Coaching, Mentoring and Training

Coaching, mentoring and training are all effective ways of helping volunteers and staff develop additional skills that will support the work of their organisation. Charitable and not-for-profit organisations often face tight constraints on their budgets, and being able to provide these skills from within the organisation will help to free up resources to be used in other areas.

This course will:   

• Offer participants the opportunity to compare and understand the three approaches to personal and professional development.
• Explain the different ways we acquire knowledge and how to consider this when deciding on the right approach to training development.
• Demonstrate how to set up a coaching or mentoring relationship, or a training session.
• Provide an opportunity to practice each approach.

Learning Outcomes

Following this course, participants will:

• Understand the differences between coaching, mentoring and training and know what each approach could be used to achieve
• Understanding their own preferences when learning and how this affects how you help others to learn
• Know how to set up and run a coaching relationship
• Be able to demonstrate how to coach effectively
• Know how to set up and run a mentoring relationship
• Be able to demonstrate how to mentor effectively
• Know how to design a training session
• Be able to demonstrate how to run a training session
• Understand the use different techniques within a coaching/mentoring and training session to meet different needs