A Diploma pathway for existing coaches adding value

    Corporate, executive & leadership training

    Bridge training-room energy to real, tracked behaviour change.

    Enrol on the Diploma today180 CPD hours · Ref 51104/1Licensed Vision to Value Practitioner

    A letter, if you'll allow it

    You already change lives. What you don't have is a system that lets you charge like it.

    You bend yourself around every new client. Rewrite the deck. Reinvent the programme. Justify the fee. And when a client transforms, they credit you — and quietly you know you couldn't do it again at scale without burning out. Great coaching, priced like a nice-to-have.

    And underneath it all, the specific weight you carry: Delivering high-energy corporate training days, only for participants to return to old habits with no long-term change.

    None of that means you got it wrong. It means you've been operating without the one thing nobody handed you: a licensed way to package what you already know, and charge for the outcome, not the hour.

    You're too good at this to keep pricing yourself like a nice-to-have.

    The shift

    From where you are, to where the Diploma takes you.

    Your practice right now

    Delivering high-energy corporate training days, only for participants to return to old habits with no long-term change.

    Your practice with the Licence

    Implement a system that bridges strategic leadership with actual daily execution.

    Clients can now get generic advice from AI for free. Your value moves to strategy, challenge and accountability, and to running a modern, augmented practice.

    What this could look like

    An illustrative example.

    Corporate trainer packaging their courses into a structured 12-month accountability programme for leadership teams.

    Illustrative example, not a guarantee of earnings.

    On the Diploma

    A qualification built for exactly this.

    Keep teams focused on strategic plans and track individual contributions against them.

    The Strategic Coaching Diploma is a Diploma-Level, CPD-accredited qualification (180 CPD hours) that gives you a licensed methodology to package, price and deliver work like this — repeatably.

    See the full Diploma syllabus

    Diploma · CPD accredited

    Strategic Coaching Diploma

    • Diploma-Level qualification, 180 CPD hours
    • The Ambitious Growth Model™ — four pillars, one method
    • Licensed Vision to Value Practitioner status

    Why the Diploma, and why RWC

    Why it works for existing coaches in corporate, executive & leadership training.

    You don't just want a coaching qualification. You want one built by people who have actually done this work, with a licensed methodology and a track record you can point clients at.

    A licensed methodology, not another framework

    The Diploma qualifies you to practise under the Vision to Value Methodology® and deploy the Ambitious Growth Model™ with clients. Instead of inventing a new proposal each time, you sell a licensed, repeatable programme built for the outcome: implement a system that bridges strategic leadership with actual daily execution.

    Priced for the outcome you deliver

    Your Diploma pathway is designed so existing coaches can walk into corporate, executive & leadership training conversations and price on impact, not hours. Case in point: Corporate trainer packaging their courses into a structured 12-month accountability programme for leadership teams.

    CPD-accredited, Diploma-Level

    180 CPD hours, CPD accredited. A qualification you can put in front of any commercial client with confidence.

    Trusted by 1,700+ business owners

    Real World Consultancy has spent 8+ years working directly with UK business owners. The Diploma is the same methodology, packaged so existing coaches can deliver it.

    A registered ® methodology

    Vision to Value is a registered practitioner methodology. Your Diploma licences you to trade under it — a defensible commercial position, not just another badge.

    Future-proof

    Trained in augmented coaching, so you work alongside AI and stay above it.

    Self-paced, real practice, real outcomes

    Study on your own schedule around client work and life. You practise against 20 client personas in the simulator, and your submissions are marked by a human assessor, not auto-graded.

    You get listed

    On qualification, you're listed on the public Vision to Value Practitioner register, so clients searching for a qualified coach in your area can find and shortlist you.

    A pathway written for your background

    This page exists because your route in — corporate, executive & leadership training — deserves its own answer, not a generic coaching pitch.

    Accredited CPD Activity, The CPD Standards Office, CPD Provider 51104 (2026–2028)
    180 CPD hours · Diploma-Level

    The honest answers

    Corporate, executive & leadership training: your Diploma questions, answered.

    Is the Strategic Coaching Diploma right for corporate, executive & leadership training?

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    Yes. This pathway is specifically designed for existing coaches coming from corporate, executive & leadership training. The Diploma turns your existing experience into a licensed, priced programme so you can deliver on the opportunity: implement a system that bridges strategic leadership with actual daily execution.

    Is the Diploma actually accredited?

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    Yes. It is a CPD-accredited, Diploma-Level qualification worth 180 CPD hours under CPD Provider Reference 51104/1. It is not a franchise and not a Level 7 / Master's degree — it is a professional practitioner qualification with an accompanying practice licence.

    How long does it take and how much time each week?

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    You complete the Diploma over a 12-month window with a 12-week minimum. It is designed to fit around client work: expect around 4–6 hours a week of guided study, self-paced modules and applied case work.

    What does the Diploma cost?

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    £3,999 + VAT (the full bundle is worth £5,787 + VAT), or £2,999 + VAT when you sign up within 14 days of starting the free Certificate. Pay in full or spread it over 12 monthly payments. Your first year's Practitioner Licence (worth £1,200 + VAT) and 12 months of Anchor, our AI growth platform (worth £588 + VAT), are included. After that, the Licence is £1,200 + VAT a year.

    Do I need previous coaching experience?

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    No. The Diploma is built for four routes in — career changers, professionals adding coaching, business owners transitioning and existing coaches. Whether you are already coaching or coming out of corporate, executive & leadership training, the pathway is written for your starting point.

    What happens after I qualify?

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    You become a Licensed Vision to Value Practitioner, listed on the Practitioner Register, with the right to deliver the Ambitious Growth Model™ commercially and continued access to the methodology, tools and programme updates.

    Free Certificate

    Bridge training-room energy to real, tracked behaviour change.

    Unlock the Diploma, your first-year Licence and 12 months of Anchor (worth £5,787 + VAT) for £2,999 + VAT when you sign up within 14 days of starting the free Certificate.

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    About Real World Consultancy

    Real World Consultancy is the accrediting body for the Vision to Value Methodology®. We do not offer in-house coaching; instead, we qualify and license a network of Vision to Value Practitioners. Our mission is to equip practitioners with the Ambitious Growth Model™ and the technical tools required to bridge the gap between a leader's personal ambition and high-impact business success.

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    CPD Provider 51104

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