I'm a Leader: I'm a Coach - Leadership training

This program helps workplace leaders to recognise the important role they also can play as a coach. Effective modern leaders work to increase the performance of teams and individuals, and to retain high-calibre employees. 'I'm a Leader; I'm a Coach' will provide participants with the skills to be active coaches in their own workplaces. The training will be brought to life by analysis and practice of engaging real-life scenarios with iHR's professional actors and an expert facilitator using our Workplace Reality Theatre.

Designed for: Any employee involved in developing staff, managers, team leaders, supervisors

Program length: 1 day

Dates and locations: Onsite only. Contact us on 1300 884 687 or make an online enquiry

Course content

Topics addressed include:

• Coaching and leadership

• Workplace coaching

• Leadership behaviours

• The power game triangle

• Leader-coach model

• Formulating verbal feedback messages

• Feedback principles

• A process for partnering coaching

• Matching solutions with underlying causes

• Handling difficult situations

• GROW model.

Learning objectives

At the conclusion of this workshop participants should be able to:

• Explain why coaching is an important part of the contemporary workplace leader’s role, and the different uses of coaching

• Analyse their preferred coaching style and current coaching skills

• Describe two styles of coaching (directive and partnering) and relate these to a leadership model

• Identify opportunities to use the different coaching styles with their ‘coachee’

• Conduct a coaching needs analysis with their coachee and develop a coaching plan

• Practice the skills and behaviours relevant to the different styles of coaching, including active listening, questioning, empathy and feedback

• Conduct a non-directive (partnering) coaching session that will enable better problem solving, build commitment and motivate staff to greater independence and accountability.

Testimonials – what workshop participants say

• “A great day it opened my eyes to the power of coaching”

• “The actors brought the content to life – it certainly was not boring”

• “I have been to lots of courses over my 25 years in the workforce and this was by far the best”

Onsite delivery

This program can be delivered in your workplace and use your organisation's policies, procedures and values. The program can also be modified to suit your individual needs.

Proven Methodolgy – iHR's Workplace Reality Theatre

All iHR programs are based on adult learning principles and are designed to maximise learner engagement and transfer of learning. A signature feature of all iHR programs is the use of our unique training methodology Workplace Reality Theatre. Click here to learn more.

Register now

To find out more about this iHR Australia training course please contact us on 1300 884 687 or make and online enquiry.

Download I'm a Leader, I'm a Coach – Leadership training program overview.