Coaching Clinic

Clearly the best professional development that I have had for a long time

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The Coaching clinic is a practical two day training course and follow up designed to help managers and leaders develop their understanding and competency in using a coaching approach to management.

Coaching is the process of applying specialist skills, methodology and knowledge to people, so that they may maximise their impact and constantly renew themselves and their organisations as they experience continuous change. Successful coaching adds value to employees, who then add value to their organisations by giving their best. Coaching promotes creativity, breakthrough performance and resilience, giving organisations a competitive edge and an effective way to flow and operate within an environment of continuous change.

The Coaching Clinic ®, the leading-edge model of coaching has proved to be highly effective within organisations seeking to

• retain valued employees,
• develop leaders
• promote creativity
• gain a competitive edge and
• improve performance and profitability.

DEVELOPING COACHING COMPETENCIES

Through the Coaching Clinic, managers and leaders develop their competency in coaching by:

• educating themselves in coaching concepts and tools
• increasing their awareness of coaching and its benefits, and experiencing the concept and process
• identifying their own coaching style and skill level,
• learning to identify others’ preferences for being coached
• practising coaching, using the best coaching tools and making the most of their own strengths
• continuously improving, encouraging and both accepting and acting upon feedback.

ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE DELEGATES WILL BE ABLE TO:

• use the coaching process and concepts effectively through understanding and skill development
• support and enhance employee performance
• know how to adapt their style to coach others
• "peer coach" each other as a key way to provide each other with support and guidance in challenging environments
• help those they coach in developing their own skills and knowledge.

WHO WILL BENEFIT:

• executives, managers, team leaders, supervisors and project managers
• everyone with a responsibility of managing or directing others

COURSE CONTENT

The workshops are facilitated within a group coaching environment. The process is both interactive and practical with the emphasis on self-discovery and self- learning. The Coaching Clinic work book provided for the retention of every delegate is of an exceptional and detailed quality. It provides delegates post-course with extensive support and reference material to assist in developing the skills, capabilities, competencies and self assurance required.

Coaching skills

The programme covers

• the 5-step coaching process, which has proved most effective in the workplace.
• the 4 primary coaching skills
• the Personal Coaching Style Inventory, a profiling tool to facilitate personal awareness
• practice in recognising other peoples styles and how to coach them
• one-to-one coaching practice in duo's or trio’s, with instant feedback, allowing for immediate integration of learning.

The half-day workshops and one-to-one coaching

The follow-on workshops allow for learning to be refreshed, examined and updated against real experience. Participants also share experiences and learn from each other. They reconnect participants to the successes and challenges of applying coaching skills in workplace situations.

The three-month process provides full coaching and support for managers developing and using their skills. The ongoing support enables the coaching culture to become more widely installed thus increasing the overall benefits that the organisation receives.