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What is coaching?
The main purpose of a coach is to work with individuals to improve their performance in a
specific area or skill.
-Explains the coaching process to coachees, line managers and other stakeholders.
-Supports the evaluation process by encouraging the coachee to assess progress against
his or her learning goals.
-Helps the coachee to motivate self to achieve his or her learning goals.
What is skill?
Are these skills gained through experience as a coach or is it already instilled in the coach and is not
needed to be learned or experienced?
1) the ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance
In the likeness of the meaning in Merriam Webster, it is gained or learned and developed as an a
ability.
What are skills of a good coach?
Communicate effectively, which includes listening (being open)
Provide impartial, timely and constructive feedback
Be a good planner
Be analytical
Create and maintain a safe coaching environment
Possession of an enquiring mind in their coaching practice, and be
motivated to increase
Their coaching skill and knowledge
Skills of a Coach Continued
Required skills/abilities
In a sense it would be the personal qualities of a person or in this context the qualities of being a good
coach.
What is a Qualities of a good coach?
Be enthusiastic and show enjoyment of coaching
Be self-confident, consistent, friendly and fair
Have a sense of humor and make things fun!
Dress appropriately
Be a role model for the participants
Maintain discipline throughout the session
Be well organized
Include all participants, regardless of ability, disability, age ,gender and ethic
background
Required qualities/attitudes
-Supportive, empathetic; patient;
-Honest;
-Interested;
-Perceptive;
-Self-aware;
-Attentive;
-Retentive.
Required knowledge:
Coaches require some knowledge of the
subject that they will be coaching and
specifically need to understand the
expectations of performance; they do
not need to be subject and/or technical
experts. They also need knowledge of
how adults learn and the theories of
learning, along with the process of
coaching.