The Leader as Coach
Duration
2-days
Target Audience
Designed for leaders at all levels who are experienced in their role and wish to develop the softer skills of coaching and developing their team.Key Objectives
To increase organisational effectiveness through a practical tool kit workshop:
- enabling delegates to understand the direct link between business performance and developing their staff , particularly by utilising coaching
- enabling delegates to help staff reach full potential in their current position by encouraging a ‘learning environment'
- equipping delegates with skills to identify development needs and solutions that are immediate as well as developing longer terms plans
- assisting delegates in applying the skills back at the workplace
Outline
- Introduction
- Who would you follow?
- Attributes of a leader vs. manager
- The new management: leadership by coaching
- Leadership & Influence
- Personal Comfort Zones
- Framework for leadership (pre-work)
- The role of the Leader in developing their team
- Knowledge, Skills & Attitudes Framework
- The learning cycle – tips and tools to help the process
- How People Learn
- Building Profitable Relationships with those you lead
- the role of rapport in leading others effectively
- perceptual filters in relationships with team members
- the carrot vs. the stick in leadership
- using the individual's motivation decision button to get more effectiveness
- Giving structured feedback to team members
- Situational Leadership
- Directive and Supportive behaviour in developing and delegating to team members
- The 4 Leadership Styles
- Analysis of own preferred style of leadership
- Consequences of having flexibility in your approach to leadership
- Identify development levels of own team members
- Links to the learning cycle and company processes
- Framework for coaching
- Coaching for results
- Structured approach to 3 coaching conversations
- Practical coaching session
- Briefing for post course activities for implementation
