Do you (or do you want to) manage employees? Have you ever wondered how to get better performance out of those you manage? Are you unsure if you are communicating effectively with your employees? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this course – and its associated specialization – is for you!
Managing as a Coach
This course is part of Coaching Skills for Managers Specialization
Instructor: Kris Plachy
Sponsored by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
64,986 already enrolled
(2,145 reviews)
Skills you'll gain
- Leadership and Management
- Management Training And Development
- Leadership
- Talent Management
- Business Management
- Coaching
- Lifelong Learning
- Professional Development
- Initiative and Leadership
- Business Leadership
- Thought Leadership
- Personal Development
- Leadership Development
- Employee Coaching
- People Development
- Organizational Development
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There are 4 modules in this course
This module defines coaching as well as the 4 other roles modern managers are expected to play in their organizations: leader, manager, mentor, and trainer. Many examples are provided to help illustrate each role and common pitfalls associated with the overuse of each role will be covered. The module wraps up with a comparison of all the roles managers have and then asks you to identify and explain why you would go to one role over another in particular situations.
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8 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module covers the many influences on the manager role and how managing and coaching should work together. We'll also discuss why managers are necessary to organizations, and why so many managers don't coach. This module features a great reading on the importance of managers to Google and wraps up with another quiz to check your understanding of the material.
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5 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module is all about exploring how your life experiences influence your management approach. In lesson 3, you'll learn how to differentiate between facts about experiences in your life and the stories you tell yourself about those facts, identify your own point of view in a situation, and analyze how that may influence decisions you make. And in lesson 4, we'll discuss the interrelationship between point of view and belief systems and introduce you to the Thought Model.
What's included
9 videos3 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
Now that you're familiar with the Thought Model, this final module is devoted to you practicing how to use the Thought Model in the final course peer review. This activity asks you to reflect on everything you've learned in the course and apply the Thought Model to a situation occurring in your life.
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3 videos1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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Reviewed on Sep 20, 2020
This course has been very insightful, giving me a powerful tool to improve my skills in handling problematic situations. Very effective and applicable even to personal situations. Thanks Kris!!
Reviewed on Nov 17, 2017
A great course for the beginners. The videos are short and easy to comprehend. The slides can be downloaded in PDF - i find it very convenient as i can share some of those slides with my colleagues.
Reviewed on Apr 27, 2022
As good of a online course as i could expect. Focusing on pausing and evaluating facts versus emotional responses and irriational assumptions is a gift that will help anyone's career.
Recommended if you're interested in Business
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