About this course: Do you (or do you want to) manage employees? Have you ever wondered how to get better performance out of those you manage? Are you unsure if you are communicating effectively with your employees? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this course – and its associated specialization – is for you! Leadership and management responsibilities have changed dramatically, particularly in the last decade. In order to be an effective manager in increasingly fast-paced and complex organizational environments, coaching has become essential. In this course, you will learn what coaching is and learn how to differentiate between it and all of the other myriad roles managers are expected to perform – managing, mentoring, leading, and training. You’ll learn about the importance of strong leadership and learn to describe your current point of view as a leader, and evaluate when to adjust your thinking in order to be more effective in managing and leading in a rapidly evolving workplace. And finally, you’ll be introduced to the Thought Model, a coaching technique you can use to develop better thinkers and better performers. So if you’re ready to learn all about how to be a more effective and valued manager using coaching techniques, join us as we explore more successful managing through coaching!
Who is this class for: While this course is probably most useful for those learners who are already managing people, it's also a great course for learners who plan or aspire to manage others in the future or who just want to assist in improving overall team dynamics within their respective organizations.
Created by: University of California, Davis
Taught by: Kris Plachy, CEO and Founder & Instructor
Leadership Coach, LLC & UC Davis Extension
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 4 in the Coaching Skills for Managers Specialization |
| Language | English, Subtitles: Vietnamese |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Course Introduction & What is Coaching?
This module defines coaching as well as the 4 other roles modern managers are expected to play in their organizations: leader, manager, mentor, and trainer. Many examples are provided to help illustrate each role and common pitfalls associated with the overuse of each role will be covered. The module wraps up with a comparison of all the roles managers have and then asks you to identify and explain why you would go to one role over another in particular situations.
8 videos, 2 readings
- Video: Module 1 Overview
- Video: Manager as Coach Defined
- Video: Manager as Leader Defined
- Video: Manager as Manager Defined
- Video: Manager as Mentor Defined
- Video: Manager as Trainer Defined
- Video: Roles Compared
- Leyendo: Reading: Know When to Manage and When to Coach
- Leyendo: Coaching versus Mentoring versus Leading versus Managing
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion: Roles
Graded: Role Selection
WEEK 2
Why Managers Must Develop Basic Coaching Skills
This module covers the many influences on the manager role and how managing and coaching should work together. We'll also discuss why managers are necessary to organizations, and why so many managers don't coach. This module features a great reading on the importance of managers to Google and wraps up with another quiz to check your understanding of the material.
5 videos, 2 readings
- Video: Influences on the Manager Role
- Video: Why Do We Need Managers?
- Video: Coaching and the Manager Role
- Video: Why Managers Don't Coach
- Leyendo: How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Selling the idea of Coaching
- Leyendo: Audio Podcast: Managers and Emotional Responsibility
Graded: Basic Coaching Skills
WEEK 3
Points of View of Leadership
This module is all about exploring how your life experiences influence your management approach. In lesson 3, you'll learn how to differentiate between facts about experiences in your life and the stories you tell yourself about those facts, identify your own point of view in a situation, and analyze how that may influence decisions you make. And in lesson 4, we'll discuss the interrelationship between point of view and belief systems and introduce you to the Thought Model.
9 videos, 5 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Facts vs. Stories
- Video: Values Influencing You
- Video: Manager's Point of View
- Video: Managing and Your Point of View
- Leyendo: Leadership Coaching
- Leyendo: Audio Podcast: When Was the Last Time You Checked What You Believed?
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Discussion: Your values and point of view
- Video: Point of View and Belief Systems
- Video: Thought Model Part 1: Circumstances, Thoughts, and Feelings
- Video: Thought Model Part 2: Actions and Results
- Video: Differences Between Your Thoughts and the Facts
- Leyendo: Ladder of Inference
- Leyendo: Audio Podcast: Burden vs. Choice
- Leyendo: Video: Coaching Frame of Mind
- Cuestionario de práctica: Thought Model (Practice)
Graded: Points of View
Graded: Thought Model (Required)
WEEK 4
Course Peer Review Assignment
Now that you're familiar with the Thought Model, this final module is devoted to you practicing how to use the Thought Model in the final course peer review. This activity asks you to reflect on everything you've learned in the course and apply the Thought Model to a situation occurring in your life.
3 videos, 1 reading
- Video: Tips for Giving Feedback
- Video: Course Summary
- Leyendo: Course Webinars
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Additional Questions
Graded: Applying the Thought Model
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How It Works
Trabajo del curso
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Certificados
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Creators
University of California, Davis
UC Davis, one of the nation’s top-ranked research universities, is a global leader in agriculture, veterinary medicine, sustainability, environmental and biological sciences, and technology. With four colleges and six professional schools, UC Davis and its students and alumni are known for their academic excellence, meaningful public service and profound international impact.
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Ratings and Reviews
I have aquired a number skills and learnt a number of leadership principles that I was taking for granted and thus was limited in my leadership capabilities.
I really liked this course. It has a good balance between theory and practice.
Very informative content is really good
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The thought model taught in this course is a game changer for learning to utilize a neutral perspective toward any challenges you face at work. You will learn the difference between a circumstance/fact and a thought or belief and your life will be so much less stressful.