This Head of People joined a cohort of other senior HR leaders operating in a wide range of industry sectors, including entertainment, hospitality, retail and aviation. Together, they experienced Notion’s Accredited Internal Coach (AIC®) Programme (which for some also included the ILM7 postgraduate certification) with the aim to further develop their coaching, leadership and management skills. Below are some of the insights that different senior leaders from the cohort shared with us.
It Will Help You Be a Better Leader
The programme delivers even more than it promises. Delegates found that not only did they learn to become better coaches, they also learned much more about their own leadership styles, how they interact with people generally, and how they can work better with their teams for better outcomes.
Many of the delegates already had a good knowledge of coaching and were actively coaching in their organisations and were surprised at how much they learnt on the programme.
Getting the balance right between stretch and challenge and personalised support and care ensured that the delegates were in an environment where genuine learning could occur and confidence could soar. This was made possible by Notion’s expert tutors who have had senior commercial careers in their own right and are also active executive coaches working with senior executives in major organisations and achieving fantastic results.
Despite each delegate joining the programme with their own unique set of skills and experiences, under the expert tutelage of two of Notion’s world class executive coaches, they were able to have a bespoke learning experience that pushed them out of their individual comfort zones.
Support comes in more ways than one. Notion’s Coaching Director, Laura Ashley-Timms explains, “We don’t think learning should ever be an isolated experience so our programmes are designed in a way that enables our delegates to share experiences with other senior professionals and to build supportive networks that can continue long after the programme ends.”
All of these delegates had progressed through Notion’s modular Coaching Skills Programme which enables them to approach their development as a coach in stages, helping them to build the confidence to work towards the ILM Level 7 in Coaching and Mentoring.
Notion’s Coaching Skills Programme not only helped these delegates to become better coaches, it also taught them how to leverage coaching in their organisations so that coaching has a measurable impact on culture, engagement, performance and productivity. Notion’s focus on ROI is clear throughout the programme but do the delegates think they got value for money?
So, what would these delegates say to other people wondering whether to join Notion’s Coaching Skills Open Programme? Well, their resounding response was...
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