Coaching Skills for Managers

Become a More Effective Manager

Learn proven techniques to coach your people to higher performance.

About This Specialization

In this Specialization, you will learn the essential skills to coach people for improved performance. You will learn from Executive Coach and UC Davis Instructor Kris Plachy, who has created and transformed dozens of teams through coaching. She will share best practices, research, tools and models for coaching effectively. You will learn how effective managers use coaching to establish clear expectations and accountability, how to assess performance, and how to conduct coaching conversations that build awareness and get results. Throughout the courses, you will apply insights about management and coaching to develop your own coaching practice and tools.

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4 courses

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Projects

Designed to help you practice and apply the skills you learn.

Certificates

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Courses

Intermediate Specialization.: Some related experience required.

COURSE 1
Managing as a Coach
Upcoming session: Oct 30
Subtitles
English, Vietnamese
About the Course
Do you (or do you want to) manage employees? Have you ever wondered how to get better performance out of those you manage? Are you unsure if you are communicating effectively with your employees? If you answered “yes” to any of these questio
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COURSE 2
Setting Expectations & Assessing Performance Issues
Upcoming session: Oct 30
Subtitles
English
About the Course
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there. One of the most important roles of a manager is to ensure everyone knows the destination. The most effective managers set expectations and assess their employees’ performance
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COURSE 3
Coaching Practices
Current session: Oct 23
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
Subtitles
English, Vietnamese
About the Course
In order for coaching to be most effective, it’s important that there is strong culture of coaching and accountability which you will learn how to incorporate into your one-on-one meetings in this course. We’ll discuss strategies in coachi
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COURSE 4
Coaching Conversations
Current session: Oct 23
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Throughout the Coaching Skills for Managers specialization, we’ve discussed many topics for improving coaching conversations with our employees. It is now time to put all of that theory and discussion into practice and examine great examples of common
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Creators

University of California, Davis
UC Davis, one of the nation’s top-ranked research universities, is a global leader in agriculture, veterinary medicine, sustainability, environmental and biological sciences, and technology. With four colleges and six professional schools, UC Davis and its students and alumni are known for their academic excellence, meaningful public service and profound international impact.

Kris Plachy
CEO and Founder & Instructor

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