Introduction to Coaching Conversations: How to Improve Your Management Skills and/or Consulting Practice

Have you ever come across employees or clients who can’t seem to make progress no matter how much great advice and information you give them? Coaching is a great skill set to add to your management skills or consulting practice to help your employees or clients achieve bigger and better goals. This workshop will clarify what coaching is and what it isn’t and when it is appropriate to use.

Participants in this hands-on workshop will get the opportunity to practice coaching, including effective listening skills, as well as giving and receiving feedback. Participants will also learn how to coach their clients to set “SMART” goals.

In this workshop, you’ll learn:

• What coaching is and what it is not
• How to apply coaching to your role as a manager or advisor
• Experience the benefits of coaching first-hand
• Understand what a SMART goal is and how to coach your employees or clients to set one

You are invited to bring a brown bag lunch so we can network while we eat lunch. There is free parking in the library building.