A one-day workshop (virtual or classroom)
If you are passionate about unlocking a person’s potential in a way that leaves them more competent and more fulfilled so they are able to maximise their own performance, then this is the right workshop for you.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the importance of a clear agreement on the nature of the coaching relationship, the respective responsibilities and the desired outcome
- Become familiar with how to structure a coaching session and the benefits a structured process brings
- Build your confidence in initiating and owning a coaching session
- Gain a greater understanding of why people do the things they do and how their values and beliefs help or hinder
- Experience a coaching session as a coach and as a coachee
- Take a first step towards achieving a personal goal
- Recognise that good listening supplies the building blocks to good understanding
- Become familiar with the variety of sessions the coach may need to generate at any given moment
- Appreciate how coaching can increase motivation and performance
Workshop information
Workshop outline
1. Welcome and introduction
- Participants are welcomed to the programme and invited to share their personal objectives and people challenges
- Self-assessment of current coaching skills
- Spectrum of skills – identifying the skills required to be an effective coach
2. How the mind can be a barrier to achieving performance
- Why this is crucial to success
- The power of beliefs – what they are and how they can affect us
- Positive and negative self-talk
- The concept of ‘positive intention’
3. The coaching structure and conversation
- A coaching case study
- ‘The answer is in the question’
- The coaching game – a board game with a difference! Coach your way to success…
- The OSCAR model of coaching
4. Practice sessions
- Participants will be given the opportunity to practise their coaching skills by being both a coach and a coachee, using their real-life scenarios. Feedback is given along with action points to develop skills further
6. Further skills and tools
- Active listening
- Building rapport
- The coaching wheel
- Sustaining your skills development after the programme
- Barriers to using a coaching style
