Business Coaching Fundamentals

Price:  $220.00

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Business Coaching Fundamentals Course

This self-paced 20-hour course helps you understand the Fundamentals of Business Coaching.

A professional business coach finds themselves part of a growing international industry whose aim is to help clients succeed. The role of a coach is to collaborate with a client to understand the problems in their business and to then work together to come up with ways to conquer these problems.

The course teaches the key aspects to be considered when starting out as a business coach. These include everything from coaching fundamentals to useful psychological theories and coaching methodologies. Each lesson links the learning back to the GROW model of coaching to give the student a well-rounded introduction to a popular coaching method.

Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to get into the topic.

Once you have completed the lessons and self assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then download your personalised certificate. 

The Lessons

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This course covers the following lessons: 

LESSON 1 BUSINESS COACHING FUNDAMENTALS

•     Where are Business Coaches Found? 
•     What is a Business Coach? 
•     Difference between Occupational and Organisational Psychology 
•     How do Business Coaches differ from other coaches?
•     A Case Study
•     Giving Advice 
•     Dealing with Feedback 
•     Models of Coaching 
•     Active Listening 
•     Minimal Responses 
•     Brief Invitations to Continue 
•     Non-Verbal Behaviour 
•     GROW Coaching Model
•     Goal
•     Reality 
•     Options 
•     Way Forward/Wrap Up
•     TGROW Coaching Model
•     OSKAR Model
•     Outcome
•     Scaling
•     Know-How
•     Affirm and Action
•     Review
•     CLEAR Model
•     Contracting
•     Listening
•     Exploring
•     Action
•     Review
•     Co-Active Approach
•     Other Benefits of Coaching
•     Using the GROW Model, The Start of the Process
•     Lesson 1 additional reading
•     Review what you have been learning

LESSON 2 PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES WHICH INFORM BUSINESS COACHING

•     CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
•     Overgeneralisations
•     Catastrophising
•     Personalisation
•     Gestalt
•     Psychodynamic
•     Systems Approach
•     Using the GROW model; Setting Goals
•     Lesson 2 additional reading
•     Review what you have been learning

LESSON 3 BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE WHICH INFORMS BUSINESS COACHING

•     Types of Business
•     Business Ownership
•     Not for Profit Businesses
•     For Profit Businesses
•     Some Businesses are also Regulated Businesses
•     Leadership Roles
•     Shareholders
•     Board of Directors
•     CEO
•     Executive
•     Manager
•     Management Principles
•     Business Planning
•     Finances
•     Work Cultures
•     Using the GROW model;  The Current Reality
•     Lesson 3 additional reading
•     Review what you have been learning

LESSON 4 THE COACHING RELATIONSHIP AND COACHING QUALITIES

•     Building Rapport & Trust
•     Confidentiality
•     Business Knowledge
•     Personal Skills
•     Set guidelines
•     Becoming a Business Coach - Regulations

    Review what you have been learning

LESSON 5 COACHING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS AND SET GOALS

•     Goal setting
•     Continuing to Improve
•     Measuring Goals
•     Problem Solving
•     Reflecting on the Coach Client Relationship
•     Lesson 5 additional reading

LESSON 6 COACHING PEOPLE TO IMPROVE LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS

•     Case Study
•     Leadership Development
•     Defining Leadership
•     Dealing with a Crisis
•     Cultural Diversity in the Workplace
•     Lesson 6 additional reading
•     Review what you have been learning

LESSON 7 COACHING PEOPLE FOR A BETTER WORK/LIFE BALANCE

•     Stress Management
•     Burnout
•     Dealing with Stress
•     Stress Management Techniques
•     Reduce Stress, Improve your career
•     Using the GROW model; Obstacles and Opportunities
•     Lesson 7 additional reading
•     Review what you have been learning

LESSON 8 COACHING PEOPLE FOR BETTER WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS

•     Social Loafing and Encouraging More Responsibility Taking
•     Timekeeping
•     Insubordination
•     Staff Development and Motivation
•     Conflict in The Workplace; Techniques To Deal with Conflict
•     Using the GROW model; Will/The Way Forward
•     Lesson 8 additional reading
•     Review what you have been learning

LESSON 9 ENDING THE COACHING - BUSINESS REVIEW

•     Feedback
•     Using the Grow Model; Some Final Tips
•     Lesson 9 additional reading
•     Review what you have been learning
•     Final Assessment

    
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How does this course work? 
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• You can enrol at any time
  
• Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
  
• Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
  
• You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.

​There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and
each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.

At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60%
pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it.

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