Coaching Skills for Managers

Coaching has seen huge growth in recent years with a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development survey reporting that over 75% of companies use coaching as a development tool. Benefits reported from coaching include: improved performance, reduced stress and better communication skills.

This course gives a comprehensive introduction to coaching in an organisational context. It demonstrates how to make coaching effective and how its use can improve organisational and personal performance. It also provides delegates with best practice guidelines and the latest thinking in this fast developing area.

Who should attend?

The course gives an introduction to coaching and is suitable for anyone with an interest in coaching. It is aimed at those with little experience of coaching and is appropriate for anyone with responsibility for developing others, including in-house mentors and managers looking to enhance staff development. The course benefits delegates from both the private and public sectors and suits organisations of any size.

Managers taking part in our programmes learn how to use the coaching tools covered in the course and gain a self awareness that is vital for a coaching approach to management. As such, this course is suitable for anyone from senior to junior management levels as well as specialists.

Benefits to individual and the organisation

This two day course is highly practical and interactive with participants encouraged to test the ideas in a safe and confidential environment. It focuses on applying the approach in specific contexts and identifies personal development opportunities.

Participants are encouraged to discuss the material and reflect on how they can apply the ideas to real life issues they face at work.

Content

The workshop starts with discussing each delegate's experience and any specific aims they have for this workshop.

The course design is highly flexible and is based on the needs of participants, however key topics include:

• Definitions of coaching and the key process consideration;
• Models of coaching and how to apply them;
• Skills and competencies of coaching in an organisational context;
• Tools and techniques to facilitate development.

Duration

The length of the workshop can be tailored to suit the organisation's requirements, however the minimum duration is two days.

Price

The price for a two-day programme is £7,200; this would be for up to 12 delegates. Additional delegates on the two-day programme are charged at £400 per delegate. Additional days, again for up to 12 delegates, would be charged at £3,600 per day. Delegates over the minimum of 12 are charged at £200 per delegate per additional day.

A certificate of attendance will be presented to the delegates at the end of the course.

For further information on Coaching Skills for Managers contact our customer services team on +44 (0) 1865 485797 or email Amber Rose at