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Company history
 
PCA was formed by a group of professional business coaches some of whom had been working together for 5 years and all having the same world class training with Adler International Learning based in Canada. 
 
The idea was to pool the resources, creativity, knowledge and skills developed by the team over many years.  Our aim is to deliver outstanding results through coaching to companies, organisations and individuals.
 
The rationale for PCA was twofold
 
Business improvement methodologies have streamlined and improved efficiency at most successful companies in the UK - the economic recession has further reduced costs within businesses struggling to survive.  This leaves only the skills and performance of people - the leaders, managers, teams and individuals within our businesses who can now deliver competitive advantage.
 
Secondly the growth of the coaching industry itself.  Often well meaning, with some background in business, training or sales, the surge in coaching on offer has tended to be, at best, of variable quality.  PCA exists to provide and promote only the very best that coaching and professional coaches can offer.
 

 

 

Professionalism and Ethics

 

The coaching industry is a young profession and as yet largely unregulated. 

 

PCA strongly believes that standards in training and practice are essential.  We encourage all of our coaches to become members of the International Coach Federation and insist that they adhere to the ICF's code of professional conduct/ethics.

 

Training

 

Coaching is the natural extension to a personal or professional development programme based on training.  Embedding the learning and allowing individuals and teams to change their thinking and behaviours to bring about long lasting benefits.

 

PCA is proud to have been recognised by the ACCA as an accredited provider of CPD (Continuing Professional Development) through our unique blend of coaching and training.

 

 

Foundation and Advanced  Adlerian style coach training

 

The PCA Founding Directors all studied coaching at the world renowned and ICF Accredited Adler International Learning.  Many continue to be associated with the Adler Institute and continue their personal development attending courses in Canada, Turkey, Scandinavia and the UK.

 

 

Further PCA professional development includes courses in

 

 

Emotional intelligence

 

"Thousands of studies have shown that effective leaders use more Emotional Intelligence competencies every day than others in leadership positions"

 

(Goleman, 1998)

 

 

 

 

Psychology of Coaching

 

Many of the techniques we use have their theoretical basis in psychological research and counselling.  Some of our coaches have developed a keen interest in their subject and have gone on to study the theory in more depth on courses such as the excellent Advanced Certificate In Executive Coaching run by the Human Technics team in association with University of the West of England (UWE).

 

 

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)

 

NLP encompasses a wide range of tools and techniques from a broad range of disciplines.  While NLP is fast becoming central to many coaching offerings we recognise both the many superb contributions of NLP but also the limitations of this area of coaching.  As an upcoming industry we believe that there is a place for NLP in coaching and that it will become more widely accepted and established as further scientific research is undertaken.

 

  

Behavioural Profiling

 

All PCA coaches train and become certified users in one of the leading behavioural profiling tools, Inscape's DiSC system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A selection of the coaching approaches and models used by PCA

 

 

Gestalt, Cognitive behaviours, Sedona, GROW, transformational grammar, clean language, positive psychology, perceptual positioning, Inner game, Chunking, Harvard negotiation model, solution focused coaching, OSKAR, timelines visualisation, Thinking styles VAKD, Katzenbach & Smith high performing teams model, Neurological levels.

 

These and many other established and well known techniques, along with a suite of bespoke coaching approaches developed by our own team, will be used by PCA coaches to deliver tailored programmes designed to achieve your specific desired outcomes.