Coaching and Mentoring Training Events
We deliver a range of coaching and mentoring courses and qualifications from level 2 to 7. These are offered throughout the year for individuals or groups. For these qualification courses, we have to cover specific content to ensure the participants are sufficiently prepared for the assignments and we can also include additional content, tailored to your organisation if you wish.
Courses include:
Introduction to Coaching
This programme is delivered through a combination of independent learning activities, two 2-hour interactive workshops (two half days for groups) and is underpinned with a toolkit: “Principles of coaching” containing a range of useful resources and templates.
Delivered remotely using MS Teams. Available on an in-house basis for groups of between 2 and 12.
This programme is designed for individuals and small groups with an emphasis on one-to-one support. You are assigned an experienced facilitator / coach who guides you through the independent learning activities, supporting you as you build your knowledge and understanding. The workshop sessions provide the opportunity for open discussion and for your facilitator / coach to introduce you to coaching tools and techniques.
- Coaching foundations
- Core coaching skills
- Learning and self-awareness
- Coaching practice and tools
- Reflective practice and supervision
- Ethical considerations
Learning mentor for apprentices and optional ILM Level 2 Award in Effective Mentoring Skills
This programme is delivered through three 3-hour interactive workshops, which can stand alone or be combined with assignment tutorials, supervision with an experienced facilitator / mentor and templates for those completing the optional ILM Level 2 Award in Effective Mentoring Skills.
Delivered remotely using MS Teams. Available on an in-house basis for groups of between 4 and 12.
The programme is designed for small groups. You are assigned an experienced facilitator / mentor who guides you through the programme, supporting you as you build your knowledge and understanding. The workshop sessions provide the opportunity for open discussion and for your facilitator / mentor to introduce you to mentoring tools and techniques and the role of a Learning Mentor for Apprentices. For those opting to complete the qualification, supervision supports you as you apply your mentoring skills, providing a safe space for reflection and the assignment tutorial prepares you for assessment.
The 9 hours are delivered across the three 3-hour interactive workshops:
Session 1:
- Roles and responsibilities
- Common challenges and addressing them
- Mentoring styles and their appropriate application
- Elements and structure of apprenticeships
- The learning relationship between mentor and mentee
Session 2:
- Principles of emotional intelligence
- Psychological safety
- Building a rapport, using effective listening and purposeful questioning techniques
- Setting goals
- Reflection and review
Session 3:
- Principles of situational leadership and use of diagnostic tools
- Reflective practice, supervision and feedback
- Ethical standards, including boundaries, safeguarding and confidentiality
- Record keeping, CPD and maintening personal wellbeing in professional practice
- Reflection and review
- Next steps and future learning
The programme includes an additional tutorial for thos completing the optional qualification and is designed to prepare participants to sucessfully pass ILM’s two assignments:
- an essay-style assignment focusing on your understanding of mentoring principles and practices
- an evidence-style assignment using evidence from your mentoring practice
ILM Level 3 Award in Effective Coaching
This programme is delivered through a combination of independent learning activities, two 2-hour interactive workshops (two half days for groups) and is underpinned with a toolkit: “Principles of coaching” containing a range of useful resources and templates.
Delivered remotely using MS Teams. Available on an in-house basis for groups of between 2 and 12.
This programme is designed for individuals and small groups with an emphasis on one-to-one support. You are assigned an experienced facilitator / coach who guides you through the independent learning activities, supporting you as you build your knowledge and understanding. The workshop sessions provide the opportunity for open discussion and for your facilitator / coach to introduce you to coaching tools and techniques.
- Coaching foundations
- Core coaching skills
- Learning and self-awareness
- Coaching practice and tools
- Reflective practice and supervision
- Ethical considerations
The programme is designed to prepare participants to successfully pass ILM’s 3 assignments:
- an essay-style assignment focusing on your understanding of coaching principles and practices
- an evidence-style assignment using practice evidence from your coaching practice
- an evidence-style assignment reflecting and reviewing your coaching practice
ILM Level 3 Award in Effective Mentoring
This programme is delivered through a combination of independent learning activities, two 2-hour interactive workshops (two half days for groups), assignment tutorials and supervision with an experienced facilitator / mentor and is underpinned with a textbook and a toolkit: “Principles of mentoring” containing a range of useful resources and templates.
Delivered remotely using MS Teams. Available on an in-house basis for groups of between 2 and 12.
This programme is designed for individuals and small groups with an emphasis on one-to-one support. You are assigned an experienced facilitator / mentor who guides you through the independent learning activities, supporting you as you build your knowledge and understanding. The workshop sessions provide the opportunity for open discussion and for your facilitator / mentor to introduce you to mentoring tools and techniques. Supervision supports you as you apply your mentoring skills, providing a safe space for reflection and the assignment tutorial prepares you for assessment.
- Mentoring foundations
- Core mentoring skills
- Learning and self-awareness
- Mentoring practice and tools
- Reflective practice and supervision
- Ethical considerations
The programme is designed to prepare participants to successfully pass ILM’s 3 assignments:
- an essay-style assignment focusing on your understanding of mentoring principles and practices
- an evidence-style assignment using practice evidence from your mentoring practice
- an evidence-style assignment reflecting and reviewing your mentoring practice
ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching & Mentoring
This programme is delivered through a combination of independent learning activities, four 2-hour interactive workshops (four half days for groups), assignment tutorials and supervision with an experienced facilitator / coach and is underpinned with a textbook and two toolkits: “Principles of coaching” and “Reflective coaching” containing a range of useful resources and templates.
Delivered remotely using MS Teams. Available on an in-house basis for groups of between 2 and 12.
This programme is designed for individuals and small groups with an emphasis on one-to-one support. You are assigned an experienced facilitator / coach who guides you through the independent learning activities, supporting you as you build your knowledge and understanding. The workshop sessions provide the opportunity for open discussion and for your facilitator / coach to introduce you to coaching tools and techniques. Supervision supports you as you apply your coaching skills, providing a safe space for reflection and the assignment tutorial prepares you for assessment.
- Coaching foundations
- Core coaching skills
- Learning and self-awareness
- Coaching practice and tools
- Reflective practice and supervision
- Ethical considerations
- Coaching review and models
- Coaching tools and diagnostics
- Wellbeing and psychology
- Evaluation methods
- Emotional intelligence and leadership
- Feedback and impact
The programme is designed to prepare individuals to successfully pass ILM’s 3 assignments:
- an essay-style assignment focusing on your understanding of coaching prinicples and practices
- an evidence-style assignment using practice evidence from your coaching practice
- an evidence-style assignment reflecting and reviewing your coaching practice
ILM Level 7 Certificate for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors
This programme is delivered through a combination of independent learning activities, six 2- hour interactive workshops (six half days for groups), assignment tutorials and supervision with an experienced facilitator / coach and is underpinned with a textbook and three toolkits: “Principles of coaching”, “Reflective coaching” and “Executive coaching” containing a range of useful resources and templates.
Delivered remotely using MS Teams. Available on an in-house basis for groups of between 2 and 12.
This programme is designed for individuals and small groups with an emphasis on one-to-one support. You are assigned an experienced facilitator / coach who guides you through the independent learning activities, supporting you as you build your knowledge and understanding. The workshop sessions provide the opportunity for open discussion and for your facilitator / coach to introduce you to coaching tools and techniques. Supervision supports you as you apply your coaching skills, providing a safe space for reflection and the assignment tutorial prepares you for assessment.
- Coaching foundations
- Core coaching skills
- Learning and self-awareness
- Coaching practice and tools
- Relflective practice and supervision
- Ethical considersations
- Coaching review and models
- Coaching tools and diagnostics
- Wellbeing and psychology
- Evaluation methods
- Emotional intelligence and leadership
- Feedback and impact
- Rationale for coaching investment
- Coaching culture and barriers
- Executive coaching and leadership
- Measuring coaching impact
- Professional development
The programme is designed to prepare participants to successfully pass ILM’s 3 assignments:
- an essay-style assignment focusing on your understanding of coaching principles and practices
- an evidence-style assignment using practice evidence from your coaching practice
- an evidence-style assignment reflecting and reviewing your coaching practice
ILM Level 7 Certificate for Coaching Supervisors
This programme is delivered through a combination of independent learning activities, five 2-hour interactive workshops (five half days for groups), assignment tutorials and supervision with an experienced facilitator / coach and is underpinned with a textbook.
Delivered remotely using MS Teams. Available on an in-house basis for groups of between 2 and 12.
The programme is designed for individuals and small groups with an emphasis on one-to-one support. You are assigned an experienced coaching supervisor who guides you through the independent learning activities, supporting you as you build your knowledge and understanding. The workshop sessions provide the opportunity for open discussion and for your facilitator/supervisor to introduce you to supervision tools and techniques. Supervision sessions also support you as you apply your supervision skills, providing a safe space for reflection and the assignment tutorial prepares you for assessment.
- Induction
- Pre-attendance activity 1
- Workshop1: Supervision foundations
- Assignment tutorial 1
- Workshop 2: Supervision models and evaluation
- Pre-attendance activity 2
- Workshop 3: Core supervision skills
- Pre-attendance activity 3
- Workshop 4: Emotional intelligence and self-awareness
- Workshop 5: Reflective practice and supervision
- Review and assignment tutorial 2
This programme is designed to prepare participants to successfully pass ILM’s 3 assignments:
- an essay-style assignment focusing on your understanding of supervision prinicples and practices
- an evidence-style assignment using practice evidence from your supervision practice
- an evidence-style assignment reflecting and reviewing your supervision practice