Course Overview

Coaching 101 covers the key coaching skills you need to make a difference, and offers some great takeaway tools to help you practice.

Learning Outcomes

This interactive self-study e-learning course provides an introduction to coaching as a development tool. Using a range of realistic examples, scenarios and challenges, it is the ideal starting point to begin building your coaching skills.

Develop your coaching skills is for anyone looking for a clear, easy to understand introduction to coaching. It is part of the Mind Tools off-the-shelf course library, designed to help you build your personal effectiveness as a manager or leader.

By completing Develop your coaching skills you will be able to:

• Explain what coaching is and how it differs from other development activities
• Define the benefits of coaching, including how it positively affects organisations and individuals
• Use basic coaching techniques to help others develop skills, increase their confidence and achieve their potential
• Detail what makes an effective coaching conversation
• Spot appropriate coaching opportunities
• Outline key coaching skills and put a plan in place to develop these

Target Audience

This course is ideal for new and aspiring managers.