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Coaching Skills for Managers

Build self-reliance in your team to improve their performance

Benefits to you and your organisation

  • Build and maintain more positive, constructive working relationships
  • Develop more productive, empowered and self-reliant staff
  • Use practical techniques to manage poor performance and resolve challenging situations
  • Develop strong 121 interpersonal skills
  • Link individual and team performance standards to the strategic needs and priorities of your organisation
  • Use coaching to retain and engage high performers

Core modules

  • Fundamentals: the core components of coaching and when coaching is the right tool for the job, the management-coaching spectrum
  • Listening skills: me-you listening, five levels of listening, four types of acknowledgement
  • Using the FORCES and STEPS models: a key tool to structure coaching conversations, balancing engagement and action
  • Challenging beliefs: identify and challenge assumptions that are negatively impacting on performance
  • Coaching practice: guided 121 and group sessions

Who should attend?

Anyone who manages staff or volunteers and wants to engage more effectively with them to improve confidence, commitment and performance.

Learning approaches

In a safe environment, you'll have a chance to develop your your coaching style through pair and group work, under the supervision of the =mc programme leader.

 

DocumentationWorkbook containing all topics covered during the programme.
Booking InfoOnly available in-house »
 
Please contact us if you'd like to discuss your training requirements with our team, or would like more information
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The coaching approach was very practical and has given tools to progress some unresolved issues in our working relationships. It has given me a fresh perspective on setting objectives and giving feedback to colleagues which will contribute to helping us achieve even better results.

Lucy Markby, Recruitment Director, Mango

=mc's ideas and practical approaches have consistently proved powerful and helpful in our work. I would whole-heartedly recommend =mc to anyone looking for high quality training and consultancy.

Kate Gilmore,
Executive Deputy Secretary General, Ammesty International

Transforming the performance of not-for-profit organisations