Developing Coaching & Mentoring Skills
Date: 5 Jul - 9 Jul 2010
Venue: UK
Days: 5
Fee: £1950
The recent global economic crisis has resulted in organisations looking for tailored learning and development strategies that are aligned with business objectives, cost effective and provide practical added value. Coaching and mentoring strategies continue to grow as organisations recognise the positive impact they have on performance. Managers are now being equipped with the latest techniques as part of capacity development initiatives.
This course is designed to help participants introduce coaching or mentoring strategies and practice different types of coaching techniques. It will build on the importance of listening, gaining understanding and using questioning techniques. It will also focus on action and resolution and will look at cost effective solutions in the context of a changing organisation.
Who should attend
Managers, senior executives and board members in the public, private and NGO sectors as well as key HR executives responsible for organisational development and improving service delivery. Organisational change agents responsible for delivering behavioural change will also benefit.
How you will benefit
By the end of the course you will:
- understand why organisations are using coaching and mentoring in times of change and re-structure
- apply the latest coaching techniques
- understand how mentoring can aid talent management
- appreciate the importance of questioning techniques
- prepare and deliver a coaching session
Course profile
- Strategic Contribution of HR
- Creating a coaching culture
- The role of the coach
- Attributes of a successful coach
- Coaching tools and techniques
- Coaching during change
- Difference between coaching & mentoring
- The mentoring process