Coaching-a Leadership Skills

Coaching is defined from the leadership perspective as developing a partnership that involves giving both support and challenging opportunities to employees. As such, it is another tool to complement managing and teaching in the leadership toolkit. In order to achieve results, coaching must go beyond just showing how to do something. Coaching involves observing, analyzing demonstrating, and giving feedback. It's a process of developing relationships with team members - relationships that ultimately can build the trust and respect that are the foundation of successful organizations. Participants in this course will learn: How coaching can be used to develop your team To develop the coaching skills that help improve individual performance To demonstrate the behaviors and practices of an effective coach How to recognize employees strengths and give them the feedback they need to succeed To identify employee problems and ways you can help to correct them Upon completion of this course, participants will understand learning styles and principles, will have learned and practiced critical coaching skills and will appreciate the benefits to be gained from effective coaching as a leadership tool. They will also be aware of potential problems of coaching in order to avoid them. Participants will be able to employ effective coaching as a means to improve employee performance and skill development.