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Group Coaching Programme

Expand your coaching offer

  • Develop Practical and Powerful Coaching Skills: backed by deep psychological knowledge and understanding.
  • Practice planning, and running real Group Coaching session: put what you have learnt into practice with your peers.
  • Support your Coaching career: add key skills to build into your coaching offer.
  • 14 ICF CCE Points: continue to grow as a coach and support your ICF credential.
Now Enrolling: September & December 2026View Dates
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Certification

14 ICF CCE Points

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Course Delivery

Online Sessions

4 x 4-hour sessions including real practice sessions over 4 weeks via Zoom.

Fees

£810 (Inc VAT)

VAT added for corporately funded places.

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How The Course Works – Step By Step

Delivered online over 4 half-day Zoom sessions, the course includes live tutor-led teaching, coaching practice and regular feedback.

It provides a wonderful opportunity for people in similar situations to be coached together and learn together in a safe and confidential group environment. Group coaching can provide significant opportunities for coaches to expand their offering beyond 1:1 coaching.

Focus: Understanding what group coaching really is and how it differs from 1:1 coaching.

Participants explore:

  • What group coaching is (and isn’t)
  • When group coaching is the right intervention
  • Core principles: purpose, structure, confidentiality, psychological safety
  • The role and stance of the group coach
  • How group dynamics support learning, insight and accountability

This session grounds participants in ethical, spacious, and purposeful group coaching design, helping them contract clearly with both organisations and groups.

Focus: How to design group coaching programmes that actually work.

Participants work with:

  • The core elements of a group coaching programme
  • Typical structures for group coaching sessions
  • Designing session flow: opening, exploration, coaching, reflection, closing
  • Group size, pacing, and working across multiple voices
  • Preparing themselves and the group for meaningful coaching conversations

There is a strong emphasis on practical structure, giving participants confidence to design and run groups intentionally rather than “winging it”.

Focus: Developing skill and confidence in working with the group in the moment.

Participants explore:

  • Facilitating group dialogue while staying in a coaching stance
  • Balancing individual and group learning
  • Managing participation, silence, power dynamics and difference
  • Working with challenge, emotion, and “stuck” moments
  • Use of reflection and peer learning to deepen insight

This session supports coaches to stay present, grounded and effective as group complexity increases.

Focus: Applying learning and integrating group coaching into real practice.

Participants:

  • Practise group coaching and receive reflection and feedback
  • Reflect on their own presence, impact and facilitation choices
  • Consider practical application: workplace groups, open groups, development programmes
  • Identify personal strengths and areas for development as a group coach
  • Clarify next steps for using group coaching ethically and confidently

This final session supports integration, confidence, and real‑world application, rather than leaving learning in theory.

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Upcoming Programmes

Choose from our upcoming training programmes

September 2026 Programme Schedule

Session 1 Thursday 24th September
Session 2 Friday 25th September
Session 3 Thursday 1st October
Session 4 Friday 2nd October

December 2026 Programme Schedule

Session 1 Monday 30th November
Session 2 Tuesday 1st December
Session 3 Monday 7th December
Session 4 Tuesday 8th December

What Makes Barefoot Different

Whether you’re looking to launch a coaching career, enhance your leadership skills or simply grow personally, Barefoot’s training gives you the flexibility, credentials and support to make it happen.

Lasting Impact

Experience personal and professional growth that stays with you far beyond the programme.

Practical Skills & Confidence

Build real coaching skills through practice and feedback — and learn how to use them with confidence. All underpinned by an eclectic mix of theories and concepts.

Personalised & Caring Approach

Learn in a supportive, high-quality environment with experienced tutors. We’re big enough to support our reputation, and small enough to care about each individual person who chooses us.

Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers

Professional, accredited coaches who want to expand their practice and increase their confidence to deliver group coaching.

  • Role profile of a Group Coach.
  • Different applications and structures for group coaching programmes.
  • Group contracting.
  • Adult learning principles.
  • Group dynamics.
  • Facilitation tips and potential pitfalls.
  • Core elements in a group coaching programme.
  • Making it work commercially.

Delegates will receive a Group Coaching Booklet to accompany the programme. Please make sure the address you provide when booking is the same address you would like this booklet posted to.

Please allow for approx 1 hour post each session for some tasks to be completed from the workbook ahead of the following session. This may include reading a section or completing a reflection exercise for example.

  • Have reflected on group dynamics and the importance of psychological safety in groups.
  • Have experienced group coaching in action.
  • Understand the differences between team coaching, group coaching and facilitation.
  • Be able to explore ideas, applications and structures for group coaching programmes.
  • Evaluate ideas for a commercially viable group coaching offering.

Barefoot Coaching has led the way in coach training for over 30 years. With a global reputation, expert tutors and a strong, supportive alumni community, we deliver learning that’s practical, rigorous and deeply human. We’re proud to be rated Excellent on Trustpilot. Read our reviews here.

  • Personal rate: £810 (incl. VAT)
  • Company rate: £810 (plus VAT)

We believe that learning should be impactful, efficient, and fit into busy lives. That’s why our programme is delivered in focused, four-hour virtual sessions – maximising your time and energy and making space for other parts of your life!

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What our students say...

“Thank you for the opportunity to do the course. It has really inspired me to action on some of the thoughts I have had. I will definitely recommend Barefoot to others who are looking for training and I am sure I will become a regular Barefoot user!”
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“Liked the fact it was split over two days so could read/reflect in between the sessions. Excellently taught, high quality content, and I loved the nod to extra resources that we can follow up on in our own time. Was great to meet other coaches and further expand my network. Highly practical and applicable.”

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Of attendees recommend Barefoot to a friend or colleague.

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Organisations have benefited from Barefoot coaching and leadership development.

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Coaches have trained with Barefoot, with over 1,000 progressing to postgraduate qualifications

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Why Our Students Love Barefoot Coaching

Barefoot believes in coaching’s power to create real change. As innovators in coach training, our values drive our university-approved programs, expert coaching supervision, and have pioneered grief & loss training for coaches. Over 6,000 coaches worldwide have already chosen Barefoot to become confident, exceptional professionals, ready to make their mark.

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