Coaching for Performance
Building the coaching skills and mindset to develop and empower teams day-to-day.
Course Series Description
This course builds foundational coaching skills for leaders who want to develop and empower their teams. Participants explore when and how to coach, the mindset of a coach, and practical techniques to structure impactful coaching conversations. Through applied practice and frameworks, leaders build confidence to use coaching as a day-to-day leadership tool that drives both performance and growth.
Learning Outcomes
During this course participants will:
- Adopt a coaching mindset
- Structure impactful coaching conversations
- Use coaching as a daily leadership tool for performance and growth
Course Outline
In this module, participants are introduced to the power of coaching as a leadership tool and discuss the differences between performance and developmental conversations. They identify the conditions for successful coaching, including how trust, psychological safety, and a growth mindset are the bedrock of productive coaching conversations.
In this module, participants are learning the foundational skills for effective coaching conversations and use a concise framework for coaching conversations that to engage, empower, and inspire forward action. Then, it’s all put into practice. Participants coach one another and receive real-time feedback.
Preparation & Sustainment Steps
- Personal Learning Goal-Setting & Progress Review
- Alignment Conversation with Manager (if applicable)
- Personal Development Action Planning & Execution
- Pre-Reading Articles and Take-Away Cue Cards
- Peer Learning Support
Assessment Method
The assessment of a participant’s progress will be a combination of preparation assignments, classroom participation, and review of concepts during in-class activities as well as follow-up meetings with managers and peers to discuss examples of successful use of the tools provided in this course.
Course Customization Options
This program can be customized for the specific needs of clients through, incorporation or alignment to client-specific organizational messages (values, business processes etc), modifying the workshop delivery schedule.
Sustainment & Post-Work
- Commit to 2–3 coaching conversations in the next 30 days
- keep a brief coaching log / reflection journal
- Practise in peer triads
- Arrange manager observation & feedback
- 30/60-day check-in on coaching habits
- Optional booster clinic
