Coaching Circles

What is a Coaching Circle?

The Coaching Circle process is structured to focus on helping participants to develop creative and constructive ways to address and resolve difficult workplace issues by asking powerful open questions that allow the coachee to develop their own solutions.

Through active participation, participants of the Coaching Circle will:

1. Gain a basic understanding of coaching principles;
2. Develop and refine their coaching skills, which are transferable to a variety of workplace settings; 
3. Have the opportunity to learn from the insights and contributions of their peers, as well as from their own reflections in a collaborative group learning environment; and 
4. Build a network of peers to foster collaboration and support, with the aim of extending beyond the parameters of the Circle experience.

Topics include:

• What is coaching? 
• Coaching skills development:

1. Inquiry.
2. Active listening.
3. Reflecting and questioning.
4. Understanding how conclusions are drawn.

• Developing a coaching plan.
• Practical application of skills through real time peer coaching.

Approach:

Virtual tranining.

Duration:

2.5 hours (per day) X 7 days. 

Target audience:

All Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada employees.

Prerequisite:

None.