Why pursue an ICF credential? more info
There are 3 ICF credentials: more info
Benefits of a ICF credential: more info
Why train with Diamond Coaching more info
Why do Coach Training? more info
Who is the Coach Training for? more info
Why should I go for the ICF accredited training? more info
What is covered in the 4 modules? more info
The next trainings in the UK are....more info

Why pursue an ICF credential?
ICF Credentials are highly recognized coaching qualifications with credibility around the world.
If you are serious about building or maintaining your coaching business
and care for being part of a well-respected, self-regulating profession, you will be interested in gaining ICF Credentials.

There are 3 ICF credentials:
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
, Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
and Master Certified Coach (MCC)
Each credential requires a specific set of required hours of coach-specific training and coaching experience.

Benefits of a ICF credential:
Enhances your credibility and reassures potential clients that you are an experienced and professional coach
Demonstrates that you have high professional standards
Demonstrates that you stand by a strong code of ethics
Demonstrates a high knowledge and skill level
Demonstrates that you take on-going professional development seriously
Develops you as a professional coach – to further enhance your skills
Brings personal satisfaction - in achieving a career goal
Brings personal satisfaction - in gaining a credential from the only internationally recognized independent coaching body
Reinforces the integrity of the coaching profession nationally and internationally

Why train with Diamond Coaching
• Proficiency and practice based
• Face to face
• Aligned with the portfolio accreditation requirements of
- The International Coach Federation and
- The Association for Coaching
• Very affordable AND highest quality
• Modular format - 4 modules may be taken singly
• Has follow through and support in between modules
• Supports you in identifying coaching niches and developing a practice
• Lead by Peter Hawe who is highly experienced, trained and accredited coach
AMA Trainer and operated successful global coaxching practises.

Why do Coach Training?
It is in demand
There is a huge demand for coaching from both organisations and individuals.

And it is growing
W hen people are coached and empowered,
rather than told and policed, there is much greater ownership and effectiveness.

In organisations
Most organisations employ or contract in professional coaches.
To creat a‘coaching culture’ where managers are trained to be coaches
Having coach training as part of your C.V. puts you ahead in the job market.

For individuals
Individuals are seeking support to take their careers and life to the next level.
Having the support and expertise of a coach empowers them to do more
and be more effective than they could be on their own.
Many use the support of a coach to create lives where they can be authentic and happy
as well as successful – to go beyond success to fulfilment.

Who is the Coach Training for?
The modules are open to anyone with an interest in coaching and will be particularly
helpful for individuals working with,supporting and influencing people:
Those interested in setting up Coaching as a Profession
People who want to use coaching skills in their work
People wanting to Coach themselves or others
Executives/Managers
Therapists/counselors
HR personnel
Social workers,
Consultants
Teachers
Leaders

Why is it important to get proper Coach Training?
Currently anyone can call themselves ‘a coach’. There are many ‘coaches’ operating without any training or real coaching skills.
They simply do whatever they have already been doing and call it coaching.
This includes consultants and mentors who simply tell you what they have done or would do
– without being able to support you in drawing on your own skills and experience and developing your own approach and style.
There are those who put together skills and interventions they have picked up or read about.
This is not to say that some of these ‘coaches’ and ‘coach trainers’ have nothing to offer from their own experience.
But their offering would be much greater if they were trained and grounded in real coaching skills
and could support you in finding a way that really fits and works for you.

...and the market is changing!
The market place is becoming more discerning and looking for evidence of proper training and/or accreditation.
This trend will increase.
There is a likelihood that, as with other professions, legislation will be brought in requiring coaches to belong to a recognised professional body
and to have training recognised by the profession.
Clients are becoming more discerning
Client’s expect the Coach to have been properly trained and to have the right skill set.

...and you will be able to market yourself more confidently
Knowing that you are well trained and practiced in a reliable and tested skill set makes it much easier to market yourself confidently
– whether as a professional coach or in using coaching to support your existing professional or organisational role.

Why should I go for the ICF accredited training?
Amongst the accreditations offered by recognised professional bodies are two distinct types.
The first created by the coaching profession themselves, and based on shared practical experience, are primarily focused on practice
and proficiency in an agreed skill set. The most rigorous of these is offered by the International Coach Federation and Diamond Coaching.
The theory presented is relevant, sufficient and necessary for the practice of coaching – and it is the practice and demonstration of effective and empowering coaching skills that is mainly emphasised and developed. Coaching is an art more than a science and that you do need to acquire relevant, tested and effective coaching models and paradigms – but the greater emphasis is on practising them in a controlled setting that will prepare you for the real thing.

The second kind of accreditation is more study based and may be endorsed by a university or college.
The draw back with many of these schemes is that they are academic based and, while they measure your theoretical understanding of coaching,
require very little actual practice and evidence of proficiency in the field
The academic influence can often lead to an over emphasis on theory and study and this often goes with limited ‘live’ training.
Not all university linked trainings fall in this camp – but if you are seriously considering a particular training then you may want to check
how much of it is study or theory based and how much is concerned with proficiency and actual practice.

Now is a great time to train as a Coach
The next trainings are....

ACC training in Devon : August 2008 60hrs

Module 1- Coaching Skills Workshop - (16 hrs) £199
Module 2 -Advanced Coaching skills for the Professional Coach Workshop - (16 hrs) £199
Module 3 - Personal Development - coach/leader essentials - (16 hrs) £199
Module 4 - Integration Teleclasses (12 hrs) £99

Modules 1 to 3 are Experiential Workshops and Module 4 are by teleclasses (phone)

All modules can be taken separately or combined to provide over 60 hours of coach specific training
- in line with the requirements of the International Coach Federation for their first level of coaching accreditation.

The professional training skills modules are aligned to the portfolio credentialing requirements of the International Coach Federation (ICF).

Four modules are offered that can be taken separately or combined to give a total of over
60 hours of coach specific training for the first level of coaching accreditation with the ICF
(see below for more details of ICF Accreditation)

For organizations, these modules can be adjusted to meet your specific needs.

The Four Modules

Module 1- Coaching Skills - 2 days (16 hours)
Module 2 - Advanced Coaching skills for the Professional Coach - 2 days (16 hrs.)
Module 3 - Personal Development - coach essentials - 2 days (16 hrs)
Module 4 - Integration Teleclasses(12 hours)

Module 1 Coaching Skills
This module gives you the basic coaching skills you need to
start supporting others to clarify and reach their goals. It includes:
1. Establishing the coaching relationship
Coaching agreements
Safety and confidentiality
What coaching is and is not
Meeting ethical guidelines
Intentional Communication
Developing rapport
Active Listening to, listening with and listening for
Effective questioning for awareness, ownership and action
2. Coaching Models
3. Coaching Perspectives
Goal setting
Designing Actions
Practical Coaching Application - templates/resources

Module 2 - Advanced Coaching skills for the Professional Coach
This module assumes that you have taken Module 1
or another equivalent coaching training.
The module includes:
Advanced Coaching Skills
Strategising
Coaching Tools
Actioning/Goal Setting
Client typing
Creating ownership and commitment
Empowering, requesting and challenging skills
Emotional intelligence
Discovering your niche
Creating your practice
Discovering your style
Practical application
Assessment tools - how and when to use them
Following through -- theory and practice
The coaching program
Internal and External Coaching
All templates/resources

Module 3 - Personal Development - coach essentials
It is not essential to have previously taken Module 1 and 2
In this module, you will achieve a deep understanding of the change process
and by undergoing your own personal changes and development
be able to support others through theirs.
It includes:
Self Discovery
Personal Foundation
Personal Needs
Core Values
Setting Boundaries
Time/Energy management
Self Awareness
Limiting self beliefs
Judgments/assumptions
Recognizing filters
Walking your talk
The change process
Who you are
Emotional Intelligence

Module 4 - Integration Teleclasses
The teleclasses (classes by phone) will provide you with practice to how to apply the principles and learning's from the other modules
through the shifts and insights gained from personal development experienced in Module 3 and prepare you for the requirements of the ACC

Further Coach mentoring sessions are available that will guide you through your early
Coaching experiencesand help you build your practice
quickly and effectively and supervise your initial clients.

BOOK NOW

Coaching Training's with Diamond Coaching
and
ACC certification with the ICF.
The training's are designed to align with the requirements for the ACC portfolio application with the ICF.
You can view all the requirements at their website at
www.coachfederation.org

Coach-Specific Training is defined as:
training from an Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) or a program that has
received the ICF Approved Coach-Specific Training Hours (ASCTH) designation,
OR
training that is specifically marketed as teaching coaching skills, that teaches coaching
skills or teaches how to apply technical skills in a coach-like manner and teaches
coaching skills in accordance with the ICF Core Coaching Competencies.

The Diamond Coaching training's are designed to satisfy the requirements of the second paragraph.

You will get a certificate of completion stating that you have
completed each module and 60 hours of coach specific training.

Please feel free to contact us for more information

CONTACT
Peter Hawe - Global Coach Trainer
Telephone: (00 44) (0)1309 690728
info@diamondcoaching.com