Diploma in Advanced Executive Coaching: Zürich

Overview:
Diploma in Advanced Executive Coaching:

A challenging programme delivered over 12-15 months that will transform experienced coaches into exceptional executive coaches.

Your Experience
The programme requires substantial knowledge and experience of developing people either as a:

• business leader or senior manager
  with a coaching style
• consultant or trainer
• life or business coach

In addition you will be required to have four coach specific clients by the start of the programme, building up to six by the second module.

You will also be in tune with our core values, and while you are experienced in your field, you will be open to learning from any source rather than simply attending a course for a coach qualification.

Programme objectives

• create your own coaching model
• be explicit about your own style and approach
• have a strong ‘signature presence’
• attain the skill to work at a performance and developmental level

Programme benefits

• coach competently with leaders and executives within an organisational context.
• target the type of clients / business you work best with
• ensure you get the results you contract for
• feel confident to coach at a rational and intuitive level

Overview

Self responsibility and co-directed learning
There is no freedom without responsibility – a wonderful paradox which sums up the essence of co-directed learning.

You have the freedom to choose the optimum path of learning, but have to take considerable responsibility for negotiating and creating that reality with others.

This mirrors the trend that 21st century organisations are having to grapple with if they are to survive in the complexity of a rapidly changing world.

Personal coaching on the programme
Each participant will be a client and have the opportunity to address their real personal development issues.

You will have the same coach for the duration of the programme, who will coach you on each event and your progress.

A peer observer will take notes and give feedback both to the client and the coach.

Systemic approach
Coaching always happens in a context, so understanding the web of relationships and patterns of influence in the organisational system, will give you an insight into how to address the more confusing and complex client issues.

Large group work
In order to appreciate fully the interconnectedness of individuals within a system, we will be studying our own development as a small organisation.

We will be alternatively in our system and observing or analysing it. This is a hugely complex and often confusing process, but with skilled guidance from the tutor team, this becomes a very enriching and insightful experience.

The lessons learnt in the large group will be constantly transferred into the business coaching environment.

Programme structure

In order to create a vibrant learning community that parallels many of the dynamics of an organisational system, we have chosen a structure that draws on all our experience of best practice. This involves:

1. Four 3-day modules that are spaced 10 - 12 weeks apart to both maintain momentum, continuity and allow time for the integration of new material into working practice.
2. Peer groups which will meet physically or virtually between events to compound learning and share expertise.
3. Regular individual tutorials or small tutorial groups which will meet as necessary to fulfill development needs.
4. Shared responsibility for the output of the programme
5. A non-residential assessment day involving:
   Morning:
   Presentation of your coaching model - evaluated by self,peers & faculty.
   Afternoon:
   Demonstration of coaching practice - evaluated by self, peers and faculty.
   Submission of learning journal and theoretical basis of your practice - evaluated by faculty.  
6. A residential venue that is 'co-managed' to create an environment where we can live and work intensively and privately.

Programme modules

1. Core coaching - skills,
performance and development coaching
It is expected that you will be familiar with one or two coaching models as a starting point for building your own model. We will present a range of models that represent the range of coaching styles and practices.

The collective knowledge and experience will be harnessed to make the theory alive and practical, and highlight the inherent strengths and limitations of any model.

2. Business and leadership perspective
Depending on the group's needs we will address topics in the region of :

• leadership - vision, presence, inspiration, innovation, communication
• business acumen - strategy, corporate governance, financial management
• marketing / selling, entrepreneurial approach
• operational knowledge - specific to industry sector, technical skills, customer handling, performance measurement
• management of - teams, people, time, projects, resources

3. Psychological theory and therapeutic practices
The psychology of human development can shed great light on our motivation and self-limiting patterns of behaviour. Coaching is not therapy, however there are many overlaps, and much of the complicated coaching issues can be understood and addressed using a therapeutic theory.

A good working knowledge of these theories and practices is key to facilitating the coach, in both defining boundaries and working with the client to move beyond their 'sticking points'.

4. Skills practice
The AoEC recognises the value of experiential learning, and the importance of practising new skills in a 'safe' feedback-rich environment. About half of the programme will be devoted to practice development and supervision.

The tutor team will be constantly demonstrating their skills which participants will be critiquing, evaluating and modelling.

In client / coach/ observer triads, participants will practise the use of new skills and cognitive frameworks. Observers, clients and tutor coaches will give live feedback on performance.

5. Personal development
Through understanding yourself you are able to understand others. Being aware of and utilising your emotions and personal reactions for client interventions, is a very effective skill to master.

"The Highest goal man can achieve is the awareness of his own attitudes and ideas - knowledge of himself provides him with the means to gain intimate knowledge of the minds of others" - Goethe.

We are identifying four components to [ersonal development:

• emotional awareness
• cognitive knowledge
• behavioural skills
• transpersonal / existential awareness

These components are inextricably linked, so change in one area affects the other three.

Accreditation

EMCC Qualification
Senior Practitioner level
Equivalent to PG Certificate

ICF Qualification
ACTP (Accredited Coach Training Programme)
127 Coach Specific Training Hours (CSTH) towards the minimum 125 CSTH for PCC (Professional Certified Coach)

Association for Coaching
AC Recognised course

Middlesex University/Professional Development Foundation 
40 level 7 (formally known as Masters level) credits through Middlesex University Work Based Learning.

Overview

Entry requirements & process

Your Experience
The programme requires substantial knowledge and experience of developing people either as a:

• Business Leader or Senior Manager with a coaching style.
• Consultant or Trainer
• Life or Business coach

In addition you will be required to have four coach specific clients by the start of the programme building up to six by the second module.

You will also be in tune with our core values and while you are experienced in your field you will be open to learning from any source rather than simply attending a course for a coach qualification.

Overview

Entry Requirements / Process
To ensure that the Advanced Programme is right for you, there is a very thought provoking entry process. This uses four questionnaires with a follow-up individual tutorial that will enable you to identify your strengths, development areas and then to create a personal learning plan for the programme.

Application process (€350)
A very thorough learning process in its own right:

Stage 1 – Fill in on-line aaplication form:

Stage 2 – Fill in 4 online Self-Assessment coaching competency questionnaires.

Stage 3 – Individual Phone Tutorial to confirm readiness to join the programme and have guidance on creating a personal Learning Plan to guide you through the programme

Stage 4 – Orientation Conference Call with the confirmed applicants and faculty to ask questions, confirm your Learning Plan, gain additional information in preparation for Module 1.

Fees, dates and location

Programme fees
Our primary aim is to create a programme of the highest standard that reflects value for money. We make a promise to get you through to graduation or refund 50% of your course fees.

The course fees are €7,500 (on full payment at the start of the programme) plus residential costs of approximately €120 per day(TBC).

Voluntary & public sector coaches can apply for a reduction.
For information on financial assistance to support your learning (UK residents only), please visit www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning or by calling 0800 100 900.

This fee includes all tutorial support but not additional personal coaching / therapy which may be a pre-requisite of enrolment.

The Entry Procedure has costs of €350

The Entry Fee must be paid in advance. The Programme Fees must be paid before the start of the programme or, for an additional 5%, split across 2 payments.

Overview

Venue
Our four (4) residential events will take place at the charming 4 star Hotel Waldheim at Risch near Zurich. www.waldheim.ch

Please note there are no dates available at present.

Dates and applications

Please contact us for more information.

External team

Marion Gillie
Marion Gillie has been working as a consultant, first an internal change agent then a consultant with leading consultancy firms, since 1983. She is a highly experienced business psychologist – with great in-depth understanding of the complexities of human behaviour in the business setting.

Much of her work is concerned with change – helping business leaders deal with the complexity and ambiguity of rapid change in a global economy. Her work with business leaders and senior executives (one–to–one coaching or leadership development events) includes helping them:

· Develop a clear sense of purpose, strategy and direction for themselves and their organisations;
· Understand what the real blocks to change are in their businesses and develop strategies for dealing with those blocks;
· Develop the capability to inspire and motivate those they hope will follow them;
· Recognise and really capitalise on their talents and identify how they hold themselves back from being even more effective.

Most critical strategic decisions require top and senior teams to both maximise their diversity to bring a wide range of perspectives to key issues and be able to manage their differences constructively. Marion is highly skilled in dealing with the complex human dynamics of effective team working and is often called upon to help teams in transition or who are under performing to become more effective.

She has worked in a wide range of organisations, and has extensive experience in the finance sector (investment banking, asset management, private and retail banking), retail, IT, and manufacturing. She also enjoys ‘consulting to the consultants’ and works with several of the big consulting firms.

Marion is a co–founder of The Gillie Partnership and the Incite Alliance – a network of consultancy businesses who like to work and learn together. Prior to this she was a Partner in Sheppard Moscow Ltd, specialists in Organisation Development and in the late 1980s, was with Price Waterhouse. She also has a great deal of experience in the public sector, once heading an internal consultancy team in the Cabinet Office.

Elizabeth Ferguson
Elizabeth was the first European to be awarded Professional accreditation by ICF and now is one of only a handful of ICF Master Certified Coaches in the UK.

After leaving board level corporate world in 1997, Elizabeth founded her own coaching and consulting company Duncan MacQuarrie Associates Ltd. She and her team work with successful organisations and individuals who are keen to embrace change and create environments that support them in releasing their full potential.

Elizabeth has worked in a wide range of business sectors including financial services, communication, retail, IT, and in the public sector. Her clients are largely drawn from world-class and FTSE 100 organisations. She also regularly works with lawyers, accountants and other professionals and currently has clients in 7 countries over 3 continents.

One of Elizabeth’s passions is raising and maintaining standards in the profession. She is past President of the UK International Coach Federation and immediate past Chair of the International Credentialing and Standards Committee which is responsible for setting policy for professional standards in coaching worldwide. She regularly mentors internal and independent coaches and is a trained assessor for the professional qualification panel.

Faculty facilitators

John Leary-Joyce
John is proud to be the Founder and CEO of the Academy, having worked with his team to rapidly develop the organisation into a prestigious brand with International accreditation and University recognition. Prior to that he was MD of Gestalt Centre Ltd growing the business fourfold in eight years and receiving a Company Director diploma with the Institute of Directors.

As a result, he has the expertise as a coach to focus on improving business capability and in coaching executives/managers/partners on how to develop their personal competence to lead their businesses more successfully.

He is an experienced coach trainer and supervisor and an accredited coach with Association of Professional Executive Coaches & Supervisors (APECS) and the Association for Coaching (AC).

John’s initial eighteen-year career was in psychology and group facilitation – having a clinical practice, training Masters level psychotherapists and presenting at conferences, on radio and television. This led to being invited by organisations like PwC, Viacom, DeBeers to utilise those skills in team building and consultancy. In parallel he developed an innovative consultancy-training programme that attracted some of the top consultants in Britain.

Stephen Daltrey
Stephen is an International Coach Federation ( ICF) accredited Professional Certified Coach ( PCC) with over 16 years experience working 1:1 with people, enabling them to achieve their goals.

His coaching style utilises his signature presence to offer challenge and support to leaders, raising their awareness of themselves and their impact on relationships and the wider organisational system. Stephen facilitates clients to:

• Understand their habitual patterns, and broaden their style and range.
• Move forward from previously rigid or stuck problems, situations and relationships.
• Manage and lead in complexity, change and ambiguity.
• View situations from a different perspective to provide more flexibility and choice in their thinking and actions.
• Develop more productive and effective relationships with people.
• Build their authentic and assertive leadership presence.

Stephen is Director - Executive Coaching at the Academy of Executive Coaching, where he leads teams of coaches working in organisations throughout the UK. Stephen also works as lead facilitator and coach on the Nokia Global Leadership Programme.

Stephen has coached executives within the leisure sector including Disney Parks & Resorts, British Airways Holidays, Hoseasons Group, technology sector - Nokia (Finland), Police Information Technology Organisation ( PITO), NCS Oracle Consultancy, Yahoo! Europe, public sector - Oxfordshire County Council, defence sector Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA), Royal Navy, publishing sector Item Consultancy, financial sector – Picture Financial Group, quality retail sector – Mulberry, De Beers Diamond Trading Company, broadcasting - BBC.

Stephen began his leadership career as an Officer trainee in the Royal Navy before a 20-year career within the UK travel industry sector. As a Sales Director he motivated and inspired varied sales teams to achieve outstanding results. Stephen also practiced for 12 years as a qualified counsellor and Gestalt psychotherapist in advanced training.

Stephen is a Myers Briggs (MBTI) Practitioner, holds a Diploma in Humanistic Counselling, Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Psychological Studies, Diploma in Advanced Executive Coaching, and is currently completing his dissertation for an MA in Professional Development (Coaching).