International School of Coaching New Course Starts on June 2025
Exciting Announcement:
We’re evolving our coaching offerings! Prague Training Academy now offers three specialized programs: Professional Coaching Skills, Applied Neuroscience-Based Coaching for Leaders, and Leader as a Coach. These courses are designed to equip you with cutting-edge tools and practical skills for leadership and coaching. Join us as we lead the way in transformative coaching education!
At Prague Training Academy, we were the first coaching training school in Prague to deliver programs in English, establishing ourselves as pioneers in coach training since 2015. Over 300 participants have completed our NLP Coaching Skills Training through the Academy of Coaching and Training, where we focused solely on training professional coaches with NLP Practitioner skills. Now, we’re excited to bring a fresh approach to coaching with 3 groundbreaking programs that blend neuroscience and leadership, offering a unique opportunity for both coaches and professionals to gain skills that will transform careers, teams, and organizations.
Our coaching programs are designed to provide a practical, intensive, and transformative experience, equipping participants with the tools and methodologies to become highly effective coaches. With a focus on neuroscience, leadership, and behavioral transformation, our programs empower you to drive meaningful change in organizations and teams.



🌱 Professional Coaching Skills Training Program: Mindset Mastery & Behavioral Transformation
You will learn how to:
- Apply internationally recognized coaching models, core competencies, and ethical guidelines
- Facilitate mindset shifts and reframe limiting beliefs that hold clients back
- Use behavior-focused coaching techniques to support growth and sustainable change
- Guide clients in setting purposeful goals aligned with their values and vision
- Recognize and avoid common coaching traps, maintaining professional boundaries
- Support individuals in navigating inner blocks and stepping into empowered action
🧠 Applied Neuroscience-Based Coaching Skills Training for Leaders
You will learn how to:
- Apply neuroscience principles to improve emotional intelligence, decision-making, and leadership
- Understand how the brain responds to feedback, motivation, and change
- Use brain-friendly coaching models to increase clarity, focus, and resilience
- Guide others through cognitive and emotional blocks to create sustainable behavior change
- Coach with empathy and insight during complex or high-stakes conversations
- Empower individuals to take action aligned with values and goal




🔹 Leader as a Coach (1-Day Intensive)
You will learn how to:
- Understand the fundamentals of a coaching approach in leadership
- Practice active listening and impactful questioning techniques
- Shift from giving advice to empowering others through conversation
- Strengthen engagement, motivation, and accountability within teams
- Integrate coaching moments into day-to-day leadership
- Build stronger connections and create space for reflection and ownership
- Use coaching to support performance, development, and innovation
Course Books - Recommended Reading


The Inner Game of Tennis
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey
Focus: Overcoming self-imposed blocks
This is a seminal piece of work from one of the most important figures in coaching.
The book sets out some very important fundamental principles in improving personal performance.


Coaching for Performance
Coaching for Performance by Sir John Whitmore
Focus: Models and coaching frames
Sir John Whitmore was one of Timothy Gallwey’s students and a key figure in the development of coaching.
This excellent book takes coaching into the business world.


My 31 Practices
My 31 Practices by Alan Williams & Steve Payne
Content: Values, Beliefs & NLP
Focus: Value Alignment for Happiness
This critically acclaimed book, co-authored by Steve Payne, explores how values alignment and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) can boost performance.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Since 2015, we’ve been pioneers in coaching education in Prague — the first to deliver English-language coach training locally. Our International School of Coaching has evolved to meet the changing needs of leaders and professionals, now offering three specialized coaching programs focused on mindset mastery, neuroscience, and leadership coaching skills.
Our programs are designed and delivered by internationally certified coaches and trainers with extensive experience in leadership development, neuroscience, and transformational coaching. Since 2015, our team has successfully trained hundreds of professionals and leaders through our coaching and mentoring programs. Each course is built around globally recognized coaching standards and practical tools that empower real-world results — whether you’re stepping into coaching professionally or applying coaching skills as a leader.
We offer three distinct programs tailored to different professional goals and levels of experience:
Professional Coaching Skills is ideal for those who want to build a strong foundation in coaching — whether to become a coach, use coaching in their current role, or support others more effectively.
Applied Neuroscience-Based Coaching for Leaders is perfect for experienced professionals, people managers, HR leaders, and internal coaches who want to deepen their coaching approach with brain-based tools that drive behavior change.
Leader as a Coach is a 1-day intensive workshop for managers and team leaders who want to adopt a coaching mindset and apply practical tools immediately in their day-to-day leadership.
Each program is designed to be practical, engaging, and immediately applicable — helping professionals grow in clarity, confidence, and impact.
No prior experience is needed for the Professional Coaching Skills or Leader as a Coach programs. The Applied Neuroscience-Based Coaching program is ideal for those who already have some leadership, HR, or coaching experience, but it’s accessible to anyone eager to deepen their skills.
Choosing the right program depends on your current role, goals, and how you want to use coaching skills. Here’s a simple guide:
If you’re new to coaching or want a solid foundation, start with the Professional Coaching Skills Program.
If you’re a leader, manager, or HR professional looking to integrate coaching into your leadership style using science-backed tools, the Applied Neuroscience-Based Coaching for Leaders program is ideal.
If you’re looking for a concise, practical introduction to coaching in leadership, the Leader as a Coach 1-day workshop is a great starting point.
Still unsure? Reach out to us — we’re happy to help you choose the path that fits your goals best.
Professional Coaching Skills focuses on core coaching techniques, mindset shifts, and behavioral change.
Applied Neuroscience-Based Coaching blends coaching with brain science for leadership effectiveness.
Leader as a Coach is a practical, high-impact introduction to using coaching tools in day-to-day leadership.
Participants who successfully complete the course and pass the final assessment will receive a certificate or diploma aligned with their chosen coaching program.
A collaborative solution-focused, results oriented and systematic process in which the coach facilitaties the enhancement of work performance, life experience, self-directed learning and personal growth of the coachee.
Every person has an individual motivation to become a professional coach. But we tend to observe in our students the commonality of the following;
- They are passionate about growth
- They like, love to work with people
- They love helping their clients to achieve /create the best potential and version of their life
- They use collobrative systematic process
- Continues development is an everyday topic for them
- They are ready to commit to coaching excellence
SUCCESS STORIES since 2015
One of the best trainings that I was attending is “Coaching with NLP”, it is one of the most transformational training that I have been participating so far in my carrier. As a Sales Manager it is very important to know how to coach your people and turn them into professionals.”
Lidia Barbutu,
Senior Manager – Microsoft
After working in travel industry for 25+ years at various positions, I had decided to bring a change to my life and start a new journey. I registered at the Professional Coaching Skills Certification Program of Prague Training Academy, during this transitional period. Participating at those 3 modules of the program provided me many tools, which I continuously applied during the sessions I’ve had with my clients, timely and alternatingly. It worked as a compass, helping them to transform their lives. Thanks to the Professional Coaching Skills Certification Program that I was trained at Prague Training Academy, I paved the growing path of my coaching business, in just the right way & tailored it for myself. This program and its 3 modules is great for all those people, who are considering making serious changes in their lives and place professional coaching at the center of it.
Kıvanc Oroglu,
Professional Coach
The people participating in the coaching seminar designed for IKEA with Steve were extremely Happy and I only have very positive feedback. I would really say that they benefit not only as individual but also as a team working together and supporting each other for extraordinary personal development achievements!
Alessandro Lagazio,
HR Director – IKEA
Being apart of PTA feels like family. Taking their course has up leveled my life and opened my eyes to new perspectives. It helped me to see where I was holding myself back and help me to develop empowering tools to serve both myself and others. I would highly recommend PTA and their course to anyone! Whether looking for personal development or becoming a life coach- PTA is great place to evolve and expand what your capable of!
Kathleen Renehan,
Certified Professional Coach / Art Teacher
The best training I have been to in Prague. I would have expected to have to travel to London or California to get this level.
Ryan Viguerie,
Instructor
Truly enlightening and without doubt a superb catalyst for change in both self and personal/business relationships.
Simon Pinder
Taking the ACCT was for me a life-changer. I joined the training at PTA having left my full time job, without a clear idea what to do next and many doubts on what coaching was really about. Steven was not only able to deliver a professional and engaging training, but also offered us an intense and powerful coaching experience. Thanks to him and PTA team support, I’m now a full time coach!
Francesca Fabricio,
Life & Business Coach
What a wonderful experience and journey the course has been. Such a certificate will offer you a profession of the future, and moreover the course brings out in each of us thoughts and feelings you do not usually reflect on.It provides you with skills that will benefit you for the rest of your life in all the areas, family, career, social. Thank you very much to Steve especially, for the life transformation he has brought to me.
Mara Corfariu,
ACT Professional Coach
The PTA Accredited Coaching Training delivered by Steve Payne has been the most transformational training in my life! Steve teaches transformational coaching- and by becoming a qualified coach, you start becoming a better version of yourself -right from the start. The volume of information and insight you get from just these 7 days of intensive course is astounding! Steve is a fantastic professional who shares his deep knowledge and experience so that you become the best coach possible. Every time I review some of the material we covered, I discover a new angle or get a deeper understanding of what being a coach means. Being a coach to me is a truly life-changing and powerful position which enables you to make a difference in people’s lives – provided you were taught the right stuff. And Steve at PTA will teach you exactly that: the right stuff to become not just a coach but a great one! I can’t recommend this course highly enough!
Cécile K. Parker,
Certified Coach