Effective Coaching

This course is part of the three-year #WECAN (Women Empowered through Coaching and Networking) project. Partly funded by the European Union Social Fund and working with a network of partners - including Edge Hill University and Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber (SEYH) – the project offers bespoke support to SMEs and their women employees and managers. Discover more about #WECAN on our dedicated pages.

ILM Level 3 Effective Coaching provides you with the opportunity to:

• Know what it takes to be an effective coach
• Understand how coaching works
• Learn a recognised coaching model, and the tools and techniques to support it
• Put your new skills into practice and carry out supervised coaching sessions 
• Reflect on your own coaching performance 

This programme is led by #WECAN delivery lead David Taylor. For over twenty years David has been a professional coach with a portfolio of clients including owners and Managing Directors of SME’s as well as leaders working in larger organisations in the UK and beyond. 

David will guide you through group workshops and individual tutorials online via MS Teams. The programme is structured into three distinct stages: 

1) Understanding coaching theories and processes 

• 4 x 3-hour workshops (including tutorial time)
• 6 weeks to complete a 2500 - 3000 word report
• Allow approximately 25 hours for preparing and writing this report 

2) Six hours practical coaching with one or two coaches

• 1 x 3 hour workshop
• 1 x 3 hour tutorial
• 1 x 1 hour supervision of practical coaching
• 7 weeks to complete 6 hours of coaching

3) Reflecting and reviewing your experience 

• 1 x 3 hour workshop
• 4 weeks to complete the assessment
• Allow 15 – 20 hours for preparing your assessment