Coaching Skills for Champions of Change

Formerly known as
the Malawi Leadership Programme

COACHING SKILLS FOR CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE

We run engaging coaching skills programmes that will equip you in being the best you can be and helping those around you to also fulfil their potential. We improve the effectiveness of leaders.

Programme Vision and Mission

Our Vision:
A better world where leaders are more effective

Our Mission:
We exist to help people tap into their imagination and creativity so that they can make the most of who they are and who they want to become. We are committed to contributing to the greater good and helping build leaders and communities that care for their people and the environment. We do this through teaching coaching skills because we know that they are the foundations of effectiveness.

Structure

The general approach is to promote the coaching style of leadership. As a basis the participants are taught the GET CURIOUSLeadership^TM model.

All modules/sessions are delivered in the English Language, however we welcome the engagement of translators where required.

Please find below a sample course structure:

TITLE OF MODULE	SESSIONS	NO. OF HOURS	CORE COMPETENCY
Module 1 – part 1 Introduction to the course and coaching	Operation Outbreak Introductions Ground Rules Ethics What is coaching Psychological Safety	4	Foundation Demonstrates Ethical Practice Embodies a Coaching Mindset
Module 1 – part 2	Your future Be coached And coach Introduction to the CURIOUS^TM leadership coaching model	4	All the competencies as we look through each competency Effective communication
Practice*		2	All
Module 2	ICF Core Competencies Your ideal Client Discovery Session training and practice	2	Embodies a coaching mindset Co-creating the relationship Establishes and Maintains Agreements Cultivates Trust and Safety Maintains Presence
Practice discovery session*		2	All
Module 3	Effective Communication Active listening Evoking awareness through intentional questioning, direct communication, silence, metaphor	4	Effective communication Listening Actively Evoking awareness
Practice*	Participants start a coaching log and receive feedback from their peers on each competency	2	All
Module 4	Coaching demo Coaching practice Coaching observations 1	2	All competencies – we use the PCC markers in the classroom
Practice*		2	All
Module 5	This 4 hour module is about facilitating change. It invites the coach to work on boundaries, time management and empathy with coaching practice again	4	All competencies with a focus on: – Establishes and Maintains Agreements – Maintains Presence – Facilitates client growth
Practice*		2	All
Module 6	Facilitating client growth Who can we coach? What is our responsibility as a coach for results? We look at the US part of the CURIOUS model	2	Cultivating learning and growth
Practice*		2	All
Module 7	Active listening (continued) and how you can use it to cultivate deeper trust with your coachee We talk about courage in coaching and the language that you need to be able to help raise the awareness of your coachee Coaching observations	2	Effective communication All competencies in the demo and observation section
Practice*		2	All
Module 8	Goal setting – Session goals and Programme goals The Power of Reflection Bottom lining	4	Co-creating the coaching relationship Establishes and maintains agreements Active Listening
Practice*		2	All
Module 9	What verses Who Transactional verses Transformational Practice session and observation 3 Explaining the accreditation process with ICF	2	Establishes and maintains agreements Embodies a coaching mindset Asks powerful questions Maintains presence
Practice*		2	All
Module 10	Q and A Lab with laser coaching demos What to do when your mood is low / Transactional Analysis Practice session and observation 4	2	All competencies Evoking Awareness through powerful questions, silence, direct feedback
Practice*		2	All
Module 11	Reflective module Looking at how far you have come How is the wheel progressing Knowing and Managing Biases Cultural dimensions Politics in organisations Peer Coaching	4	Evokes awareness Listens Actively Embodies a coaching mindset Cultivates Trust and Safety Maintain presence
Practice*		2	All
Module 12	The power of asking questions without an agenda Questions that shift the mindset	2	Evokes awareness Listens Actively Embodies a coaching mindset Cultivates Trust and Safety Maintain presence Facilitates results
Practice*	Make sure all coaching logs are up to date	2	All
Module 13	Looking at Coaching Demos that are ACC, PCC and MCC and the difference Coaching observations 5	4	All
Practice*	Ensure logs are ready	2	All
Module 14	The grand finale How to end well a coaching relationship Reflection Personal coaching plans and next steps Presentations and celebrations	4	All
TOTALS	Synchronous Asynchronous Total	46 28 74

* practice undertaken in own time

Modules

Draft module breakdown:

Module 1 – Part 1

•       Your future (legacy party, the wheel) Do you remember your wheel?
•       Introduction to coaching and the CURIOUS model
•       Coaching Skills for Effective Appraisals And most other situations!! (Powerful Questions, Active Listening)
•       Practice
Module 1 – Part 2

•       Outbreak and learnings from that
•       Psychological safety and trust and how to build it
•       Celebrating diversity
•       Why coaching and how can I benefit from it?
•       Emotional Intelligence
Module 2

•       Recap what the coaching approach is
•       ICF core competencies – a word on the ICF
•       When to tell and when to ask
•       Your ideal client
•       Preparation (setting foundations/expectations)
       •       The discovery session – Practicing the discovery session
       •       Paperwork
       •       Session 1
•       Coaching log
•       Between now and next month – setting goals – number of coaching sessions

***On your way, good luck and enjoy!***
Module 3

•       Lifeline and Reflection
•       Pros and cons of online
•       Powerful Questions (part 2), hushing that ‘mind chatter’ & Active Listening (part 2) to ask a better the next question
•       Coaching log – who could benefit from your coaching now
•       Between now and next month – setting goals – number of coaching sessions
Module 4

•       Reflection
•       Ducks and orchestra (analogy and metaphor)
•       Coaching Demo
•       Coaching practice
•       Takeaways
•       Video for staff
•       Between now and next month – setting goals – number of coaching sessions
Module 5

•       ‘Change’: ‘How do I deal with it and how do I continue to communicate effectively through it?’
•       To feel connected to and supported by your peers in this time of change
•       To practice a coaching style conversation
•       To think about boundaries and to set some
•       To complete a time management quadrant
•       To define empathy and to practice it
•       To understand the basic principles of Transactional Analysis
•       To know that it is ok to be finding it hard at the moment and to know that ‘in the darkness there is potential’ and if you are not finding it hard, that is great and it is time to support
Module 6

•       Reflection – talking about working from home and a call for us all to be more conscious about racism and other discrimination
•       Who can we coach? How coaching differs from a normal conversation
•       Results – How as a coach to ensure the client walks away with a plan (in the CURIOUS model it is Way Forward and Support
•       What you need to do to become an International Coach Federation credentialed coach – who is interested?
•       Coach observation session
Module 7

•       Reflection – talking about how we are all doing
•       What you want to see happen by July
•       Active listening (contd) and how you can use it to cultivate deeper trust with your coachee
•       We will talk about courage in coaching and the language that you need to be able to help raise the awareness of your coachee
•       We will look at some scenarios and divide into 3s to practice. (Observer sheet explanation and new design!)
•       Accreditation and what that will mean for you.
Module 8

•       Reflection – how is coaching going for you? What is going well? What is hard?
•       How can we take your skills to the greater school?
•       Bottom lining
•       Session goals verses programme goals
•       We will look at some scenarios and divide into 3s to practice
Module 9

•       Who verses What
•       Are you coaching the issue?
•       Day to day issues:
•       Performance
•       Time management
•       What to do in a relationship
•       Or the person (transformational)?
•       This requires our client to take full control, to understand what they want, what their values are and to supports them in designing and implementing changes that will impact them in the long term.
Module 10

•       and A Lab with laser coaching demos
•       What to do when your mood is low/TA
•       PCC Markers (time depending!)
•       Practice session and observation
Module 11

•       Coaching refresher – have a look at that list from before – what do you want to take away from today? You have 2 hours now to change something in your world, to work on that one thing – make it count!
•       How has your wheel progressed?
•       We are products of our experiences – what ducks do we carry? What biases? 12 biases…
•       Coaching practice
•       Politics and change – To continue our learning about change and how we respond to it – I will share a framework with you that might help you to see things from a different perspective!)
•       To think about culture and its role in change – Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Theory
•       To practice a coaching conversation and round off with commitments
•       To close with ‘your learning’
Module 12

•       The power of asking questions with no agenda
•       How to be in a place of no judgement
•       How to self manage
•       How to ask the best next questions
Module 13

• Coaching demos ACC, PCC, MCC
• Final coaching observation
Module 14
•       Reflections
•       Personal Coaching Plan
•       Skills learned

Remember the coaching skills that you have:
•       GROW-S
•       Active listening
•       Powerful Questions
•       Direct Feedback
•       Shifter questions
•       Reframing
•       Using silence
•       Analogy and metaphor
•       Facilitating results
•       Discovery session
•       Ducks and orchestra
•       The difference between coaching and chatting – when to wear your coaching hat
•       Who to coach – saying yes, saying no
•       Helping your client to plan
•       Courage in coaching
•       Bottom Lining
•       Setting SMART session and programme goals
•       Being transformational not only transactional
•       Transactional Analysis – re visit
•       Demos x 2
•       Establishing the coaching agreement 2/ Facilitating results 2
•       Questioning without an agenda
•       Coaching the person not the issue

Learning Methods and Coaching Philosophy

Lucia Labouchere, our co-founder and coach, is a member of the International Coaching Federation at Master Certified Coach (MCC) level. She developed our own coaching model called GET CURIOUS Leadership^TM.

This course has been designed carefully to experience and learn the core coaching skills. Its foundations are in psychotherapeutic and coaching models and it is highly engaging and fun. Participants attend regular workshops on-line of either 4 or 2 hours and are required to complete 2 hours of homework in between sessions. Usually we cover one module each month.

Please reach out to us if you would like to understand any more about the programme.

Mentor Coaching

This course offers mentor coaching (7 hours of group, and 3 hours of one to one), to help individuals meet the requirements of the ACC accreditation with the ICF.

The mentor coaching will take place online, alongside the programme and all participants are expected to keep a coaching log and to practice coaching throughout the programme.

Fees

If you are interested in hearing more about what we do, please get in touch with us. We tailor programs to the needs of the organisation and its people and would love to talk to you about how to get the best from yourself and those around you.