Enhancing Coaching Skills: A Detailed Self-Assessment and Plan

This report focuses on learning and development strategies to enhance coaching skills. It begins with a self-assessment tool to identify key areas for development, specifically communication and self-improvement. The report then outlines a development plan using the GROW model, detailing actions, resources, and timelines for improving these skills, as well as emphasizing and challenging skills. The plan includes strategies for enhancing communication, self-improvement, emphasizing, and challenging skills through online resources, feedback, and teamwork. Ultimately, the goal is to develop the individual into a capable coach by addressing weaknesses and leveraging strengths. The document concludes that self-assessment is critical for identifying areas of improvement, and a structured development plan is essential for achieving professional goals. Desklib provides access to this and many other solved assignments to support student learning.

LEARNING AND
DEVELOPMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL
• 2 KEY AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT
• DEVELOPMENT PLAN
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
• Learning and development is a term which is used to describe each element used by business in order to
encourage professional development among employees which includes training courses, development
programs and online development activities.
• The present study also helps to understand the importance of coaching skills within an individual in
order to become a coach.

CONT..
• For that, ppt complete the coaching self-assessment tool in order to determine the 2 key areas of
development.
• Further, it also focused upon development plan by undertaking 2 areas based upon coaching
model.

Coaching self-assessment tool
Skills Where I am currently using this skill Rating/10 Action I want to take
Listening I used this skill in order to absorb, understand and retain other
people so that I can advise accordingly.
8 In order to improve the skill, I start becoming more
attentive and do not interrupt between them.
Questioning I used this skill in order to get grips with issues that helps to
understand thoughts and feelings. Also, I asked different types of
question in order to understand the issue and perception of
people.
7 To improve the same, I start avoid the use of
rhetorical questions.
Building Rapport Building Rapport used by making eye contact and learning
forward that helps to feel understood. This in turn helps to make
effective relationship
7 In order to increase the rating, I start increase the
conversation between the people so that relationship
can be maintained between teams.

CONT..
Skills Where I am currently using this skill Rating/10 Action I want to take
Giving Feedback I used this skill in order to identify my weakness by colleagues so
that effective changes can be done. Through this, I can also engage
team members and remain them motivated.
9 I can consider the current skill as a strength and to
enhance rating, I should start communicating with
other members in order to generate the best outcomes.
Empathizing I used this skill when one of the team member may hurt physically
and then I show kindness in order to understand their pain
6 I am poor in this skill and to improve the same, should
focused upon feedback as well as identify there should
not be any bias.
Goal Setting Whenever new strategy developed, I ensure to set up a goal that
helps to meet the same within a defined tenure
9 I have a strong goal setting skills and to improve the
same will consult with other people to generate best
outcome.

CONTINUED…
Skills Where I am currently using this skill Rating/10 Action I want to take
Challenging I used this skill when one of the employee face any challenge with
regard to any situation.
8 To improve the same, must use critical thinking
abilities that helps to make effective decision.
Reviewing learning I used this skill in order to understand the loopholes and learning
among employees
6 Due to poor rating, there is a need to improve the skill
by start interacting with other employees so that
learning can be reviewed.
Self-improvement I used this skill when I receive the feedback from the people and
then make an action accordingly.
5 In order to improve the same, I must focused upon
feedback and collect reviews from other so that I
determine my weaknesses and then make action
accordingly.

CONT..
Skills Where I am currently using this skill Rating/10 Action I want to take
Communication skill I used this skill when I motivate employee and also share my
views to others.
5 There is a need to improve the skill by focusing
upon online material used so that I can improve the
communication skills.
Emotional intelligence I used this skill in order to understand other’s behavior that helps
to interact with others and manage the adverse situation
effectively.
6 Having medium rating regarding emotional
intelligence, I must perform self-evaluation and also
examine how I am react to stressful situation as well.

Determine 2 key areas of development

CONT..
• From the self-assessment tool, identified that there are many key areas which need to be focused in order to
become a coach.
• Among all, it has been examined that there is a need to focus upon communication and self-improvement that
helps to meet the defined aim.
• Also, it has been identified that without effective communication skill, coach cannot express their views and
this in turn create a negative impact over their team members.
• However, on the other side, focusing upon self-improvement area because it also assists to make a plan with
regard to careers and improve how they present themselves professionally.

CONT..
• This in turn assists to generate the best outcomes and let people understand about the
importance of developing upon such key areas.
• In addition to this, it has been also identified that focusing upon such key areas will be more
beneficial to attain the defined aim and become a good coach in near future.
• Thus, to improve the key areas, there is a need to implement pdp where individual can easily
develop strategy that helps to generate best outcomes

Development plan that focused on developing
identified skills
• There are range of models used by the individuals as per
their requirement but among all, grow model helps to
understand the importance of setting goals, improving
performance and coaching.
• By using the stages mentioned in a model, individual also
set up the development plan that helps to improve the skills
and also attain the goals i.e. to become a coach.