Become a coach with our ILM Accredited Executive Coach Training course. The programme includes everything required to become an executive coach, whether internal or external, as well as enabling participants to become authentic coaching managers. This performance coach training is based on the late Sir John Whitmore’s GROW model, incorporating Tim Gallwey’s “Inner Game” principles, and benefiting from Carol Wilson’s experience in her long career as a corporate MD and board director in industry, including ten years at board level with Sir Richard Branson.
The picture shows Sir John delivering our first course with co-course designer Carol Wilson, and trainer James Wright.
Participants receive the credential CfPAC (Coaching for Performance Accredited Coach) in recognition of Sir John’s contribution to the design of the programme. As an ILM Centre, we are also able to supply ILM Endorsed, Level 5, Level 7 and Diploma accreditation certificates for this course.
When Covid restrictions prevent face-to-face delivery, this course is delivered with equal success by Zoom, on the booked dates. The Zoom training has proved to be as inspiring and energising as the live version, because of the highly interactive nature of the training, with frequent breakouts into pairs and small groups. The pictures show some of our recent participants enjoying their Zoom training.
The Performance Coach Training Course is:
- Designed by coaches for coaches
- Structured to be practical, embed the skills for the long term and use participants’ time efficiently
- Uses best practices refined and shaped by the feedback of hundreds of attendees
- Based on the proven methods such as the GROW model, and the use of unique and novel learning techniques
- Designed by former Virgin Managing Director, Carol Wilson, and Sir John Whitmore.
Course Structure:
- Three days + two days of executive coach training, four to six weeks apart, whether face-to-face or virtual
- Practice assignments in between training modules
- The final day consists of individual practical assessments
Course deliverables
- Listening
- Questioning
- Clarifying
- Permission Protocol
- The coaching-mentoring-managing continuum
- Goal setting
- Strategic action planning
- The GROW model
- Leader-as-coach
- Managing a coaching business
- Best practice
- An introduction to supervision
- Self-limiting beliefs
- Reference manual
- Worksheets
- A choice of our own Coaching for Performance Accredited Coach (CfPAC) Certificate, ILM Endorsed, Level 5 or 7 Certificate, or Level 5 or 7 Diploma
Free membership of the Association for Coaching
Every participant on our courses receives 12 months’ membership of the Association for Coaching as an integral part of the course, free of charge.
This provides access to a wealth of information and support that is an invaluable benefit to those becoming professional coaches or looking to improve their leadership skills.
Membership benefits are the equivalent of the Association’s individual Associate level, listed here
Our approach to performance coach training
The style of our training is ‘learning by doing’. It is a very practical approach to executive coach training, in which participants have the opportunity to practise coaching about real issues and to get feedback from our trainers and each other.
The course is divided into two modules. Between the two modules, participants are paired with a partner from the course, in order to practise their skills in a safe setting. This builds confidence and fluency, enabling participants to embed the new skills and use them fluently after the course is over.
ILM Accreditation Levels 
We are an ILM Centre approved to deliver this course at ILM Endorsed, ILM Level 5, ILM Level 7 and ILM Diploma. The ILM is the leading UK awarding body for general and specialist management qualifications. It is the leadership arm of City & Guilds, which awards NVQ qualifications, and its awards are internationally recognised.
Only long-standing ILM Centres like ourselves are eligible to deliver the ILM Endorsed certificate, which fully qualifies you as a professional coach or manager-as-coach, without the onerous essay writing involved in Levels 5 and 7 ILM Certificates, and at less expense. This is a qualification for people who want to know simply that they can coach efficiently and have an ILM certificate as a proven credential. This certification requires an oral examination and the only written work required is a short coaching log and a case history of less than 1000 words.
Our own CfPAC certification is included in the cost of the course. For details of the different types of certification click here
People who attend our open courses:
- Managers at all levels in the workplace
- Executives and independent practitioners
- Learning and Development Heads
- HR Executives
- Consultants wishing to enhance their coaching skills or add coaching to their portfolio
- People wishing to coach in any area: coaching skills are fundamental and as well as being useful in organisations can be applied to any field, eg personal, health, fitness, education, finance and running a small business.
Executive Coach Training Course dates 2021
If face-to-face training is not possible due to social distancing restrictions, the course will take place on the same dates virtually on Zoom.
SPRING COURSE 2021:
Module 1: March 4-6
Module 2: April 30-May 1
This course will be delivered virtually
AUTUMN COURSE 2021:
Module 1: September 16-18
Module 2: November 12-13
Face-to-face training times: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm
Zoom training times: 9.00 am – 4 pm
Course venue – Linden House – Hammersmith, London, W6 9TA
Linden House is a Grade II listed Georgian riverside venue that stands on the North Bank of the River Thames between Hammersmith and Chiswick. The training is delivered in The Commodore’s Room, a light and airy room with fabulous views of the Thames (the three windows on the first floor in the top left of the photo).This historic house is also the clubhouse for the London Corinthian Sailing Club and the Sons of the Thames Rowing Club.
If Covid restrictions are in place, the course will be delivered virtually via Zoom on the advertised dates.
For further information email us or call 020 7022 4923.
| Certification | Professional Title | Fee |
| Culture at Work Certificate | Coaching for Performance Accredited Coach (CfPAC) | £2295+VAT |
| ILM Endorsed Certificate | ILM Endorsed Accredited Coach | £2394+VAT |
| ILM Level 5 Certificate | ILM Accredited Coach (Level 5) Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring ILM CREDITS: 16 |
£2735+VAT |
| ILM Level 5 Diploma | ILM Accredited Coach (Level 5 Diploma) Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring ILM CREDITS: 38 |
£2855+VAT |
| ILM Level 7 Certificate | ILM Accredited Coach (Level 7) Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring ILM CREDITS: 14 |
£3545+VAT |
| ILM Level 7 Diploma | ILM Accredited Coach (Level 7 Diploma) Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring ILM CREDITS: 37 |
£4495+VAT |
VAT concession: Individuals and small business owners not registered for VAT can pay a reduced rate including VAT. This concession is awarded at our discretion and does not apply to applicants sponsored by their organisations. To find out if you are eligible please email us.
Scholarships: In cases of hardship, for example unemployed or low-paid candidates, we occasionally award scholarship or reduced price places. Please email us to arrange for a phone interview if you believe you may be eligible for this.
Reductions for block bookings: There is a reduction of £230+VAT per booking for block bookings (two or more participants).
Reviews of the Performance Coaching for Leadership Executive Coach Training Course
- “A wonderful experience. A structured way of approaching coaching with new experiences, relationship building, personal fulfilment, content, tips, sharing. James was superb, thanks a lot! The Coaching Training was not only useful at that time, it is still the case today, with a lot of practice it helped me boost my Coaching experience” – Graciela Borasio, Global HR Director Finance & IS, PMI.
- “These were truly the best 5 days of professional training I’ve had so far.” – Uliana Oleynikova, Coach & Trainer.
- “The course was exceptionally well structured. I did an immense amount of research prior to registering – including having career transition coaching. This programme was suggested to me as (and I quote) ‘the most kosher one out there’! Carol’s publications (both her excellent book and article I read) also added weight and credibility. This is the kind of course that changes lives. Simple, well thought out and delivered beautifully. Bravo!” – Mandy Lehto, Performance Coach and Development Professional
- “I actually really like the online format. Zoom works perfectly and it is great to be able to do this course from the comfort of my own home.” – Svenja Keller FPFS, Killik & Co UK.
- “The performance coaching course was absolutely fantastic. The balance of time spent on theory and practice was just right, first giving participants a flavour of the latest developments in coaching theory, deepening that understanding through informal discussion, and then putting it into practice. The relaxed environment James created made me feel at ease and really encouraged all participants to just give it a go. The course has really changed my way of working both through the skills I’ve learned and through the self-reflection that comes with coaching and being coached. It has also given me great clarity on my own goals – a real testament to the quality of the coaches James produced on this course!” – Kim Taylor
- “Having attended and delivered many training courses, this felt very different as you had lots of time to apply your learning and practice real life scenarios within a safe environment. A fantastic group of individuals with different life skills, experiences, cultural backgrounds and coming from near and far to learn, develop and grow. Wonderful to make new friends and learn so much in such a short space of time – thank you to everyone involved from James, Carol Wilson, Tracey and my fellow Coaches – we all rock!!!” – Andy Patel, Sales Capability Manager, Mars UK Chocolate Division
- “This was an excellent programme delivered in a very supportive, relaxed and intimate environment. Each day I could feel myself growing in ability and confidence in my coaching. A vital part of my learning development was being part of a group of fellow learners who brought with them a rich depth of experiences, knowledge and friendliness who were as much part of the learning environment as our facilitator. Our facilitator was very effective and in his easy-going style he stretched our minds and challenged our abilities. I am very glad I completed the programme and I am now eager to pursue further coaching relationships in my role in the NHS.” – Gary Tolometti, Learning and Leadership Programme Manager, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- “As a result of the programme I personally have addressed issues with a team member, started jogging and discussed work stream issues with my manager – all resulting in positive outcomes. I have used my new skills to coach people within the workplace and have a queue of people waiting.” – David Cooper
- “The course was excellent. It was enlightening, exciting and life changing. It was highly professionally run, inspirational, informative and with a great bunch of people. I was particularly impressed by the level of integrity exhibited by all concerned.” – Felicity Hawkins, Communications Consultant
- “I would recommend this programme to anyone interested in coaching. The materials are very readable and a useful resource; the trainers were fantastic and very willing to share experiences with us, and we got loads of time to practice. This learning was reinforced by the break before the final day when we were tasked with more practice. Superb!” – Janet Bell – Director HR Matters
- “As a participant of the Open Executive Performance Coach Training I have found the programme to be exceptionally well designed and delivered. Our very experienced and inspiring executive trainer James Wright has simply done an excellent job of providing us with all the necessary tools to become professional coaches.” – Uliana Oleynikova, Coach & Trainer.
- “The course was exceptionally well structured. I did an immense amount of research prior to registering – including having career transition coaching. This programme was suggested to me as (and I quote) ‘the most kosher one out there’! Carol’s publications (both her excellent book and article I read) also added weight and credibility. This is the kind of course that changes lives. Simple, well thought out and delivered beautifully. Bravo!” – Mandy Lehto, Performance Coach and Development Professional