Motivating, Coaching, Counseling & Mentoring: Practical Tools for Effective Leadership

Introduction

We often hear record-breaking athletes say; I owe it to my coach; that’s because however talented they are, athletes need a coach to improve their performance and competitiveness. Likewise, Companies and Organizations need to create a culture where coaching and feedback occur as a routine part of each day

Audience

This course is designed for supervisors, team leaders and professionals at all levels who want to become effective at coaching and motivating others

Objectives:

The workshop will provide delegates with an understanding and experience of one-to-one coaching techniques enabling them to implement the key learning points in their workplace with a clear appreciation of the importance of coaching and why this is crucial to their success.

What the participants will gain?

• Understand what coaching skills, knowledge and behaviours are required to ensure successful implementation.

• Harness the motivation and capability of each individual so that their team produces an increase in results achieved.

• Identify which aspects of performance are knowledge-based, skill-based or behavioural based and use appropriate methods of assessment for each aspect.

• Plan how to pre-empt and handle challenging assessment situations

• The difference between training, coaching and mentoring

• The managers/supervisors role as coach

  • Coaching benefits
  • The goals of good coaching
  • Motivational aspects of coaching
  • The key functions of coaching
• Understanding what makes a good coach
  • The coaches body language
  • A good coaching session
  • Questioning effectively
  • Listening effectively
• The tools of the coach
  • Solving problems through coaching
  • Correcting through coaching
  • Dealing with coaching problems

• The effective coaching process

• Effectively using feedback

• The role of rewards in the coaching process

• Safety-centred development learning SDL

• The links between sports and business

• Workshop summary and feedback.

• Self Motivation
  • Personal motivation levels
  • What motivates you?
  • Self-Motivation as a life skill
  • A Proactive Approach
• Analyzing Motivation
  • What is motivation?
  • Recognizing needs
  • Understanding behaviour
• Building Up Motivation
  • Knowing your style?
  • Being a good manager
  • Improving communication
  • Creating a no blame culture
  • Winning cooperation
  • Recognition and encouraging initiative
• Getting the best from people
  • Motivating individuals
  • Setting SMART objectives
  • Developing a high performance team
• Group Motivation Activity
  • Success and failure
  • Bringing out the best in yourself and others
  • Action Plan for motivation