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Meyler Campbell

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Meyler Campbell is an executive coach training organisation founded in 1999, with an administrative office in Bromley, Kent. Its Mastered programme, formerly the Business Coach Programme, trains experienced leaders and professionals as business coaches. Teaching happens in syndicates of three participants per tutor through nine tutorials, usually four to six weeks apart, with supervised practice on real clients in between. It usually takes 9 to 12 months and must be finished within two years, and can be taken in person in London, online or as a blend. Unleashed is a leader-as-coach programme for business owners and senior managers, run over three tutorials in small cohorts. It also lists team coaching (Unlimited) and a service for finding a coach (Trusted). Fees are not published. Meyler Campbell states that Mastered is accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC) and received the European Quality Award from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) in 2012, and that graduates can gain individual EMCC accreditation on completion. It reports more than 1,000 alumni across Europe, North America and Asia. It is a Gold Sponsor of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Anne Scoular is named as co-founder.

Noble Manhattan Coaching

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Noble Manhattan Coaching, founded in 1993 by Gerard O'Donovan, is one of the world's largest coaching training organisations operating across 31 countries. Offering ICF, ILM, and IAPC&M accredited coach training programmes, from foundation through to executive and corporate coaching, alongside in-house coaching culture programmes for organisations. Multi-award winning with a reputation for ongoing graduate support and community.

Optimus Coach Academy

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Optimus Coach Academy is a coach training school based in London, set up in 2019 and run by Kudzi Coaching & Training Ltd. It runs two coaching diplomas, both taught live online over Zoom with recordings, and neither needs previous coaching experience. The Associate Coach Diploma has 85 hours of training over four months, with weekly three-hour sessions and 10 hours of mentor coaching. The Professional Coach Diploma has 175 hours of training over about eight months, in groups of up to 14, also with 10 hours of mentor coaching. It also offers an Advanced Accreditation in Team Coaching, with monthly four-hour sessions over 9 to 10 months for up to 12 people, and shorter certifications in mentoring and in neurodiversity in coaching. The Associate Coach Diploma costs £4,740 including value added tax (VAT), or six payments of £801.60. The Professional Coach Diploma costs £7,140 including VAT, or 12 monthly payments of £630, and the team coaching programme is £2,000 plus VAT. Optimus states that both diplomas are accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), at Level 1 and Level 2 respectively, by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and by the Association for Coaching (AC). EMCC Global has announced a Practitioner-level EMCC Global Quality Award (EQA) for the Professional Coach Diploma. Its founder and course director, Ruth Kudzi, states she holds the ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential.

The BCF Group

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The BCF Group is a Nottingham-based provider of coaching qualifications, management training and executive coaching, with 25 years of experience. It runs Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications at Level 3 in leadership and management and at Levels 5 and 7 in coaching and mentoring, alongside management, interpersonal skills and Train the Trainer courses. The Level 5 and Level 7 coaching courses start with two days of training in a classroom in Reading or over Zoom, followed by reflections, assignments and logged coaching hours, with three years to finish. Level 5 is also sold as a self-paced online course. Executive coaching for managers, directors and executives takes place in person, by phone or by video call, and courses can be designed for a single organisation. ILM Level 5 costs £995 online, £1,595 over Zoom or £1,995 in a classroom, and Level 7 costs £2,395 over Zoom or £2,695 in a classroom, all plus VAT. Executive coaching and in-house course prices are not published. It states that its training is certified by the ILM and that it has worked in more than 40 sectors. The company behind it is BCF Group Limited.