Coaching Conversations

Coaching Foundations I & II is the prerequisite for all other workshops.

12-training-hours; in-person or online

This sequence includes an introduction to the theory, research, and concepts at the foundation of coaching in general and the Coaching Conversations program specifically. Participants also explore the characteristics of and boundaries between coaching, informing, educating, mentoring, and counseling. After learning about one specific model for guiding a coaching conversation, participants develop important introductory coaching skills including: generating and asking powerful open-ended questions; practicing engaged, neutral, fully present listening; using observation and reflection to deepen coachee thinking; transitioning in and out of coaching conversations; and applying the coaching model. Finally, participants get to observe coaching demonstrations, practice coaching in several contexts, and learn how to document coaching conversations in IU systems.

Prerequisite: Coaching Foundations I & II

6-training-hours; in-person or online

Participants can deepen their understanding of key skills introduced in Coaching Foundations I & II by completing Coaching Tools. Coaching Tools is ideally completed several weeks -- or even months -- after Coaching Foundations I & II. This gives participants time to practice coaching before exploring coaching tools at a deeper level.

In Coaching Tools, participants continue to practice engaging with others using a coaching approach. They explore the roles that meta-awareness and intuition play in coaching and begin to cultivate the self-management and boundaries necessary to engage in effective coaching. Participants deepen their skills in building rapport, engaged listening, finding themes in a coachee’s intentions and experience, observing coachees’ responses, and giving clear feedback. The skills of championing, acknowledging, and challenging are also comprehensively addressed. Finally, participants analyze additional coaching demonstrations, develop their capacity to be fully present, and practice coaching.

Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations I & II AND Coaching Tools

6-training-hours; in-person

In this workshop, participants expand their capacities for self-reflection, self-management and centering the values, priorities, strengths and strategies of the coachee in coaching sessions. Participants consider how to enhance their efficacy as a coach by adopting a multicultural orientation that includes cultural humility, cultural comfort, and cultural opportunity. They encounter tools for self-reflection, creating safe and brave spaces for coaching conversations, and continued growth in their own multicultural orientation. Finally, participants consider the importance of acknowledging and respecting cultural boundaries and strategies for coaching in an empowering way in response to these boundaries. Self-reflection, small group discussion, and practice coaching through relevant scenarios will all be a part of this workshop.

Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations I & II AND Coaching Tools

6-training-hours; in-person or online

In Coaching for Career Development, participants take coaching techniques into their career-based interactions with coachees to help them develop confidence in their choices, independence in their professionalization, and ownership of their own direction as young professionals. Participants learn to be more flexible with the coaching arc model by meeting students where they are, explore change management, and consider risk tolerance.

Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations I & II AND Coaching Tools

6-training-hours; in-person

In this workshop, participants learn how to apply coaching strategies to written communication. Types of written communication considered include mass, “shallow” communication to large audiences and targeted, “deep” communication to specific populations. Finally, this training takes a deeper dive into giving and receiving feedback within the context of coaching.

Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations I & II, Coaching Tools, Coaching Across Cultures, Coaching for Career Development, AND Coaching Communication

6-training-hours; in-person

This workshop is designed specifically for participants seeking national coaching certification and preparation for the national coaching exam through the Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE). This workshop includes information about the following topics: ethics; business practices; professional tools (e.g. inventories, assessments, screening tools, and coaching organizations); intake, screening and referral; and professional expectations.

Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations I & II, Coaching Tools, AND Coaching Communication

3 to 21-training-hours; in-person or online

The Coaching Conversations Coaching Lab is designed specifically for participants seeking national coaching certification and those who have substantial practice in coaching and want to deepen their skill level.

A Coaching Lab is 3-training-hours in-person or online. Participants may take a maximum of 21-training-hours of Coaching Lab. 18-training-hours of Coaching Lab are required as part of our 60-hour training program for national board certification in coaching.

Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations I & II, Coaching Tools, Coaching Across Cultures, Coaching for Career Development, AND Coaching Communication

6-training-hours; in-person or online

Learn to use coaching techniques in group environments for group advising, teaching, and other collective endeavors.

Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations I & II, Coaching Tools, Coaching Across Cultures, Coaching for Career Development, AND Coaching Communication

6-training-hours; in-person or online

Learn to use coaching techniques to engage other professionals and build your team. Coaching for leadership emphasizes how to gain team investment and collaboration based on shared or complementary motivations and values.