In-house Coach Training

For coaching to have a powerful impact across an organisation increasing numbers of companies and public bodies are developing in-house coaching programmes. These provide leadership development, particularly in the area of active listening, developing questioning and feedback skills and increasing understanding of one’s impact on others. The development of these skills can support internal culture change and substantially improve performance.  Some associates can offer externally accredited coach and mentor training programmes through the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). 

The training can be done informally for leaders or more formally to set up an internal coaching practice

Coaching skills. This training would consist of a programme of short sessions which introduce the concept of coaching skills to support the development of a coaching approach within teams. Reinforcing areas such as listening and feedback skills help leaders and line managers to adopt a facilitative style and build their confidence in managing difficult conversations and leading change.

In-house coaches. Through a variety of methods we develop skilled in-house coaches who can support leaders at all levels in the achievement of their objectives. This can cover the initial selection and assessment of those who will become the internal coaches if this is wanted, include the delivery of the content through a range of highly interactive workshops and then the organisation of CPD and supervision to support their coaching practice. The exact content will be tailored to the needs of individual organisations.  The key aim is to develop internal confidence and expertise.  So while in the first instance CPD and supervision may be offered externally, over time the expectation is for the expertise to be developed to manage it internally.