Elevate Your Business. Empower Your Leadership.

A. The most Robust BUSINESS Coach training in South Africa – MBA equivalent

• • Each delegate is interviewed and selected for their dedication, resilience, and passion to business coach
  • The course, through which each coach qualifies, is 360 hours over 5 months
  • 5 modules each dealing extensively with different aspects of business coaching, and each exposing the coach to many experiences
  • Completion of all 5 modules with a pass rate of 65%
  • Qualification partly measured by passing the observational evaluation at the end of the 5 months
  • The observed evaluation is administered by two COMENSA qualified evaluators who evaluate on 29 core competencies comprising 289 activities
  • 40 formal coaching hours are completed, thereafter each coach is encouraged to niche themselves
  • 40-page business plan submission with a two-hour coaching session
  • Silver Training Provider for COMENSA
  • ICR, when accrediting the course, said that it is the most comprehensive Business Coach Training course throughout Europe
  • Facilitators and evaluators are professional business coaches
  • Dr Elana Siew
  • Ph.D., M.Com, MBA (Entrepreneurship – Bond University Australia), Industrial Psychologist, published author of Competence refined, plus 5 books SETA Accredited assessor and moderator
  •    Neale Roberts
  • BA(Honours Industrial Psychology), MBA (Entrepreneurship – Bond University Australia)
  • COMENSA Senior Credentialed Coach
  • Internationally Accredited Business Coach
  • SETA Accredited assessor and moderator
  • The training faculty at SA Business Coaches comprises experience, training, academic and practical competencies

B. Breadth of experience across different fields

• • All coaches are encouraged to niche themselves in their area of expertise and passion
  • All coaches have diverse and interesting backgrounds which add amazing value in coaching sessions
  • Although all coaches have completed the same 360-hour business coach training, they bring their own uniqueness to each coaching session
  • The richness is apparent from the diversity amongst the coaches

C. Is there regular feedback

• • For each coaching assignment feedback sessions are planned
  • Strict control is maintained by each coach and SA Business Coaches through Coach in the Corner.
  • All coaches have been trained in the use of Coach in the Corner
  • Coach in the Corner is an POPI Act compliant online portal which creates opportunities for
  • SA Business Coaches and HR have oversight of the entire process
  • Ability to intervene and course correct where needed
  • Info always available, accessible at any point

D. Some form of assurance of coaching intervention success

• • SA Business Coaches training and preparation of each coach helps create a safe and effective environment for success
  • Continual monitoring of coaching interventions and assignments to ensure compliance to outcomes and sound coaching principles
  • Not sure we can guarantee human behaviour
  • The concept of coachability stands in the way of guarantees of money back
  • We do a robust take on process to iron out possible obstacles and potential non-coachability before hand
  • The training and use of our proprietary framework and methodology goes a long way to creating a successful coaching intervention

A. The most Robust BUSINESS Coach training in South Africa – MBA equivalent

• • Each delegate is interviewed and selected for their dedication, resilience, and passion to business coach
  • The course, through which each coach qualifies, is 360 hours over 5 months
  • 5 modules each dealing extensively with different aspects of business coaching, and each exposing the coach to many experiences
  • Completion of all 5 modules with a pass rate of 65%
  • Qualification partly measured by passing the observational evaluation at the end of the 5 months
  • The observed evaluation is administered by two COMENSA qualified evaluators who evaluate on 29 core competencies comprising 289 activities
  • 40 formal coaching hours are completed, thereafter each coach is encouraged to niche themselves
  • 40-page business plan submission with a two-hour coaching session
  • Silver Training Provider for COMENSA
  • ICR, when accrediting the course, said that it is the most comprehensive Business Coach Training course throughout Europe
    Facilitators and evaluators are professional business coaches
    • Dr Elana Siew
      • Ph.D., M.Com, MBA (Entrepreneurship – Bond University Australia), Industrial Psychologist, published author of Competence refined, plus 5 books, SETA Accredited assessor and moderator
    • Neale Roberts
      • BA(Honours Industrial Psychology), MBA (Entrepreneurship – Bond University Australia)COMENSA Senior Credentialed CoachInternationally Accredited Business Coach, SETA Accredited assessor and moderator
    • The training faculty at SA Business Coaches comprises experience, training, academic and practical competencies

B. Breadth of experience across different fields

• • All coaches are encouraged to niche themselves in their area of expertise and passion
  • All coaches have diverse and interesting backgrounds which add amazing value in coaching sessions
  • Although all coaches have completed the same 360-hour business coach training, they bring their own uniqueness to each coaching session
  • The richness is apparent from the diversity amongst the coaches

C. Is there regular feedback

• • For each coaching assignment feedback sessions are planned
  • Strict control is maintained by each coach and SA Business Coaches through Coach in the Corner.
  • All coaches have been trained in the use of Coach in the Corner
  • Coach in the Corner is an POPI Act compliant online portal which creates opportunities for
  • SA Business Coaches and HR have oversight of the entire process
  • Ability to intervene and course correct where needed
  • Info always available, accessible at any point

D. Some form of assurance of coaching intervention success (money back…)

• • SA Business Coaches training and preparation of each coach helps create a safe and effective environment for success
  • Continual monitoring of coaching interventions and assignments to ensure compliance to outcomes and sound coaching principles
  • The concept of coachability stands in the way of guarantees of money back
  • We do a robust take on process to iron out possible obstacles and potential non-coachability before hand
  • The training and use of our proprietary framework and methodology goes a long way to creating a successful coaching intervention

A. What are the steps in coaching?

• • We have a stage process
  • Using a tried and tested framework (D.I.T.A.R.) and methodology (B.O.P.) ensures our coaches remain focused on the outcomes of each assignment and session to ensure accurate coaching outcomes are achieved
  • Each coach uses proprietary technology to assist our coaches manage all coaching interventions, assignments, and sessions
  • In-depth training on the use of technology in the hands of each coach
  • An innovative and proprietary coaching plan can be created for each coaching assignment for each delegate
  • Each coaching plan is personally tailored and co-created for each coaching delegate
  • Each coaching plan is tracked both by the coach and the person being coached
  • International standards of coaching are maintained
  • Business coaching competence is added to coaching competence ensuring that sessions are bona fide business coaching sessions and not simply therapy-based life coaching sessions in a business environment

B. What is “Coach in the Corner” and what sorts of information does it provide?

• • An innovative first of a kind virtual administration system
  • Monitoring all aspects of the coaching assignment and sessions
  • POPI Act compliant
  • A paper trail of the full assignment so that clients can trace their progress and review their coaching assignment
  • Various insightful Questionnaires which can be sent and considered
  • Innovative questionnaires for use as and when they are required by the coach and coaching assignment
  • Each questionnaire is designed by industrial psychologists for accuracy, validity and reliability, and ease of application
  • Each report has been graphically designed by graphic designers
  • Each assignment comes with its own unique and tailored coaching plan with milestones, action plans, dates and much more
  • Clients’ login to update their coaching plan
  • Interaction from their coach, email notifications, contacts, and updates
  • A mobile interface for convenience

C. Why is a system like Coach in the Corner so important?

• • Standardise the reporting process
  • Ensure best practices are maintained during your investment
  • Regular accurate reports are generated
  • Provide good looking features and reports for the coaching delegate to assist with their achievements
  • Clever use of technology to enhance human performance
  • Tracking is automatic
  • Coaches use of time is optimised as they do not have to generate lengthy reports which can cause fatigue and inaccuracy
  • Comparisons can be made between various delegates coaching results
  • Tracking of Return on Coaching Investment (ROCI) is optimised

D. What can one expect from a coaching intervention – KPI’s, change in behaviour ?

• • Tracking of coaching plans, project plans, record of sessions and progress monitor of the coaching assignment

E. Real time feedback

• • Absolutely and online 365/24/7

F. Measurement / benchmark attributes

• • Measurable coaching plan with goals, strategies, actions and milestones
  • Trackable coaching plans with graphs and progress indicators
  • Tracking on progress with innovative coaching days ratios and more

G. Dual evaluation of the coaching intervention

• • Co-created coaching plan in line with stakeholder requirements
  • Reporting and feedback on assignment progress at regular intervals