MA Executive Business & Life Coaching

COURSE CONTENT

This programme requires attendance at seven taught modules plus an additional module that prepares you for your dissertation. In addition there will be tutorials to assist you in the planning and execution of your dissertation.

There are optional exit points at Certificate and Diploma level. Students will be engaged in guided independent study and coaching practice in the study periods between the taught weekends. Additionally, the design of the programme allows students time for reflection, the consolidation of ideas and for the development of their own practice and research.

· The Aetiology of Coaching This preliminary module aims to provide a practical, theoretical and attitudinal foundation in transformational coaching. It enables students to gain an overview of some of the key theories and models of coaching and affords them the opportunity to explore a variety of practical approaches. It provides the first detailed steps in educating individuals to become competent, ethical and confident coaches.

· Models and Methods of Coaching This module is designed to educate the student in the importance of the coaching relationship, the necessity of contracting and the importance of context. It identifies the skills necessary to promote an effective working alliance and a range of models and methods to help in this process.

· Theory and Practice of Coaching This module introduces assessment and methodology based on Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, Solution focussed approaches, Cognitive Behavioural and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Its purpose is to ground interventions in a theoretical framework to enable the student to make sense of the purpose of a particular intervention. The aim is to integrate theory and practice and to encourage professional integrity.

· The Art of Coaching This module focuses on the mystery and magic of the creative processes involved in transformational coaching. It introduces a range of creative interventions including metaphor, imagery, writing, drama and art to help people find resolutions to a range of challenges - personal, organisational and entrepreneurial. The module will involve the use of humour, metaphor, imagery and paradox as well as normal creative ways of problem solving.

· Coaching in a Business & Management Context This unit is designed to enable students to understand the context as well as the focus of coaching and consultancy problems brought by Chief Executives, Senior Managers, Entrepreneurs and Professionals. It will focus on vision and operational strategies, team roles and work preferences. There will be opportunities to explore personal work and role preferences. In addition it will focus on the challenges of leadership and isolation of chief executives.

· Practising Ethical Supervision and Coaching This module is designed to emphasise the importance of ethical foundations in the practice of coaching. It addresses ethical behaviour in coaching, based on professional codes of practice, and the significance of supervision as a place to evaluate ethical dilemmas. Philosophical underpinning of coaching codes of ethics, structured experiential activity and case examples will illustrate the integration of theory and practice

· The Philosophy of Coaching The purpose of this module is to introduce the profession of coaching, as distinct from counselling, psychotherapy, mentoring and supervision. Its aim is to introduce the student to the historical origins of this newly emerging profession and to locate it in terms of context, skills and theoretical orientation. The module will be approached theoretically and practically.

· Advanced Coaching Project This final module aims to enable students to produce a rigorous and scholarly piece of work, based on coaching practice. Following a preliminary study in research methods, students will engage in autonomous study, working closely with a supervisor, in order to produce an in-depth, focused project within their specialist field. This advanced written project will be evaluated within a context of appropriate methodologies and theoretical frameworks.

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