SC2010 Introduction to Personal and Professional Coaching

Course Overview

This course will introduce you to the essential principles of coaching and demonstrate practical skills for life coaching and coaching at work. Participants will learn how to set powerful goals for individual development and explore the non-critical, non-judgemental, and confidential nature of a coaching relationship. The course is ideal for anyone who would like to learn the core approaches to personal coaching and management coaching or acquire practical skills for use in both personal and professional life.

The course will introduce you to the essential principles of coaching and demonstrate practical skills for self-coaching and coaching others. Participants will learn how to set goals for individual development and explore the non-critical, non-judgemental, and confidential nature of a coaching relationship. The course is ideal for anyone who would like to learn the core approaches to personal and management coaching or acquire practical skills for use in both personal and professional life.  

Planning or adapting to change in life or in work is a common challenge in today’s society.  Many people face the prospect of career change, retirement, challenges at work or significant life adjustments.  This course will help to equip us in how we could handle such events.  Coaching often challenges us to look at life in order to assess our priorities, our values and our goals.

Coaching provides us with a structure to address change in an effective and clear manner.  It empowers us to set new goals, clarify options and provide solutions to complex issues.  These skills can be put to good effect in the workplace or in assisting others to look at a change in their own personal lives. Self-coaching is also a very effective tool that people use in their own lives in order to address change.

In addition to learning a number of coaching skills, individuals will also be provided with an opportunity to see the benefits of coaching at a practical level by experiencing the coaching process in a structured and objective way.

Course Schedule 

Classes will be delivered online on Tuesdays 7-9pm for eight weeks from 26 January to 16 March.

1. The principles of coaching
2. Coaching skills & competencies
3. Goal setting
4. The GROW model of coaching
5. Self, values and beliefs
6. Theoretical approaches to coaching
7. Positive psychology & strengths-based coaching
8. The Manager Coach

Course Lecturer

Miriam Manning BA HDipPM MSc

Entry Requirements

Applicants must be at least 18 years old at course commencement.

Assessment

Short courses are not assessed. Students will receive a UCC Certificate of Attendance upon completion.

Closing Date for Application

Monday 18 January

Contact Details for Further Information

Regina Sexton, Phone: 021-4904700, Email: shortcourses@ucc.ie