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Leader as Coach

Leader as Coach is delivered across a four month period, with taught days interspersed with coaching practice.

About the programme

This new course has been developed following demand from corporate and public sector clients who wish their leadership teams to be at the front of introducing and embedding a coaching culture within their organisations.

Leader as Coach is delivered across a four month period, with taught days interspersed with coaching practice. Assessment is optional with Oxford Brookes Business School awarding 20 CATS points at Level 7 (Masters Level) for all who pass the assessment.

Programme Dates

2022: Autumn Programme (delivered online)

Day 1: 26th September 2022

Day 2: 27th September 2022

Day 3: 25th October 2022

Day 4: 22nd November 2022

Day 5: 14th December 2022

Cost

The full programme costs £1,440.

The programme can be taken as a non assessed short course, with participants attending Days1-4. This costs £890.

Discounts are available for alumni, Oxford Brookes University staff and registered charities.

Entry Requirements

As this course provides a level 7 qualification which is equivalent to postgraduate level study, you will be expected to reflect and write at this level – this will typically be evidenced by an undergraduate degree or equivalent and/or senior level managerial experience. You will also need:

experience in a leadership/ managerial position
to be able to identify suitable individuals to coach

Programme structure

The course is made up of 4 days of input plus one day of Assessment across 4 months (2+1+1+1 Assessment) to allow practice and consolidation.

Day One: Coaching as a Leadership Skill

The first day definines coaching in the leadership context, assessing how and when it might be the most appropriate intervention. Participants will develop an appreciation of how to apply a non-judgemental approach to development and the value of a non-directive intervention in supporting personal responsibility in decision making that takes account of power dynamics. Throughout the course there will be a clear emphasis on the ethics of coaching in the workplace.

Day Two: Core skills of the Coaching Leader

Day two focuses on developing coaching skills. Participants will learn how to manage the coaching conversation process without directing the content. We will also be exploring listening and questioning plus further skills essential to holding the coaching space and managing our own responses.

Coaching practice

Between Day Two and Day Three participants will be expected to have coaching conversations. In total participants will be expected to have 20 coaching conversations with a minimum of 10 people and make notes on these on a pro-forma. Further opportunities for coaching practice exist between Days Three and Four and, after Day Four.

For those accrediting, additional study materials including reflective questions will be accessible via Moodle and participants will be expected to make active contributions to tutor supported discussions on Moodle throughout the course.

Day Three: Learning from Experience

We will explore the importance of personal reflection in learning and working with limiting beliefs. Participants will become familiar with some of the tools and techniques that can be applied in the coaching context and appreciate the importance of language.

Further opportunity for coaching practice between taught days.

Day Four: Developing coaching capability

Participants will gain an understanding of some potential challenges that could arise when using a more holistic coaching approach to developmental conversations. We will learn how to integrate and take coaching skills forward as a leader and to build a coaching culture.

Further opportunity for coaching practice between taught days.

Day Five: Assessment day (optional)

Attend a one-day Assessment event that includes Observed Assessment and sessions to clarify the written assessment requirement.