
Coaching Skills For Managers
Course Objectives
- Define coaching, mentoring and the GROW model.
- Identify and set appropriate goals using the SMART technique of goal setting.
- Identify the steps necessary in defining the current state or reality of your employee’s situation.
- Identify the steps in developing a finalized plan or wrapping it up and getting your employee motivated to accomplish those plans.
- Identify the benefits of building and fostering trust with your employee.
- Identify the steps in giving effective feedback while maintaining trust.
- Identify and overcoming common obstacles.
- Identify when the coaching is at an end and transitioning your employee to other growth opportunities.
- Identify the difference between mentoring and coaching.
Who Should Attend
The Coaching And Mentoring course focuses on how to better coach your employees to higher performance. Coaching is a process of relationship building and setting goals. How well you coach is related directly to how well you are able to foster a great working relationship with your employees through understanding them and strategic goal setting.
Experience Required
No Experience Required
Course Syllabus
Module One: Getting Started
Workshop Objectives
Module Two: Defining Coaching and Mentoring
What is Coaching?
What is Mentoring?
Introducing the G.R.O.W. Model
Module Three: Setting Goals
Goals in the Context of GROW
Identifying Appropriate Goal Areas
Setting SMART Goals
Module Four: Understanding the Realities
Getting a Picture of Where You Are
Identifying Obstacles
Exploring the Past
Module Five: Developing Options
Identifying Paths
Choosing Your Final Approach
Structuring a Plan
Module Six: Wrapping it All Up
Creating the Final Plan
Identifying the First Step
Getting Motivated
Module Seven: The Importance of Trust
What is Trust?
Trust and Coaching
Building Trust
Module Eight: Providing Feedback
The Feedback Sandwich
Providing Constructive Criticism
Encouraging Growth and Development
Module Nine: Overcoming Roadblocks
Common Obstacles
Re-evaluating Goals
Focusing on Progress
Module Ten: Reaching the End
How to Know When You’ve Achieved Success
Transitioning the Coachee
Module Eleven: How Mentoring Differs from Coaching
The Basic Differences
Blending the Two Models
Adapting the GROW Model for Mentoring
Focusing on the Relationship
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