Coaching in English

Coaching in EnglishEnglish

Una formación innovadora en habilidades directivas en inglés

Programme Details

� Why choose Coaching in English?

� What are the benefits of Coaching in

Presentation Contents

English?

� The ideal coachee profile

� Typical areas for coaching

� Programme options

� The methodology

� Coach/teacher profile


Coach/teacher profile

� Fees

� How to organise a pilot coaching session

There are many employees who now have an advanced level of English

and continue to receive traditional English classes. In many cases, these

Why choose Coaching in English?

classes have turned into mere conversation classes that offer little value to

the student.

However, it doesn’t have to be like this,there is a different option

If we replace an everyday conversation with a ‘coaching conversation’ and

add a methodology which focuses on improving grammatical accuracy, we

won’t only start to see improvements in the coachee’s English, but the


coachee will make important progress towards the achievement of other

professional goals.

� Not only do the coachees practice and improve their English, but

they also achieve an important professional or personal

What are the Benefits of Coaching in English?

they also achieve an important professional or personal

objective.

� Listening skills improve substantially; active listening is an

integral part of any coaching process.

� Coachees feel more motivated as they see progress towards a

goal and are able to improve their English at the same time.


� Increased motivation in the workforce leads to higher

engagement and personal productivity.

The Ideal Coachee Profile

�To participate in the coaching programme the coachees need a

minimum level of B2 (Council of Europe Common European

Framework)Framework)

� As in any other coaching process, the coachee needs to have

identified an area in which he/she wants to improve. This chosen

area does not have to be related to English; the fact that the

sessions are conducted in English shouldn’t influence the choice

of topic.


of topic.

� It is vital that the coachee is open to the idea of coaching and is

prepared to commit to the efforts coaching requires.

Coaching can be employed to deal with any area where the coachee

wishes to make improvements. However, the coach will help the

coachee identify exactly which aspects of the situation need dealing

Typical Areas for Coaching

coachee identify exactly which aspects of the situation need dealing

with first and from this, will help the coachee set the approriate goals to

achieve a SMART objective.

From our experiencecoachees tend to concentrate on the following

areas:

� Leadership Personal development

� Time management Work/life balance


� Time management Work/life balance

� Communication skills Managing change

� Speaking in publice Self or team motivation

� Handling difficult people Dealing with conflicts

Programme Options

Option 1: Pure coachingOption 1: Pure coachingOption 1: Pure coachingOption 1: Pure coaching

� Programme of 4-8 fortnightly sessions of approximately 1 hour’s

duration. The frequency of the sessions can be adapted to the needs

of the client and coachee.

� The GROW methodology is used for the overall coaching process and

for each individual session (see other slide)

� The coachee commits to the completion of tasks between sessions

which will help him/her move towards achieving the final objective.


which will help him/her move towards achieving the final objective.

� In this programme, the focus is exclusively on coaching, language

weaknesses are not addressed.

Programme Options

Option 2: Coaching with a linguistic componentOption 2: Coaching with a linguistic componentOption 2: Coaching with a linguistic componentOption 2: Coaching with a linguistic component

�� Programme of 4-8 fortnightly sessions each of approximately 1 hour and

15 minutes duration. During the session the coach/teacher will note

language errors but will not correct the coachee at this stage so as not to

distract him/her. Once the actual coaching part of the session has finished,

the coach/teacher will give feedback on the coachee’s linguistic errors.

� On completion of the agreed number of coaching sessions, (usually

between 4-8), personalised English classes will be prepared based on the


between 4-8), personalised English classes will be prepared based on the

language weaknesses detected thoughout the coaching sessions.

GoalWe set SMART goals to precisely define the objective we wish to

achieve.

Coaching Methodology: GROW

RealityWe look at the gap between where we are now compared to

where we want to be

OptionsWe brainstorm and analyse the options available to us to reach

our goal, taking into account real and imagined barriers that might

prevent us from moving forward


WillWe commit to the actions that we decide and believe will lead us

to the completion of our goal

In addition to the documentation used in

the coaching sessions to follow the

Documentation

GROW methodology and to track

linguistic errors, a progress report is sent

periodically to the client, (See example of

this document in separate file).

The frequency of this report will depend

on the number of coaching sessions


on the number of coaching sessions

contracted.

� All our coaches are trained and

qualified by approved coaching

bodies.

Coach/teacher Profile

bodies.

� They are native British and American

� In the case of programme option 2,

coaches are also TEFL qualified

teachers with experience.

� In all cases, our coach/teachers have


extensive experience in the business

world.

It’s very easy!

How to Organise a Pilot Coaching Session

1. The person chosen for the pilot session should have a

minimum B2 level of English.

2. He/she chooses a topic for coaching and communicates this

to Business Learning Solutions.

3. The coach and coachee agree a date and time to carry out

the coaching session on the client’s premises.


the coaching session on the client’s premises.

“Why learn only one thing when you

What one of our clients says about Coaching in English

“Why learn only one thing when you

can learn many at the same time? With this course I’ve learned personal improvement techniques whilst

improving my English at the same time. Fantastic!”Alvaro Escobar Iglesias, Consultor Alvaro Escobar Iglesias, Consultor Alvaro Escobar Iglesias, Consultor Alvaro Escobar Iglesias, Consultor

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