Coaching and Mentoring Skills Certification Training Course

Why select this training course?

In almost all spheres of life, the ultimate role of coaching and mentoring is to inspire and build human capacity. The business and professional world take much interest in senior colleagues mentoring junior members to enable them to perform even better in their organizational roles.

Who is a mentor?

A mentor is a professional who guides or coaches a less-experienced or more-advanced mentee, providing expertise and professional knowledge from a more seasoned viewpoint. At the foundation of the mentoring relationship, the mentor is ready to provide guidance, offer support, and answer questions. Mentors safeguard the mentee’s best interests. Mentors typically profit from advising mentees, while mentees frequently gain from this connection.

People seek to mentor others because it is a tremendously fulfilling experience; witnessing someone’s growth and success through their mentorship is extremely satisfying. In addition, coaching and Mentoring improve communication and leadership development. The Harvard Business Review performed a study on the beneficial impacts of mentoring and discovered that persons who served as mentors had lower anxiety levels and rated their jobs as more important than those who did not serve as mentors.

What are the skills required for effective coaching and mentoring?

Although most mentors are usually ahead in their careers and have the substance to impact junior colleagues, it is not enough. Effective coaching and mentoring require some necessary skills asides from technical knowledge to stand out. In addition, the skills required by a mentor depend on the type of mentor you fit into; there are peer, career, and life mentors.

The cross-cutting skills required by all the different mentors’ classes include good communication and interpersonal relationships. Good coaches and mentors are expected to be able to communicate with their mentees inappropriately and motivate versions.

This Rcademy Coaching and Mentoring Skills Certification Training Course are designed to build the capacity of mentors as well as develop necessary coaching skills.

Mentoring takes more than just common sense and technical skills to be effective. According to research, mentors and mentees who build and maintain effective mentoring relationships have a variety of distinct, observable abilities that facilitate learning and transformation. Therefore, this course is essential to enable mentors and mentees to enjoy the benefits of effective coaching and mentoring.

Who should attend?

This Rcademy Coaching and Mentoring Skills Certification Training Course are specifically designed for people who are aspiring coaches and mentors to deliver excellently in their roles and be more impactful to their mentees. This course is recommended for the following set of people:

• Supervisors who are responsible for overseeing the work delivery of different employees
• Team leaders in charge of groups, clusters, and departments to facilitate effective work delivery
• Management professionals who constantly create ways to ensure the effective management of professionals
• Line managers who oversee the production of junior employees and assist in job improvement
• Technical managers are saddled with the responsibility of providing technical guidance to working groups
• Human resource managers are concerned about the welfare and progressive improvement of every member of the staff
• Any other professional interested in effective coaching and mentoring

What are the course objectives?

At the end of this training course, participants are expected to have the following:

• Expertise in coaching, mentoring, and counseling approaches
• Enhanced certainty and confidence that will enable appropriate communication with mentee
• A higher comprehension of fundamental information about human development
• Improved capacity to communicate with personnel and relevant stakeholders or facilitators
• Eliminate obstacles and impediments to achieving career objectives
• Contribute to the success of the enterprise through effective mentoring and coaching
• Acquired a variety of coaching, counseling, motivating, and mentoring abilities
• Exhibit real motivating coaching abilities by incorporating taught skills and approaches into their work conduct
• Support organizational objectives for individual and group growth

How will this course be presented?

This Rcademy Coaching and Mentoring Skills Certification Training Course are delivered using effective and proven teaching methodologies. The participants are introduced to the concept of coaching and mentoring by highlighting the technical component of the course and how the participants can develop the core skills needed in mentoring individuals.

Professionals and experts curate the modules presented in this course in coaching and mentoring. The experts will be teaching the courses based on their wealth of experience. The learners will also be able to use interactive tools and case scenarios to enhance the learning experience.

What are the topics covered in this course?

Module 1: Overview of Coaching and Mentoring

• Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring
  – Definition of coaching and mentoring
  – Similarities between coaching and mentoring
  – Differences between coaching and mentoring
• Mentor and mentee
  – Definition of mentor
  – Definition of the mentee
• Coach and mentor qualification

Module 2: Mentoring and Coaching Concepts

• Overview of mentoring
  – Mentoring process
  – Mentoring relationships
  – Mentoring objectives
  – Types of mentoring
• Stages of the mentoring relationship
  – Preparation
  – Persuasion
  – Collaborative
  – Confirmative
• Mentor and mentee
  – Role of mentor
  – Role of the mentee
• Barriers to the mentorship relationship

Module 3: Mentoring and Coaching Skills

• Practical mentoring concepts
  – Coaching
  – Mentoring
  – Counselling
• Key coaching skills
  – Diagnostic
  – Techniques
  – Qualities
  – Model
• Active listening
• Questioning techniques
• Motivational coaching skills

Module 4: Communication and Motivation Skills

• Identifying personal communication style
• Language of communication
  – Verbal
  – Non-verbal
• Emotional intelligence
• Human motivation
  – Motivating others

Module 5: Mentoring in the Workplace

• Mentorship programs
  – Identification of areas of mentoring
  – Identification of mentors
  – Identification of mentee
• Establishment of mentoring relationships
  – Formal
  – Informal
• Mentorship techniques
  – Mentoring younger employee
• Career planning

Module 6: Skills Required for Workplace Counselling

• Workplace mental health
• Models for improved communication
• Listening skills
• Questioning skills
• Interpersonal relationship
• Empathy

Module 7: Career Coaching

• Career Journey and Prospect
• SWOT analysis
  – Personal career analysis
• Setting and achieving career goals
• Evolving as a mentorship coach
• Action planning

Module 8: Coaching and Mentoring as a Manager  

• Transiting from manager to coach
  – Qualities of a good coach
• Developing coaching model
  – When to coach
  – How to coach
• Coaching style
• Adapting GROW model\
• Measuring growth and performance

Module 9: Mastery of Coaching 

• Developing an effective coaching style
  – Building rapport
• Active listening models
• Motivation as a lever
• Action-oriented performance goals
• Efficient time management
• Developing action plan

Module 10: Improving Organisational Performance through Coaching and Mentoring  

• Coaching demonstrations and practice
• Generating feedback system
• Implementing development plan
• Coaching teams and groups
• Overcoming coaching barriers
• Adopting a coaching culture in the organization