Coaching Skills for Managers
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Coaching Skills for Managers
Learn to lead by example, ask powerful questions, steer teams in the right direction, and manage effectively.
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Organizations comprised of managers who possess coaching skills are best suited to be successful. Coaching skills are one of the hallmarks of exceptional managers. In this course, you will learn to lead by example, ask the right questions, steer your team in the right direction, and motivate your staff to achieve their goals.
Coaching Skills for Managers is a 12-week course that contains six modules. This course enables organizations to use coaching skills as an effective tool to advance their businesses. It aids companies in dealing with complex job shifts and fine-tunes leadership performance. It empowers organizations to evolve and stay ahead in an ever-changing global market. Organizations learn to develop pliable methods to achieve strategic business goals, sustain the workflow, and maintain high customer satisfaction levels.
This career-changing course comprises six purposely designed modules that take you on a carefully defined development path.
It is an instructor-led program which runs to a fixed schedule, with set start and finishes dates. It is driven forward by your instructor and features eight hours of instructor-led workshops through Microsoft Teams. You will, however, have time to complete an additional four hours of homework assignments in your own time outside of the live sessions.
As part of our mentoring service, you will have access to valuable guidance and support throughout the course. We provide a dedicated discussion space where you can ask questions, chat with your peers, and resolve issues.Your Certificate of Completion will be issued once you have successfully finished the course.
After completing this course, you will be able to:Gain a thorough understanding of coaching to improve your team's performance. Learn how to unblock a stuck situation or conversation. Comprehend the difference between leading a team and managing a team. Develop skills to run meetings effectively. Learn to get rid of old behaviours and create new ones. Gain skills to handle difficult conversations tactfully.
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Course Outline
Welcome to Coaching Skills for Managers
Instructor Profiles
Course Outline
Grading
Course Structure
Navigating the Course
Overview and Requirements for Week 1 & 2
Week 1 & 2 Schedule
Instructions for Attending the Virtual Workshop
What is Coaching? Knowing When it is Right to Coach or Not
Practice Quiz #1 - The Foundations of Coaching
When Your Coachee Wants Your Opinion
Practice Quiz #2 - When Your Coachee Wants Your Opinion
Video (10:06) - Managers as Coaches
Practice Quiz #3 - Managers as Coaches
How to Unblock a Stuck Situation or Conversation
Practice Quiz #4 - Unblocking Stuck Situations & Conversations
Preparation Task
Module 1 Test
Self-Study Assignment 1: The Coaching Experience
Self-Study Assignment 2: Simple Ways to Use Coaching in the Workplace
Summary & Takeaways
Virtual Workshop #1
Overview and Requirements for Week 3 & 4
Week 3 & 4 Schedule
Instructions for Attending the Virtual Workshop
Video (9:27) - Team Coaching
Practice Quiz #1 - Team Coaching
Video (10:45) - Leading Teams vs Managing
Practice Quiz #2 - Leading Teams vs Managing
Managing Upwards
Practice Quiz #3 - Managing Upwards
Video (10:36) - Collaborating Across the Organization
Practice Quiz #4 - Collaborating Across the Organization
Video (4:10) - Tell vs Influence
Practice Quiz #5 - Tell vs Influence
Preparation Task
Module 2 Test
Self-Study Assignment #1: Reflections on How You Can Improve
Self-Study Assignment #2: Simple Ways to Influence vs Tell
Summary & Takeaways
Virtual Workshop #2 Presentation
Overview and Requirements for Week 5 & 6
Week 5 & 6 Schedule
Instructions for Attending the Virtual Workshop
Remote Working & Cross-Cultural Teams
Practice Quiz #1 - Remote Working & Cross-Cultural Teams
Video (INSERT TIME) Running Meetings Effectively
Practice Quiz #2 - Running Meetings Effectively
Video (17:05) - Creating Successful Presentations
Practice Quiz #3 - Creating Successful Presentations
Preparation Task
Module 3 Test
Self-Study Assignment #1: Improving Geographically Dispersed Relationships
Self-Study Assignment #2: Simple Meeting Structures
Summary & Takeaways
Virtual Workshop #3 Presentation
Overview and Requirements for Week 7 & 8
Week 7 & 8 Schedule
Instructions for Attending the Virtual Workshop
Change Management
Practice Quiz #1: Change Management
Video (12:19) - High-Stakes Conversations
Practice Quiz #2: High-Stakes Conversations
Video (INSERT TIME): Getting Rid of Old Behaviors
Practice Quiz #3: Getting Rid of Old Behaviors
Conflict Management
Practice Quiz #4: Conflict Management
Preparation Task
Module 4 Test
Self-Study Assignment #1: Assessing Change Management Initiatives
Self-Study Assignment #2: Creating a Communication Strategy
Summary & Takeaways
Virtual Workshop #4
Overview and Requirements for Week 9 & 10
Week 9 & 10 Schedule
Video (INSERT TIME): Giving and Receiving Feedback
Practice Quiz #1: Giving and Receiving Feedback
Appraisals and 360-Degree Assessments
Practice Quiz #2: Appraisals and 360-Degree Assessments
Video (INSERT TIME): Difficult Conversations
Practice Quiz #3: Difficult Conversations
Creating a Growth Plan
Practice Quiz #4: Creating a Growth Plan
Preparation Task
Module 5 Test
Self-Paced Assignment #1: The Feedback and Appraisal Process
Self-Paced Assignment #2: A Difficult Conversation Case Study
Summary & Takeaways
Virtual Workshop #5
Overview and Requirements for Week 11 & 12
Week 10 & 11 Schedule
Strategy and Motivation
Practice Quiz #1: Strategy and Motivation
Video (INSERT TIME): Delegating, Not Dumping
Practice Quiz #2: Delegating, Not Dumping
New Job & New Staff
Practice Quiz #3: New Job & New Staff
Coach vs Tell
Practice Quiz #4: Coach vs Tell
Preparation Task
Module 6 Graded Test
Self-Paced Assignment #1: Improving Motivation
Self-Paced Assignment #2: Supporting New Staff
Summary & Takeaways
Virtual Workshop #6
Course Feedback Survey
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FAQs
Coaching Skills for Managers provides skills and techniques to teach you how to lead by example, ask powerful questions, steer teams in the right direction, and manage people effectively. Organizations with managers possessing coaching skills are more likely to be successful than those without. Coaching skills are one of the hallmarks of exceptional managers and can help motivate staff to achieve their goals.
Coaching Skills for Managers is a 12-week course that contains six modules. During these 12 weeks, you will learn how to use coaching skills as an effective tool as a manager. Each week there are self-study assignments you will be expected to complete on your own time. At the end of each module there is a virtual workshop presentation that will review and enforce the concepts discussed during lectures and the homework for that fortnight.
Coaching Skills for Managers teaches you how to deal with complex job shifts and how to fine-tune leadership performance. It empowers organizations to evolve and stay ahead in an ever-changing global market. Organizations that learn to develop pliable methods are more likely to achieve strategic business goals, sustain the workflow, and maintain high customer satisfaction levels.
During the Coaching with Skills for Managers course, you can expect to gain a thorough understanding of coaching to improve your team's performance. You will learn how to unblock a stuck situation or conversation and you will comprehend the difference between leading and managing a team. During the 12 weeks, you will develop skills to effectively run meetings and you will find out ways of ridding yourself of old behaviours whilst creating new ones for coaching your team for success. Additionally, you will gain the skills to handle difficult conversations tactfully and with compassion.
The skills and techniques that you discover during Coaching Skills for Managers will kick-start your professional growth by enabling you to create productive, successful, and high-performing teams. You will have a coaching mindset that you can use to help foster a positive culture within your organization. Part of the course will teach you to create opportunities that help team members grow. And thus overall, you will become a more effective manager and leader by focusing on the value-added part of your role that you learn during the course.
Type of certificate
Certificate of Completion
About this course
06 Modules
06 Skills
Includes
02 Peer feedback sessions
01 Guest panel discussion and Q&A
05 Videos
04 Quizzes
04 Case studies
01 Final exam
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