Workshop: A Coach-Approach to Leadership 

Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024

Time: 1:00pm - 3:45pm

Location: UBC Okanagan Campus

Room: ART 104

The "A Coach Approach to Leadership" workshop is designed specifically for people managers seeking to expand their leadership and communication approach. In this interactive session, participants will explore essential coaching skills, principles and a core conversational model that supports leaders to be more coach-like in their everyday interactions with their direct reports, colleagues and teams.

This 2.5-hour in-person workshop and 30-minute pre-work requirement, introduces coaching in the workplace and how the UBC COEC model (Connect – Open – Explore – Close) enables more effective, generative and productive conversations. Blending content with demonstrations and practice, participants will explore the elements, qualities and skills that support informal and more formal coach-like conversations and gain insight into how a coach-like approach fosters stronger connections, increases engagement and improves relationships at work.

This session is for people managers who want to:

• Enhance their understanding of coaching principles for meaningful leadership conversations.
• Expand their communication range through active listening, curiosity and leadership presence.
• Rehearse and apply a coach-approach to diverse leadership responsibilities

Facilitator:

HEATHER TURNBULL, COC, PCC is the Lead for Coaching Services at UBC and before that was the program lead for UBC Extended Learning’s Certificate in Organizational Coaching. Heather is responsible for setting the direction and professional standards for the successful delivery of Coaching Services, including 1:1, group and team coaching for staff and faculty as well as delivering coaching skills and approaches for people and leaders. Heather's approach is partnership driven with the long-term aspiration that the capabilities, skills and competencies can take root and be given the conditions to thrive and excel on their own. Heather is a certified organizational coach, a certified systemic team coach practitioner with the Global Team Coaching Institute.