The Basics of Coaching
What you'll learn
- Define what coaching is and situate it as a helping profession.
- Explain what the essential competencies and attitudes of a coach entails.
- Identify the approach coaches takes to a conversation.
- Be able to practice the essential skills of listening.
- Explain how to set up great goals for a client.
Requirements
- The course will for a start just require some time and dedication, which will reward you with gaining a basic understanding of coaching and how to start applying the skills of a coach in your conversations.
Description
The last decade or so has seen the phenomenon of coaching burst onto the professional and personal development scene with individuals and companies hiring the services of life coaches and executive coaches on a regular basis. If you are currently looking at this crash course with regards to the basics of coaching you are no doubt interested in coaching and desire to know more. In this course, I will touch on what I see as the basic and essential elements of coaching. My aim during this course will be to give you a firm grip on what coaching is about what the essential skills are and how you are able to start practicing them.
The lecture are a combination of video teachings, articles and reference to some great resources.
The course will cover the following:
- What is coaching?
- The two cores of coaching.
- Authentic relationship.
- The heart of the coach.
- Authenticity.
- Unconditional positive regard.
- Congruence.
- Powerful conversations
- Empathetic listening.
- Asking relevant questions.
- Setting achievable goals.
Who this course is for:
- The following course is targeted at individuals who have been introduced to the concepts of coaching and who would like to become more familiar in the field. More importantly, to practice some of the essential skills which experienced coaches have. The course will also exclusively focus on what kind of attitude a coach needs to adopt in order to serve their clients well.
- This course will not meet your needs if you are already a long-term practicing coach.
Instructor
- 4.2 Instructor Rating
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- 135 Students
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Dawie Thomas, the founder of Leverbox Consulting has always been inspired and fascinated by the mysterious existence of human beings. His passion for personal morality, human psyche and team dynamics is what led him to pursue a career in formulating strategic solutions and systems allowing one to better understand themselves, and those who surround them.
As humans, we are self-conscious.
This might seem obvious, but this reality allows us to become aware of what we think and feel and more importantly, it provides us with the freedom to change how we think.
Leverbox Consulting provides an expert service to those in leadership, teams or any individual or group, aspiring to be developed through the broadening of perspectives and challenged thinking.
Dawie understands the close connection between what we believe and what we value. Many organizations attempt to realign the values of employees in accordance to its vision and Leverbox Consulting is here to assist by unpacking the energy drawn from belief and capitalising on the potential which is generated by creating a cultural movement.