PDEV 7106 - Supervising and Coaching
Course Description
This class provides supervisors with the essential leadership, coaching, and performance management skills to effectively lead individuals and teams. Participants will build self-awareness about their leadership styles and learn best practices for performance management. This skills-based course will provide participants with an opportunity to amplify coaching skills with a focus on the theory and techniques that support compelling coaching experiences.
- Identify the core functions and responsibilities of a supervisor and how to efficiently complete work with and through other people
- Demonstrate how to appropriately use coaching and influence for problem solving, development, and performance
- Develop an honest awareness of yourself and how your behaviour impacts others
- Understand the key elements in performance management and how to ensure maximum performance levels for employees
- Learn how to give constructive feedback in a variety of performance situations to set clear accountability for employees’ performance
- Understand the critical elements in the coach-employee relationship and build coaching relationships with employees
Topics Include:
- Role of a Supervisor
- Supervisor vs. Coach
- Delegation
- Handling Complaints
- Coaching Guidelines
- Managing Performance
- Setting performance objectives
- Conducting performance reviews
- Giving constructive feedback
- Practice your skills and begin to develop a coaching plan for an employee