Coaching Skills for Leaders
About this course

Overview

The hardest part of coaching is not taking the work back. Practice-heavy, with peer coaching running across the cohort, this builds the questioning, listening and restraint that let a leader coach in the middle of an ordinary working day.

What you will be able to do

Learning outcomes

  • Hold a coaching conversation with a team member
  • Ask questions that build ownership
  • Listen without jumping to solutions
  • Use a coaching model in real situations
  • Coach in the flow of everyday work
What the course sets out to do

Course objectives

  • Explain the leader-as-coach role
  • Use core coaching skills
  • Coach without solving for people
  • Apply a simple coaching structure
  • Practise coaching with feedback
Course content

Modules

01

The Leader as Coach

When to coach and how coaching differs from directing.

02

Core Coaching Skills

Listening, questioning, and building ownership.

03

A Coaching Structure

Using a simple model to structure a coaching conversation.

04

Not Taking the Work Back

Resisting the pull to solve problems for people.

05

Coaching Practice

Peer coaching practice with feedback across the cohort.

Who it is for

Target audience

Senior leaders and managers who want to develop their people through coaching.

Before you start

Prerequisites

Management responsibility for other people.

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