Coaching in the Workplace Clinic

• Do you have employees you are unable to motivate or understand?
• Do you want to guarantee better performance management feedback?
• Do you struggle with concerns about how to maximize communication, conflict management, and role-clarification in your team?
• Would you like to take the first step toward “Implementing a Coaching Culture” in your organization to ensure alignment of strategy with individual skill?
• Are you open to acquiring core coaching skills to be more effective as a manager?

Our “Coaching in the Workplace” clinic can help...

This intensive one-day workshop is designed for Leaders in busy organizations to support them in taking a “coach approach” in their roles.   A "first-ever" public offerring of what we have used successfully in corporations and public sector agencies, it  improves your supervision of direct reports and all workplace relationships.   Full of case studies and role-plays as well as “real-time” exercises to cement the learning of coaching skills, the "Master Coach" certified instructors  model “real-time coaching,” using real work situations from their years of experience in business.  The program expands participant’s knowledge of what to do in "real-time" situations back in the office.  It emphasizes the power of the collaborative “we” approach, rather than the “them and us” approach.

Coaching in the Workplace
Thursday, April 19th - 8:30 - 5:00
Alameda Public Library
1550 Oak Street
Alameda, CA 94501

 What You Will Get:

• A  program to understand coaching as a powerful model of management and leadership
• Experience and practice in "state-of-the-art" coaching tools such as contextual listening and discovery questioning
• Training in a 5-step“coaching conversation” model that will enhance your communication at work
• Skill-building practice with "real time" situations relevant to your organization
• A “Personal Coaching Style” Indicator to understand how your coaching style can be improved as you coach others with different styles
• A “Coaching Manual” for the training that covers essential coaching skills for a business environment
• A  Coaching Competency Builder Unit of your choice from our  Skill Kit for Leaders:  “Real Time” Resources to Develop  Leadership Skills You choose from 42 skill units when you sign up

Who Will Be There:

• Executives, managers, supervisors –any leader who wants to learn  about taking a “coach approach” to advance their communication skills.
• Human Resource professionals who want a program to support a coaching culture.
• Coaches who want to refine their coaching skills and learn more about corporate coaching.

How Does “Coaching in the Work Place” Benefit Your Organization?

• Promotes a “coaching culture” that supports improved performance and morale   
• Increases  retention by supporting career/professional development and satisfaction.
• Improves morale by support for communication and empowered problem-solving at the lowest levels of the organization
  

About the Co-Facilitators

Gabrielle Parkinson, MA, brings 20 years of leadership and senior level management experience, having consulted and coached with a wide range of clients in career management, leadership development and team building.  Gabrielle uses the “coach approach” in supporting leaders and organizations during dynamic change, placing emphasis on managing time, resources and business demands in a healthy productive way while enhancing “people resources.” Gabrielle taught in the School of Business at Humboldt State University and College of the Redwoods, and is a graduate of Corporate Coach University (CCU).  She is a certified facilitator with the Coaching Clinic, a licensed coaching training program through CCU, and is an active member of ICF- the International Coaching Federation.  Some of her client companies include:  Pacific Gas & Electric, Wells Fargo Bank, County of Humboldt, Humboldt State University, College of the Redwoods, Simpson Timber, and the City of Oakland. More ...

Diane Foster is a leadership expert who has practiced in the SF Bay Area for over 20 years.  A Master Certified Coach, MA in Career Development and organization development consultant, she has provided support to numerous industries, government, business, and individual leaders, including  CEOs and senior officers in Fortune 50 companies.  Diane’s work with the principles of “Coaching in the Workplace” supported a leadership program that doubled the productivity in the offices of targeted leaders at the US Department of Labor.  With another private sector corporate client, work with “Coaching in the Workplace,”  has produced a program so successful that it made the front page of the Wall Street Journal and has enabled the company to become one of the “Top Ten Places to Work in Arizona”. More...

Clinic Fee

$500 Fee includes:

• Continental Breakfast
• Afternoon Tea/Coffee break
• Advance Preparation Material
• Feedback/Assessment on your Personal Coaching Style with the Personal Coaching Style Indicator (PCSI)
• Training Manual
• A unit of your choice from our Skill Kit for Leaders:  “Real-Time” Tools for on Leadership Development. 

10% Early Bird discount for registratration by March 1, 2007

Space is limited to ensure a quality experience

WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND:

Further Work On Your “Coaching in the Workplace” available from DFA:

• Five follow-on individual coaching sessions to reinforce your new skills and our feedback on your “real-time” issues (at a discounted hourly rate if you sign-up at the Workshop)
• Our “Coaching in the Workplace” Teleconferences (One hour of packed practice on advanced coaching skills delivered to you in your own office by phone)