Professional Studies

Coaching for Development

DPS 15339 (7 hours)


Visionary organizations are equipping their managers with coaching strategies to enable them to unlock the full potential of their team.  Effective managers and supervisors today realize that success depends increasingly on tapping into the sources of good ideas, and then providing an environment that encourages collaboration to produce results.  Today’s organizational leaders, at all levels, see themselves as coaches, sponsors and consultants, whose role is to support a committed, adaptive, and responsive staff.

Outcomes

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

  • Define coaching using a proven model that highlights the benefits to the organization and the employee
  • Establish a culture that supports coaching for development
  • Utilize key communication strategies to enable you to listen for interests underlying positions and behaviour
  • Explore performance feedback that makes a difference
  • Observe and practice coaching skills