Platinum
Option

Platinum Option is the premium level route leading to the LCH Diploma. Please note that places on the Platinum Option are highly sought after. Availability is therefore restricted and requires the completion of a successful interview with Curly Martin.

' Dear Curly
I cannot describe in words what you have done for me, but hear goes. I am so pleased that I chose to go on the ‘Platinum Course’ and with the tools that you gave me empowered me to achieve what I thought was impossible! Curly you showed me how to grow within myself and think out of the box, moving me forward and yet you did this at the right times, you knew when I was ready for the next level and not before – your mentoring was inspirational to me, your motivation and ahh that kick I needed to get my mind into shape was excellent – how I still remember it every time my mind wanders! I read your book all the time and each time I learn something new – amazing! You helped me overturn a lot of my self beliefs that were deeply embedded in my mind – thank you. I recommend the ‘Platinum Course’ to everyone to have one of the finest leading coaches mentoring you is breathtaking not to say so insightful and enlightening, I have now a successful practice which without your knowledge and mentoring I would never even embarked.
Warm wishes and may you always be successful
Tasneem Hussain

The Platinum Protégé Option is the supreme route to the LCH Diploma and includes everything contained in the Silver Option:

The Platinum option includes everything contained in the Silver Option PLUS: Six months of private, personal protégé mentoring with the world class coach Curly Martin. This is a fast track protégé programme for coaches who really want to take themselves and their business to the next level. The coaching consists of twelve 45 minute sessions to support you during your start-up, including unique strategies for building your Life Coaching practice, effective niche marketing and adjacent marketing techniques, converting enquiries into paying clients, qualifying within 6 months and much, much, more. Keeping you focused on your goal to become a life coach and protecting your motivation from energy dips due to outside influences and demands. This is a restricted option and a successful interview with Curly is part of the selection process. She will only allow you to take this option if you can demonstrate absolute commitment to building a practice and becoming a successful life coach. You will need to show that you already have thought about your marketing niche and your dedication to putting aside the time to complete the programme and launch your business.
Curly may use sessions to observe/supervise you coaching one of your clients and afterwards to offer you valuable feedback on your strengths as a coach and ideas on areas where you could improve your skills to enhance the coaching experience for your clients.
Curly may use sessions as Mastermind trainings covering vast array of topics to enhance your coaching skills. Topics ranging from, Spiral Coaching Modalities, Emotional Freedom Techniques, influencing strategies, transactional analysis coaching, DESC model, TACTICAL networking, business coaching techniques and strategies and personal development methodologies.
Your entry in the Coaches section of this website, plus membership of the Achievement Specialists' Achievers Club. The focal point of the Achievers Club is the Discussion Forum. This is where ideas are shared, corporate coaching contracts are posted, requests for life coaches are made, wide-ranging questions are asked and answered.
Fully residential - Two nights accommodation with dinner, full 3 course lunch and refreshments is included in this option.
A copy of ‘The Life Coaching Handbook’ audio CD set recorded with Janey Lee Grace (radio 2 presenter) reading the contents of the book along with life coaching demonstrations performed by Curly Martin.
A 3 visual/audio CD set (visual media on your computer) of the highlights of the weekend workshop which also includes Curly Martin coaching a client.
All the recorded master classes up to the beginning of 2007 on CD in mp3 format for you to listen to time again on a huge variety of coach improvement topics.
A signed copy of ‘The Business Coaching Handbook. Everything you need to be your own business coach.’ The second book in the very successful Handbook series.
Free 6 months access (once you have qualified) to the exclusive business coaching handbook website. An interactive business website which will continue to inspire you and captivate you to being the best you can be and to build a coaching business for you to be proud of.
Upon graduation you will be eligible to attend the workshop again completely free of charge to refresh your skills, your competencies and strengthen your passion for life coaching. We are consistently updating the workshop with the latest techniques and this will give you the opportunity to gain extra insights into the new developments.
1. Pre-workshop Study
   Includes guided reading to prepare you for the models and strategies used during life coaching. Completing your goal plan on how to introduce life coaching into your life with maximum results and minimum disruption. Keeping your life in balance whilst growing your practice.
2. Your entry in the Coaches section of this website, plus membership of the Achievement Specialists' Achievers Club. The focal point of the Achievers Club is the Discussion Forum. This is where ideas are shared, corporate coaching contracts are posted, requests for life coaches are made, wide-ranging questions are asked and answered.
3. Accelerated 2 Day Workshop [View Course Content ]
   This intensive workshop includes Life Coaching demonstrations and rehearsals of Achievement Specialists' unique and copyright Life Coaching Models, exclusive training and coaching presentations from Curly Martin, author of the number one bestselling (2004) The Life Coaching Handbook, and bespoke Life Coaching rehearsals/demonstrations. The workshop is highly practical based, you will be practising coaching in a safe environment, before lunchtime on day one.
4. Total study time 300-350 hours including pre-course study, workshop attendance, workbook completion, marketing materials and strategy, start-up of practice, coaching log and final assessment.
5. Additional Life Coaching practice sessions, together with your own Life Coach, are arranged for post workshop skills enhancement and coaching confidence. This will help to build your coaching hours and also your confidence as a life coach.
6. Ultimate training workshop. The final event of your LCH diploma programme (optional extra training day). You can choose to attend this workshop, only after all your work has been submitted and marked. The workshop includes supervised practical coaching sessions, full diploma course overview, final assessment paper, master class business projection planning and graduation.
7. Your individual marketing strategy. This will focus your marketing efforts and target specific prospects for your life coaching practice. Accelerating your marketing responses.
8. Unlimited recorded telephone master classes. Over 50 hours of recorded master classes are available for you to listen to 24/7 with topics ranging from :- 5 recordings of Curly Martin coaching one of her own personal clients (not a life coach); Presenting to businesses 1 & 2, Insight Profiling for Coaching 1 & 2, 8 coaching models and how to use them, 30 ways to produce press releases that work, spiral coaching model and many more useful topics. (cost of telephone call not included - Telephone master classes are not mandatory you choose if, and what, you listen to)
9. Unlimited live telephone master classes. You can participate in all the live master classes if you wish. The topics are notified in advance in your achievers area. (cost of telephone call not included)"
10. Unlimited Email Support & E-Group Support.
11. Full L.C.H. Diploma qualification.
12. You will learn how to promote and grow a Life Coaching practice through an exceptional networking, referrals and presentations system covering all basic business and marketing principles.
13. A Life Coaching Starter Kit - (includes enrolment/registration forms, client contracts, coaching model forms, selling strategy forms, client preparation forms, client agreement letters, etc..). All the paperwork needed to instantly set up a Life Coaching practice.
14. A signed copy of The Life Coaching Handbook.
15. Discounted professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
16. Your entry in the Coaches section of this website.
17. Client lead generation opportunity becomes activated from the moment you put your entry onto the Coaches section of this website. These leads are prospective paying clients looking for a coach. See the testimonial on the achievers club page. We consistently advertise our website and traffic comes to the website because of the outstanding reputation of Curly Martin this means you can benefit from two very powerful lead generating systems.
18. A comprehensive distant learning workbook consisting eight modules which are enhanced with conference coaching clinics, master classes (live delegate participation and recorded - 24 hour access), E-group and E-mail assistance. The complete workbook, thesis, practical coaching sessions and final assessment paper are all fully supported.
19. Access to our Mentor Helpline which is manned by fully qualified, experienced and working life coaches.
20. A Professional Development Chronicle (Provides a continuous record of your development). A safeguard mechanism for future changes in the profession, this maintained document will provide you with evidence to apply for a licence should this ever be required by the government.
21. Discounted life time membership to the Find a Coach Directory.
22. Discounted membership to the European Coaching Institute. Achievement Specialists has negotiated a discount for our coaches to this professional accreditation body. Along with the discount we have negotiated the right to use the European Coaching Institute's logo on your marketing once you become a member. This is a hugely valuable benefit and a very low cost. Imagine your business cards with your logo and the logo of this prestigious coaching organisation and the impact this will have on your prospective clients.

The Platinum Option investment:
 
Early Bird £6,200 + vat

(full payment 1 month in advance £7,285 incl. vat)

or Affordable
£6,450 + VAT (£7,578.75) non-early bird

Includes 3 course lunch and refreshments

An easy-to-pay instalment scheme is available - approved for career development loans

We restrict our delegate places and aim to have 1 mentor for every 4 delegates (1:4 ratio) which means help is always close at hand. Your practical activities and exercises are held in several mentor hosted conference rooms (separate to the main training room) to avoid noise pollution (distraction) which occurs when too many delegates work in one area.

Places are available on a 'first come' 'first served' basis so early booking is recommended, become a coach take action now.

Hi Curly,
"This is an e-mail simply to thank you for all the excellent mentoring I have received from you over the last year. It has been an absolute privilege to work with a Business Coach who exhibits such wonderful guidance, motivation and tuition skills.. I would not hesitate to recommend anyone considering a future career in Life/Business Coaching to seek Achievement Specialists assistance with attaining of their goals. Wishing you continued success Once again my sincere thanks for everything you have done for me since embarking on this new venture."
Clive G Levy LCH Dip. Sales Director, B Levy & Co (Patterns) Ltd & Director Dynamique Coaching.com

'Since 29th of June until tonight (31 July) I have doubled the profit I wanted to achieve. My first goal was for 3 months and my 2nd for 6. I have achieved my 6 month goal Curly! Unbelievable! It has only been 1 month!'
Nicci Roscoe

‘Dear Curly,
I have received my Diploma in Life Coaching, a year after I decided to take a course at Achievement Specialists with you as my mentor. The results I have achieved in that period are in accordance with my goals, many of my closest friends thought were sky high: I have started my practice successfully, become a columnist in a leading business magazine in my country, got my first book published and positioned myself as a leading coach in Croatia. Although I live in Croatia and received a diploma from the course in England, when I say that I have done my studies through distant learning, everyone is surprised: they simply presume I must have spend a year in England and are trying to figure out what did it cost me to get the diploma. It takes simple but powerful ingredients: self-discipline, motivation and a mentor who knows how to help you polish your potential. In my experience distant learning is a powerful tool: it takes only one visit so we could establish the personal contact, everything else is workable over Internet, Skype and e-mail. I know you are proud of my achievements and I am too.’

Tatjana Divjak L.C.H.Dip.
Zagreb, Croatia
www.tatjanadivjak.hr

'I chose to train as a professional Coach with Curly last year; I was impressed with her book, approach to clients and training packages available. I chose the Platinum option believing that it would fast track me into a new career - the extra support from this package was invaluable. Curly is committed to helping her clients be the best they can be. I found Curly's resourcefulness enormously helpful, ensuring I remained motivated through a period of huge change. When I look back over the last year and what I've achieved, I can see that it could have easily gone very wrong but thanks to Curly's support and dedication to helping me achieve results, I've come through it successfully. I have now completely changed my life for the better and am happier than I have been before.' - Angela Mains LCH Dip.

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