Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

In this free course, Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring, you will consider theoretical and practical issues in planning and managing learning and talent development programmes in your organisation. You will also explore ideas about coaching and mentoring; both are prominent learning and development tools in contemporary organisations. You will also learn about how different learning theories and philosophies become concrete in the practical decisions you make about learning and talent development. The course is designed to encourage critical and personal reflection on these practices which will enhance your learning.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 The traditional training-based approach
• 1 The traditional training-based approach
• 1.1 Training needs analysis (TNA)
• 1.2 Sketching out the training programme
• 1.3 What kind of training?
• 1.4 Using technology for training
• 1.5 Training evaluation
• 1.5.1 Current practices of evaluation
• 1.6 Critical thinking about TNAs
• 2 The shift from training to learning
• 2 The shift from training to learning
• 2.1 From skills to skilfulness
• 2.2 A broader scope of learning
• 3 Coaching and mentoring: an overview of similarities and differences
• 3 Coaching and mentoring: an overview of similarities and differences
• 4 Supporting learning in coaching and mentoring
• 4 Supporting learning in coaching and mentoring
• 5 An introduction to coaching in practice
• 5 An introduction to coaching in practice
• 5.1 Planning a series of coaching sessions
• 5.2 Using the GROW coaching model
• 5.2.1 GROW: Goals
• 5.2.2 GROW: Reality
• 5.2.3 GROW: Options
• 5.2.4 GROW: Will
• Conclusion
• References
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements