The coaching leader is able to partner with those they lead to support their development. Using coaching skills and techniques, they connect others to their natural brilliance, reflecting unhelpful or habitual thinking patterns or behaviours, they work with their coachee to design their new horizon and unlock their potential to get there.
Content and Outcomes
What is coaching? What it isn't
Distinguish the vital difference between coaching, counselling and mentoring.
The coaching relationship
Learn how to create, hold and be responsible for the coaching relationship
Designing with your coachee
Know how to design effectively from the outset to ground the coaching
The role of self management
Understand the role of self-management to maintain focus on the client's agenda
Create your coaching toolkit
Explore and practice the five fundamental coaching skills to develop your toolkit.
Advanced coaching techniques
Experience and develop the five advanced practices that accelerate your client's learning
Three levels of listening
Learn to really listen. Reach beyond the words and look for the signals that offer opportunity for your client
Powerful questioning
Become proficient in asking intelligent, high quality questions that evoke rich responses.
The value of silence
Be able to sit comfortably with silence, knowing the value that pause brings
Coaching accountability
Hold both yourself and your coachee accountable in service of their bigger agenda.