Coaching Skills for Executive LeadersLeadership and management

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Course Description

Introduction

This course equips leaders and managers with practical coaching skills to develop people, improve performance, and strengthen engagement—using clear coaching conversations, powerful questions, and consistent follow-through.

 

Course Objectives

• Understand the difference between coaching, managing, and mentoring

• Use a simple coaching structure for day-to-day leadership conversations

• Ask powerful questions and listen to unlock ownership and solutions

• Coach performance, accountability, and behavior change respectfully

• Build coaching habits that sustain growth and results

 

Target Audience

• Managers and senior leaders

• Team leaders, supervisors, and project leads

• HR/OD professionals supporting leadership development

 

Course Outlines

Day 1: Coaching Mindset and Core Skills

• What coaching is (and what it is not)

• Manager-as-coach: when to coach vs direct

• Core skills: listening, curiosity, empathy, clarity

• Activity: Self-assessment of your current coaching style

 

Day 2: Coaching Conversation Structure

• A simple model (e.g., GROW): goal, reality, options, way forward

• Contracting the conversation: purpose, time, outcomes

• Turning vague issues into clear coaching goals

• Exercise: Practice a 10-minute coaching conversation using a template

 

Day 3: Powerful Questions and Deep Listening

• Question types: open, probing, clarifying, reflective

• Listening for facts, emotions, patterns, and assumptions

• Building confidence and ownership through language

• Workshop: Question practice using real workplace scenarios

 

Day 4: Coaching Performance and Accountability

• Coaching for results: commitments, measures, and follow-up

• Feedback tools: SBI/STAR, feedforward, and check-ins

• Handling resistance, excuses, and difficult emotions

• Case practice: Coach an underperformance scenario and agree actions

 

Day 5: Coaching for Growth and Sustainable Habits

• Coaching development: strengths, stretch goals, career growth

• Embedding coaching routines: 1:1s, team check-ins, retrospectives

• Measuring impact: progress, engagement, and performance indicators

• Action planning: personal coaching plan for the next 30–60–90 days