Welcome to Week 12 You’ve made it. Over the last 12 weeks you’ve worked diligently to get to this point. Next is your final exam. Before beginning, be sure you have completed all of your assignments, including coaching assignments, and allow yourself adequate time to complete it. You’ll be allowed 1 week to take and complete the Final. If you …

Welcome to Week 11 We continue this week with Observation Coaching. Here is a review of the details from last week. Observation Coach DatesObservation Coaching can be scheduled during Weeks 10–11 with Week 12 as an extended option. LocationYou will meet on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom invites from your coach. Coaching TopicPlease have a new coaching topic chosen …

Welcome to Week 10 In preparation for your Observation Coaching sessions, following are details to enable you to be fully prepared. Observation Coach DatesObservation Coaching can be scheduled during Weeks 10–11 with Week 12 as an extended option. LocationYou will meet on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom invites from your coach. Coaching TopicPlease have a new coaching topic chosen …

Welcome to Week 9 and Workshop 2 I’m grateful for the work you’ve put in so far and the the questions that have been sent in by many. Be sure to have your Workshop materials nearby and ready when you join via Zoom. We’ll be covering the following topics over the next two days of the Workshop: If you haven’t …

Welcome to Week 8 In the live class this week, you will have the opportunity to engage in a coaching practicum with each other. You will coach for approximately 10 minutes each. Please come prepared with a topic. The class will be recorded and you will receive written feedback on your coaching. There will be particular sections of the ToGROW …

Welcome to Week 7 Here we are: Week 7. This week’s manual work and reading is designed to dive deeper into coaching communication by looking at Active Listening Concepts and Coaching Presence. Included in our time together is devoting time to your outside coaching relationship and answering any questions you may have. At the end of class I will talk …

Welcome to Week 6 Congratulations… You’re at the half-way mark in Essential Training. In the next several weeks, we’ll continue to drill down on specific coaching and communication skills, building on the foundation we’ve already laid in Weeks 1 through 5. This week’s content in the manual visits brainstorming and strategizing. A simple concept that is often overlooked because there …

Welcome to Week 5 We are almost halfway through the Essential portion of our training. In our Week 4 class we brought detail to the big “A” agenda that generates SMART characteristics. This conversation paints a broad picture of the client’s desired outcome that then will be explored in upcoming sessions. In our Week 5 class we will focus on …

Welcome to Week 4 This week we switch gears in the course and turn our attention back to the actual art and science of coaching conversations, starting with SMART goal characteristics that occur using a GROW model of coaching. Understanding how to help others develop clear goals is a large part of the value that we bring to our coaching …

Welcome to Week 3 Here is your overview for the week. In the inquiry conversation with your peer following the Week 2 class, you will have stated that the Welcome Packet would be sent to him or her—As the coach, you will be emailing a Traditional Welcome Packet to your peer following our Week 3 class. The Welcome Packet is …