Coaching Skills for Leaders

There can be no doubt that coaching is one of the most important skills a leader can possess, as it is used to enable and empower others, improve performance, address behavioural or performance related issues and build self-confidence and self-reliance.

What is coaching? How is it different from mentoring? How does it empower and enable people? Why should leaders adopt a coaching mindset? How do you apply coaching in the workplace? These are the key questions that learners will uncover in Coaching Skills for Leaders.

Coaching Skills for Leaders is will equip learners with the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to engage in coaching conversations.

• Demonstrate an understanding of coaching and a coaching mindset.
• Demonstrate how to listen beyond the words that are spoken.
• Demonstrate how to elicit thought through powerful questions.
• Demonstrate how to engage in a coaching styled conversation.
• Demonstrate how to apply the GROW model.

The Gift of Feed Forward is designed to transfer knowledge and build skills effectively and efficiently through a holistic learning approach:

• 2 Hours of Online Learning: Learners are asked to watch a collection of bite-sized videos in the lead to the workshop.
• 5 Hour Workshop: A classroom-based or virtual workshop that employs collaborative learning, experiential learning and reflective practice as the primary learning strategies.
• Learner Toolkit, Job Aid & Template: A collection of downloadable documents, quick and easy references and templates for learners to and use.
• 4 Hours of Post-Workshop Activity: A very real activity that is designed to reinforce learning transfer through application and reflection.