“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Maimonides
Possibly our most popular course is our coaching and mentoring course, often delivered as a module in management development programmes as well as a one-day course.
It’s so much more than a course about one to ones. Our delegates explore a coaching style of leadership, facilitating skills, listening skills, coaching models, the altruistic manager, mentoring and being mentored. All of this in a module packed with discussion activity, practice and a little theory … something for every preferred learning style!
A little taster … During the course we explore "A facilitating style of leadership"
Throwing back the ball …
Telling may get you the job done but it doesn’t help people develop and grow. Facilitating, coaching and mentoring are developmental approaches to leadership.
Giving people easy answers – spoon feeding, will inevitably make people become dependent on your support. When they have a problem, they will "put the ball in your court".
A more facilitating style of leadership is about "Throwing back the ball"
This is not the same as saying ‘Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions’ which tends only to de motivate people. A facilitating style of leadership is about communicating at the encouraging ideas and empowering end of a coaching continuum. You can of course support people, give them hints, projects or ideas but don’t do it for them or give them the answer if you truly want to help people grow.
All of these thoughts … and more are woven into our Coaching and Mentoring Module.
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