Essential Coaching and Mentoring Skills for Managers, Supervisors & Team Leaders

Course Description

Experience an exciting, new, one-day workshop for forward-thinking leaders who want to take on that all-important next level of leadership effectiveness. Learn the skills to become a successful coach and mentor who leads your team to achieve phenomenal results.

Course Overview

Supercharge your team’s performance in this one-day, cutting-edge workshop, Essential Coaching and Mentoring Skills for Managers, Supervisors and Team Leaders. Gain the tools, techniques and strategies guaranteed to solve tough problems like how to get employees to take the initiative, how to motivate team members to achieve even more and how to keep staffers’ personal problems from affecting work.

Develop your mentoring skills to cultivate the kind of employees you must have to compete successfully in business. Use the skills you learn here to build a loyal team of winners with the initiative and motivation to perform at the top of their game.

This workshop equips you with easy-to-apply mentoring techniques to help you realize the full potential of the people you lead. And the better they perform, the better you look as their leader!

Who Should Attend

Managers, supervisors, team leaders, business owners and anyone in a position of authority who wants to get better leadership results. Bring on to your site or train at our venue in Bellingham, Washington.

Six Reasons to Enroll in This

Workshop Now!

1. Solve real-world problems you face every day.

• Deal effectively with recurring issues like tardiness, personal problems affecting work, absenteeism, excuses and burnout
• End nagging problems that rob you of valuable time and energy

2. Build on your unique leadership style.

• Tap into your leadership strengths and negotiate your weaknesses
• Discover how your leadership style affects your team and how to adapt your approach for better results

3. Mentor employees to grow their skills to the next level.

• Learn how to become a strong mentor while avoiding common mentoring pitfalls
• Help your people plan for their development and take more initiative

4. Coach a team of motivated, productive winners.

• Use your expert coaching tools to inspire your team to strive for excellence
• Motivate your team to peak performance without using money as a motivator
• Learn the secret to making people feel valued and appreciated

5. Create a high-energy team environment where cooperation flourishes.

• Foster teamwork that focuses on results
• Build trust, improve cooperation and keep your team on track

6. Boost performance through effective feedback.

• Learn an easy, step-by-step method for providing feedback that results in positive behavior change and growth instead of anger and resentment
• Improve your listening skills to increase leadership effectiveness

Course Objectives

After completing this vigorous conference, managers, supervisors and team leaders will have the inspiration, imagination and creativity to motivate employees to achieve outstanding results.

· Gain the keys to leadership effectiveness today: coaching and mentoring

· Coach your way to phenomenal team results

· Take your employees’ skills to the next level through mentoring

· Get solutions to your toughest leadership problems

Essential Skills for Effective Leaders

· Gain the critical qualities all successful leaders must possess

· Recognize the strengths and limitations of your leadership style

· Understand the crucial differences between managing and leading

· Learn the secret to making your employees feel valued by you and the organization

Coaching Employees to Peak Performance

· Get the keys to effective coaching

· Establish a more positive, energized work environment

· Recognize different coaching approaches for different employees

· Develop better-than-money motivation techniques

· Use the “Plan of Action” chart to keep individuals focused on the task at hand

How to Coach Underachievers to Success

· Know the reasons for employee mistakes and frustration

· Find out how to handle the most common employee performance problems

· Learn steps for discussing performance issues effectively in a face-to-face meeting

· Understand your role when an employee brings personal problems to work

· Hold employees accountable – the bottom line in dealing with underachievers

Mentoring Team Members to Take Their Skills to the Next Level

· Discover why the best leaders are also strong mentors

· Learn the essentials skills needed to mentor

· Find out common mentoring mistakes and how to avoid them

· Empower employees to tap into their personal strengths to exceed your expectations

· Plan for each employee’s continuous development

Communication Techniques Every Leader Must Master

· Give clear, precise instructions that can’t be misunderstood

· Provide feedback that results in positive change, rather than anger and defensiveness

· Improve your listening skills – and double your effectiveness

· Get tips to lessen or even prevent verbal attacks

· Learn strategies to keep the lines of communication open

Using Coaching and Mentoring to Create a Stronger, More Effective Team

· Build trust and mutual respect

· Boost cooperation and teamwork

· Keep your team up and energized under pressure, crisis and change

· Learn four ways to overcome the “inherited employee” syndrome

· Spot employee burnout before it’s too late – and how to help