Introductory Diploma in Coaching accredited by Chartered Management Institute

Our coaching programmes can help draw out their full potential to understand and improve work-based relationships, identify and develop their vision, mission and corporate values and improve their personal presentation and effectiveness.
Source: Chartered Management Institute

Aims and Objectives
To help you learn, in your capacity as an aspiring coach or mentor, about:

  • An introduction to coaching & mentoring
  • Organisational change and coaching
  • The coaching process
  • Tools and techniques
  • The wider issues of coaching & mentoring

Duration of Programme
The Introductory Diploma in Coaching is a 1 day Workshop, 3 x Action Learning/Coaching Sessions, 2 hours of pre-course work and 4 distance learning modules. Each of the modules below require 7 hours work which will consist of reading, research and practice.

  • Change, coaching and mentoring
  • The coaching cycle
  • Coaching tools and techniques
  • Coaching developments

Assignment Work
Successful completion of a written assignment and a practical coaching assessment will enable participants to achieve the Introductory Diploma in Coaching accredited by CMI. 

Introductory Diploma in Coaching – Course Content

Coaching

Workshop Introduction

Topics covered in the workshop, include the following:

  • What is meant by coaching and how it differs from mentoring
  • The benefits of coaching and mentoring in your organisation
  • The role of coaching and mentoring in learning
  • Guidelines and protocol in coaching and mentoring
  • Ingredients for successful relationships and how to build commitment
  • The manager as a coach
  • The link between coaching and business goals
 

Organisational Change and Coaching

Distance Learning Module

Knowledge and understanding:

  • The organisational and resource implications of coaching and mentoring
  • How resistance can be overcome
  • How to establish a coaching or mentoring programme in your organisation
  • The impact of establishing a coaching and mentoring culture

 

The Coaching Cycle

Distance Learning Module

Knowledge and understanding:

  • The impact of communication and learning styles in coaching
  • How to establish a partnership for effective coaching
  • How to establish goals and agree action plans
  • The coaching cycle
  • How to assess within the coaching process
  • How to construct an evaluation programme for coaching

 

Techniques and Tools

Distance Learning Module

Knowlege and understanding:

  • The importance of personalities in coaching
  • The importance of reflection and self-awareness in coaching
  • How to develop dialogue incorporating questioning and listening skills
  • The role of problem solving techniques in coaching
  • Tools for evaluating outcomes and how to turn these into performance indicators
  • How to achieve behavioural change

 

Coaching wider issues

Distance Learning Module

Knowledge and understanding:

  • Ethics, values and belief systems in action
  • How to coach temporary employees
  • How to coach executives
  • How to coach teams
  • Cross-cultural coaching
  • How the manager can be an effective coach