I am thinking of training and qualifying as an executive coach and am currently looking at 2 options:
1.Henley Professional Certificate, which is accredited by the Association for Coaching, the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and the International Coach Federation (cost £6,250 online) or
2.ILM level 7 Executive Coaching Diploma through the British School of Coaching (cost £4,790 online).
My gut feel is that the Henley Certificate is more recognized within the HR community but I was wondering whether any of you have come across either or have any recommendations/thoughts on this?
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated:)
Hi Brittany Glad you’re doing your research. Like you I took a good look around. I’d been coaching for a good few years but was getting more enquiries about qualifications so thought I’d focus on training suppliers that were accredited with professional bodies (AC, EMCC and ICF). I came across Animas.com who ran face to face training at that time but during Covid have transferred to Zoom. Cost was about £3500. They were excellent, and provided a lot of free support which they continue to do afterwards. They are accredited with both ICF and AC. You’ll need to budget more to get a professional body credential. As someone else has said, see if your training company offers a taster day and speak to past trainees. I have a colleague who did the Henley course and rated it highly too. Feel free to reach out via LinkedIn if you want to know more. Best of luck.
Hi Britta, my mentor is currently going through the coaching qualification with Henley Business School and speaks highly of them. I’m doing mine through Maximum Performance and that’s recognised by ICF too.
