Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching (ADCT)
Our 12-day, in-depth coach training for both life coaching and business/organisational coaching. This AC-accredited Diploma gives you an extraordinary skill set to achieve transformational results in any organisational context.
What is the Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching?
The Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching is a professional coaching qualification for learners who want to coach individuals, professionals, teams or clients in personal, business and performance-focused contexts.
This course is designed for learners who want a broader coaching route than life coaching alone, with a focus on professional performance, business coaching, personal development and practical client outcomes.
It is suitable for aspiring coaches, practising coaches, managers, consultants and professionals who want to develop stronger coaching capability for business, performance and professional development work.
Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching course summary
Qualification:Â Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching
Best for:Â Aspiring coaches, practising coaches, managers, consultants and learners who want to coach in business, performance or professional development contexts.
Study format:Â Live online training, with regular Tutor Support and Q & A Sessions, Practice Group Sessions and Developmental Group Discussion Supervision Sessions, with practical coaching development and course assessment guidance.
Level:Â Diploma-level professional coaching route.
Coaching focus:Â Business coaching, performance coaching, professional development, life coaching and client outcomes.
Accreditation and recognition:Â Accreditation and recognition are shown on the course page.
Main outcome:Â Learners develop broader coaching capability for personal, professional, business and performance-focused coaching contexts.
What's Included in Your Training
Explore the tabs below for a complete breakdown of this 12-day advanced live online programme, including the full syllabus, Level 5 equivalent accreditation, and bonuses.
This 12-day, content-packed course will equip you with the skills, techniques, and models of successful coaching in many contexts, including Business & Organisational Coaching as well as a full Life Coaching practice.
This programme is fully accredited by the Association for Coaching (ADCT) and is approximately equal to a Level 5 Ofqual regulated qualification.
This Diploma in High Performance Business Coaching course has been developed over a period of time with inputs from a wide range of stakeholders including coaching students, trainers, industry and organisational professionals and of course the professional body (AC).
Our training philosophy fuses classic coaching techniques with NLP, which is why this course also includes the ANLP-accredited NLP Foundation Diploma. This gives you an extraordinary skill set, developing a deep understanding of how people think, process, act, and react.
What Will You Learn?
- Association for Coaching competency framework including standards, practices, and ethics
- Coach specific tools and skills, including many transforming NLP techniques
- How to develop the coach-client contract
- How to run a successful coaching business
- Setting achievable goals and outcomes
- How to create measurable action plans
- Developing Well-Formed Outcomes
- Marketing your coaching business
- How to deliver effective feedback
A Range of Coaching Models & Approaches
- The GROW Model
- The OSKAR Model
- The APROCESS Model
- The WHATâ„¢ Coaching Method
- The Meta Model
- Appreciative Inquiry as a Coaching Model
- Logical Levels of Change & The Generative Coaching Cycle
- The ACHIEVE® Coaching Model
- and more
What Will You Explore?
- Ethical guidelines and professional standards
- Establishing Rapport, Maintaining Rapport
- Focused listening skills
- Powerful questioning
- The Communication Model
- Developing sensory awareness
- Meta Model of language
- Working with client’s expectations
- Understanding the Dynamics of Organisational Coaching
- Group and Team Coaching
Additional live online training, with regular Tutor Support and Q & A Sessions, Practice Group Sessions and Developmental Group Discussion Supervision Sessions, with practical coaching development and course assessment guidance.
Here’s the upcoming schedule for the next enrolment:
| Day | Syllabus | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Meet & Greet | This pre-course meet-and-greet is an opportunity for all registered students to come together before the official start of the programme. During this relaxed online session, will meet your tutors and fellow participants, get familiar with the Zoom learning environment, ask any questions you may have about the course and prepare for your first day of training. The session will be held in the evening, a few days before the course begins. | September 30th – 7.00 pm. |
| One | Welcome and programme introduction and overview, Rapport, Sensory Acuity, Calibration, Eye-Accessing Cues, Exploring Representational Systems, Predicates Preferences, Submodalities. | October 3rd |
| Two | The Science of Goal Setting, The Power of Well-Formed Outcomes, and how they relate to the coaching process. Simple Anchoring. | October 4th |
| Three | Developing a Personal Philosophy For Success, Exploring the Presuppositions of NLP, Anchors & Circle of Excellence. Developing Listening Skills, Outcomes Part Two. New Behaviour Generator. | October 24th |
| Four | The Structure of Coaching, Session Contracting, Exploring Coaching Competencies, The WHATâ„¢ Coaching Method, The GROW Coaching Model, The OSCAR Coaching Model. | October 25th |
| Five | The Role of Supervision in Coaching and NLP Practice, Safeguarding Within Your Coaching Practice, Ethics and Professional Practice, Dealing With Ethical Dilemmas. Developing a Personal Coaching Philosophy. | November 14th |
| Six | Exploring Advanced Coaching Models, The APROCESS Coaching Model, The OSKAR Coaching Model, How not to coach etc. | November 15th |
| Seven | The Meta Model, Part One – Understanding a Clients Language. The Meta Model is based on the original research by the founders of NLP when they modelled Virginia Satir – clinical social worker and psychotherapist, uniquely successful in her approach to family therapy work. The Meta Model helps us to recover the lost information that occurs between Deep Structure and Surface Structure via distortions, generalizations, and deletions in the speaker’s language (Chomsky – Transformational and Generative Grammar) helping to expand the limits to a person’s model of the world. | December 5th |
| Eight | The Meta Model, Part Two | December 6th |
| Nine | First Aid Mental Health For Coaches & NLP Practitioners (Level 2 Award…)* | April 4th |
| Ten | Coaching In The Workplace – Understanding the Dynamics of Organisational Coaching, The ACHIEVE® Coaching Model, Appreciative Inquiry as a Coaching Model. | April 25th |
| Eleven | Mastering Group and Team Coaching: Foundations and Practice. This content rich workshop will guide you through the foundations of coaching both groups and teams, helping you: Understand the differences between group coaching and team coaching, Build confidence in designing and delivering both types of coaching, Learn practical frameworks and models. | April 24th |
| Twelve | Integration – Practical Coaching skills assessment, Developing your Coaching Practice… | May 16th |
This course is Dual Accredited by two professional bodies:
Association For Coaching (AC): Successful graduates will gain the “Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching – ADCT”.
Association For NLP (ANLP): You will also receive the “Foundation Diploma in NLP”.
Qualification Level: This professional qualification is approximately equal to a Level 4 Ofqual regulated qualification.
Assessment ADCT: Requires 40 hours of coaching, learning log, a written case study, an essay and practical demonstration.
Assessment NLP Foundation Diploma: Knowladge Integration Paper.
Assessment Level 2 Award in First Aid For Mental Health: Short Questionnaire.
All live workshop sessions are recorded and video links shared. A minimum attendance of 80 percent of the live training workshops is required.Â
UKCPD were recently awarded AC Accelerated Accredited Coach Training Provider Status.  This gives all our graduates the opportunity to fast-track into full AC Accredited Coach status and receive a Complimentary Accredited Coach Member Level Membership with the AC for one year.
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Bonus Business Course: Includes the “How To Start an Online Coaching Business” 6-module video training course.
1 Year Free Student Membership: Join the Association for Coaching (AC) for 12 months.
Insurance Discount: All graduates are offered a special discount code for professional indemnity insurance.
CoachFinder Listing: Get a free listing on our brand new Professional Coach and Practitioner Listing website.
CPD & Group Access: Access to our rich mix of CPD workshops and membership in the “Be Inspired Group”.
College Membership & Digital Credential.
Who is the Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching for?
The Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching is suitable for learners who want to coach in business, performance, professional or personal development contexts.
This course may be useful if you want to support clients with professional goals, career development, confidence, performance, leadership, motivation or personal change.
It is also suitable for aspiring coaches, practising coaches, consultants, managers, trainers, HR professionals and personal development practitioners who want a broader coaching qualification.
What will I learn on the Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching?
On this course, learners develop coaching skills for personal, professional, business and performance-focused contexts.
You will explore coaching practice, client outcomes, business coaching, performance coaching, goal-setting, listening, questioning, reflective learning, ethical awareness and professional coaching development.
These skills can help learners support clients more effectively, structure coaching conversations, work with professional goals and apply coaching tools in business or performance settings.
You can also compare this course with other UKCPD routes on our AC coaching qualifications page.
Choose Your Plan
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Both options include VAT and our 0% interest-free guarantee.
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£2,375.00 One-Time Fee
12-Day Live Online Training
Advanced AC Accreditation (ADCT)
Dual Qualification (AC & NLP)
Level 4 Equivalent Qualification
Covers Business & Life Coaching
Includes Group Coaching Module
40 Hours Practical Coaching
INCLUDES “How to Start a Business” Course
1 Year Free AC Student Membership
Free CoachFinder Directory Listing
Interest-Free Plan (UK Students Only)
Spread the cost over 12 months with our flexible, 0% interest plan. (UK Students Only)
12 x monthly payments of £197.92
Total Investment: £2,375.00
12-Day Live Online Training
Advanced AC Accreditation (ADCT)
Dual Qualification (AC & NLP)
Level 4 Equivalent Qualification
Covers Business & Life Coaching
Includes Group Coaching Module
40 Hours Practical Coaching
INCLUDES “How to Start a Business” Course
1 Year Free AC Student Membership
Free CoachFinder Directory Listing
How this business performance coaching course compares
The Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching is suitable if you want a broader coaching qualification focused on business, performance and professional development.
If you want a shorter or more introductory route, compare this course with the Foundation Diploma in Life Coaching (Tutor Supported) or the Advanced Certificate in Life Coaching.
If you want to combine life coaching with NLP before progressing to Diploma level, compare this course with the Foundation Diploma in Life Coaching & NLP.
If you want to combine high-performance business coaching with NLP Practitioner training, compare this course with the Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching & NLP Practitioner.
Related business and life coaching qualifications
Explore the full AC coaching qualifications pathway to compare UKCPD’s life coaching, business coaching and NLP-informed coaching routes.
Related qualifications include the Advanced Certificate in Life Coaching, Foundation Diploma in Life Coaching (Tutor Supported), Foundation Diploma in Life Coaching & NLP and Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching & NLP Practitioner.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the Diploma in High-Performance Business Coaching?
This programme is a business-focused coaching qualification designed to help coaches and professionals enhance organisational performance, improve leadership effectiveness and apply coaching models in business environments.
Who is it for?
Ideal for business coaches, team leaders, consultants, HR professionals and those working with clients to drive performance and productivity.
What skills will I gain?
You will learn workplace coaching models, performance diagnostics, leadership coaching strategies, goal-setting systems, feedback methods and communication tools for high-performance environments.
How is it delivered?
Delivered through live training sessions, practical coaching activities, assessments, tutor support and structured real-world application.
Is it accredited?
Yes — by the Association For Coaching (AC), the ADCT is recognised as a professional business-coaching qualification.
What roles can this lead to?
Business performance coach, leadership coach, consultant, team development specialist or organisational development professional.