Coaching and Mentoring

You are in your office looking over your performance report and it happened again. Your low performing employee failed to meet quota this month even after you spoke with them about the importance of meeting goals. This employee has a great attitude and you know they can do better. You just do not know how to motivate them to reach the goal. Money used to work, but that has worn off. You are baffled and you know being frustrated makes matters worse. What do you do?

The Coaching And Mentoring course focuses on how to better coach your employees to higher performance. Coaching is a process of relationship building and setting goals. How well you coach is related directly to how well you are able to foster a great working relationship with your employees through understanding them and strategic goal setting.

Completing this course will confer 2 CPD Credits towards internationally recognised Continuous Professional Development Requirements within organisations operating this kind of staff development methodology.

Course Outline

Module One: Getting Started

Module Two: Defining Coaching and Mentoring

• What is Coaching?
• What is Mentoring?
• Introducing the GROW Model

Module Three: Setting Goals

• Goals in the context of GROW
• Identifying Appropriate Goal Areas
• Setting SMART Goals

Module Four: Understanding the Reality

• Getting a Picture of Where You Are
• Identifying Obstacles
• Exploring the Past

Module Five: Developing Options

• Identifying Paths
• Choosing Your Final Approach
• Structuring a Plan

Module Six: Wrapping it All Up

• Creating the Final Plan
• Identifying the First Step
• Getting Motivated

Module Seven: The Importance of Trust

• What is Trust?
• Trust and Coaching
• Building Trust
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Eight: Providing Feedback

• The Feedback Sandwich
• Providing Constructive Criticism
• Encouraging Growth and Development
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Nine: Overcoming Roadblocks

• Common Obstacles
• Re-Evaluating Goals
• Focusing on Progress
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Ten: Reaching the End

• How to Know When You"ve Achieved Success
• Transitioning the Coachee
• Wrapping it All Up
• Case Study
• Review Questions

Module Eleven: How Mentoring Differs from Coaching

• The Basic Differences
• Blending the Two Models
• Adapting the GROW Model for Mentoring
• Focusing on the Relationship
• Case Study
• Review Questions