ILM level 7 certificate in coaching and mentoring for executives
The flagship coaching qualification for people who are already experienced as coaches, or who are using a coaching approach in their leadership style
Thousands of people in the UK work as coaches, but only a proportion of them have a coaching qualification.
Why does this matter? With an advanced coaching qualification, you can:
- Demonstrate that your coaching has been assessed to be at a high level
- Feel confident that you can coach senior people with challenging issues
- Stand out as someone who has invested in their skills and their professional development
Coaches who undertake ILM qualifications get good career progression opportunities, get onto “approved coach” lists, build sustainable coaching client lists. They do this, and you will be able to as well.
Key characteristics:
- Open programmes
- Maximum 10 people per group
- 12 x ½ day webinars
- Full tutor support throughout
- Regular practice and feedback sessions during the training days
- Comprehensive resources to help you through the qualification
- Support between sessions, and right up until the time that you pass the qualification
- Individual focus on the learner, with the course tailored to the needs of each group
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In many ways the two types of courses are similar. In both you’ll learn the skills and processes to be able to coach well. The main two differences are:
- you have to demonstrate that you are coaching at a level 7 standard, and pass an assessment of your coaching
- you have to complete coursework to pass your ILM qualification
Clients who book you to coach them can be reassured that you have gone through a rigorous process and have got yourself to a good level of coaching.
Qualification levels for vocational training are set by the national regulator Ofqual. They classify level 7 as being equivalent to a postgraduate qualification. That means the quality of the assignments to be completed need to be at this level, and the level of the training materials also needs to be pitched at this postgraduate level.
This course is highly practical, with plenty of opportunities to practice coaching skills and have coaching conversations. Key features include:
- 12 x ½ day webinar sessions over a 3 month period
- Small group sizes (max 10 people)
- Regular practice and feedback sessions during the training days
- Comprehensive resources to help you through the qualification
- Support between sessions, and right up until the time that you pass the qualification
- Individual focus on the learner, with the course tailored to the needs of each group
Clearly, the first and most important thing you’ll get is a qualification, backed up with the skills and experience of having learnt to be a high-quality coach – one of the best around.
And there are other benefits, including:
- Learning how to deliver standard coach training to new coaches
- Being able to write about and articulate clearly the benefits of coaching for individuals and organisations
- Deepen your understanding of human behaviour and raise your own awareness, to support you in coaching and elsewhere
Course length 12 x ½ day webinars (3 blocks of 4 x ½ days with a month gap between blocks)
Zoom tutorials between training modules
Qualification requirements 1 x 5,000 word essay
20 hours of coaching practice
Journals and reflective logs
Your coaching sessions assessed
Home study requirements 120 hours
On average, half a day a week for a 9 month period
Good question! It’s a bit of a minefield, and one we’ve given lots of thought to before deciding the ILM is the qualification to offer.
Read our blog on this topic for more details.
2 ways to study
Traditional classroom
We meet for full days of active and participative training – for in company programmes only
Webinars
A series of half day webinars. Equally as practical and active as the classroom approach, but with no travelling, and working in your safe home or work environment
What’s next after I take the qualification?
We offer a range of options to take your coaching further:
- The Sustainable Coach and The Sustainable Coach Fast Track programmes - to help you turn your coaching skills into a profitable business
- Coaching supervision. Regular 121 or group support for you as you start working with your coaching clients
- Coach mentoring for your ICF qualification. If you are ready to advance even further and earn this qualification, we will support you with it
- Coaching supervision, 1:1 or in a group, to help you continue to professionalise your practice
