IMI Diploma in Executive Coaching

Course details

The IMI is one of only two colleges in Ireland to have been awarded the European Quality Award ‘EQA’ from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). Programme graduates are eligible for European Individual Accreditation (EIA).

Graduating participants will:

• Have practised a range of coaching skills
• Be equipped to transfer coaching methodologies to the workplace
• Understand relevant coaching models
• Have demonstrated competence in a coaching role
• Be able to use a variety of coaching approaches and techniques
• Have increased confidence in their coaching ability
• Have achieved a high level of self-insight
• Have completed a journey of personal and professional development

Programme Content

• The Nature And Purpose Of Executive Coaching
• Organisational Performance Through Coaching
• Understanding Personalities And Building Rapport With The Coachee
• Using Emotional Intelligence To Coach Executives And Leaders
• The Executive Coaching Relationship
• The Coaching Practitioner

Programme Features

Coaching Practice

• Practice sessions each module
• Practice sessions in support groups
• Expert feedback and review

Career Coaching

• Tools of career and life planning
• Establishing career direction
• Career challenges
• Career direction model

Team Coaching

• Team versus work groups
• Team coaching and other interventions
• Contracting with teams

Just 3 Steps to a Master of Business

How does it work?

Step 1: Successfully complete any one of the IMI’s suite of thirteen IMI Diploma programmes.

Step 2: Successfully complete a second IMI Diploma of your choosing.

Step 3: Successfully complete the IMI Business Research Project or a third IMI Diploma of your choosing and a Reflective Integrated Assignment.

Who is eligible?

Participants are required to provide evidence of relevant work-based learning at a management level and / or should hold a relevant academic qualification at primary degree level.