Develop People Through Better Questions, Not More Answers
The instinct of most managers, when a team member faces a challenge, is to jump in with an answer. It feels efficient, but it quietly trains people to stop thinking for themselves. The Coach Craft teaches a different approach: helping people arrive at their own solutions, building capability rather than dependency.
Program Overview
Built around the GROW model: Goal, Reality, Options, Will. The program gives participants a structured coaching conversation framework used by managers and professional coaches worldwide. Participants practice full coaching conversations in pairs and small groups, strengthening the questioning and listening skills that make coaching work.
Why This Program Matters?
Managers who coach effectively build teams that solve more problems independently and develop faster. As organizations expect managers to develop people alongside delivering results, coaching has become a core leadership skill rather than a specialist discipline.
What Participants Will Learn?
- Apply the GROW model to structure coaching conversations.
- Ask powerful, open questions that prompt genuine thinking.
- Listen deeply without jumping to advice or solutions.
- Guide others to generate their own options.
- Build accountability and commitment to action.
Program Modules
From managing to coaching, distinguishing managing, mentoring, and coaching, and when each applies.
Goal and Reality: Starting the conversation right, defining a clear goal and surfacing an honest current reality.
Options and Will: Building ownership, generating options without supplying the answer and testing commitment.
The Coaching Toolkit: Questioning and listening, crafting powerful questions and practicing full conversations.
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