The Leadership Coaching Skills Programme
Training Overview
Part 1. Personal Leadership: Awareness and Responsibility
Part 2. Organisational Leadership: Performance and Accountability
Part 3. Strategic Leadership: Coaching and Culture
Part 1 .
Personal Leadership: Awareness and Responsibility
“Know thyself” Socrates
Coaching in Part 1 aims at personal empowerment: the expansion of freedom of choice and action to shape one’s life and work.
We all need to refresh our own sense of personal awareness and reflect on our spirit of social engagement and responsibility to help guard against the cynicism which can erode our values and convictions for education and learning.
Part 2.
Organisational Leadership: Performance and Accountability
“We are social” The Dalai Lama
In Part 2 the leadership coaching moves towards the more pressing demands and imperatives of the workplace.
This involves working with the wider school system, teams and all the human and social dynamics which are part of this broader picture. The nature of synergy and collaboration, motivation and engagement are all features of this work.
We ask the question: What does this ask of us as leaders?
Part 3.
Strategic Leadership: Coaching and Culture
“The full flowering of human potential” UNESCO
Given the complexity and diversity of the school as a social system, how do we hold it all together? This is the key question in Part 3.
Here we work with the enigma and power of organisational culture. To raise performance do we work harder, work longer hours? Do we look to innovation and creativity? Do we look to collaborative ways of working?
Do we look to others to tell us what to do? And to what extent do we sacrifice wellbeing to performance goals and targets?
How leaders understand this work with culture is a powerful influence on both performance and wellbeing. What kind of a leader do we need to be? What kind of skills do we need?
Learning
Learning takes place through tutor modelling and observation, first hand experience of working with a coach and guided skills development in small groups.
By the end of the programme you will understand how leadership coaching accelerates professional learning, how it helps find a way through issues and challenges which at first seem intractable, how we can develop new insights and approaches to our own work and how we can help others to do the same.
Impact
We are working with human potential. It is what you know that will make the difference, what sense you make of learning, how you apply it to your own work and how you help others to grow, learn and develop.
This is not a pass/fail programme. Accountability ultimately is with you. You will speak through the quality of your work with others. You will see the impact.
What leaders are saying
“The learning is intense and the quality high. This leads to a much higher quality discussion and to actions producing lasting change.”
Helen Phillips, Head Teacher, Bedford High School, Wigan
“One of the best training courses I have ever attended. A superb, thought-provoking course, which has started a new journey in my leadership.”
Jane Murphy, Co-Head teacher, Stanley Primary, Blackpool
What leaders are experiencing...
“Increased professional conversations in the classroom”
“Relationships are much more positive as trust and mutual respect are built”
“Staff meetings are led in a more open manner”
“The levels of trust and honesty have increased dramatically”
“More staff on board to manage change”
“Increased self-awareness and more positive attitudes to school policy and teamwork”
“More willingness to contribute rather than being told what to do”
“People are more emotionally resilient and able to slow down and make more effective decisions”