Coaching Skills Training for Managers
Who is the course for?
Anyone who manages others
Skill Level
Foundational
Time Commitment
Weekly Time Committment
60 Minutes/Week
Duration
4 Weeks
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Builds Trust
- Communicates
- Focuses on Results through People
- Practices Self-Awareness
Course Overview
Collaborative Coaching Conversations is a skill-based training course that focuses on teaching leaders a coaching mindset, and three coaching conversation skills – asking questions, listening, and giving meaningful recognition.
Completing this course will help you:
- Describe the mindset and impact of collaborative coaching conversations
- Identify the types of questions that create transformation and change
- Identify the inner and outer practices needed to listen effectively
- Identify values or qualities and differentiate methods of recognition
Learning Path
Session 1 - Introduction to Collaborative Coaching Conversations
In this session, we will illustrate how coaching can empower others to step up their game to be more effective and accountable, solve challenges, and understand others in a powerful way. We will also define what a coaching conversation is and how it differs from other types of conversations.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 2 - Skill One: Asking Questions
In coaching, powerful questions knock people off their automatic pilot program and make them fly the airplane. In this session, we will identify and practice asking the questions that create transformation and change.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 3 - Skill Two: Listening
In this session, we will identify the best listening skills (inner and outer) used in coaching conversations.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 4 - Skill Three: Giving Meaningful Recognition
In this session, we will identify meaningful recognition and define its importance in coaching conversations. We will name values or qualities and understand two ways, acknowledge and appreciate, to honor the successful person in front of you.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Builds Trust
- Communicates
- Focuses on Results through People
- Practices Self-Awareness
Why people choose LEL for Leadership Development
The insights from this course have changed how I approach leadership. I now feel equipped to handle challenges more effectively and inspire my team every day.
An invaluable experience! The practical strategies and hands-on exercises helped me build strong leadership skills that I apply daily in my role.
Frequently asked questions
What is a coaching conversation, and how is it different from giving advice?
A coaching conversation helps a person find their own answer instead of handing them yours. This course teaches a coaching mindset and three skills: asking powerful questions, listening deeply, and giving meaningful recognition.
What are the three coaching skills taught?
Asking questions that create real change, listening with both inner and outer attention, and giving recognition through two moves the course calls acknowledge and appreciate.
Why should a manager coach instead of just solving the problem?
Because solving it for them keeps the team dependent and keeps you overloaded. Coaching builds accountability and capability, so people step up and you get time back.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who manages others and wants their team to think, own problems, and grow rather than escalate everything upward.
How long is it?
Four weekly live sessions of about an hour each, facilitator-led, one for the mindset and one for each of the three skills.
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