Ignite

Leadership Coaching Skills Course

What to expect

What is ‘Ignite’?

• Ignite is a two day coaching skills course

• Accredited by the International Coach Federation

• With a focus on Executive and Leadership Coaching

• Enabling you to coach executives and leaders AND building your own leadership qualities

What’s Included?

• 2 days in-person coaching skills training

• 4 x 1-hour follow up teleclasses – to embed the learning

• We also recommend you practice coaching with a fellow participant –

• You’ll give and receive feedback to our easy and supportive Feedback Model

What people say about Ignite

“Thank you very much for the last two days. I have found the experience very enriching and to the highest standards.”

Lauren RatcliffeThe Fresh Group

What people say…

“I found the programme very insightful and fulfilling. …Well timed and executed with the use of many teaching styles and aids. The course leaders were very warm and approachable and brought a whole plethora of knowledge and skills to the workshop. …I felt I could ask any questions without judgement. I liked that I could practice the varying aspects of the model with participants as I grasped the concepts. It has really made me think how useful these skills are in the work place and has whetted my appetite for future learning in this area. Thank You.”

Carmel MulliganWhittington Hospital, London

Welcome to Ignite

• Before you arrive on the programme, we want you to have a sense of – what we mean by coaching– where leadership fits in and – what you can expect over the two day

course

At the end of this slide pack…

• We’ll give you an email address to get in touch if you have any questions or comments• You’ll also receive a welcome pack, with some pre-work to complete before you arrive

Our coaching definition…

Coaching is about supporting you to get what you want. Specific to our work with leaders and managers coaching is -

“…supporting people to lead, achieve and succeed, without doing it for them, or telling them what to do.”

What we mean by ‘lead, achieve, succeed’

• Lead: develop a full range of effective leadership styles

• Achieve: personally and through high performing teams

• Succeed: personally and professionally

How you’ll explore coaching skills

1• Consider your issues/ professional development needs

2• Try out the coaching Model after watching a demonstration

3• Practice the Skills one by one

4• (Day 2) Look at the Professional Leadership Coaching Model step by step

5• Explore development issues that you/others may want coaching on

6• Apply the whole model and all the skills to your coaching practice

After the course you will Coach in pairs

• This will help you apply your coaching skills in a practice environment

• You will also discover how coaching supports your leadership skills

Feedback model

• During the course we will show you a feedback model that you can use to give and receive feedback from your coaching partner.

Our leadership definition…

“Leadership is about being personally successful, and supporting your team to

achieve success.This supports the organisation to be successful

and have a positive impact on society.”

The who, what & how…

Leadership is more than what you do; it’s how you do it, and your authenticity – who you’re being as a leader.

Who

What

How

How you’ll explore leadership

1.• The field of leadership: qualities, styles & approaches

2• Typical leadership conversations & the impacts they have

3. • Leadership Principles

4.

• Presenting issues: the impact of asking vs. telling• The impact of 'knowing THE answer' vs. coming from a perspective of possibility

5.• How leadership coaching makes a difference

6.• The new role of the leader

7.• Discover your own leadership vision

8. • Share your leadership vision with others

We believe the coaching style of leadership is most effective,

because…

• It encompasses many of the other styles

• It helps achieve performance goals • You’ll have better performance

conversations• It supports meeting deadlines &

getting into action

The coaching style of leadership also helps…

• Improve teamwork & other relationships

• Collaboration, creativity & innovation

• Employee engagement

• Motivating others• Practical issues like delegation &

time management 

Other leadership styles are, of course, needed at

some point…

• Coaching is about you being at conscious choice

• That way, you can extend or flex your leadership styles

• You can apply the principles of leadership coaching at any time – whichever style you use

Suggested reading

• If you’d like to read

more about the

different, emotionally-

intelligent leadership

styles, see -

• “The New Leaders”

• by Goleman, Boyatzis

& McKee

Pre-work

You’ll also receive an article about the role of the leader in creating the environment for success in your welcome pack Used with permission ©2003 Cynthia Calluori Associates Inc.

and The People Factor Inc

If you have any comments or questions drop us a note @…

coach@thefortongroup.com

We look forward to welcoming you to the Ignite course.

With best wishes, Bob, Helen, Tony, Cyndi & the Ignite Team