Training Coaching Skills in one day (English)

Learning, growing, developing, long gone are the days when we thought this ended after school. Learning is now an integral part of our work and remains essential throughout our careers. But how can you best support someone else in their development, whether it’s an employee, a colleague, or a manager? Gaining insight into the principles of coaching and practicing a few concrete basic techniques can already make a big difference.

Your results

• You understand the definition of coaching and what it requires in terms of attitude and competencies
• You’ve learned and practiced several basic coaching techniques
• You’re aware of the conditions that influence the success of your coaching
• You’ve identified your strengths and pitfalls in coaching
• You’ve formulated concrete intentions to apply what you’ve learned in your own practice

Who is it for?

This training is suitable for anyone interested in taking on a coaching role. Coordinators, new managers, HR professionals, and beginning career advisors are a great fit for this profile.

Approach

Before the training day, you’ll explore different forms of coaching and relate them to your own work context. During the training, you’ll gain hands-on experience: short theory segments are alternated with practical exercises that clarify key aspects of coaching. You’ll practice listening on different levels, mirroring without judgment, and switching communication styles. You’ll get to know the GROW model and experiment with various questioning techniques to address each element. Finally, you’ll explore – and coach each other on – what you’d still like to develop in the area of coaching. You’ll wrap up the training with an action plan outlining the next steps you’ll take in your own practice.

Related training programs

• Training Development-Focused Conversations
• Training Giving and Receiving Feedback

Classroom or Virtual Classroom

You can follow this program in a classroom setting at a location of your choice. Because you learn a lot from each other within a group, we offer you an alternative location if there are insufficient registrations for your preferred location. Our lesson locations are spread throughout the Netherlands. Do you prefer lessons at fixed times, with a teacher and digitally? Then the virtual classroom offers the solution. For more information about our training variants, see the Training Variants page on our website.