The programme is made up of the following papers:
DPC101 - Introduction to professional coaching (Level 6) 5 credits
Content in this paper includes coaching origins and history, coaching in today’s world, main coaching areas and outcomes, clients of coaching, and mentor coaching.
CBC102 - Coaching fundamentals (Level 5) 4 credits
On completion of this paper, learners will be able to: discuss how coaching can support the management of change, define coaching and recognise its key characteristics and principles, and describe how coaching differs from other development disciplines such as mentoring, consultancy and therapy.
DPC102 - Ethical framework of coaching (Level 6) 5 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be familiar with the ethical framework of coaching, recognise and understand areas of potential ethical conflict and how to deal with them, and avoid/eliminate/minimise the number of coaching situations where an ethical problem may appear.
CBC103 - Transactional and transformational coaching (Level 5) 3 Credits
On completion of this paper, learners will be able to: understand the preparation required to move out of one’s comfort zone and face change, understand the differences between transactional and transformational coaching and illustrate how they can be practically applied.
DPC103 - Coaching relationship (Level 6) 5 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will understand the importance of appropriate coach-coachee relationships, be able to specify the main characteristics of a psychological contract between coach and coachee, and recognise and manage the dynamics of coaching relationships with different parties.
DPC104 - Creating a coaching environment (Level 6) 5 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to recognize their own preferred coaching style and be able to adapt it according to their coachee´s needs, create a suitable environment for face-to-face coaching, provide coaching via telephone and other media, i.e. Internet, and make coaching challenging for a coachee to accelerate the desired change.
CBC105 - Core coaching competencies (Level 5) 8 Credits
The content of this paper includes: identification of core coaching competencies, coaching knowledge and attitude, and specific coaching skills.
DPC105 - Working on a coaching project (Level 6) 5 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to market their coaching service to a target audience, prepare, execute and evaluate the coaching projects they are involved in and successfully replicate the coaching project model for different coaching topics in different environments.
CBC106 - Essential coaching tools (Level 5) 8 Credits
This papers looks at a range of coaching tools including the coaching wheel, the Chinese menu principle and magical questions.
DPC106 - Advanced coaching tools (Level 6) 5 Credits
The following coaching tools are covered in this paper: Pleasure and Pain Principle, Logical Levels, Meta-programmes and Mental Maps, and Storytelling and Metaphors.
DPC107 - Managing your own coaching practice (Level 6) 7 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to: create their own vision, mission, values and strategy for their coaching business, start their own coaching practice or incorporate coaching services into their existing business, recognise and target their specific group of potential clients and understand their needs, and understand how to run and develop their coaching practice as a profitable business.
DPC111 - Life coaching (Level 6) 8 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to recognise how coaching can help them to be more effective managers, and understand whom they can coach.
DPC112 - Career coaching (Level 6) 8 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to describe career coaching and how it differs from career counselling, introduce the main career coaching areas and goals, recognise and practise some of the key career coaching assessment tools, and prepare an action plan for a career coaching case study.
DPC113 - Executive coaching (Level 6) 8 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to understand the principles and specifics of executive coaching, apply the main transactional and transformational coaching models in the corporate world, and recognise and assess potential problematic areas and find a suitable solution in order to be able to deal with executive coaching successfully.
DPC114 - SME coaching (Level 6) 8 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to recognize the specifics of SME coaching to business owners and skilled professionals, identify the key coaching issues for these specific groups of coaches, understand the coaching characteristics of work/life balance and provide coaching for different stages of business development (from start-up to exit).
DPC121 - Becoming a Master Coach (Level 6) 8 Credits
On successful completion of this paper, learners will be able to recognise the difference between “doing coaching” and “becoming a professional coach”, set up their own development plans for a future coaching career, be able to find and evaluate sources for their continued training and development, use self-reflection, self-feedback and self-coaching for their own personal changes, and find out the key components of a great reputation in the coaching area and start to work on it, both on a regional and an international level.