Coaching Skills (Development & Career) - 24 September 2019 13.30 - 16.30

Overview

Coaching is one of the most difficult skills. Typically, we tend to make assumptions and try to solve problems for others. The reality is that it is all about our ability to facilitate a conversation in order to support and or develop others. The session will be particularly useful for managers, those with a specific coaching role and/or those who want to generally develop their coaching skills.

The session starts by defining coaching as a principle and how it differs from training and mentoring. We then look at a framework for holding the conversation (GROW). From there consider some of the key skills before having the opportunity to put it into practise. Coaching is a key tool for career development, and we will be linking this in through the session.

The style of the workshop will be interactive and practical with the focus on transferring the skills back into the workplace.

Pre-Workshop Preparation

Prior to attending please identify an aspect where you would like to be coached. This could be your own development, or a business situation where you don’t currently have the answer and would benefit from being coached.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop you will be able to:

• Agree a definition for coaching
• Understand the differences between coaching and training
• Identify the key aspects and skills of development coaching
• Use coaching as a career and development tool
• Link the opportunities into a development plan
• identify potential areas for your own personal development

Agenda

Setting the Scene

• Workshop & Individual Objectives

Key Aspects of Development Coaching

• Definition – What is Coaching?
• Coaching, Mentoring, Training
• Components & Skills of an Effective Coaching

The GROW Model

• Setting the Goal
• Understanding the Reality
• Identifying Options
• Planning the Way Forward
• Developing the Conversation Through Questions

Putting it into Practice

• Coaching for Career & Development
• Practise and Feedback

Review

• Key Learning Points
• Evaluation