ILM Level 3 Award in Effective Coaching

This programme is ideal for people who are getting started with coaching, or for leaders and managers who wish to develop a coaching style of leadership. This is a highly practical and interactive programme with an emphasis on skills development and practice, working with real coachees.  In the workshops the focus will be on the development, practice and review of skills, models, techniques and approaches.  This is supported by group and one to one supervision, to deepen the learning and embed the new skills and behaviours.

Benefits for individuals

  • Know what it takes to be an effective coach in your workplace

  • Understand how coaching works – learn a coaching model, and the tools and techniques to support it

  • Put your new skills into practice in your job – carry out supervised coaching sessions

  • Analyse, assess and plan to improve your own coaching ability

Benefits for employers

  • Implement coaching to improve performance in your organisation

  • Ensure the managers you develop as coaches are properly equipped with the skills, knowledge and ethical understanding they need

  • Develop a coaching culture in your organisation by developing your managers as truly effective coaches.

 Programme Outline

  • 1 day initial workshop defining coaching, building essential coaching skills and introducing a solution focused coaching model

  • 4 half day interactive workshops to build up your coaching skills, provide opportunities for real practice and develop personal insights and awareness essential for effective coaching

  • Online self paced learning to enhance your coaching skills and develop your knowledge of coaching models and techniques

  • Peer coaching groups to practise your learning, get feedback on your coaching and develop your own coaching style

  • Group and one to one coaching supervision sessions to encourage reflection on learning, and build confidence and capability in the development of your own coaching approach

  • 2 ILM tutorial sessions, all ILM assessment, tutorial support and one to one clinics, template assignments, advice and guidance, and feedback on draft submissions included

Assessment requirements:

  • A minimum of 6 hours of coaching with two clients

  • An assignment to cover your knowledge and understanding of coaching

  • A portfolio of the documentation from your 6 hours of coaching sessions

  • A reflective Journal covering your development as a coach

 Why Choose Us

  • The programme will be delivered by Marie Ferris and Clare Madden, both highly experienced, qualified and AC accredited coaches.

  • We have been delivering ILM accredited coaching skills training for over 15 years.

  • Marie was employed by ILM as an External Quality Advisor to centres across UK and Ireland for ILM coaching qualifications advising and monitoring centres on the new coaching qualifications. She also has a Masters in HRM, focused on coaching for managers.

  • We are not only experienced in coaching training, having provided training for well over 750 participants. We also pioneered online coaching training. We designed and have been delivering and assessing online coaching modules in Masters level programmes since 2015. We both have qualifications and lots of experience in online facilitation and training.

  • Our ambition is to raise the quality of coaching training in Ireland. We not only want you to achieve the ILM level 3 coaching qualification, we want you to be a confident and capable coach. So we build in more delivery, more practice, more one to one and supervision time than is required for the standard qualification.

  • We are winners of a National Training Award for Excellence in Coaching in the workplace. This was awarded by the Association of Coaching in recognition of our contribution to coaching training in Ireland.

Check out the feedback from participants on our current programme.

  • The amount of support that Marie and Clare offered was very valuable and much appreciated. I especially valued the supervision but also the comments on my drafts which helped me to meet the requirements of the programme. Thank you very much for all of that support and your words of wisdom.

  • Marie Ferris has been exceptional in her support to students. She has emphasised her availability for students to contact her throughout the programme. Marie is highly experienced in coaching and her expertise translates into a coaching course that is of the highest standard. I particularly value the individual supervision provided by Marie addressing my specific coaching needs. Marie's approach is engaging, supportive and one which demonstrates a genuine interest in student support and development.

  • I have loved this programme and Marie and Claire have been fabulous teachers and facilitators. I particularly commend them for the smooth transition to online learning - they have managed to keep the sessions fun, light-hearted and impactful. That is no easy feat. I will be sad when the programme ends!