Course Overview
This course looks at the advantages of using assessment tools in order to enhance the coaching process and the self-knowledge of the coachee. It explains the psychological grounding behind these instruments and gives participants the opportunity to see and experience some of these tools and discuss how they can be applied.
Audience
Human resources training practitioners, coaches and consultants who have some coaching knowledge and who wish to develop their coaching practice at an individual or organisational level.
Intermediate level course - some previous experience of the subject is assumed.
Skills Gained
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- apply a range of psychometric and non-psychometric instruments which provide feedback on the client's personality, behaviour and performance
- explain what each of these instruments adds to the coaching process
- investigate at what point and in what context these instruments can be used most beneficially
- develop your skills base by practising the feedback process
- assess how increasing people's self-knowledge can enhance their performance at work and aid their career management
- describe how coaching and its associated processes will aid career development, succession planning and talent management within your organisation.
Outline
Aims and objectives, learning contracts
An introduction to self-development exercises in the coaching context
The psychology of assessment
- ability
- aptitude
- personality
- preferences
- interests
- learning styles
- how you make decisions
- how you deal with conflict
Examples of psychometric and non-psychometric instruments
Other simple tools that aid the process of gathering data about the client
When to use assessment instruments in coaching
Selecting instruments to use when assessing individuals
Issues around using and administering these instruments
The benefits of 360-degree feedback for the organisation and the individual
Practising giving feedback
The organisation brief
- team-building
- leadership development
- conflict resolution
- personal/organisational development
Aligning the individual's goals to the organisation's
Achieving organisational change through the development of individuals
Using self-development tools to aids career management and benefits organisations
How assessment in coaching will deepen your skills and knowledge about the client
Referral and sources of support
Action planning
