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Provider:
Linkage
Topic(s):
Human Resources > Performance & Motivation
Who Should Attend?
Directors and managers who want to improve the performance of their direct reports to achieve business objectives
Full Seminar Description
Coaching is the most effective technique a manager can employ to enhance individual and team performance. In the current economic environment, managers are challenged to get the best from each and every individual. This program is specifically designed to train business directors and front-line managers on how to coach their direct reports and teams to high levels of performance to achieve critical business objectives. Fee per person: $1495.In this practical hands-on program, every participant will be guided through a proven process to develop a customized coaching plan for each individual on their team. Learn how to "kick it up a notch" and accelerate the pace of performance development through coaching.
Who Should Attend
Directors and managers who want to improve the performance of their direct reports to achieve business objectivesProgram curriculum
- Set your business objectives, analyze your staff, determine a coaching strategy for each individual, and use tools to measure your success
- Practice extensively to sharpen your skills in each of the eight capabilities of The Essential Coach™ model
- Practice and internalize best practice questions for powerful coaching conversations that result in committed action
Pre-Work
Take the online 360-degree Essential Coach™ assessment to map your individual development plan
Post-work
Participate in two 90-minute follow-up calls with your classmates and a Linkage Master Coach to discuss your progress with selected direct reports
Participate in two webinars of your choice (see below) to learn more about coaching best practices. Sample live development webinars:
Emotional Intelligence for the Coach: Expand Your Influence
Coaching Teams
The ROI of Coaching
You and Your Shadow
Coaching Strategies for High Potentials
Building and Regaining Trust
Coaching Others through Change
Recommended certificate completion is within six months
Benefits & outcomes
- Implement plans immediately for each of your direct reports that will move C performers to B’s, strengthen the B’s, and better leverage your A performers
- Identify the specific skills and behaviors needed to help your staff reach and exceed their goals
- Build trusting partnerships and maximize the growth potential of your direct reports
Registration and Cancellation Policy
A credit card number is required at the time of registration to process the registration. If full payment is not received four weeks prior to the program, the credit card will be charged at that time. Full payment is required upon registration for any registrations received within four weeks of the program.
All workshop registration fees include a non-refundable processing fee of $100 except in the case of Leading Through Communication: The Linkage Communication Clinic, Pathways: The Linkage Leadership Program, and The Crisis Leadership Certification Program (where such fee equals $200) and The Coaching Leaders Certification Program (where such fee equals $400). The processing fee will be charged for any cancellation made at any time or for rescheduling requests made within three weeks prior to the workshop date. Please note that registration fees and workshop schedules are subject to change without notice.
We encourage participants to arrive at 8:00AM for sign-in on the first day of the program they are scheduled to attend. All workshops are scheduled to begin at 8:30AM, and end at approximately 4:30PM. The exceptions are the programs offered in The Organizational Development Certificate Program held at DePaul University in Chicago which begin at 9:00AM, and end at approximately 5:00PM. For these programs only, please arrive at 8:30AM for sign in.
Workshop Admissions and Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made within three weeks prior to the program will receive a courtesy transfer to an upcoming workshop, within one year of the originally scheduled workshop, for the amount of the registration fee minus the $100-$400 processing fee per session. Alternatively, you can send someone in your place to the original event to avoid such fee. All cancellations and substitutions must be made in writing. Program registrants who fail to attend without notification will be charged the full attendance fee.
Linkage reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any event. In the event of program cancellation, we make every effort to notify participants 3-5 weeks prior to the event. Therefore, we recommend purchasing a refundable airfare. Please be advised that Linkage is not responsible for any airfare penalties, travel, or hotel charges that may be incurred due to cancelled or rescheduled events.
Workshop Prohibitions: Any unauthorized use of the copyrighted Linkage materials that participants receive at any Linkage training program is strictly prohibited. Solicitation of business from fellow workshop participants is also strictly prohibited. External consultants will be asked to sign a nondisclosure form indicating their agreement with the above.
Sponsor Background:
Linkage is the leading provider of corporate education and consulting for human resource, human resource development, organizational development and training professionals worldwide.As leaders in human resources, organizational development, and training, people look to you to help them advance in their careers. It's your job to help them drive organizational performance through human performance.
At Linkage, the mission of our public workshops is to provide training that helps you perform better in your jobs so you, in turn, can help others do the same. Our workshop leaders are human resource experts and seasoned trainers. They spend most of their time in industry working with the same HRD and OD issues that you face every day. We are passionate about developing HR performance in the workplace, and we'd like to share what we've learned with you.
Through our skill-building workshops, we can help you develop your ability to:
- Design, manage, and participate in your company's competency efforts
- Develop and manage leadership programs for your organization
- Develop yourself and others as internal champions of coaching and mentoring
- Develop yourself, others, and an organizational capacity for internal consulting
- Assess, measure, and evaluate the performance of your people and your organization

