A programme that takes you further:
This isn’t just another coaching course. It’s an EQ Coach Practitioner Programme — designed to build both your skillset and your confidence so you can coach with depth, flexibility, and impact.
You’ll graduate with:
- A recognised credential that meets Association for Coaching standards
- A coaching toolkit you can adapt for any client
- A clear, confident coaching style grounded in evidence and experience
- Free student membership with the Association for Coaching for 1 year
Whether you’re stepping into coaching as a profession or adding coaching to your current role, ThinkEQ will help you become the kind of coach people remember.
Programme format:
The Accredited Award in Coach Training
- Emotional Intelligence Focus – You’ll develop the key EQ skills that make coaches exceptional.
- Brain-Based Coaching – You’ll learn the neuroscience behind motivation, behaviour change, and decision-making.
- Real-World Practice – You’ll work with peers, receive feedback, and build a toolkit ready for real clients
- 70+ hours of blended learning (live workshops, practice coaching, and self-study)
- Interactive, supportive learning environment with peer feedback
- Accreditation Pathway to guide you through to your Coach Accreditation
- Assessment and certification through the Association for Coaching
Your outcome? The skills, confidence, and credibility to coach with purpose — and a certificate that proves it.
Your programme will be split into 7 learning blocks:
Learning Block 1 - Preparing For Your Course
- Programme Overview
- Ponder Points and Action Points
- Online Learning & Learning Styles
- Getting the Best from the Programme
- Consent to Coaching
- More About You!
- Your EQ Assessment
- Your Strengths Report
- Your Association for Coaching Membership (FREE for 1 year)
- Discussion Group 1
Learning Block 2 - Developing Your Coaching Skills
- What is Coaching?
- Does it Matter?
- Coaching – What It Is, What It Is Not
- The Coaching Mindset
- Benefits of Coaching
- What is Coaching Used For?
- The Coaching Process
- Coaching Demo – Session 1
- Contracting
- Coaching Wheels
- Visioning
- Goal Setting in Coaching
- Discussion Group
- Observed Coaching
Learning Block 3 - Enhancing Your Communication Skills
- Key Coaching Skills
- Listening
- Questions
- Raising Awareness
- Planning and Delivering a Coaching Session
- Coaching Demo – Session 2
- Session 2 Agenda
- Discussion Group
- Observed Coaching (Session 2)
Learning Block 4 - Disciplines of Coaching
- Session 3 and Session 4 (Agenda)
- Coaching Demo – Session 3
- Emotional Intelligence Coaching
- Solutions Focused Coaching
- Cognitive Behaviour Coaching (Self-Reflection)
- Strengths Coaching
- Coaching Demo – Session 4
- Your Inner Coach
- Challening Your Coachee
- Group Supervision
- Observed Coaching (Session 3)
- Discussion Group
Learning Block 5 - Workplace Coaching
- Coaching Demo – Session 5
- Goal Setting Using Models
- CIGAR Model
- GROW Model
- OSCAR Model
- Your Coaching Niche
- Session 5 – Affirmations and Sustainability
- Group Supervision
- Discussion Group
- Observed Coaching – Session 5
Learning Block 6 - Next Steps and Reviewing Your Development
- Coaching Demo – Session 6
- Self-Reflection / Reflection on Action
- Coaching Competency Framework
- Book review
- Group Supervision
- Discussion Group
- Observed Coaching – Session 6
Learning Block 7 - Building Towards Accreditation
- Coach Accreditation
- Levels of Accreditation
- The Application Process
- Applicant Guidance and Forms
- Group Supervision & Certification
- Discussion Group
Pathway to Accreditation:
We are delighted to be working with the Association for Coaching and can now offer full support and final sign off for your coach accreditation with the Association for Coaching.
At the end of your classroom training you can move into your Accreditation Pathway:
- 1:1 Mentor Coach Support – Be paired with a qualified AC coach mentor to guide your development.
- Coaching Session Feedback from AC Assessor – Receive structured feedback on your recorded sessions to meet accreditation standards.
- Modular Online Support Programme – Work through the key components at your own pace, including coaching competencies, ethical guidelines, and documentation support.
- Accreditation Submission Guidance & Sign-Off – We’ll help you prepare and submit your application confidently and correctly.
- Group Supervision – Peer learning, reflection, and supervised growth, available to boost your practice even further.
I enjoyed the balance between theory, space, time and dedication for reflection and learning and the cohort approach to coaching.
I thought that the way the course was organised helped to create such a lovely sense of community among our cohort and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to build a strong rapport with my coaching triad
Coaching is the 2nd fastest growing industry in the world.
PWC 2018
Book an initial call
Book an initial call with one of the team to learn more about the coaching industry, speak to a previous delegate about their experience or chat about how an Accredited Award in Coach Training programme can advance your prospects, contact us today.