Exercises for Developing Coaching Capability

Description

Gone is the traditional coach's role of directing and correcting performance. Coaching is about enabling individuals to 'own' their learning and manage their own development. This unique and innovative collection of exercises is designed to help managers to develop their coaching capability and develop practical strategies and methods for assisting others in their learning. These leading-edge exercises are a distillation of the team's vast experience in the field of learning and development and reflect their pioneering work using self-managed learning and neuro-linguistic programming in a wide range of organisations. The result is a set of comprehensive materials ideally suited for managers, team leaders and supervisors to develop their coaching capability and a powerful and flexible tool for all HRD professionals and facilitators to use as part of their programmes.

Contents

Commentary (A4 spiralbound manual) An overview of the exercises An at-a-glance matrix showing the key features of each Guidance on using the manual and facilitating the exercises Sample programmes to stimulate ideas for combining the exercises creatively further reading Manual of Exercises (A4 ringbinder) Core Exercises Group I Exercises Group II Exercises Core Exercises Three introductory exercises which provide complementary ways of introducing the concept of coaching and one exercise designed to end the programme or workshop and lead into action planning. Coaching Cases Becoming an excellent coach Coaching checklist Preparing to coach Group I Exercises Eighteen exercises which cover coaching strategies. Although many of these exercises may be challenging for participants, they can all be run by facilitators without particular theoretical knowledge or extensive experience. Developing relationships Open-ended questions What to question Suspending judgement Keeping the learner in context Active learning How to question Coaching and problem solving Coaching and the 3 D's Creating a learning support network Making it flow Setting and agreeing learning goals Creating motivation The learner's activity format Mapping for action Applying the learning frame Learning from video feedback Creating different options Group II Exercises These ten exercises are not necessarily more advanced, but they require more experience or a familiarity with neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) on the part of the facilitator although not the participants. While some relate closely to the same strategies, they provide valuable alternatives to exercises in Group I and address the issues of enhancing rapport, working with metaphor, switching perspectives and re-framing. Working with a metaphor Identifying criteria Switching perspectives Enhancing rapport The smile inside Paying attention Solution-focused coaching Re-framing Rehearsing the future Film stripping Document Wallet Following the same three-part format of the exercises, this wallet contains three separate forms for participants to record their observations and progress when taking the roles of the learner, the coach and the observer. Facilitator's Log A form to be filled in by the facilitator after running a particular exercise, both for self-development purposes and to act as a record to brief others on further use.