Coaching Tools for Transformation

This course is designed for people who want to develop as a reflective coach practitioner and create their own coaching toolkits to use in a variety of developmental contexts (e.g., one-on-one coaching, performance feedback, sensitive managerial conversations, career planning, etc.). You will attend a highly interactive 2.5-day session focused on introducing the models and frameworks that Northwestern-educated leadership and organizational coaches employ to maximize coaching effectiveness. As a professional coach, you will leverage what you learn in this course to help your clients develop awareness, think critically about their assumptions, create action plans, and achieve positive, lasting change.

What Questions Will We Answer

• What is required to develop as a reflective coach practitioner?
• How do expert coaches effectively use evidence-based models to inform their coaching?
• What are the differences between process models for coaching and the benefits of adopting one for coaching engagements?
• How do I choose among the many tools/frameworks I could include in my coaching practice to meet the needs of my clients?

Benefits and Outcomes

Curate your own set of tools to use in coaching engagements while building your confidence in your point of view about coaching as you critique coaching models and metholds commonly used in the field. By participating this session, you will learn how to:

• Apply evidence-based models to inform your coaching.
• Engage in ethical coaching practice.
• Explain key coaching competencies and how they are used in practice.
• Modify process models for coaching to create an effective coaching session.
• Facilitate a coaching session by choosing tools/frameworks that will meet client needs.
• Use assessments wisely, with critical thinking about their utility in a coaching relationship.
• Give and receive feedback about coaching competencies.