Develop skills for sports and business coaching

Coaches play an important role in establishing a cohesive team environment.

On this two-week course, you’ll learn how to use different strategies to support your team members and promote inclusive surroundings.

You’ll understand how to build a strong team that works together to achieve your desired team goals.

Learn the strategies to encourage team development

To understand how to promote growth within your team, you’ll identify the stages of team development including the change cycle, team bank balance and the performance clock.

There are key differences when working with new and established teams, and you’ll have to change your approach to suit each one. You’ll identify the frameworks to support working with new teams and examine the challenges you may face in both scenarios.

You’ll understand the importance of monitoring conflict and reflecting on the changes occurring as your team develops.

Understand team culture and how to promote it

You’ll analyse how successful coaches create and maintain a positive team culture and learn how to apply these concepts in your team context.

By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to create an inclusive team environment that promotes growth and a shared interest in working towards team goals.

What topics will you cover?

The changing landscape in which coaching/leading happens
Approaches to coaching that move beyond instructing
An experiential learning cycle for current practice
Harnessing the collective intelligence of the team.

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Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Identify key differences between working with established and new teams
Apply principles and strategies for creating a cohesive team in your context
Investigate the role successful coaches play in developing a positive team culture
Reflect on conflict, change and team development

Who is the course for?

This course will help you develop your skills as a sports or business coach. You may already be working in the area or you might be looking to turn your interest into a career.

Who developed the course?

Deakin University

Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.

Established
1974
Location
Melbourne, Australia
World ranking
Top 280Source: QS World University Rankings 2021

About this ExpertTrack

Learn valuable sports coaching skills to lead and motivate your high-performing team with this ExpertTrack from Deakin University.

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