Coaching Skills: Making Sense of Coaching

Course Code: Makin      Days: 1
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Course Overview

Current research shows there is still confusion around coaching terminology, what a good coach looks like, contractual arrangements and evaluating the impact of coaching activities. It is an essential requirement to understand how coaching can benefit individuals as well as the organisation as a whole.

This course provides the knowledge and frameworks to help you navigate your way through the coaching marketplace.

Audience

Anyone requiring a comprehensive overview of how coaching can benefit organisations and individuals.

Introductory level course -geared towards those who need an introduction to the subject and assumes limited or no previous experience.

Skills Gained

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

  • understand where we are now the current state of coaching
  • make the case for coaching and mentoring to line managers
  • explain the differences between the 'helping' disciplines coaching, mentoring, counselling, training and instruction
  • point out the potential contribution of coaching in your organisation
  • distinguish between coaching models
  • practise skills development use questioning techniques to identify coaching needs
  • list the qualities to look for in a good coach
  • produce a practical framework for matching coachee to coach
  • use a framework for buying/managing coaches and evaluating coaching
  • develop a reflective, enabling style of management for an ideal coaching culture.

Course Outline

Where we are now the current state of coaching in the marketplace

  • results from current research
  • drawing up coaching and mentoring strategies
  • identifying the potential contribution of coaching in your organisation
  • framework for identifying the different uses of coaching and mentoring

What is coaching and why is it used?

  • differences between coaching, mentoring, counselling, training and instruction
  • potential uses of coaching in the organisation
  • comparing and contrasting different coaching models
  • communicating the benefits of coaching in the workplace
  • supervision of coaches

Using internal coaches and mentors

  • when to use internal or external coaches
  • managing internal coaches
  • setting up mentoring programmes and training internal mentors

Skills development and how to select the coach

  • questioning techniques to identify coaching needs
  • making sense of the range of coaching qualifications and accreditations available
  • selecting a coach/matching coach and learner
  • drawing up contractual arrangement, monitoring relationships
  • evaluating coaching
  • avoiding the pitfalls of coaching

How to facilitate a coaching style of management

  • the benefits of a coaching style of management


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