Train the Internal Coach™ – Core Workshop Agenda

TRAIN THE INTERNAL COACH™ –  3 days / 18 Instructional Hours, 18  SHRM CE Credits

Agenda:

Day One

8:30 – 10:15   Icebreaker

  • Our Coaching Philosophy
  • Becoming a Leader of Influence
  • The Six Coaching Hats
  • The Nine Types of Coaching Situations

 

The Leadership Coaching Process:

  •  Developing accountability in-house to  achieve behavior change

 

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 12:00 Using Assessments in the Coaching Process

  • Coaching around the ProfileXT

 

12:00 – 1:00   Lunch Break

  1:00 –  5:00 Understanding How Your Scores Affect Coaching

  • Tailoring your Style to Your Coachee
  • How your Coachee Naturally Performs
  • Incorporating a 360 Assessment
  • Creating the Development Plan using Management Feedback and Assessments
  • Using Management Feedback and Performance Reviews
  • The Coaching Meeting Format
  • The One-on-One Kick-off Coaching Script
  • Providing Feedback to the Participants’ Manager

 

Day Two

8:30 – 10:15   Creating the Coaching Partnership–Using the Responsibility of a Leader Module

Module 1:  The Responsibility of a Leader

  • The Responsible Leader
  • The 21st Century Worker
  • New Roles For The Manager
  • Effective Leaders Are Good Followers
  • Using the Leadership Skills Self-Assessment

 

Coaches will help Managers learn

  • To recognize their responsibility for the performance of their team and begin to develop goals for performance improvement
  • The specific managerial skills they are missing and what skills need to be developed.
  • The various expected roles a manager must perform to do his/her job well.
  • To develop and communicate values.
  • Begin to address specific people problems.

 

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – Noon Using Additional Modules in Coaching

  • Coaching Exercises and Role Playing with the Modules:         

 

Module 2:  Motivating People

  • Motivation In Sports
  • Understanding And Enhancing Motivation
  • If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage it
  • Communication and Feedback
  • Identifying De-Motivors
  • Rewards and Recognition

 

Coaches will help Managers learn

  • What managers can do to better motivate their team.
  • How to give specific praise and positive feedback.
  • How to understand the different motivational styles of their team members.
  • To develop a “motivational plan” for each direct report recognizing their individual goals and “needs”.

 

Noon – 1:00   Lunch

1:00 –  2:30    Coaching Exercises and Role Playing with the Modules:

 

Module 3:  Coaching for Improvement

  • Influence Versus Authority
  • Addressing Employee Performance Problems
  • The Difference Between Coaching And Counseling
  • Coaching And Performance Reviews
  • Knowing What To Evaluate And Measure

 

Coaches will help Managers learn

  • Why employees may have difficulty meeting performance expectations.
  • How to address poor employee performance and behavior (The 5 step formula).
  • What performance to evaluate and when.
  • How to write a performance improvement plan and deliver it through coaching.
  • How to identify whether an employee needs more training or whether they have a “job fit” problem.
  • When it is acceptable to fire an employee.
  • What questions motivate and develop employees and which ones de-motivate.

 

2:30 – 2:45    Break

2:45 – 5:00    Coaching Exercises and Role Playing with the Modules:

 

Module 4:  Effective Communication Skills

  • What is Effective Communication
  • The Problem with Communication
  • Communication Blockers
  • The Communication Process
  • Communication Methods and Strategy
  • Listening to Others
  • Fostering Open Communication

 

Coaches will help Managers learn

  • Various methods for communicating in the workplace.
  • Pick and implement a strategy for fixing their top three communication problems that exist in their department or organization.
  • How an interpretation of a message can destroy or enhance understanding
  • How people communicate through body language.
  • How to listen so that employees feel heard.
  • What blocks effective communication and how to fix it.

 

Day Three

8:30 – 10:00   Techniques to Create Participant Ownership

  • Coaching Tools to Help Participants Manage Conflict, “Own” their Development, Reduce Stress, etc.

 

10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – Noon Coaching Exercises and Role Playing with the Modules:

Module 5:  Planning For Success

  • Determining Direction and alignment
  • Creating Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives
  • Analyzing Goals
  • Developing Plans to Accomplish Goals
  • Improving Planning Skills
  • Developing Systems and Processes

 

Coaches will help Managers learn

  • What their specific department/divisions strengths and weaknesses are.
  • How to conduct a strategic planning session with their department.
  • How to write 4 different types of performance goals and objectives.
  • How to create a goal/project plan and have completed one.
  • Identified their personal priorities and high pay-off activities.

 

Noon – 1:00   Lunch

1:00   – 2:15   Coaching Role-playing and Feedback

2:15   – 2:30   Break

2:30   – 5:00   Aligning Employee Goals with the Overall Strategic Plan

  • Measuring Coaching Performance and Progress
  • Coaching Mistakes to Avoid
  • The Coach Approach Plan for Your Organization
  • The roll out process

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