Diploma in Business & Executive Coaching

Programme Overview

Designed for established and aspiring coaches, this programme will provide participants with the competencies to deliver coaching to senior leaders in organisations, contract appropriately with organisations, address questions of assessment and evaluation and work effectively with the psychological dimension of coaching. Through a process of practice and feedback from tutors, peers and supervisors, they will develop a range of coaching skills and an understanding of coaching cultures in organisations. Coaching supervision is built into the programme with the provision of one-to-one supervision between workshops to support ongoing learning and professional development.

Programme features include:

Accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at the ‘Senior Practitioner’ level;
EMCC Individual Accreditation (EIA)
Breadth and depth of theoretical input;
Intensive coach practice sessions;
100 face-to-face training hours;
Requirement to build up coach practice hours between workshops;
Group supervision at workshops;
Demonstration sessions from course tutors;
University award at postgraduate level - NFQ level 9;
Programme design reflects the three higher-level competency categories of business and executive coaching: business mindedness, coaching skill and psychological-mindedness.

Key Details

29th March 2022

Next Intake

€13,315 & €12,649*

Fees

12 Months

Duration

16 Days x 6 Workshops

Delivery

NFQ Level 9 / 30 ECTS

Accredited / Credits

MODULE	DATE	TOPIC
Module 1	Tues 29^th, Wed 30^th & Thurs 31^stMarch 2022	Getting Started
Module 2	Tues 10^th& Wed 11^th & Thurs 12^th May 2022	The Psychological Dimension of Coaching
Module 3	Tues 28^th & Wed 29^th June 2022	Creative Approaches to Coaching
Module 4	Tues 13^th, Wed 14^th,Thurs 15^thSeptember 2022	The Process of Change
Module 5	Wed 9^th& Thurs 10^th November 2022	Coaching and Leadership
Module 6	Tues 24^th, Wed 25^th & Thurs 26^th January 2023	Coaching in Organisations
Conference Call	In addition, there will be a 1-hour group conference call 'check-in' scheduled to assist with the completion of the 90 hours of coaching programme requirement. Dates to be confirmed.

Alumni Insights

Anthony Canavan, COO and General Manager at Piper Systems Limited

Sinead Sheehan, Founder, Sheehan Coaching

Sean Fitzpatrick, HR Director at John Sisk & Son (Holdings) Ltd

Top 50 Global Ranking

UCD Smurfit Executive Development has been ranked 1st in Ireland, 27th in Europe and 42nd the world for its Open Enrolment programmes according to the prestigious 2020 Financial Times Executive Education Rankings. In securing the 42nd place, it is the fourth consecutive year that Smurfit Executive Development has achieved a global top 50 ranking.

This year is our first year participating in the Customised programmes ranking, and we are delighted to announce we placed 85th globally and 47th in the European top 50. By offering a world-class range of customised, diploma and open enrolment programmes, Smurfit Executive Development helps executives and their organisations create new opportunities to drive growth and create value.