Reasons to study the Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Coaching at De Montfort University:
DMU's Professional Coaching methodology offers a human-centric approach to engage with the world around you. By studying, you will improve your:
- Self-Awareness, by boosting the quality of your listening, curiosity and levels of enquiry. This is a transformational process in personal development, one that guides you through positive changes in circumstances and perspectives.
- Social skills, through coaching practice that offers methodologies to enquire, learn about and encourage others around you, supporting them to achieve their full potential.
- Critical skills, by enhancing your ability to analyse, critically reflect and understand organisational environments, which brings more cohesion to the world of work, improving the quality of projects and working relationships.
This course is accredited by the Association for Coaching (you’ll be supported to gain your own diploma recognised by the Association for Coaching*). You can also gain student membership to the Association for Coaching (1 year).
You will experience content delivered by both coaching professionals and university academics.
You will be part of a community of learners and a network of practitioners: the programme includes immersive days so you can learn from each other as well as from our experienced coaches.
This course offers distinct advantages to businesses, professionals and coaches:
For businesses, you can improve the skills of your executives, from team managers to project leads, with coaching tools and interventions that develop team resilience and make for good stakeholder management.
For professionals, you can expand your leadership skills, explore your full potential and progress your career. This transformational programme offers a new methodology for asking questions, problem-solving and developing positive relationships. It will raise the quality of your day-to-day learning.
For coaches, you can combine the coaching curriculum with insights delivered by our faculty, encouraging you to grow and position your professional practice. Join our business development day where business school academics and senior coaches take you through models to develop your business.
Optional extras
This course includes student membership of the Association for Coaching but does not include your individual professional accreditation fees. You can apply for individual accreditation at an additional cost, dependent on the type of accreditation you require. Details of accreditation types and associated costs can be found on the Association of Coaching - Accreditation website.
*Costs for completing the accreditation options by the Association for Coaching are not included in the course fees.
“I am a lifelong learner and this has been the best course I’ve ever done! It’s given me a heightened level of self-awareness.”
-Louise Donhagy, Professional Coaching Certificate alumna
“I’ve always been passionate about mentoring leaders and developing high performing teams. This certificate offered the best combination of practical learning and academic theory. I’ve learnt the human brain has the capacity to rewire itself to new, more positive ways of thinking, which gives individuals the power to step out of their conditioning.”
- Andrew White, Professional Coaching Certificate alumnus
“The course has really helped me focus on finding solutions rather than worrying about the problem. I’ve learnt that solutions to most business problems come from within you, it’s just a question of approaching the problem in the right way.”
-Helen Donellan, Professional Coaching Certificate alumna