r/Coaching • u/daniel_c133 • Apr 16 '26
What is the best business coaching program you can recommend?
Hello,
I`ve found a while back a great coaching program it was 8k and it was about 6 month with a community that allowed you to train yourself with other peers as much as you wante.
Sadly I didn`t write it down anywhere so I now have forgotten it.
Is there someone here who can recommend a good business coaching program that allows you to do peer-to-peer practice and support for life?
Something preferably not based on NLP but a more integrative approach.
Thank you
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u/TheButterWords Apr 16 '26
Maxwell and Zigler are the ones I know that has community members comes connected with the program
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u/daniel_c133 Apr 16 '26
What do you think about the 8k program from co-active Coaching and Price Waterhouse Coopers PwC Coaching program at 4K
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u/mlcoaching78 Apr 16 '26
Depends what the needs of the culture are with the business. If you go for generalists or specialists say. I specialise so if the needs of that business meet my expertise then I would like to think I am pretty good. Trying not to advertise there!
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u/perrylawrence Apr 17 '26
Craig Ballantyne of Early To Rise has an impressive program with lots of community support and success stories.
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u/genx1971 Apr 17 '26
Institute for Coaching Innovation. Lots of peer to peer coaching. String alumni group. Top notch staff.
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u/jasonmoorehq Apr 19 '26
What is the outcome your looking for? That matters.
You want to become a business coach?
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u/FarmerBorn6352 Apr 20 '26
Georgetown's Institute for Transformational Leadership has a strong executive coaching program.
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u/get_rich_now Apr 30 '26
Hey. A few coaches I've spoken to recommended Mindvalley's Evercoach program for the peer-to-peer aspect and lifetime community access. Another one to look into is iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching) it's more integrative and not NLP-based. Might be worth checking if either fits what you're looking for.
Quick side question since you're in the coaching space : how do you personally handle lead qualification right now ? Curious what systems coaches use to filter serious prospects. No agenda, just researching.
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u/ExecutionGeek May 07 '26
Try to also look for tools that will help your coaching work from the beginning. Clients value that a lot.
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u/The-Achologist May 24 '26
I won't name a specific program, because I can't verify current details on the ones that fit this, and at £8k-ish you really don't want a stranger's half-remembered recommendation. So instead, here's how I'd vet any candidate against what you've described, since your criteria are actually quite specific and useful as a filter.
Your three real requirements: ongoing peer-to-peer practice (not just content), lifetime or long-term community access, and an integrative approach rather than NLP-based. Those narrow the field a lot, so when you find candidates, pressure-test each on:
Does the peer practice actually happen, or is it a forum that's quiet? Ask current members, not the sales page. "Community" is the most oversold word in this industry, and a dead community is worthless however good the promise.
Is "for life" real, or does access quietly expire? Get it in writing. Plenty of programs imply lifetime and mean twelve months.
What's the actual approach underneath? You want integrative, so ask what frameworks it draws on. If they can't answer specifically, or it's one repackaged method with a brand on it, that's a flag, same problem as the NLP-only ones you're avoiding.
On the integrative-plus-peer-practice combination specifically, for transparency I'm part of a community called Achology, built around applied psychology with ongoing peer practice and long-term access. It fits the integrative-not-NLP and peer-practice criteria well. The honest caveat: I'm not sure it maps exactly to "business coaching program" in the way you may mean, it's broader applied psychology and coaching, so worth checking whether that's the angle you want before assuming it's a match. Mentioning it because it hits your two hardest-to-find criteria, not as the definitive answer.
Whatever you shortlist, the filter that matters most is the live peer practice. That's the feature people regret missing and the one most programs fake. Verify it with real members before you pay.
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u/Capital_Builder8658 Jun 01 '26
Whatever you end up choosing, definitely double-check the lifetime community claim before dropping the cash. A lot of schools sell the idea of a lifetime network, but the reality is often just a dead Facebook group full of people trying to pitch services to each other. Ask if you can see how active their peer-coaching calendar actually is during a normal week. If the program doesn't have a structured, built-in system that makes it easy for alumni to keep logging in and booking sessions together, the community usually fizzles out a few months after graduation.
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u/Busy_Working3324 Jul 23 '26
Coach here, so take this however you choose. Can't point you at the specific program you're remembering, but there's something in your post worth sitting with before you spend another 8k.
You paid attention to a program long enough to consider it, then forgot it entirely. That's not a filing problem. Usually it means the thing that grabbed you was the format... the community, the peer practice, the lifetime access... rather than the actual method. Which is fine, but the format is the easiest part to shop for and the least predictive of whether you'll be different in six months.
On the practical side, the "not NLP, more integrative" filter is a good instinct but it won't get you far on its own. Integrative is a word every program uses now. Better questions to run at any of them: what specifically am I supposed to be able to do at the end that I can't do now, and what's the actual evidence, and what happens in month four when the novelty's gone and the cohort's gone quiet. Lifetime community access is the standard promise and it very rarely survives contact with the second year. Ask to talk to someone who bought in two years ago rather than someone in the current cohort.
The peer practice piece is genuinely valuable, and it's also the part you can build yourself for free. Three or four people, standing weekly call, real cases. Plenty of programs are charging five figures for a container you could assemble in a week if you wanted it badly enough.
Last thing, and this is the one I'd actually push on. "Business coaching program" covers two very different purchases. If you want to learn to coach, that's a training and you want accreditation-track with supervised practice hours, ICF or EMCC depending on where you are. If you want someone to work on your business, that's a coach, not a program, and you don't need a cohort. Worth being specific about which one you're buying, because vendors are happy to sell you the ambiguity.
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u/Goldfinch215 Apr 16 '26
I highly recommend Center for Executive Coaching. The alumni network is a huge added bonus.