Coaching for Leaders (Three Day Training)

Years ago leadership styles were more autocratic, traditional and top down. The coaching leader is a motivator who knows to maximize direct reports to their full potential. This leader helps to advance employees, building on their strengths and creating a positive workplace that fosters bettering performance and getting results.

This 24 hour coaching for leaders training programme is a focused, dynamic, and highly practical workshop for leaders.

Gain and practice coaching skills to:

• Increased clarity;
• Greater precision at goal setting;
• Empower your team;
• Bolster team effectivity;
• Gain superior results.

Target Audience

This workshop is run within organisations to give middle and C-level executives a leading edge through applying coaching skills to your leadership style.

Learning Objectives

The programme is centered on learning and practicing coaching skills to add to your leadership toolbox. These skills lead to increased focus, clarity and efficiency for your team and the people you work with. There are many exercises that are done in pairs and small groups to practice these new competencies.

Part 1 – Introduction

Introducing Coaching.

• Coaching philosophy: What is coaching?
• Difference between coaching and tell style approach.
• Coaching as a way of interacting with your team and colleagues.

Part 2 – Focus

This module is centered on different ways to focus and how this can assist us in communicating with others.

• Defining focus.
• Preparing your leadership presence.
• Different kinds of focus.
• How to focus conversations.
• Gathering the conversation.
• Concluding a conversation.

Part 3 – Mindful Attitudes

This module is centered on developing mindful attitudes to help us in creating and nurturing collaboration by promoting an environment that is open and willing to hear and learn from the opinions of others.

• Defining Mindfulness.
• Developing mindful attitude of beginner’s mind and opening up to new experiences.
• The non-judgmental listener.
• Informal Mindfulness Practices for listening and speaking.
• Practice.

Part 4 – Questioning

Coaching is more about asking curiously and openly rather than a tell style approach. This is done through asking open ended questions.

• Exploring the benefits of questioning.
• Discovering my style.
• Different kinds of questions.
• Practice.

Part 5 – Reflection and Feedback

This module is centered on developing these competencies.

• Why reflect?
• How to reflect?
• What is encouragement and why is it needed?
• Feedback models.
• Practice.

Part 6- Practice

This module is a summary through practicing the various coaching skills.

• Continue with various exercises to practice coaching skills.
• Wrap up.

Programme Benefits

• Greater clarity around actions and goals;
• Increasing team collaboration;
• Inspiring others to perform;
• Happier employees;
• Increased productivity;
• Overall goal success.