Are You Thinking About Training To Become A Fully Accredited ICF Coach?
Optimus is one of only a few certified coaching providers in the UK which gives you a DIRECT route to the full International Coaching Federation (ICF ) Accreditation.
Download our Professional Coaching Diploma Brochure to find out what makes our accredited ICF training course the most comprehensive in the industry.
Here's the truth: for the same reason you might avoid a set-proclaimed solicitor, clients might avoid an unqualified coach.
In fact, over 65% of clicks expect their coach to have ICF accreditation. Yet, only 1.4% of all coacher ARE ICF-accredited.
You have ICF qualified Mentors and Trainers from a wide range of coaching backgrounds who support you every step of the way. The group sessions are supplemented by 10 mentoring hours, where you work with an ICF (International Coaching Federation) coach of a Professional Certified Coach rating or above, focused on your development as a coach.
You learn evidence-based coaching approaches including neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic coaching,DISC personality profiles, emotional intelligence and transactional analysis, as well as more mainstream approaches such as GROW – to give you a diversity of experience.
You have the chance to coach and be coached in the majority of sessions and observe different coaching styles, so you can develop your own approach. We are also very aware of different learning preferences so we make sure that we split the sessions into theory, discussion and coaching practice, with regular breaks.
​You have a coaching buddy so you can build your coaching hours and opportunities for pro bono coaching if you are still working and want to get more hours under your belt before you take the leap!)
You have small cohort groups so you can build strong relationships and a network of other coaches from a diverse range of backgrounds