Coaching and Mentoring

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Who Would Benefit from this course

Managers who are committed to constantly developing and empowering their employees.  The course will give the manager the necessary practical skills and methods to effectively coach their employees, to help them overcome areas of weakness and to empower and strengthen them with new skills to lead them to greater productivity. 

Course Objectives

  • Define coaching and mentoring
  • Define the GROW model
  • Identify and set SMART goals
  • Identify the current reality of your employee's situation
  • Identify and define options for your employee
  • Develop a finalized plan, wrapping it up in writing
  • Discuss the importance of trust in coaching
  • Learn how to give feedback while maintaining trust
  • Overcoming obstacles to the development of your employee
  • Identify when the coaching is at an end and transitioning your employee to other growth opportunities
  • Blending the coaching and mentoring model

Benefit for You

You will gain essential skills in coaching and mentoring, and find a whole world open up to you of how to coach and help your employees to overcome areas of weakness, and to strengthen them, to greater productivity and effectiveness. 

Benefit for Your Company

The manager will be proactive in developing the employees under them.  This results in greater efficiency and harmony and better productivity within the company.

Course Duration

2 day Level 1 course.

Programme Content

  • Defining Coaching and Mentoring
  • Introducing the G.R.O.W. Model (Goal setting, Reality check, Options developed, Wrap it up with a plan)
  • Setting Goals in the Context of GROW
  • Identifying Appropriate Goal Areas
  • Understanding the Realities
  • Getting a Picture of Where You Are
  • Exploring the Past
  • Developing Options for growth
  • Identifying Paths
  • Creating the Final Plan
  • Getting Motivated
  • The Importance of Trust
  • Trust and Coaching
  • Providing Feedback, the Feedback Sandwich
  • Providing Constructive Criticism
  • Encouraging Growth and Development
  • Overcoming Roadblocks
  • Re-evaluating Goals
  • Focusing on Progress
  • How to Know When You’ve Achieved Success
  • Transitioning the Coachee
  • How Mentoring Differs from Coaching
  • Blending the Two Models
  • Focusing on the Relationship