Personal Development
Enhance Your Personal And Professional Life With Coaching Skills
- Learn practical coaching skills: To improve how you lead, listen, support and communicate – in any role.
- No coaching experience needed: Just curiosity, a willingness to learn, and a desire to grow.
- Learn with Barefoot’s expert tutors: In a warm, supportive environment grounded in psychology and real-life experience.
Practical Psychology
Build your confidence and communication skills.
Expert Support
Learn from top tutors in a reflective space.
Spread The Cost
Course over £1,000 can qualify for 5 interest free payments.
Personal Development With Barefoot
Make a real impact with coaching skills
Leader As Coach Programme
This programme blends coaching theory with real-world practice, exploring tools and mindsets alongside leaders from diverse sectors.
5 x 4-hour online sessions
Next course: September 2026
£2,500 (Inc VAT)
Coaching Skills Foundation Programme
Our foundation-level coach training programme introduces coaching to managers, leaders and individuals.
6 x 4-hour online sessions
Next course: June 2026
£895 (Inc VAT)
Women’s Development Programme
This dynamic programme is for women ready to move past people-pleasing and impostor syndrome.
5 x 4-hour online sessions
Next course: April 2026
£960 (Inc VAT)
Expand Your Coaching Toolkit
From picture cards to guided journals, our coaching tools are designed to inspire insight, spark conversation and support you at every stage of your coaching journey.
“When we stop developing ourselves, we stop being effective at developing others”
Hawkins & Smith
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Here’s a glimpse of what we’re reading, writing and thinking about right now, from lightbulb moments to things that make us pause.
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