Study Guide

Learning objectives

The aim of this course is to provide you with the theoretical foundations of coaching, as well as practical coaching skills for effective interacting with individuals in a working environment.

By the end of the course, you will have a deeper understanding of coaching, you will learn a lot about yourself, you will develop ability to reflect and you will be able to conduct a coaching session with an individual using basic coaching skills.

Additionally, you will learn coaching tools and approaches that will establish a foundation for your future eclectic coaching style.

Content

In recent years, coaching has become increasingly popular as a means of developing employees and enhancing organisational performance. There is a growing need for staff to learn and develop coaching approaches in their day-to-day working life to enhance their self-awareness and confidence, and to pursue personal and professional development staying focus and motivated towards achieving their goals. Developing coaching mindset can also help to improve communication and cooperation skills both within and outside the team.

The course will consist of following parts:

- Coaching history and definition
- Reflections styles, Driscoll model
- Coaching principles, structure, approaches and tools
- Supervision (groups)
- Professional Bodies and coaching ethics
- Cross-cultural coaching theory

Materials

All the learning materials will be provided by the teacher on Moodle.