The Manager as Trainer and Coach
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Target Group:
The course is aimed at experienced managers at all levels with a strong interest in supporting the development of their staff.
Aim:
The aim of this programme is to equip managers to provide direct support for the learning and development of their team members through:
- Their own interventions (training, coaching and instruction),
- Supporting the effective transfer of learning to the workplace following a team member’s participation on a training course or programme,
- And most importantly of all, through developing a coaching style of management.
Course Content:
By the end of this programme participants will:
- Have a fresh perspective on the responsibilities of a ‘people manager’ and an understanding of the role coaching can play as both a management skill and a management style;
- Understand the coaching cycle and how it can be applied in formal and informal situations as a tool for both management and learning;
- Have explored and practiced a selected range of discussion management tools that support effective coaching, including listening, questioning and summarising;
- Have gained a clear appreciation of the pivotal role of the manager in supporting team members needing to translate learning gained elsewhere (for example on courses or training programmes) to their specific work situation;
- Have had an opportunity to reflect upon, apply and practice the coaching skills covered on the programme and review their personal style and preferences;
- Be able to describe the core principles of effective instructional design, as applied to workplace learning, and how to train others in a specific skill or approach to work.
Please note that participants will be required to complete a small amount of pre-course work and also some further tasks between the two training days.
