COAC0008 - Course 2 - IDEAL Essentials: Advanced Strategies and Practice for Developing Others
While Course 1 provides the tools, Course 2 helps you refine them. Through hands-on exercises, realistic simulations, and direct feedback from peers and Weatherhead faculty, you will strengthen your coaching skills and build the competence and confidence needed to bring out the best in others.
You will also take a deeper dive into emotional regulation, psychological safety, and the importance of managing your own well-being, developing a comprehensive action plan for putting your newfound knowledge and skills to immediate use.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of Course 2, you will be able to:- Recall ICF Core Competencies and Code of Ethics as frameworks for ethical practice.
- Explain the role of emotional regulation, psychological safety, and mindset shift in effective coaching.
- Manage your own well-being to sustain an effective and resilient coaching practice.
- Apply the IDEAL Conversation Framework and advanced listening, questioning, and action-oriented coaching skills through hands-on practice, expert demos, and structured feedback.
- Design coaching conversations that reflect the shift from a directive to a developmental mindset
- Assess how cultural and organizational contexts influence coaching relationships.
- Critically evaluate your own coaching approach, strengths, and growth areas through reflection.
- Develop a comprehensive plan for how to use coaching skills in workplace settings to develop others.
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for new and experienced managers, team leaders, supervisors, and individual contributors who want to leverage foundational coaching skills to help develop others.
Ready to complete the program and claim your credential? Join us to strengthen your skills and earn a digital badge that broadcasts your ability to Lead with Coaching!
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- IDEAL Essentials: Lead with Coaching : Required