Level 2 Practitioner • Course 9/9 • ~110 min
Coaching Skills for People Development
Coach employees using models like GROW, SBI, and development conversations.
Part of the Talent Development • Level 2 — Talent Development Practitioner program. Complete the whole program to earn the overall certificate.
View the program →What you'll get: Equip the core coaching skills of a talent developer: distinguish coaching–mentoring–managing, lead a coaching conversation with the GROW model, give feedback with SBI, and combine both in a development dialogue. Case study: Sir John Whitmore's GROW origin and Google's discovery (Project Oxygen) that 'being a good coach' is the number-one behavior of a good manager.
Who is this course for?
- L&D / Talent Specialists and HRBPs who develop people
- Managers who want to coach their teams more effectively
- Anyone who wants to develop others through coaching
After this course, you will
- Distinguish and choose correctly among coaching, mentoring, managing
- Lead a coaching conversation with the GROW model
- Give feedback with the SBI model
- Combine SBI and GROW in a development dialogue
Course content (4 modules)
Module 1
Coaching: ask instead of tell
How coaching differs from managing/mentoring, Whitmore's GROW origin, and Google's discovery.
26 min
Module 2
The GROW model
The four steps Goal – Reality – Options – Will and how to lead a coaching conversation.
26 min
Module 3
Feedback with SBI and development dialogue
The SBI feedback model and how to weave coaching into a development conversation.
20 min
Module 4
Final test & certificate
A 10-question comprehensive test. Score at least 8/10 to earn the certificate — and complete Level 2.
10 min
Certificate in Coaching Skills for People Development
Complete all 4 modules and score at least 8/10 on the final test to unlock the certificate — issued by Nhan Ha (Tony), MBA, SHRM-CP via TTD. Download the PDF, print it, and share it on LinkedIn.
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