Coaching Skills school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

Managers who lead and manage through coaching—providing encouragement, feedback, and support—are more successful in "working through others." This brief course focuses on the skills and techniques of positive coaching in an organizational setting including listening actively, providing constructive feedback based on observation, reinforcing positive employee performance through recognition and praise, and teaching new skills.

After completing this course, you should be able to: ...

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Explores the growing field of business, organizational and personal coaching as both a profession and also for the personal development of the student. Topics will include: the unique communication skills of a coach, assessment and coaching tools, developmental models of change, common coaching issues, the stages and structures of coaching, and coaching as a profession. Class structure will include: demonstrations, experiential practice and learning, and guest lectures from successful coaches. M...

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•Learn the essentials of coaching by using CCL’s unique framework, along with new coaching skills that can be put to immediate use, in a program that’s specifically focused on internal human resource professionals.
•Participate in a combination of small group interaction and videotaped practice sessions. Coaches work closely with small groups throughout the program, and a high instructor-to-participant ratio (1:4) provides a focused and feedback-rich learning environment during the...

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•Learn the essentials of coaching by using CCL’s unique framework, along with new coaching skills that can be put to immediate use.
•Participate in a combination of small group interaction and videotaped practice sessions. Coaches work closely with small groups throughout the program �and a high instructor-to-participant ratio (1:4) �provides a focused and feedback-rich learning environment.
•Build a results-driven development plan using a powerful peer coaching process that is ov...

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Lean change agents generally have to implement improvements through the work of people they don’t manage. They have responsibility but little authority to accomplish their goals. Getting people to complete the tasks they assign or meet the schedules they set requires constant attention, encouragement, cajoling, and often taking the lead on the activities themselves.

There is a better way. Switch from trying to be the person out front leading the charge to being someone with knowledge and ...

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