Coaching Skills 1

Coaching Skills 1 Course Oultines

Module Purpose:
This module equips students with a foundational understanding of the knowledge and skills required for effective life, career and transformational coaching.

Students develop an awareness of the distinctive role of this emergent field, and build a framework on which to develop integrative coaching practice. Different theoretical perspectives and skills are practically applied to different coaching contexts.

Module Content:

• Historical perspective and development of coaching
• Integrative Coaching Framework
• Models of Coaching
• Contracting
• Assessment and Intervention Strategies
• Coaching as a Learning Conversation
• Counselling Skills in Coaching
• Process Orientated Coaching Skills
• Performance based approaches to Coaching
• Assessment: Double and Triple Feedback Loops
• Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standing
• Develop Self Awareness and Practise
• Ongoing Learning and Development

Learning Outcomes

The learner will be able to

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the differences and similarities between coaching, counselling, mentoring and consulting.
2. Identify the main a theoretical perspective out of which coaching has emerged.
3. Develop an integrative coaching framework, demonstrate its application in different contexts, and apply different theoretical models.
4. Evolve a unique integration of the learnt models into personal coaching practice.
5. Assess the effectiveness of a coaching relationship.
6. Understand the scope, and ethical use of coaching.