MSc in Coaching & Behavioural Change
Developing coaches who really put coaching to work
Organisations are increasingly looking to coaching- conducted by both dedicated coaches and line managers– to help executives work through challenging business issues. To contribute effectively to the business agenda a coach needs the ability to align coaching objectives to business objectives. The MSc in Coaching & Behavioural Change is unique in its emphasis on the organisational context for coaching and in the inclusion of an MBA - style management challenge as an integral part of the programme.
Open day
Coaching qualifications at Henley - Wednesday 16 May 2012
Programme benefits
Completion of the MSc will allow participants to:
- understand the dynamics of coaching relationships; individual, team and organisational
- experience and practice the art of coaching supervision
- increase their range of coaching tools and techniques and know when and how to deploy them
- develop the analytical and problem solving skills that facilitate coaching of senior managers
- build an understanding of the psychological processes involved in behavioural change and how coaching can be used effectively to support this
- build mastery and confidence in coaching by broadening and deepening student's knowledge and understanding of themselves and others
- apply their coaching skills to a management challenge that will develop their ability to align coaching with business objectives.
Programme content
Duration: This course is part-time and scheduled over 30 months with an additional 6 months for writing up assignments if required.
This qualification in achieved in three stages:
Stage 1
Includes the Henley Certificate of Coaching and the NLP Practitioner training (accredited by ITS). This would typically take 9 months, involve 3 x 2 day residential workshops for the Certificate and 5 x 4 day workshops for the NLP practitioner training (held Friday – Monday), plus two 5000 word assignments.
Exemptions from this stage are available for prospective participants who currently hold the Henley Certificate in Coaching or the ITS NLP Practitioner qualification. Please contact us to discuss.
Stage 2
Includes modules in Advanced Coaching Practice, Group Dynamics & Systems Thinking and Becoming a Reflective Practitioner. This stage takes around 9 months, involves 3 x 2 day and 3 x 3 day residential workshops and three 5000 word assignments.
Stage 3
Includes three elements; manager as investigator, the management challenge and a personal project. This stage would typically take around 9 months and involves 2 written assignments – one of 15,000 words and one of 5000 words.
Successful completion of each stage will be required before progression to the next.
Is this programme for you?
This MSc programme is designed for those who are using, and intend to develop further, a coaching approach either in a line management role or as a professional freelance executive coach. Managers may also be seeking to build a business-focussed coaching culture within their organisations. Participants will typically have a good first degree or an equivalent professional qualification and a minimum of 5 years management experience however applications are welcomed from individuals with substantial knowledge, experience and skills in a relevant field who do not meet these requirements. An excellent level of English is required and proficiency testing may be requested.
