Open Learning - Coaching for Managers

‘Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them’
J.Whitmore

Coaching is increasingly being seen as a key competence for managers and there is now widespread recognition of its potential as a development tool. Using a coaching approach will develop leadership capabilities at all levels within the organisation as staff are encouraged to find their own answers to challenges and issues and become more motivated and empowered.
Making the shift to a coaching style of management requires the development of a specific set of skills and this course will give delegates the confidence and competence to apply this approach in a range of situations.
Delegates will be expected to practise the skills on each of the days and will also experience being coached around issues that they are currently facing in the work place.
Delegates are also expected to carry out coaching conversations in the workplace between course dates and complete reflective learning logs.

Target audience
This course is aimed at managers at all levels who wish to develop their own leadership skills and encourage leadership and increase motivation within their staff.

overview
This course combines both theory and practice and over three days will develop skills and confidence in this approach. The course is very participative and will involve exploration of delegates own approaches within a supportive, challenging and confidential environment.

The course can also be run in-house for organisations wishing to develop a coaching culture.

Programme Objectives
• To understand and fully embrace the differences between coaching and a traditional management approach – making the shift from “telling” to “asking”
• To confidently apply a recognised coaching model with individuals and groups – to structure discussions using the GROW model
• To develop effective questioning and active listening skills – to develop listening at deeper levels and apply questions that are particularly relevant to the coaching conversation
• To understand the application and potential benefits of a solution focussed approach to coaching – encouraging the individual to focus on what is possible rather than what is not
• To increase delegates emotional intelligence – to appreciate the role that emotions play in behaviour and how to coach around emotions
• To understand the change process and its potential impact on individuals and develop skills in dealing with resistance during the coaching process
• To practice the skills of coaching within small groups using real issues facing the delegates

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