Introduction to Coaching
Course Duration:
- Attendance at 2 training mornings (delivered remotely)
Also available for groups as an in-house course for groups of between 5 and 12
Dates:
Day 1: 03 November 2026 09:30 – 12:30hrs
Day 2: 17 November 2026 09:30 – 12:30hrs
Description:
This course is for those wishing to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively understand how to develop a coaching or mentoring style within an organisational context.
Venue:
This event is delivered remotely via Teams
Content:
- Coaching foundations: self-assessment, defining coaching v mentoring, GROW model, EMCC core competencies, and non-directive approaches
- Coaching practice and tools: use of tools like the wheel of life, empty chair, visualisation, scaling, and different coaching formats
- Core coaching skills: rapport building, active listening, questioning, inner dialogue, and effective coaching qualities
- Reflective practice and supervision: Gibbs reflective cycle, emotions wheel, critical reflection, and supervision
- Learning and self-awareness: Kolb and Honey & Mumford learning models, VARK preferences, Boyatzis’s self-directed learning, and baseline self-awareness on coaching skills
- Ethical considerations: Code of ethics, responsibilities of a coach, contracting, re-contracting, and ethical dilemmas
Pre- and post-attendance activities on the following:
- Self-assessment questionnaire
- Wheel of life activity
- Research difference between coaching, mentoring training, counselling, therapy and consulting
- Reading handout document
- Watch GROW model video
- Identify someone to carry out 2 x coaching session with
Price:
£264 plus VAT for member organisations
£304 plus VAT for non-member organisations
How to apply:
Please use the Booking form to enrol for this course.
Course Ref: CP/25/823
