Train the Trainer - coaching

Coaching is a positive, helping relationship between two people: a trained coach and a client. It differs from other helping relationships such as counselling, mentoring, and guidance in that it does not offer advice nor does the coach suggest that he/she is an expert in a client's field of work. Coaching seeks to empower a person to find their own solutions to their challenges, focussing on the present and the future and not dwelling on past events. Coaches are non-judgmental and non-critical, concentrating on strengths and encouraging clients to build on these.

If you would like to receive coaching support having completed the Alite Train the Trainer course, we would be happy to put you in touch with an appropriate coach. Typically, a coachee would book a course of four sessions, each 45 minutes long. The first 30 minute session is free of charge, and designed to establish that you and the coach will work well together and that the process will help you to achieve your goals.

Why is coaching such a powerful agent for change?

Coaching draws on different disciplines to help clients overcome barriers which prevent them from achieving their goals. The skilled use of questioning, reflection, and some specialised coaching techniques can help people unlock their potential.

Coaching provides the client with a space for reflection and an opportunity to discuss and organise their thoughts without the interruptions of everyday life. This is provided by a coach whose main role is to question, listen and reflect back to the client. Coaches employ techniques that can enable people to consider problems from other angles and develop positive approaches to problem-solving.

Coaching is:

• a non-critical and non-judgemental helping process
• a powerful way to overcome internal barriers to success
• adaptable to use with all age groups
• used across a group or one-to-one
• used to help pupils, teachers, managers and parents maximise their performance
• adding to the impact of conventional training
• easily carried out
• often done over the telephone, thus reducing logistical difficulties of two people meeting face-to-face

To find out more about telephone coaching, please contact the Alite office on 01628 810700 or via email: office@alite.co.uk