ILM Level 7 Diploma in Executive Coaching 

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This qualification is for internal or external coaches, who work with senior level coaching clients, and for senior level people who wish to grow their coaching skills.  As this qualification is at a postgraduate level of study, you will be expected to engage in academic readings e.g. in relation to leadership development in organisations, improving leadership performance through executive coaching, evidencing enhanced organisational performance through improved leadership etc.  All such references will be provided to you on the course, and you will be supported to think through and discuss with peers, your understanding of these papers, and the implications for your organisation.

The ‘taught’ elements of the qualification (2-day workshops 1, 2 and 3, and the two ½ day workshops) provide the models, tools and theory, needed for the qualification. You will also be encouraged to share what you know/your experience/references you have found useful. 

As well as group supervision you will also have dedicated 1-1 supervision with a Taylor Clarke Coach Supervisor.  We believe 1-1 supervision is a really important support and challenge forum and a valuable part of this programme. 

Peer learning groups will be established early on in the course; many people find these invaluable in their learning – the support, challenge and networking achieved through these learning forums can be huge. 

Undertaking the assignments – whilst often not the part of the course which participants look forward to! – is often in retrospect, one of the most useful, in that participants are required to reflect in depth on their understanding of what they are learning, and the conclusions they are drawing.  This really consolidates learning, in a powerful way.

There are six facilitated discussion sessions; topics with associated reading are provided, and the tutor will join in with views and questions for you.

And last but certainly not least, your client practice hours provide a rich source of ‘real learning’. For the Diploma, you will need to work with six to nine coaching clients, and accumulate a total of 60 coaching hours coaching with them.  This needs to be carefully recorded, and you are expected to prepare for each coaching session, achieve set goals in each session, and reflect on the session afterwards.  We provide 1-1 supervision and group supervision with Taylor Clarke supervisors for these practice hours.  This more than meets supervision-practice ratios as set down by all the UK professional coaching bodies. 

An approximate timeline is given below: