Event

Coaching for Leaders

Date and time
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 -
Thursday, 16 January 2025

Location
Enterprise Centre, Bridge St, Derby DE1 3LD

Designed for business leaders and their teams, seeking to enhance their leadership toolkit, our entry-level coaching course offers practical skills and strategies to effectively coach teams and individuals. Ideal for those with no prior coaching experience, participants will gain confidence in their ability to inspire and motivate others towards success. Ideal as a refresher for those with prior coaching experience Join us to unlock your coaching potential and drive positive change within your organisation.

The key areas of the programme include
 
Expert Guidance: Solid understanding and experience of coaching principles and practices 
 
Customisable Frameworks: Offer customisable frameworks and tools that allow leaders to adapt coaching techniques to differing situations. Focus on experiential learning and immediate application
  
Interactive Learning: Through Interactive exercises, attendees can practice coaching techniques in a supportive environment
 
Actionable Strategies: Participants will leave with relevant, practical, personalised action points to build the skills for both coaching and ideas for use in their own organisations

Colette Lees - Course Leader

Colette has joined Derby as a Senior Lecturer in Strategy & Leadership teaching a range of modules at every level. Her previous academic career includes nine years as a senior lecturer and course director at the Business School, University of Central Lancashire and guest lecturer at various universities.

Alongside her academic career, Colette has a strong business focus and will be involved with the DBS-funded programs including SAIL and Help to Grow. Coupled with the directorship of companies and extensive business experience in corporate, SME & running her own small businesses, her most recent consultancy includes bespoke executive development with senior leaders and their teams in the aerospace detection industry.

Colette’s passion is developing leaders through Emotional Intelligence. She is currently a doctoral student at the University of Southampton, researching Emotional Intelligence & Leadership Development and has been a guest speaker at a range of academic and professional events delivering seminars on Emotional Intelligence for competitive advantage and leader development.

Agenda

Unit 1

Coaching as a concept in business – clarification and difference to other disciplines, i.e. mentoring, training. 
A coaching mindset – The brain works to support the coaching process 
 
Unit 2

Three Foundation Skills of Coaching  
Information and interactive session 
 
Unit 3

Coaching Roadmap – The GROW model 
 
Unit 4

Practice session & Feedback 

Unit 5

Recap and review  
Benefits, Beliefs & Ethics  
Creating a learning environment 
 
Unit 6

Beyond Grow – Tools to support the coaching process 
Language, Wheel and Art of Feedback 
 
Unit 7

Practice sessions, observation & feedback
 
Unit 8

Challenges ahead  
Individual development plan- Business and Coach
Next steps

Course Price

Book by 14 December 2024 to receive a 10% discount on the course fee:

Earlybird price - £585 per person

Regular price - £650 per person

Please note: Refreshments and lunch are included in the course fee (includes day one and day two)

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