Coaching Skills

 

Aim

To enable managers to become effective work-based coaches.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Define coaching and distinguish coaching from mentoring, buddying and training
  • List the benefits of coaching
  • State the four levels of competence and identify the differing actions required of acoach at each stage
  • Support the coachee to learn and develop through the use of Kolb’s LearningCycle
  • Explain the different roles a coach needs to take at different times
  • Listen and question effectively during coaching
  • Use the STEER and GROW coaching models
  • Deliver a one-to-one coaching session

Approach

Participants will practice the skills of coaching and take part in triads to practice coaching.

For further information, please contact our lead person for Communication & Work Management Liz Burgess: