The Basics of Coaching
A short crash course in the essential skills of the coaching conversation and relationship
What you will 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.
Why take this course?
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.