Who is this for?
This workshop is for managers, team leaders and others who have the responsibility of coaching and mentoring people for increased performance and career success.
Benefits for you
- Improve performance by engaging in effective coaching and mentoring conversations
- Adapt your coaching style to any given situation
- Expand your understanding and empathy by listening on many levels
- Ask insightful questions to get a better picture of the person and their situation
- Give and receive constructive feedback
- Forge better relationships with your team
Program content
Behaviours of a Great Coach
- What makes for a good vs. an ineffective coach?
- Making the case for coaching: benefits and opportunities
The Four Levels of Listening
- The nature and experience of listening at each level
- Small group listening practice
Asking Questions: Best Practices
- Open vs. closed questioning and when to use each
- Questioning for facts vs. questioning for feelings
- Small group questioning practice
Giving and Receiving Feedback
- A feedback model for observation/effect/suggestion
- Small group practice in giving and receiving feedback
The GROW Model
- Using an effective model of coaching and mentoring to clarify goals, gain insight, generate options and build commitment
- Small group practice in applying the GROW model
Building your Coaching Skills
- Small group coaching practice
Special features
This experiential workshop includes hands-on exercises and demonstrations to help you build your coaching and mentoring skills.
Program leader

Dr. Alex Trisoglio
Alex is an executive coach and leadership adviser with extensive experience in leadership development, performance improvement and organizational change. His experience includes more than 20 years advising senior leaders at McKinsey & Co. and four years working with the CEO and Management Team at IFC/The World Bank.
Upcoming sessions
For financial assistance opportunities, please refer to Financial Assistance, Scholarships and Team Rates .

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