As a leader in your organization, you're expected to help people meet or exceed expectations and to help ensure productivity and profitability for the organization. Coaching is a leadership tool that is effective in improving performance and contributing to the goals of the organization. In this course, you will build a foundation for coaching, establish a coaching process, execute a coaching plan, and explore strategies for coaching in different business scenarios.
Coaching for Results
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What you'll learn
In this course, you will develop the skills to coach for results.
Skills you'll gain
- Strategic Leadership
- Performance Management
- Teamwork
- Employee Retention
- Team Motivation
- Leadership
- Initiative and Leadership
- Professional Development
- Coaching
- Employee Performance Management
- Business Communication
- Communication
- Team Management
- Leadership Development
- Organizational Leadership
- Employee Coaching
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Business Leadership
- Mentorship
- Leadership and Management
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January 2026
Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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There are 6 modules in this course
You're a manager or leader who has employees with performance problems, or who want to develop and improve employees' existing skills. To accomplish these goals, you need to know what coaching is and how you want to approach it. In this lesson, you will define yourself as a coach.
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You've defined coaching and considered coaching approaches that might suit you. Before you can coach others you'll need to establish skills essential to effective coaching. In this lesson, you will develop core coaching skills.
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You have built a foundation for coaching by defining it and developing essential skills. Now it's time to initiate the coaching relationship with your coachee and develop a plan to meet your coaching goals. In this lesson, you will establish a coaching process.
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You've initiated a coaching relationship and agreed on a coaching plan with your team member. Now you'll want to move forward with the plan, make adjustments where needed, and finally, verify you and your coachee have achieved your coaching goals. In this lesson, you will execute the coaching plan.
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You've coached individuals by implementing your coaching plan. Now, it's time to acquire strategies for coaching in other situations. In this lesson, you will coach in different business scenarios.
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You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
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