it we are now about to embark on pushing this awareness through the organisation starting at the top. I intend to continue to progress my understanding of the ideas which the coaching course has put forward.

It creates a very challenging personal and organisational agenda but the rewards are also very high.

Gerry Keenan, Chief Executive, Irish Life Investment Managers

"I found the course offered me a completely new way to connect with my work colleagues and provided me with great tools and insights for making my work environment more productive, engaging and meaningful"

Owen Laverty, Commercialisation Executive, NUI Maynooth

"I found the Diploma in Business & Executive coaching programme to be hugely beneficial. The overall experience was transformative; allowing me a real opportunity for personal development as well as significantly strengthening my capability to help my clients, both in individual coaching as well as my facilitation of learning programmes. I also had the privilege of studying with a wonderful group of professional people and I'm sure I will benefit from involvement in that network for many years to come."

Aodan Enright, Smarter Egg - Facilitated Learning & Executive Coaching

"Starting out on the diploma programme my primary aim was to achieve excellence as a practitioner of Business and Executive Coaching.  I had worked for many years in international corporate roles and was looking forward to an academic challenge as it had been a number of years since I had completed my primary degree.  I looked at what was 'out there' in terms of post graduate programmes and I liked the mix (theory and practical business application) offered by UCD Smurfit School. What I hadn't reckoned with, was the extraordinary opportunity in terms of personal development that this programme would offer.  That has been a real added bonus.  I can recommend the programme by saying I would do it all over again!"

Aoife Killeen, Business & Executive Coach, Killeen Executive Coaching
(Former European Financial Systems Training Manager, Pfizer)



"From a personal perspective it was singularly the best self development process I have ever undertaken.  From a management perspective it is a higher diploma course which gives a bigger bang for the buck  than more conventional management development programmes.  Executive Coaching is the coming dispensation – miss this programme at your peril."

Frank Kelly, Former Head of Human Resources, Dublin City Council

"This is a truly excellent programme - it's both academic and practical and it facilitates a huge amount of personal growth, learning and skills development for participants.  Anyone looking at becoming a coach or if you are like myself and looking at coaching interventions on behalf of an organisation would benefit both personally and professionally from participating in this programme."

Elaine McGleenan, Head of Learning & Organisational Development, KPMG

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