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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.
Noble Manhattan Coaching, founded in 1993 by Gerard O'Donovan, is one of the world's largest coaching training organisations operating across 31 countries.
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How does Noble Manhattan Coaching deliver its services?
Noble Manhattan Coaching delivers its services online.
Where is Noble Manhattan Coaching based?
Noble Manhattan Coaching is based in Weymouth.
When was Noble Manhattan Coaching founded?
Noble Manhattan Coaching was founded in 1993.
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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.
Team coach, Mentor or supervisorICF Level 1, 2EMCC
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.
Executive and business coach, Mentor or supervisorILM
The Coaching Academy is a coach training organisation established in 1999, with its head office in Chiswick, London.
It runs diplomas in life coaching, business coaching, corporate and executive coaching, and coaching within education. It also offers a neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) practitioner programme, a two-week NLP diploma and DISC (dominance, influence, steadiness, conscientiousness) personality profiling certification. All training is delivered live online, with materials on an online learning platform. Most diplomas take 9 to 12 months, and courses are for individuals training to become coaches.
The Specialist Coach Programme, combining the Life Coaching Diploma with one specialist diploma, is listed at £3,950 including value added tax (VAT) on the Association for Coaching (AC) pathway, or £5,870 on the International Coaching Federation (ICF) pathway. The academy states that its Life Coaching Diploma is an ICF accredited Level 1 programme and that its core life coaching programme holds the AC's Accredited Certificate in Coach Training. It states it has trained more than 14,000 people. Its chief executive is Bev James.
Life and personal coach, Executive and business coachICF Level 1AC
UKCPD, the UK College of Personal Development, is an online coaching, leadership and personal development college with a London address, started in 1998.
It teaches Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications in coaching and mentoring at Levels 5 and 7, ILM leadership and management courses, life coaching diplomas, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) from foundation to master practitioner level, and short continuing professional development (CPD) courses. Learners include new and practising coaches, managers, human resources staff and people changing career. Study is online, mixing self-paced materials with live online workshops, group tutor sessions and one-to-one supervision, and learners can start at any time. ILM coaching qualifications can take up to three years, though UKCPD suggests aiming for about a year at Level 5.
Prices include value added tax (VAT). The ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring costs £2,395 and the ILM Level 7 Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors costs £3,295, with interest-free monthly plans for UK students. UKCPD states it is an ILM Approved Centre, that its life coaching courses are accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC) and that its NLP courses are accredited by the Association for NLP (ANLP). Most courses were taught at its Swindon centre until it became an online college in 2022.
Life and personal coach, Mentor or supervisorILM, AC
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