Coaching Skills for Leaders

The Coaching Skills for Leaders program is a developmental opportunity targeted at UTSW leaders who must lead people to create results and want to grow their ability to create a positive and productive organizational culture. This highly interactive development experience includes two required components:

• A 2-day in-person workshop with 18-24 leaders with hands-on practice and real-time feedback as you learn the coaching approach
• Six monthly 1-hour virtual group coaching sessions to debrief experiences with using a coaching approach in your leadership role, expert guidance and support from a professional coach and your peer participants

• Coaching Skills for Leaders FAQs

  What skills will I gain by completing this program?

  After this program you will be able to:

  • Lead meaningful conversations with people that raise self-awareness and inspire action
  • Listen for and understand what your people need to be successful
  • Ask questions that naturally unlock people’s creativity, resourcefulness, and productivity, without resorting to telling them what to do
  • Understand the difference between coaching, setting expectations, and managing performance, and recognize when it’s appropriate (or not) to use each one
  • Impact the culture in a positive way while creating tangible, forward-moving results with people

  Will this program certify me as a professional coach?

  This program is not a certification program. While UTSW offers a robust, ICF-accredited professional coach training program, this program is intended for leaders who want to utilize a “coaching approach” within their leadership role for the institution.

  Are the monthly group coaching sessions optional or required?

  The monthly follow-up sessions are an important part of the program, designed to translate new skills into practical capability. The intent is that participants attend all components of the program, including all 6 group coaching sessions. Understanding that participants are busy professionals, formal completion of the program requires participation in a minimum of 3 group coaching sessions.

  Can completion of Coaching Skills for Leaders apply toward a subsequent completion of the UTSW Coach Certificate Program (UCCP)?

  While the two programs share a common definition of coaching, the intent of each program is different. As such, Coaching Skills for Leaders does not fulfill any of the requirements in the UCCP.