In 2016 Ruth set up her own coaching business and worked with many other coaches : she found lots of them were lacking confidence in their coaching skills and had limited or basic training. She started to teach people more about coaching and the idea for Optimus was born.
As a former Deputy Head Teacher Ruth has a PGCE in Business Education and had experience teaching up to Masters level in Psychology, Business and Economics. She also knows how to run a school and used her experience to design the curriculum for the courses in the academy, train the trainers and support the students.
Ruth knew to run the school she wanted to be seen as a credible coach : she achieved her MCC with the ICF in 2020 and has written 2 best selling books as well as coaching over 10,000 hours in a variety of fields both as an internal and external coach with individuals and organisations. This “on the ground” experience means she understands what it’s like to be a coach.
After many years of deliberation Optimus was born in 2019 providing that space for people who wanted practical coach training which had it’s roots in Psychology. Since it’s inception over 750 students have been through the training and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive (and when there are issues Ruth and her team jump on them).
Ruth wanted to create the training which wasn’t available when she was looking and create a community where people support each other during and after the course: again something she didn’t find it other programs.
If you want a coach training school built on strong foundations with a compassionate, supportive feel and a founder who is involved and available then look no further than Optimus.
