Business Coaching Fundamentals

Learn to be a Business Coach.

• Use your knowledge and experience in business to help others perform better in their businesses.
• Build a profitable and effective coaching practice

Lesson Structure

There are 9 lessons in this course:

1. BUSINESS COACHING FUNDAMENTALS
   • Where are Business Coaches Found?
   • What is a Business Coach?
   • Difference between Occupational and Organisational Psychology
   • How do Business Coaches differ from other coaches?
   • A Case Study
   • Giving Advice
   • Dealing with Feedback
   • Models of Coaching
   • Active Listening
   • Minimal Responses
   • Brief Invitations to Continue
   • Non-Verbal Behaviour
   • GROW Coaching Model
   • Goal
   • Reality
   • Options
   • Way Forward/Wrap Up
   • TGROW Coaching Model
   • OSKAR Model
   • Outcome
   • Scaling
   • Know-How
   • Affirm and Action
   • Review
   • CLEAR Model
   • Contracting
   • Listening
   • Exploring
   • Action
   • Review
   • Co-Active Approach
   • Other Benefits of Coaching
   • Using the GROW Model – The Start of the Process
   • Using the 'GROW' model to start the process (goal, reality, opportunity, way forward)
2. PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES WHICH INFORM BUSINESS COACHING
   • CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
   • Overgeneralisations
   • Catastrophising
   • Personalisation
   • Gestalt
   • Psychodynamic
   • Systems Approach
   • Using the 'GROW' model to set goals
3. LESSON 3 BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE WHICH INFORMS BUSINESS COACHING
   • Types of Business
   • Business Ownership
   • Not for Profit Businesses
   • For Profit Businesses
   • Some Businesses are also Regulated Businesses
   • Leadership Roles
   • Shareholders
   • Board of Directors
   • CEO
   • Executive
   • Manager
   • Management Principles
   • Business Planning
   • Finances
   • Work Cultures
   • Using the GROW model – The Current Reality
4. THE COACHING RELATIONSHIP & COACHING QUALITIES
   • Building Rapport & Trust
   • Confidentiality
   • Business Knowledge
   • Personal Skills
   • Set guidelines
   • Becoming a Business Coach - Regulations
5. COACHING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS AND SET GOALS
   • Goal setting
   • Continuing to Improve
   • Measuring Goals
   • Problem Solving
   • Reflecting on the Coach Client Relationship
   • What is meant by reflection
6. COACHING PEOPLE TO IMPROVE LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS
   • Case Study
   • Leadership Development
   • Defining Leadership
   • Dealing with a Crisis
   • Cultural Diversity in the Workplace
7. COACHING PEOPLE FOR A BETTER WORK/LIFE BALANCE
   • Stress Management
   • Burnout
   • Dealing with Stress
   • Stress Management Techniques
   • Reduce Stress, Improve your career
   • Using the GROW model – Obstacles and Opportunities
8. COACHING PEOPLE FOR BETTER WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS
   • Social Loafing and Encouraging More Responsibility Taking
   • Timekeeping
   • Insubordination
   • Staff Development and Motivation
   • Conflict in The Workplace – Techniques To Deal with Conflict
   • Using the GROW model – Will/The Way Forward
9. ENDING THE COACHING - BUSINESS REVIEW
   • Feedback
   • Using the Grow Model – Some Final Tips
   • Final Assessment

Who is this Course for?

• People with experience or training in business who are wanting to diversify or transition into providing business coaching services
• Careers officers or advisors
• Life coaches seeking to extend or broaden the services they offer
• Business, finance or management teachers