Monthly Archive for October, 2011

Executive Coaching for Health Care Leaders in Vancouver, BC

Added on October 24, 2011 at 8:34 pm

Natalie Michael has been invited to join the BC Health Authority Leadership Development Collaborative (BCHALDC).  This is an initiative that supports leaders in the healthcare sector in our province.  The province is establishing a coach approach to leadership and Natalie will be providing leadership coaching services to health care leaders in BC, Canada.

Natalie was invited to join the coaching roster based on her prior executive coaching experience with leaders in large complex organizations, and her experience coaching leaders in health authorities in British Columbia.

Coaching Course for Leaders in Vancouver

Added on October 3, 2011 at 6:30 am

Coaching Out of the Box – One-Day Coaching Course for Leaders

Coaching Out of The Box TM is a fun, hands-on, and unique experientially based workshop ~ a multi-faceted solution designed for busy people who want to learn the art of coaching. Participants leave with tools and core coaching skills they can use immediately at work or home. Each participant receives a boxed toolkit, which includes a participant’s workbook, useful forms, coaching tools, and handy reference materials such as a library of coaching questions.

Key learning objectives:

The Case for Coaching

  • Discover what coaching is and is not (coach demonstration)
  • Understand how leadership styles and coaching are tools used interchangeably based on situation
  • Learn the value in coaching vs. telling
  • Clarify the link between coaching and employee engagement

The 5 Core Coaching Skills

  • Learn to listen (levels 1-3), encourage, question, request and action plan
  • Develop your own powerful questions
  • Understand the difference between telling and requesting
  • Gain clarity on who is accountable for what and when

The 5 Step Coaching Exchange

  • Learn how to identify, discover, strategize, clear the way, and recap
  • Practice coaching conversations in dyad/triads

The 5 Guiding Principles

  • Learn how curiosity, support, acceptance, focus and commitment anchor the coaching exchange
  • Understand how personal bias and judgment can get in the way
  • Make personal commitments to action and accountability

Cost: $550 + tax (includes full-day session, lunch/refreshments, materials/handouts). Non-profit participant discount rates apply.

Tuesday November 29, 2011

8:30am – 4:30pm

Vancouver, BC