Build your professional coaching skills!
Business Coaching Diploma Intensive (BCDI)
Comprehensive coaching programme certified by ICF
(International Coaching Federation)
Why is it worth it?
- Highly applicable methods that leaders can apply to maximize their own and their people’s potential
- Group and individual mentoring as part of the course (required during the accreditation process at ICF)
- Practical examples of using coaching in life and the business environment
- The richness of the programme is given by the selection of the most practical coaching techniques and methods from different coaching schools
We invite you to join an international group of professionals!
The programme aims to provide essential knowledge and coaching skills, engaging you in the practice of a qualified, professional coach. It also supports leading teams and businesses, through a strong coaching leadership style.
Who can be interested?
The course is highly relevant for managers, senior leaders, HR professionals, business skills trainers, consultants and everyone who is interested in coaching and personal growth.
Our trainers have extensive business and coaching experience with high level leaders. They hold top accreditations from ICF. Two of our trainers are Master Certified Coaches (only about 1 575 in the world).
Course structure and certificate
Business Coaching Diploma Intensive is a comprehensive course consisting of:
- Mentoring:
- 3 hours of individual mentoring (can be used up to 3 months after the course)
- At least 7 hours of group mentoring - 20 sessions of interactive online workshops using a variety of coaching techniques and tools
- 5 observed coaching sessions with feedback
- Practical sessions in pairs/trios
- Final exam (1-2 days)
- Theoretical test
- Coaching session with a Client
The programme is diverse in terms of the learning methods, i.e. interactive lecture, discussion, demonstrations of various coaching tools, exercises in pairs and in groups, case studies, group supervision/mentoring.
Upon Completion of the Programme:
Upon completion of the course participants will receive certificate:
Signed by PwC, confirming completion of 93 course hours approved by ICF as Approved Coach Specific Training Hours (Level 1).
Upon completing the course participants may apply for individual accreditation:
- Associate Certified Coach (ACC) in ICF through the simplified Level 1 path.
- You may continue with the Module 5 - Advanced Coach to receive the Level 2 course certificate and be eligible to apply for Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accreditation in ICF.
Content overview:
Introduction & building a coaching Mindset
- Establishing the coaching group contract
- Metaphors & powerful questions
- Gremlins - working with your inner critic
- Hero’s journey & dream maps
Building the coaching relationship
- Introduction to coaching work
- Self-consciousness in coaching
- Paradigm, process of change
- Structure of a coaching process & session
- Coaching skills & active listening techniques
- Communication styles in coaching
- PCSI diagnostic tool
- Linguistics in coaching
- GROW
- Dilts’ logical levels
Designing the future
- Working with coaching goals
- SMART, dimensioning the goal
- Goal & Effect technique
- Activity matrix technique
- Brain in coaching & kaizen method
- Working with dilemma technique
- Working with habits
Releasing and exceeding one’s potential
- Working with limiting beliefs
- Creative techniques related to coaching:
- Flow
- MPS
- Walt Disney’s approach - ICF Code of Ethics & ethical case studies
- ICF Core Competencies
Building satisfying relationships
- Introduction to Co-Active coaching:
- Discovery session - Wheel of Life
- 5 key skills in Co-Active coaching
- Practices: Fulfillment, Balance, Process
- Introduction to Alan Seale’s Transformational - Presence:
- Potential based vs transactional approach
- DiSCO model
- Three Intelligence Centers Dialogue
- Theory U - Working with relationships:
- Introduction to relationship coaching
- 4 perspectives technique
- Value bridge technique
- Social panorama technique
Final assessment
Extra: Additional practice
Extra Session/Gestalt
Dates and timing:
| Unit | Dates | Time (EET) |
| Mindset | 22 - 23 September 2025 29 September 2025 |
10:00 - 14:00 |
| Module 1 | 13 - 14 October 2025 | 10:00 - 14:00 |
| Module 2 | 27 - 28 October 2025 | 10:00 - 14:00 |
| Module 3 | 03 November 2025 17 - 18 November 2025 |
10:00 - 14:00 |
| Module 4 | 01 - 02 December 2025 08 - 09 December 2025 15 - 16 December 2025 |
10:00 - 14:00 |
| Wrap-up | 12 January 2026 | 10:00 - 14:00 |
| Final Assessment | 26 - 27 January 2026 | 10:00 - 15:30 |
| Plus: observed coaching sessions, mentoring and special Extra session/Gestalt (dates separately agreed on with participants) | ||
Additional Details:
Format:
Live-online
Language:
English
Group Size:
Small groups of up to 13 participants
Price:
Early Bird price until 22 August 2025:
EUR 3 600 (excl. VAT)
Regular price:
EUR 3 800 (excl. VAT)
Please contact us for more information.
