Orion Business Solutions in conjunction with the Learning Performance Link will be presenting a 7 day Business and life skills coaching course.
Please enroll now as space is limited. Contact Dr. Sandra Perkins sperkins@oriongroup.co.za or Tel: 011 718 6480/2 for enrollment information.
COSTS FOR THIS COURSE IN 2012 IS R 18 000, with a deposit of R6000 payable during enrollment.
Dates for the rest of the year:
Cycle 1
- 1st & 2nd March
- 12th & 13th April
- 3rd & 4th May
- Final Assesment: from 19th June
Cycle 2
- 5th & 6th July
- 2nd & 3rd August
- 6th & 7th September
- Exam: 23rd October
This is a short course of 7 days, recognized by the ETDP seta on NQF level 5, 22 credits.The Course will be presented over a period of three months, 2 days a month with integrated practical assignments and two compulsory supervision sessions of an hour each. This will be done in the form of Group Supervision sessions facilitated by your lectures at Orion Business Solutions.
BUSINESS COACHING 7 DAYS - COURSE OUTLINE
Day One: Setting the foundation for Coaching
- Pre-course measurement – knowledge business coach
- Definition of coaching
- Complete own Scorecards / Matrix
- Deconstructing concepts: coaching, mentoring, training, therapy, team building and consulting
- Types of coaching
- Benefits of coaching
- WHY become a business and life coach and the need to establish a coaching practice?
- Cycles in coaching / starting a practice as a coach
- Positioning yourself in the market
- Basic process of coaching - an outline
- Coaching contracting ( Individual and Organisation)
- ICF philosophy / standards of ethical conduct
- Current regulating bodies Globally ( ICF / ECCM / GCC ) and in South Africa (COMENSA / CTASA)
- Coaching within the South African Context - unique challenges
Day Two: Starting with the self: Creating self-awareness in the journey towards becoming an effective coach - A life coaching process
- Awareness of OWN values - Why important?
- Paradigmatic perspectives - own worldview
- Ego states, scripts and games
- Challenging OWN self-limiting beliefs and bedrock assumptions
- Logical levels - your own IDENTITY as a coach
- Own coaching Profile vs the "ideal" coaching profile
- Identify own Areas for growth potential - self coaching
Day Three: Understanding subconscious processes ( the psychology of coaching)
- History of Psychology ( from the Modernism to the post structuralism to the positive movement in coaching)
- Understanding subconscious processes
- Positive Psychology and the Appreciative Inquiry
- The OBS Coach House Paradigm of coaching ( AI)
- Theory of learning( KOLB / VAK)
- Principles of adult education
Day Four: Setting the foundation for facilitative coaching
- Becoming thinking partners in the coaching relationship
- Rules of engagement
- What is communication ( verbal / non-verbal)
- Building Rapport & Trust
- Listening on all levels
- Empathy
- Eliciting coachee core values
- Making questions work
- Challenging self-limiting beliefs of the coachee
- Challenging the "inner critic"
- Hot Buttons
- The Creative survival cycle ( Stuff theory)
- Reflective practice and the role of reflection
Day Five : The Process of coaching
- Triangular relationship ( sponsor / coach coachee)
- Contracting
- Assessing coaching readiness for the organisation and the coachee
- Coaching Process within the AI Paradigm ( Strengths based)
- Personal/business matrix
- Building rapport & trust
- Eliciting core values
- Setting a WFO ( well formed outcome)
- Confronting reality
- GROW model as one of the tools in coaching
- Coaching the five D's within the AI paradigm
- Define
- Discover
- Design
- Dream
- Destiny
- Understanding business strategy – alignment
Day Six: Positioning yourself as a coach - aligned to the company strategy
- Understanding the company strategy
- The value of the company core ideology
- Coaching strategic alignment
- Creating a coaching culture within a company
- Branding yourself as a Coach ( Marketing strategy)
Day Seven: Assessment
- Assessment of coaching competencies
- Role play
- Real life coaching
About Our Team
Our team consists of highly professional lecturers and highly qualified and experienced trainers from Orion Business Solutions. All are in possesion of either a Advanced business& lifeskills qualification or a Masters qualification.
Contact Information
Dr. Sandra Perkins at 011 718 6480/2
WE ALSO HAVE A THREE DAY LEADER-MANAGER-AS COACH COURSE.IT RUNS OVER THREE MONTHS, ONE DAY PER MONTH
DATES:
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Cycle 3
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OUTLINE: THREE DAY - LEADER MANAGER AS COACH
DAY ONE: OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF COACHING
- Introduction to the three day Course
- Introduction to the concept of coaching and the Manager
as coach - Definition of coaching
- Difference between coaching, training, therapy, mentoring
and team building - Characteristics of a Manager as Coach
- The coachee as an adult learner in the coaching process
- Types of coaching
- Framework for the Manager as coach - a performance framework
DAY TWO: DIRECTING the COACHING RELATIONSHIP – SETTING THE STAGE
- Key skills to coaching: The art of listening in the here-and-now
- Building rapport and trust
- Dealing with resistance and creating readiness
- Matching learning styles of the coachee (VAK)
- Eliciting core values and challenging self-limiting beliefs (inner critic)
- Effective Questioning
- Information Questions
- Clarification Questions
- Feelings Questions
- Impact Questions
- Discrepancy Questions
- Curiosity Questions
- Powerful Questions
- Incisive Questions
- Feedback, using the AIMA model
DAY THREE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER – CREATING A ROADMAP FOR COACHING CONVERSATIONS
- Goal setting – SMART-P goals
- Coaching Action Plans and Coaching
- The Coaching Agreement
