Coaching Specialties in the Workplace

Regardless of the type of coach all coaches share one goal: equipping people with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities that they need to develop their capabilities and achieve success. However, each of the below types of coaching varies in the specialist business knowledge and training required by the coach to perform effectively. In particular, coaches working in an organizational environment require greater business acumen, a broader understanding of the organizational context in which an individual works, and more rigorous training in professional skills development, group dynamics, behavioural change and organizational culture and performance. Successful coaches have been trained to work with human behavior in an organizational context, understand what it takes to change and know how to separate core problems from the rest. Certified Master Coaches (by Dr Skiffington) are specifically trained in understanding, assessing and developing individuals in the context of their workplace situation.

Some coaching specialties -where graduates of Dr Skiffington's Certified Master Coach Course employ the behavioral change and learning coaching model:

The Executive Coach works in the specialist area of executive professional development -to help develop executives by increasing their self-awareness and building and changing their personal and professional skills to ultimately drive long-term organizational success. Executive coaches focus on individual strengths and liabilities, developing strategic thinking skills, broadening emotional competencies, expanding coalitions and networks, and building organizational culture through living the corporate values etc.

The Global Executive Coach focuses on intercultural issues that support the globally oriented executive.

The Leadership coach focuses on developing the leadership skills of an organization’s high potential talent (the next generation of organizational leaders) at every level of the organization, to become capable leaders.

The Management Coach assists managers and other leaders develop and refine their management practices and strategies for increased performance, teamwork, quality, service, and financial results.

The Internal Corporate Coach is employed by organizations engaged in the task of individual and organizational change and learning.

The Tertiary Coach works with university/college students, staff, and faculty members to navigate through their learning workplace and develop their career.

Dr Skiffington's industry-proven Certified Master Coach Course meets the critical needs for professional coaches to be trained and mentored in the use validated, reliable behavioral coaching models, tools and techniques.