In order to have an effective organisation, it is imperative that employees’ skills are continuously expanded and enhanced upon so that they are able to give more, and be more productive. For this to happen, it is important that they are given the appropriate coaching that they need.

Coaching Skills is an online course that will give you the knowledge and the strategies that you need to be able to contribute to the process in an effective way. You will be taught how to assess your learners’ needs, draw up a learning plan, assess their competence and review progress. The eLearning course also looks at the various skills and roles that you need to have in order to be able to play your part successfully.

There are six modules to this eLearning course, which are; What’s Coaching About?; Why Coach; Assessing the Learner’s Needs; Developing a Learning Plan; Assessing Competence; and Reviewing Progress. Once you have completed each individual module, you will be presented with a short quiz that will check your understanding and help you to reinforce what you have learned. Once you have finished the entire eLearning course, there is a full course test for you to complete so you will be able to see if there are any areas that you need to re-visit.

By the time you have completed Coaching Skills, you will be able to state what coaching is; identify situations where coaching is appropriate; evaluate individual learning needs; establish plans of action to meet individuals’ needs; write ‘Performance Criteria’ for demonstrating competence; assess individuals’ competence; and feedback performance information constructively and effectively.

It will take you 90 minutes to complete Coaching Skills, and you can access it on tablet devices, Android smartphones and any personal computer.