“Leader as Coach” is a transformative two-day course that is geared to amplify a leader’s effectiveness. Step into the art of developing others and sparking innovation within your team. This course not only hones your coaching skills and mindset but also empowers you to break patterns of creating overdependence, feeling overwhelmed, and becoming disconnected.

It is rooted in Integral theory, forming the foundation of a set of six Leadership Conversations.

The “Leader as Coach” course is delivered in collaboration with the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. You will learn the fundamentals of coaching and how to use it to provide support, build a common language for coaching, and have a better working relationship with others.

• If you are an Executive, Manager, or Emerging Leader who wants to learn the fundamentals of coaching and how to understand those around you better.
• If you are interested in learning how you can use coaching to provide support, build a common language for coaching, and have a better working relationship with others.
• As a powerful addition to managerial skills, this course is designed to show delegates how to achieve different outcomes from those that have been achieved before.

Key takeaways from the “Leader as Coach” course will be:

• A deeper understanding of the difference between coaching and other methods of interaction
• An ability to recognize when coaching is the right leadership approach to take
• Attaining skills that help cultivate mutual respect and trust between you and the individuals you are coaching
• Learning to listen to individuals with depth and clarity to get to the root of issues directly
• Exposure to Coaching Circles as an action-learning approach to practicing coaching skills. Each Coaching Circle will be run by a dedicated professional coach who will guide participants in developing their coaching skills.

Theory:

• We ask participants to read course material where possible before we then deepen in dialogue.
• In the workshop, we keep to max 15 mins of theory bursts with minimal use of PowerPoint.
• Regular breakouts in small groups to keep a high level of interaction and deepen understanding of the theory. Where possible, we have a member of the faculty present to facilitate the discussion / answer questions.

Own experience:

Adults learn through their own experience. We focus on real issues, not role play.

Safe environment:

We take the time to create a safe, non-judgmental / confidential space to facilitate exploration and open curiosity.

Anchor learning:

Participants anchor their learning on what really happens to them and their Organisation (i.e., apply to themselves and to each other, not told).

Accountability:

We ensure the framework is in place for participants to hold one another accountable.

“Zoom fatigue”:

Regular breaks: to keep the energy & engagement high, a short 5-10 min break every hour, including a body exercise (stretching, breathing, standing), works. This replaces coffee/tea breaks. We take an hour break for lunch.

High faculty-to-participant ratio:

To ensure an optimum online learning experience, the ratio of faculty to participant should be 1:5. We can offer this ratio by using the Centre for Coaching’s large international faculty of professional integral coaches who have all trained with us and who have been supporting our academic and/or organizational programs for a number of years.