Leadership Coaching Programme (F2F with Gerry Ryan & Kieran Murphy)

Cost: €950 Member; €1,350 Non Member (per person)
Skillnet Funding applied

This excellent coaching program is designed to help gain a working knowledge and practice of coaching

Ideal for those with little or no coaching experience who need the essentials for their work and also for those with some coach training and experience who want to further develop their practice and effectiveness.

Coaching skills are needed now more than ever – Take this opportunity to get the best from yourself and your people
Of particular benefit will be the ability to tune in to & respond to the broad range of needs that staff are experiencing
- enabling them to tap into their own creativity, resourcefulness & resilience
and knowing how and when, as a manager, to provide appropriate levels of support & direction.

“  I have been looking for coaching training for a while now so was really interested and excited about taking part and it didn't disappoint.  Excellent sessions, the right pace, great learnings, and a real connection with the people on the course.
Best training I've been on in a while, thank you.

Programme Aims/Objectives

This programme is designed to help delegates deepen their working knowledge and practice of coaching. Specific objectives include helping delegates:

• Develop more awareness of the coaching competencies as specified by the International Coach Federation
• Further integrate the application of coaching models, tools and competencies into your role
• Increase your effectiveness as leaders, managers and professionals within your organisations

The program will be run over three days Face2Face

The style will be appropriate to adult learning needs with a mix of short briefings on relevant theory/models, facilitated discussion,  group engagement and opportunities to try out and practice your learning including lots of practical experience of coaching practice.

Feedback when provided will be affirming and constructive, both from the facilitator and from your fellow learners. The content will include the following areas and a more detailed outline of the three days is included below.

• Active listening – Three areas of listening
• Setting it up for success
• Questioning and providing feedback
• When is coaching appropriate
• Developing trust and rapport
• Goal setting and planning
• The coaching process
• Definition of coaching and how it differs from other approaches
• International Coach Federation’s Core Competencies
• Responsibility and Accountability
• Creating the most effective relationships for learning, growth and independence
• Challenge and support
• Coaching practice, practice, practice

This programme will be delivered by Gerry Ryan and Kieran Murphy

Gerry Ryan MCC, MICF   has a vast experience of in-depth coaching and different approaches to leadership development which has lead him to attain the title of MCC (Master Credentialed Coach) accredited by the ICF (International Coach Federation). This level of award accredited by the ICF is the top level of award.

Kieran Murphy has over 20 years experience of senior leadership positions in a variety of not-for-profit organisations, at both executive and Board level, in Ireland and the UK.

The consistent themes across all of Kieran’s experience is his relentless curiosity and exploration about how to bring about positive change in large complex systems, so that people, communities and countries are transformed for the better.

Kieran has a number of qualifications, including a Diploma in Systemic Team Coaching, Certificate in Coaching Skills and an MA in Organisational Analysis from the University of East London, UK.

This programme’s specific objectives include:

• Introduction to coaching and core coaching competencies
• The stages of the coaching process
• Why people change and why they don’t – assessing the coachability and developmental capacity in others
• Becoming a manager-coach – creating manager-staff learning partnerships for motivating people to achieve their potential and become more accountable and responsible for their own success
• Identifying the real need – unlocking the real issues that block progress and performance
• Questioning and Feedback that can deliver breakthrough
• Directive vs. non-directive coaching and when and how to use both
• Creating well-formed outcomes
• Goal setting and planning
• Designing actions and personal development plans
• Balancing challenge and support to encourage  accountability
• Situational leadership
• Moving from reactive to reflective
• Mastering ego states and drama triangles
• Seeing different perspectives
• Team group process study
• Project application