Coaching Skills
Introduction to Coaching Skills
Build the core coaching skills that help you support, empower and bring out the best in others.
In complex, people-focused environments, the ability to engage in thoughtful, empowering conversations is one of the most valuable capabilities a professional can develop.
Introduction to Coaching Skills provides a clear, accessible pathway to developing exactly that, the listening, questioning and relational skills that enable you to support others more effectively, without defaulting to advice-giving or direction.
About
Developed in collaboration with Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh and based on the fourth edition of his book An Introduction to Coaching Skills, this one-day course is highly interactive, with a strong emphasis on practice, reflection and real-world application. Participants leave with skills they can use straight away.
This course is fundamentally about how to support the growth, motivation, and wellbeing of others through intentional conversations. Participants will develop the ability to notice, listen deeply, ask thought-provoking questions and play back what they are hearing.
Why coaching skills matter
In increasingly complex environments, the ability to engage in thoughtful, empowering conversations is critical.
Coaching skills enable individuals to support others more effectively, enhancing motivation, strengthening relationships, and improving outcomes.
What you will gain
Core coaching skills — listening deeply, asking powerful questions, noticing and playing back — developed through practice and reflection
Greater confidence in facilitating thinking and supporting others’ growth rather than providing answers
Enhanced ability to build motivation, ownership and accountability in the people you work with
A practical, relational approach to professional conversations immediately applicable in your context
Structure
Session 1
- What is coaching?
- The skill of Noticing
- The skill of Listening
Session 2
- The skill of playing back
- Coaching practice
Session 3
- The skill of asking powerful questions
- Bringing it all together
- Your impact
Learning design
This course is designed as an applied learning experience, combining:
Our Approach
Participants will practise in a supportive environment, receiving feedback and building confidence through practice.
Delivery Options
In-person (1-day workshop)
A highly interactive, immersive learning experience focused on developing skills through practice and feedback.
Online (3 x 2-hour sessions)
A structured series of 3 x live, virtual workshops designed to build skills progressively, with time for reflection and application between sessions.
Brief, focused input on key concepts
Live demonstrations of coaching in practice
Structured opportunities to practise coaching skills
Guided reflection to support integration and transfer
In their words
These are from GCI’s participant survey, across their courses rather than this one.
Our facilitators
As a coaching organisation, we endeavour to model a ‘coaching way of being’ in our interactions with our clients by being:
- Respectful
- Humble
- Curious
- Strengths-focused
- Reflective
We encourage a culture of high expectations through our commitment to the ongoing development of our people based on mutual respect and collaboration. Our consultants are expert coach practitioners who draw on a wealth of educational experience to provide the highest level of service as coaches and trainers.
Fees and what is included
This price is for an individual registering on an open-enrolment course.
Savings are available for organisations who wish to run this course for an in-house group.
Please email info@growthcoaching.com.au to request a quote or discuss this further.
Register your interest
If you would like to explore offering this course to your own group, or would like to be notified when new dates are announced, please complete the form below. A member of the GCI team will be in touch.
