Leadership Coaching Mastery™
Leadership Coaching Course Features
SUBJECT
Leadership Coaching
DURATION
2 Days
CERTIFICATION
ILM-Recognised
TRAINER
Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC
PARTICIPANTS
Leaders and Managers
DELIVERY
Open Scheduled • 1-2-1 • In-House Tailored
FORMAT
Classroom • Virtual Classroom • Hybrid
MATERIALS
Hard Copy Workbooks • Digital Workbooks
Instructor-Led Leadership Coaching Training
Master Trainer Nicholas Hill
Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC is a seasoned master trainer and the creator of 68 ILM-Recognised courses. His training is high-impact and results-driven, presented in classroom and virtual classroom formats. Since 1996, he has delivered training for over 700 organisations, leading to team improvements of up to 234% in performance, 136% in efficiency, and 104% in productivity.
Leadership Coaching Course Summary
Module 1
Differentiating Coaching
Module 2
Coaching Principles
Module 3
Coaching Questions
Module 4
Active Listening
Module 5
Coaching Objectives
Module 6
Coaching Frameworks
Module 7
Motivational Coaching
Module 8
Transformational Coaching
Participant Challenges
You're a leader or manager battling disengagement, apathy, or robotic compliance in your team. Conversations feel repetitive, progress stalls, and accountability is often deflected or avoided. You try to inspire change, but your guidance is met with silence, resistance, or surface-level agreement. Team members struggle to think independently, rely on you for solutions, and show little initiative. Unchecked, these patterns lead to low morale, high attrition, and poor performance. Without a shift, your time is consumed by micromanagement, and trust in your leadership declines. Act now to stop passive teams and limited thinking from sabotaging long-term results and team growth.
Course Objectives
Designed and delivered by Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd, this course equips you to coach with purpose, ask sharper questions, and ignite motivation across your team. You create a culture where people think independently, take ownership, and contribute with energy and insight. Conversations shift from passive updates to powerful breakthroughs that fuel trust and action. Your team benefits from precise direction, renewed confidence, and a deeper connection to their goals. Across the organisation, coaching becomes a driver of resilience, agility, and lasting performance. Develop coaching skills that transform thinking, strengthen relationships, and elevate your leadership impact.
Day One
One Coaching For High Performance™
Module 1: Differentiating Coaching
Outcomes
• Distinguish between universal coaching, mentoring, training, and teaching models • Note the benefits of coaching versus lecturing, preaching, consulting, or counselling • Appreciate which environment and context is suitable for practising coaching models
Syllabus
Developing Talent, The Learning Cycle, Differentiating Coaching, Differentiating Mentoring, Differentiating Training, Differentiating Teaching, Differentiating Lecturing, Differentiating Consulting, Differentiating Preaching, Differentiating Counselling
Module 2: Coaching Principles
Outcomes
• Promote accountability for individual thinking, communication, and behaviour • Empower your team members to think for themselves with limited intervention • Inspire exponential growth and the realisation of potential in your team every day
Syllabus
Principled Coaching, Coaching Rationale, Coaching Prerequisites, Coaching Competencies, Coaching Contexts, Coaching Explained, Pronoun Usage, Objectivity vs. Subjectivity, Clean Language, Purity of Intent, Focus of Will, Level of Awareness, Quality of Character
Module 3: Coaching Questions
Outcomes
• Facilitate or direct your coachees’ thinking to address causality, fear, and insecurities • Discriminate between techniques to ask more discerning questions of your coachees • Structure and time your coaching questions to solicit constructive responses
Syllabus
Question Criteria, Open Questions, Closed Questions, Leading Questions, Socratic Questions, Rhetorical Questions, Funnel Questions, Recall & Process Questions, Loaded Questions, Question Structuring, Questioning Poor Judgement, Questioning Failure
Module 4: Active Listening
Outcomes
• Heighten your focus and attention on your coachees to read between the lines • Lead your coachees to fast solutions by improving your understanding of the problem • Sharpen your listening skills and observational skills to recognise unspoken messages
Syllabus
Passive Listening, Cognitive Bias, Reflection, Curiosity, Assumptions, Summarising, Meaning Negotiation, Content Synthesis, Re-evaluation, Emotional Triggers, Incongruence, Nonverbal Cues, Emphatic Interjections, Acknowledgement Gestures, Teach-Back, Throw-Back
Day Two
Coaching Uncooperative Teams™
Module 5: Coaching Objectives
Outcomes
• Ensure that your team members commit to objectives and take immediate action • Help your coachees to become conscious of problems and respective consequences • Transform robotic compliance and apathy into willing cooperation and fiery passion
Syllabus
The GROW Model, Hill’s Coaching Objectives, Identifying Situations, Identifying Problems, Identifying Consequences, Identifying Outcomes, Identifying Benefits, Identifying Purpose, Identifying Barriers, Identifying Resolutions, Identifying Commitment
Module 6: Coaching Frameworks
Outcomes
• Prevent your people from being debilitated and discouraged by poor performance • Help your team derive positive meaning from failure and then move forward quickly • Shift the context abruptly when your coaches are unable to learn from mistakes
Syllabus
Introducing Framing, Determining Meaning, Coaching Frameworks, Designing Frameworks, Framing Experience, Problem Frame, Outcome Frame, As-If Frame, Relevancy Frame, Contrast Frame, Ecology Frame, Practical Frame, Back-Track Frame, Open Frame
Module 7: Motivational Coaching
Outcomes
• Reduce team attrition by averting boredom, worry, or frustration in your team • Use human needs psychology to encourage enthusiasm, commitment, and loyalty • Recognise the motivational drivers of your team to create a tailored reward system
Syllabus
Self-Determination Theory, Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Employee Retention Strategies, Self-Motivation, Team Motivation, Incentive Theory, Deficiency Needs, Instrumental Goals, Terminal Goals, Motivational Leadership Strategies
Module 8: Transformational Coaching
Outcomes
• Influence your team environment, behaviour, capability, beliefs, values, and identity • Stop team members with unhelpful beliefs and values from killing your organisation • Restrain underperforming team members from influencing high-performing colleagues
Syllabus
Inspiring Resourcefulness, Bateson’s Influence, Dilts’ Research, Logical Levels of Learning, The Process of Learning, The Four Levels of Learning, Neurological Levels 1-6, Environmental Effects, Behavioural Effects, Capability Effects, Beliefs and Values Effects, Identity Effects
Leadership Coaching Training Delivery
Open Scheduled Course
Develop Your Skills
Enjoy powerful and cost-effective learning and development from the comfort of your home or office. Benefit from our practical and relevant training content while interacting with our master trainer and like-minded delegates from other industries.
- Leaders and Managers
- 2 Days
- Virtual Classroom
1-2-1 Tailored Course
Master Your Skills
Solve your workplace problems in private and in confidence. Receive undivided personal attention and explore modules tailored to your needs. Schedule the training to suit your pace and calendar, then watch your knowledge and skills go through the roof.
- Management Level Tailored
- 2 Days • 4 Half Days • 8 Quarter Days
- Classroom • Virtual Classroom
In-House Tailored Course
Develop Your Team
Engage in team building and develop unity through shared goals that align your team’s thinking and behaviour. We facilitate your team discussions and tailor our modules, timings, and delivery style to your organisational vision, mission, and culture.
- Management Level Tailored
- 2 Days • 4 Half Days • 8 Quarter Days
- Classroom • Virtual Classroom
Leadership Coaching Open Courses
Included Materials
- Certificate of Achievement
- Digital Interactive Workbooks
- Professional Leader Subscription
- Pre-Course Diagnostic Consultation
- Post-Course Results Consultation
- Post-Course Email Mentoring
Optional Materials
- ILM-Recognised Certificate
- Hard Copy Workbooks
- Hard Copy Leadership Journal
- Leadership Principles Merchandise
- Leadership Style Mapping
- Post-Course Leadership Coaching
Course Features
- Master Trainer
- 2 Days Training
- 09:00 - 17:00 GMT/BST
- Leaders and Managers
- 5 Delegates Capacity
- Virtual Classroom
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Start
15 May, 2025
End
22 Sep, 2025
- Leadership Coaching Mastery
- 04 Places Remaining
£895
+VAT PER DELEGATE
Leadership Coaching Course Reviews
"Nicholas Hill is a very knowledgeable and passionate coach and trainer!"
M. Sunderland Operations Directo Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
"This course was too advanced for me, but it helped me to manage my time."
N. Brydon, Food and Beverage Manager The Elvetham Hotel Ltd
"Following your training, we are now turning around our business performance."
A. Panatti Sales Director Finish Creative Ltd
"The results achieved in this training are above and beyond what I was expecting."
S. Baker Managing Director Merritt & Baker Consultancy Ltd
"You positively changed my attitude toward leadership and management."
J. Mears General Manager Integrated Pathology Partnerships Ltd
"Outstanding and excellent feedback from our 42 delegates over four years."
O. Klochkova Chief Operations Officer Playson Ltd