There can be no doubt; subject matter expertise and having the right answers is important. However, in today's rapidly changing landscape, it's not as important as being able to ask the right questions.
The benefits of coaching are now undeniable. What use to be an upstream privilege for the elite few, has become a mainstream solution for developing and engaging employees.
Successful organisations are starting to recognise the need to have leaders embrace a coaching mindset and foster a coaching culture.
The Leader as a Coach is a tried and tested, highly pragmatic course that has been running in organisations around the world for over a decade.
What You'll Learn
The Leader as a Coach provides leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to raise awareness and unlock potential through collaborative discussion.
- Learn about coaching and how it can be used to raise awareness and unlock potential.
- Learn how to listen beyond hearing, how to be present and ask questions that elicit thought.
- Learn how to apply the GROW coaching model in different situations.
- Learn how to identify coaching moments and coach in the moment.
- Learn how to develop a coaching mindset.
What's Included
Besides getting some much-needed support and learning how to have coaching styles conversations as a leader, you get all of the following:
- Video Presentations: A series of highly pragmatic short clips around specific concepts
- Learner's Toolkit: A detailed guide the concepts covered in the course
- Job Aids: One-page guides to specific concepts for quick and easy reference
- Templates: Tools to help you plan, apply and reflect
- Action Plans: Specific tasks related the concepts covered
- Certificate of Completion
Your Instructor
Jim Livingstone is an executive educator and coach with a passion for leadership. He believes that leadership is what separates a place of work from a place to work and has dedicated the past decade to helping leaders to develop positive leadership behaviours.
Jim has worked with leaders at all levels but has been particularly focused on helping individual contributors make the challenging and daunting transition into a leadership role.
The founder and Chief Learning Officer of Northpoint, Jim has worked with leaders from a host of world-class organisations, including AT&T, Bata, Cisco, Evonik, Fairfax Media, GovTech, Grab, Arlanxeo, Jurong Port, MediaCorp, M1, Starbucks, Starhub, Trumpf and TÜV SÜD to name but a few.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction to Coaching (4:45)
- The Art of Listening (5:10)
- The Art of Questioning (5:14)
- Coaching Presence (2:38)
- The GROW Model (6:54)
- Feed Forward with GROW & SBI (7:32)
- Demonstration: What Feedback Shouldn't Look Like (4:08)
- Demonstration: What Feed Forward Should Look Like (8:37)
- Performance Appraisals with GROW (6:27)
- Demonstration: What a Performance Review Shouldn't Look Like (10:53)
- Demonstration: What a Performance Review Should Look Like (20:13)
- Coaching in the Moment (2:18)
- The Coaching Mindset (2:45)
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.