Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers
32mIntermediate2026-03-06
Authors

Sara Canaday
Leadership Development Expert, Speaker, and Author
Course details
Leaders who provide targeted, ongoing coaching to their employees can strengthen their team and add value to their organization. In this course, leadership expert Sara Canaday shares the differences between managing, training, and coaching, and provides managers with coaching models and skills to support the development and growth of their employees. Sara presents the business case for coaching, explores common coaching challenges, and explains how to provide feedback and set goals.
Learning objectives
Explain how leadership coaching can help others achieve their full potential.
Recognize common coaching challenges.
List the four steps of the GROW model.
Identify important guidelines for providing feedback.
Recall goal-setting strategies that will motivate employees.
Learning objectives
Explain how leadership coaching can help others achieve their full potential.
Recognize common coaching challenges.
List the four steps of the GROW model.
Identify important guidelines for providing feedback.
Recall goal-setting strategies that will motivate employees.
Skills covered
Coaching and MentoringTalent ManagementHuman ResourcesLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Unlock your team's potential
Coaching Fundamentals
- Coaching basics
- The business case for coaching
- Common coaching challenges
Coaching Models
- Coaching frameworks
- GROW coaching model
Coaching Skills
- Listen as a coach
- Give feedback as a coach
- Goal setting as a coach
Conclusion
- Next steps