The Coaching Institute
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The Coaching Institute has 1.3 star rating based on 37 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Are great at sales and marketing, Unscrupulous tactics, Manipulated.
Cons: Lack of credible qualifications, Money grabbing, Upselling.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Steer clear of TCI", "Look for courses that are ICF not the ICG (that TCI made up so they look real)", "Joe Pane program who used to work for this company", "DO NOT SIGN UP", "Dont sign up.".
The aggregated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
The Coaching Institute has 1.3 star rating based on 37 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Are great at sales and marketing, Unscrupulous tactics, Manipulated.
Cons: Lack of credible qualifications, Money grabbing, Upselling.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Steer clear of TCI", "Look for courses that are ICF not the ICG (that TCI made up so they look real)", "Joe Pane program who used to work for this company", "DO NOT SIGN UP", "Dont sign up.".
Most users ask The Coaching Institute for the refund as a solution to their issues.
Consumers are not pleased with Billing Practices and Reliability. The price level of this organization is high according to consumer reviews.
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Verified ReviewerWant to stop other people going there
TCI and Sharon Pearson are manipulators, and Sharon is a narcissist. I feel so foolish for being sucked in initially and hope to deter others from doing the same.
There are better, accredited and cheaper courses around.
Sharon and others enjoyed humiliating people in public. She thought she was better than everyone and said her info was original when it just wasn't. I think the term charlatan would be appropriate.
I was there around 2014. I got a notice recently saying I owed them $250!
A company that size should be writing that amount off - it's very poor business practices to be sending it nearly 10 years later! I also don't think I owe them the money; I would have paid it.
- Rip off and they humiliate people in public and in private
Preferred solution: I just want to tell people to not go there.
User's recommendation: Steer clear of TCI
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Verified Reviewer | Brisbane, QueenslandYou will be thousands in debt with no real qualifications!
It makes me feel sick when I think of the elderly woman who was on a zoom call, telling us she was $6,000 in debt and her daughter had to pay for her credit card debt from the weekly coaching course fees. The trainer had no answer and said you will find a way.
I saw many students getting pressured into signing up to extra courses that were an extra $5,000 or more on top of the already expensive weekly fee.
If you didn't sign up to the many extra trainings and courses you were made to feel like you wouldn't succeed.
The Meta Dynamics model is just a copy of NLP, "I copied the GROW model (NLP) and made it the DARE model (TCI trademarked model)".
I heard on a training call, how is that allowed I thought?
It's a true money-making scheme not about education or the students learning at all.
Do you research on 'The Coaching Institute' and 'The International Coaching Institute' new and old names. You will have no real qualifications only the ones they made up which mean nothing on your resume.
Research ICF accreditation which will get you coaching qualifications, not the ICG that they made up themselves, which is not accredited.
User's recommendation: Look for courses that are ICF not the ICG (that TCI made up so they look real)
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Verified Reviewer | Melbourne, VictoriaI need people to save their hard earned money and walk away !!
They are scams in every sense you can imagine
They are not accredited in anything
They charge tens of thousands of dollars for rubbish content and they won't even deliver on this rubbish
Please please think 20 times before signing up to this particular school above any other school!!!
The owner is a pure manipulative narcisst
- Learning about business tactics
- Everything else
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Joe Pane program who used to work for this company
Very negative experience
When you are feeling alone, this company are all encompassing as they reel you in with nlp marketing strategies and promises. From the start I told them I was broke, couldnt make mortgage, on a disability pension, before I knew I was in deep.
I kept telling them im broke, they promised i would have clients within 3 months hang in there.
that didnt happen i said i hadnt touched much of the course as it not right i cant pay, they kept delaying payment and telling me i can do this, before i knew it i was well out of withdraw time, they then started taking 175 a week, this was almost half my pension. I havent touched the course for 7 months, i am now homeless, sick and distressed, these guys are strategic clever, and get real nasty when you dont comply.
i told them it was my food money, they ignored me and kept doing it.
I dont want anything to do with them
what company in their right mind tangles vulnerable people with no money up into 25k courses gives them the whole 3 yrs worth of material when they can't pay, I told them its to much, overwhelming I dont want it,
I have talked to so many others going through the same yet they tell you that you are an isolated incident making you feel at fault
TCI's service not congruent with their teaching
TCI over promises and under delivers! Follow up calls and cards with chocolates enclosed are frequently delivered during the initial sign up period. This then stops quite abruptly.
Much of the course content is plagiarised. Complete tests can be found freely on the internet.
Backend products (sold at in-house training) are horrifically over-priced. A complete set of products from the world's no 1 performance coach can be purchased for less than the cost of 1 of TCI's products.
Communication between the so called 'WOW' team and the accounts department appears to not exist - you can talk to a member of the WOW team one day and two days letter receive notification from the accounts department that you have not contacted them.
Their Facebook sight is strictly monitored and any derogative comments are hastily removed.
I undertook this course at the same time as studying an on-line coaching program. The online program, which was less than a third of the cost of TCI's program, was much more comprehensive, offered more support and had none of the backend sales included.
I urge anyone interested in becoming a life coach to look beyond TCI for training.
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Verified Reviewer | Melbourne, VictoriaNO STAR RATING
DO NOT SIGN UP WITH TCI
THIS PLACE IS A CROCK POT AND A HALF! When I questioned their integrity I was told it was MY sceptical mindset that needed to change and I was the reason for not enjoying the experience - I was gaslight from the moment I started at TCI!
Brainwashed cult leaders capitalising off vulnerable people who actually want to help others. Cookie cutter coaching methods copied, copied, copied. By far the worst company Ive ever dealt with!
A literal joke! These guys should not be allowed to practice!
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: DO NOT SIGN UP
I did the certificate. I was at the time looking for something to fulfill me. A lot of very skilled up selling from the start. They did not like to be questioned on anything and put you down if you dd
I had a lot of hope. Scared by the prices and upselling but felt compelled.
A high focus on what money you could make. When questioned about people who needed help but couldnt afford told well that is thete problem. A fellow student with cancer was told it was her fault she got it. A lot of shallow jargon.
Not empathetic at all.
All money!! I felt worthless
User's recommendation: Dont sign up.
Previous member
Dont sign up. Its just good marketing but besides that you will loose a lot of money.
You will learn some things but you can find the same content with some other coaching body for much much cheaper. And for any extra training it costs thousands again .
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Verified ReviewerBeware of these people - trying to get a refund is exhausting and demeaning.
Beware of these people - trying to get a legitimate refund, which I'm fully entitled to, has been exhausting and demeaning. Taken months.
Utterly disgusted.
They appear to care when you're signing up, but the refund process tells you otherwise. People who have left will tell you it is a horrible place to work for this very reason.
I've been given the run around, 7 hand-offs so far - for months.
Disappointed and disgusted. So far not seeing any integrity.
- Are great at sales and marketing
- Run around and hand-offs with communication for months
- Lack of integrity
- Will not honour refund policy
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Beware of these people - do not hand over your money!
Beware
I worked behind the scenes as a technician a few years ago , witnessed there call centre manipulating customers anyway they could to squeeze money out of the client , you name it laying down guilt trips , asking clients to to borrow from there parents , these are very cunning people who know how to pull your strings , avoid at all cost! They target the vulnerable , I noted they even had a white board with $$$$$$$ targeted sales More more , these people are in it to milk you all they can , a classic conversation I heard was a client telling the consultant they were not interested in the next level of there brain wash session , the sales consultant replied how disapointed they were and had spent so much of there valuable time on them , yukkkkkkkkkk!
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Verified ReviewerRipped off , money stolen
I attended a hyped up presentation. I was persuaded by an over zealous sales person who offered me a free trial of a product.
The product was never delivered .
There was no invoice , no confirmation, email , no link to where it could be accessed. In fact zero communication. 4 weeks later I am being billed $155 with out authority from me. Not having reviewed or trialled the product.
I am $800 in debt and rising .
TCI strategy is to keep me on hold or transfer me to another section . E.g. Admin to wow team , wow team to accounts . The issue is avoided and not resolved.
I have no access to the free trial thats cost me $800 so far. No resolution.
They dont invoice properly, dont receipt properly. No onboarding process .
No Normal business practices happen at TCI.
Feels like scam . Service Delivery is poor.
- Unscrupulous tactics
- Manipulated
- Traps and tricks
- Money grabbing
- Upselling
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Don’t go for anything free . Beware of salesmen
Long overdue
I signed up with the coaching institute about 7 years ago. It is a Ponsi scheme cult.
They are effective, unscrupulous marketers. They believe their own lies. Entirely distasteful experience.
I lost over $10k on their rubbish materials. Was a good lesson and inoculation.
User's recommendation: Steer clear: ponsi scheme cult
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Verified ReviewerNon-communication, Rediculously high fees, no fee disclosure
Currently, fighting this company through Consumer Affairs because of their Breach of Duty of Care. Fees are ridiculous, they take advantage of vulnerable people and all they do is try and dig up your fears.
If youve gotten over your fears, why did it up again.
Total brainwashing scam. If anyone else has gone through Consumer Affairs with this mob, Id love to hear about it.
- Manipulated
- Unscrupulous tactics
- Are great at sales and marketing
- No communication
- Emotional manipulation
- Take advantage of vulnerable people
Preferred solution: Price reduction
User's recommendation: If you want to be a coach, there are better more honest companies to look at. Don’t join this one.
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Verified ReviewerPositive Feedback
I have followed Sharon Pearson when she first began was 2005 I was a workaholic then,so I never dedicated fully but was still online and sitting on summits. I worked and lived a life I took as fulfilling and happy.
Partly yes I was, so I worked lived and did the TCI here and there .
So bringing us to today.August 2021 And I am now BETTER for Sharon Pearson and TCI I was very suicidal after being told I can no longer work. So I set my site on trying to LIVE And it was because OF TCI I amalive
- Free services material
- Good service
- Awesome connection
- I am unable to attend tci grounds
Preferred solution: My testimonial for the company I believe in. Is Sharon’s and Matt Lavar who I connected with and All years pain,suffering (60 yrs April) All I went through no one was able to help.yet Today I am here and ALIVE I Owe TCI. I am very Grateful thank you.
User's recommendation: It works if You Want it too. All about you and how you handle and deal.
Unethical behaviour
TCI use manipulation, hypnotherapy and hone in on your limiting beliefs to use it to their advantage. They over promise something they can not deliver and when they are unable to deliver what you have paid for they tell you that it is your fault. The resources that and produced are out dated and their so called intellectual property actually comes from other people who actually designed the information. They cause a lot of upset and anguish.
If you want to be ripped off and get nothing for your money, want to be a follower of unethical behaviour this is the place for you.
ASQA have been investigating them for around 2 years now and for some reason they seem to be getting away with it. There are hundreds of pissed of ex students that will not go and seek their money back because they are bullies. They use the threat of lawyers to scare people off.
Misleading and manipulative sales of education
Sales consultants pose as providing a free coaching session and then pressure people to purchase their education package with false promises of unrealistic income.
User's recommendation: Do not believe their promises of a high income earning business. The successful coaches they show in the videos are fake
About
The Coaching Institute is a school of coaching based in Australia and founded in 2005. It is intended to achieve goals in the coach career and personal development. The Coaching Institute gives possibility to take career based upon a remote training as well as a stationary training. The school has its own online coaching portal where learning plans, assessment schedule and events calendar are presented. The educational establishment provides different kinds of coaching, methodologies and certified programs. The Coaching Institute has its own support network and a huge Facebook group community. It teaches students, coaches and public members all over the world. The school has assisted over 4000 people.
The Coaching Institute is ranked 320 out of 1778 in Education category
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Where did you do your other training?
I encourage all of you to leave google reviews for TCI (on TCI google ratings). Then others too will get this information and would hopefully not fall into their trap and suffer.
Thank you!! I'm going through a rough patch at the moment and in a vulnerable state, then received one of their persistent emails.
Curious - I thought I'd look deeper into reviews on them and it turns out they're exactly what I assumed.
I think it's absolutely disgusting and disturbing that false organisations like this are allowed to practice. @@@
Thank you. Saved me
We need do something to stop this avoid more people become victims. I notice TCI has been using this scam and brain washing for many years to rip off money.
I admit I didn’t do lots of research before I enroll. Not many people have cool head to see clear of their cult character.
It is hopeless to hear this company would revenge on previous students with influence on government and other big company. The company is a shame and disgrace of Australia educational system.
We need organize all the student here to take an action. This company is totally against ethics .
I agree, what do you propose?
Total scam. One of the brain washed recruits approached me for a three days course brainwash to get my money.
He explained the brain wash methodology to get new recruits. They operate as a cult and scam.
I agree with you TCI over promises and under delivers and much of their course content is plagiarised.
SP has Trade Marked her critical thinking model and coaches have to credit TCI if they have done her Metta Dynamics training AKA NLP with SPs twist on it.
SPs critical thinking model is a combination of other NLP models, what SP has done is put them all under one umbrella and called the Critical thinking or ESIP
I heard one of her Mastermind group say she's out of control and has some big issues especially around money
Please, please, please everyone that’s upset, contact Annie or Max, we have the Media onside and I need everyone’s stories, I’m not TCI, be anonymous if need be. All confidential. Spread the word and pass on my email....kydalla@***.com.au