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Course overview – A skill set, a philosophy, an experience.
Covering an eclectic mix of skills, group exchange and investigation relating to coaching and leadership. An opportunity to understand your own leadership preferences and develop a coaching style. For those wishing to train as a professional, one to one RD1st Coach and/or enhance leadership, mentoring and facilitation skills and utilise coaching skills in the workplace or day to day interactions. A wide range of core coaching skills and coaching frameworks are introduced and practised. Other core topics which are presented, debated and explored include:
Enhanced self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Negotiation and trust
Motivation, needs and behaviour
Giving and receiving feedback
Difficult conversations and negotiation
Advanced Communication
The course is designed such that everyone’s learning will, in part, be specific to them; by the end of the two core modules, all participants will have experienced delivering coaching sessions and being coached using a variety of techniques and skills (including RD1st Action Learning) and explored how coaching approaches and skills can be used outside formal 1-2-1 sessions, including personal leadership style and in the workplace.
The course is accredited through Culture at Work (equivalent to ILM level 7). As part of accreditation, trainees complete two short written submissions, achieve coaching practice between modules and undertake a live coaching assessment on the final day of Module Three. The course is accompanied by a comprehensive manual.
Previous participants have included a wide range of people working as freelancers or in employed roles in the creative, cultural, heritage, charity, therapeutic and education sectors including artists, arts managers, consultants, clinical psychologists, theatre directors, choreographers, facilitators, fundraisers and Fellows of the Clore Cultural and Clore Social Leadership programmes.
Some testimonials from previous participants give a further flavour of the course and what to expect.
Practicalities
Format: An eight-day, accredited course in three modules (3+3+2). Each module is approximately one month apart. It is also possible to take the course without accreditation – 6 days (3+3).
Location: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, UK. The Dukes is wheelchair accessible. Each day runs 10:00-17:00 except the last day of each module which ends at 16:30
Level: accredited (optional), equivalent to ILM level 7. No prior experience required.
Costs: fees vary according to your resources and whether accreditation is required. Further information and details regarding fees, can be found in the booking form – request a form. Please state which course you are interested in (e.g. RD36 Spring 2021) when emailing – thank you. We can only reserve places on confirmation of a deposit and on receipt of a completed booking form (via email is preferred).
Partners: BIG thanks to the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster for supporting this course.
Dates
Please note, each course tends to fully book 4-6 months in advance. However, it is worth going on the waiting list, as last-minute deferrals do sometimes occur.
Dates for 2020
RD34: Summer 2020 (full – running online)
Module one: 6-8 May
Module two: 3-5 June
Module three: 13 & 14 July
RD35: Autumn 2020 (full – waiting list started)
Module one: 7-9 Oct
Module two: 4-6 Nov
Module three: 3 & 4 Dec
Dates for 2021
RD36: Spring 2021 (bookings open)
Module one: 27 – 29 Jan
Module two: 24 – 26 Feb
Module three: 25 & 26 March
Module one: 5 – 7 May
Module two: 9 – 11 June
Module three: 8 & 9 July
Module one: 6 – 8 Oct
Module two: 3 – 5 Nov
Module three: 2 & 3 Dec
Course Trainers: Deb Barnard, Emma Haughton and Isabel Mortimer. Each course is run by two trainers.
External Assessors: Sarah Hymas and Diane Sammons
Testimonials from previous participants give a further flavour of the course and what to expect.
