As a leadership coach one of your jobs is to help those that you coach understand their needs, to define their own goals. With the right tools you can motivate, push and coach people towards achievement, success which serves the person you are coaching and the organization well.
Good coaching also requires good communications skills. When you know how to ask the right questions, put things into perspective and encourage others to find their own truths you are successful. By propelling others to identify and overcome their own obstacles – real and imagined – you will make a difference. At the end of this course you should be able to:
+ Define your own goals and explore the needs of those you coach.+ Understand the value of effective communications.+ Value diversity and different learning styles.+ Identify positive paths to future growth.+ Know how to overcome obstacles and facilitate improvement.
Wesley E. Donahue, Ph.D., PE, PLS, PMP, 6σ Black Belt (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), is the course Master Instructor. Formerly, he was the director of Penn State Management Development, a self-supporting provider of education and training services to business and industry clients around the world. Before joining Penn State, he was co-founder and executive vice president of a manufacturing and specialty engineering firm; manager of corporate development and international manager of technology for a Fortune 200 company; and, professional associate of a worldwide provider of technical management professional services.
