Coaching Techniques

Empower Your Passion, Master the Art of Coaching

15 lessons · 6 hours · 0.6 ceus

Let your curiosity lead.

01 / THE EXPERIENCE

See what you could become.

Welcome to Essential Coaching Techniques, a course focused broadly on the field and practice of coaching. This course has two purposes:

-> To introduce you to the fundamentals of coaching, regardless of discipline or focus
-> To provide you with exercises that will prepare you to begin your coaching practice, and provide you with real tools for working with clients

This course lays a comprehensive foundation for coaching, introducing topics, techniques, and approaches that coaches implement across disciplines in their work to help their client base succeed. Students who enroll in this course will work through fifteen comprehensive topics. The lessons will define the specific topic, explain its significance for coaches and their coachees, and provide exercises that correlate with these topics. This structure will allow you to build a toolbox of techniques and may help you define your coaching methodology. The course is broken into the following fifteen lessons:

-> What is coaching?
-> Building Your Confidence
-> Boosting Your Creativity
-> Techniques for Working with Your Client
-> Introduction to Modeling
-> Giving Productive Feedback
-> The Meta Mirror
-> Managing Relationships
-> Introduction to Problem Solving
-> A Closer Look at Getting Stuck
-> Managing Difficult Situations
-> Planning for the Future
-> A Closer Look at the GROW Model
-> Group Coaching
-> Increasing Self Awareness

The course is appropriate for any individual who may be interested in developing a coaching methodology as well as anyone who is looking to implement these techniques in their personal or professional life.

What you’ll take with you

Creative Confidence in Coaching : Inspire innovation through unique techniques.
Cultivating Relationship Management Skills : Develop positive mindsets for progress.
Relationship Management: The Meta Mirror Approach : Manage interactions by understanding different perspectives.
Beyond Feedback: The Meta Mirror Unveiled : Gain new perspectives through feedback techniques.
Mastering Goals : Simplify goals with the GROW model.
Confidence Unlocked : Build self-assurance through reflective exercises.
Frameworks for Effective Client Meetings : Plan impactful coaching sessions effectively.
The Power of Meaningful Feedback : Create supportive feedback structures.
Modeling Skills for Effective Coaching Practice : Enhance skills through imitation techniques.
Reflect, Recognize, and Refine : Enhance self-awareness and personal effectiveness.
Overcoming the Rut : Learn strategies to revitalize motivation.
Exploring the Essence of Coaching : Understand the key values of coaching.

Skills to make your own

Enhance self-awareness in coaching practicesEnhance creative problem-solving abilitiesDevelop strategic coaching action plansMaster client relationship managementNavigate complex emotional barriersCraft personalized feedback strategiesFacilitate effective goal settingCultivate group coaching dynamicsEmploy motivational techniques to overcome stagnation

Inside this course

15Lessons

6Hours

0.6CEUs

02 / THE LEARNING PATH

One discovery at a time.

15 lessons · 6 hours · 0.6 ceus

01Lesson 1. Exploring the Essence of Coaching: Definitions and Values+

Coaching methodologies foster environments where both individual and organizational goals are met through strategic action plans and personalized guidance. As the field grows, its capacity to address disciplinary-specific outcomes like employee engagement and leadership development becomes more prominent.

02Lesson 2. Confidence Unlocked: A Guide to Building Self-Assurance in Coaching+

Confidence in coaching isn't just about knowledge, but also about embracing self-reflection, challenging personal limits, and mastering non-verbal cues. These foundational exercises empower coaches to foster trust and adaptability, which can be transformational for both themselves and their clients.

03Lesson 3. Creative Confidence in Coaching+

This lesson delves into creativity's importance in coaching, introducing poetry and mind mapping as exercises to inspire innovative problem-solving. These tools promote personal growth and organizational success by enabling coaches to encourage creativity in their coachees.

04Lesson 4. Frameworks for Effective Client Meetings+

To build impactful coaching sessions, the lesson focuses on the preparatory steps, in-session activities like mindfulness exercises, and detailed follow-ups to ensure continuity and accountability. By fostering an environment of self-reflection and critical thinking, coaches help coachees navigate their challenges and achieve their goals.

05Lesson 5. Modeling Skills for Effective Coaching Practice+

The lesson emphasizes modeling, a method where learning occurs through imitation, useful in coaching to foster skill acquisition. It presents exercises to help coachees systematize behaviors of admired individuals, thereby integrating them into their repertoire for enhanced performance.

06Lesson 6. The Power of Meaningful and Constructive Feedback in Coaching+

Observational learning through modeling requires focus and motivation, while productive feedback is pivotal for growth when coaches maintain a constructive and supportive approach. Creating defined feedback structures facilitates client progress within a confidential and supportive framework, fostering accountability and improvement.

07Lesson 7. Beyond Feedback: The Meta Mirror Unveiled+

In this lesson, coaches learn to structure feedback productively and understand the dynamics of their confidential relationship with clients. Using the meta mirror, originally developed by Robert Dilts, clients gain new perspectives by mentally stepping outside situations to adopt different perceptual positions.

08Lesson 8. Relationship Management: The Meta Mirror Approach+

This lesson presents exercises that enhance persuasion and communication skills by recognizing different perspectives and styles. By empathizing with others and understanding communication styles, clients can effectively manage diverse interpersonal interactions.

09Lesson 9. Cultivating Relationship Management Skills Through Problem Solving+

Focusing on outcome frames instead of problem frames fosters a positive mindset, enabling individuals to progress toward goals effectively. Coaching equips clients with tools to break down barriers and harness available resources, fostering growth and problem-solving resilience.

10Lesson 10. Overcoming the Rut: Strategies for Moving Forward+

The phenomenon of being stuck is explored, showing how it can dampen motivation and lead to client disengagement. Coaches learn to address this by creating awareness and leveraging motivational techniques, such as goal realignment and creative exercises, to revitalize forward momentum.

11Lesson 11. Confronting and Resolving Tensions+

In this lesson, we learn techniques to revive motivation in individuals who are stuck, focusing on internal and external barriers that hinder progress. It also examines common workplace conflicts and introduces practical exercises for enhancing confidence and handling underperformance.

12Lesson 12. Goal-Setting Essentials+

The lesson introduces two distinct exercises: one focusing on structured career future planning through visual mapping, and the other utilizing creative role-playing for envisioning an ideal personal and professional life.

13Lesson 13. Mastering Goals: An Intro to the GROW Coaching Model+

The GROW Model simplifies goal-setting by focusing on Goals, Reality, Obstacles, and Will, offering a structured yet flexible framework for coaching. Coaches use the model to facilitate decision-making and problem-solving, enhancing client self-awareness and commitment.

14Lesson 14. Group Coaching Essentials+

The GROW method is a coaching framework providing a structured approach to goal setting and problem-solving, consisting of Goals, Reality, Obstacles/Options, and Will/Way Forward. Group coaching is an alternative to individual coaching, leveraging shared goals and accountability among coachees to foster a broad reaching and community-driven growth environment.

15Lesson 15. Reflect, Recognize, and Refine: A Journey to Self-Awareness+

This lesson emphasizes using shared expectations and peer accountability in group coaching to facilitate coachee growth. Focusing on self-awareness, coachees develop better self-perception and stronger interpersonal skills, increasing their effectiveness both personally and professionally.