Begin Coaching

The Course

The Begin Coaching course will show you how easy it is to begin coaching in everyday life. You just have to make sure the person you want to coach is comfortable, ask them a good question, then listen attentively as they reply.

The question and the listening work together to create a space for insight. The person you’re coaching will try to come up with a response to your question that they’re happy with. As they talk, they’ll think and make new mental connections.

Understanding Coaching

The course starts with a video explaining how this simple form of coaching works.

Coaching’s Core Tools

You’ll then read about the three core tools of coaching:

1. Attentive listening
2. Making people comfortable
3. Asking open questions

A Challenge

There’s a quiz to check that you’ve understood what you’ve watched and read. And the course finishes with a challenge. Will you actually begin coaching people in everyday life?

We’ll provide you with two forms of support to help you succeed:

1. A forum where you can share your experiences and find out how other novice coaches have got on.
2. A Microcoaching Practice programme so that you can team up with another novice coach and play some skill-building games together.