Complete Accelerator Course Overview 

Welcome to your leadership transformation journey. You're about to go beyond simply acquiring knowledge to implementing actionable insights that drive real business results. 

This learning accelerator serves as your personal Leadership Accelerator, transforming both your performance and your ability to enhance the productivity of others – direct reports, teams, clients and stakeholders. To extract maximum value from this investment of your time and attention, complete these essential preparation steps before proceeding further.

Session Description:

Time for Change: Leadership and Management in Industry 4.0" examines the fundamental shifts disrupting traditional leadership paradigms and introduces the innovative "Align and Enable" framework. This transformative session equips participants to navigate technological acceleration, business model evolution, management structure transformation, and changing workforce expectations. Participants will develop strategies to move beyond outdated command-and-control approaches and embrace leadership practices that foster engagement, autonomy, and purpose-driven performance in today's dynamic business landscape. 

Session Objectives:

1. To analyze the four fundamental shifts reshaping leadership requirements in Industry 4.0
2. To evaluate the limitations of traditional command-and-control management approaches
3. To introduce the "Align and Enable" leadership model as an alternative framework
4. To develop practical strategies for implementing modern leadership practices

Session Description:

The Enabling Manager: Leading, Managing, Coaching, and Relating" introduces a transformative framework for creating high-performing teams in today's complex business environment. This session explores the four pillars of the Enabling Manager Model—Lead, Manage, Coach, and Relate—and examines how these distinct yet complementary approaches can be balanced to optimize team performance. Participants will discover how to create conditions for peak performance by providing clarity of purpose, establishing clear expectations, empowering independent thinking, and building trust-based relationships with team members.

Session Objectives:

1. To introduce the four pillars of the Enabling Manager Model as an alternative to traditional command-and-control approaches
2. To explore the balance between organizational and individual interests in effective leadership
3. To examine the psychological conditions for optimal performance
4. To provide practical strategies for implementing the Enabling Manager Model in workplace scenarios

Session Description:

The Enabling Manager Model: Coaching to Align With the 'How'" explores the transformative power of coaching as a leadership tool for modern managers. This session delves into non-directive coaching approaches that empower team members to determine their own methods for achieving results within established parameters. Participants will discover the "Over There -- Over Here" coaching framework and learn how effective coaching builds capacity, ownership, and sustainable performance. Through practical examples and guided practice, this session equips managers to move beyond directive approaches to unlock their teams' full potential through skillful coaching conversations. 

Session Objectives:

1. To differentiate between directive and non-directive coaching approaches
2. To introduce the "Over There -- Over Here" coaching framework
3. To examine the four critical elements of effective coaching
4. To provide practical strategies for implementing coaching within the Enabling Manager Model
5. To demonstrate how coaching creates capacity and autonomy rather than dependency

Session Description

This session introduces essential coaching frameworks and communication skills that enable managers to unlock their team members' potential. Participants will explore structured approaches to coaching conversations, techniques for facilitating self-directed thinking, and advanced communication methods that transform surface-level interactions into meaningful exchanges. Through practical exercises and real-world applications, participants will develop the confidence to implement the coaching dimension of the Enabling Manager Model, creating the conditions for their team members to solve problems independently and grow professionally.

Session Objectives

This session will equip participants with:

• A comprehensive understanding of the GROW model for structuring coaching conversations
• Practical techniques for following interest and guiding non-directive coaching
• Advanced communication skills for clarifying ambiguity and demonstrating active listening
• Strategies for integrating coaching frameworks and skills into everyday leadership practice
• A foundational coaching mindset that empowers team members to develop their own solutions.

Session Part I & II Objectives

This session will equip participants with:

• A comprehensive understanding of the GROW model for structuring coaching conversations
• Practical techniques for following interest and guiding non-directive coaching
• Advanced communication skills for clarifying ambiguity and demonstrating active listening
• Strategies for integrating coaching frameworks and skills into everyday leadership practice

A foundational coaching mindset that empowers team members to develop their own solutions

Session Description:

"The Essential Coaching Skills - Part II: Directive" explores the advanced coaching techniques that enable managers to provide direction and instruction without disempowering their teams. This session delves into making conscious choices about when to be directive, mastering the art of powerful questioning, providing effective feedback, and creating concrete success criteria. Participants will learn to balance directive and non-directive approaches, maintaining the core principles of responsibility and choice while fulfilling their managerial responsibilities. Through practical frameworks and guided practice, this session equips managers with sophisticated coaching skills that drive performance while developing team members' capacity.

 Session Objectives:

1. To introduce the Four Tests for making conscious intervention choices
2. To explore the characteristics and techniques of powerful questioning
3. To present the CDA Model for providing effective feedback
4. To examine principles for effective proposing
5. To demonstrate the See/Hear/Feel approach for creating concrete success criteria
6. To develop skills for balancing directive and non-directive approaches in coaching

Session Description:

The Essential Coaching Skills - Part II: Directive" explores the advanced coaching techniques that enable managers to provide direction and instruction without disempowering their teams. This session delves into making conscious choices about when to be directive, mastering the art of powerful questioning, providing effective feedback, and creating concrete success criteria. Participants will learn to balance directive and non-directive approaches, maintaining the core principles of responsibility and choice while fulfilling their managerial responsibilities. Through practical frameworks and guided practice, this session equips managers with sophisticated coaching skills that drive performance while developing team members' capacity.

Session Objectives:

1. To introduce the Four Tests for making conscious intervention choices
2. To explore the characteristics and techniques of powerful questioning
3. To present the CDA Model for providing effective feedback
4. To examine principles for effective proposing
5. To demonstrate the See/Hear/Feel approach for creating concrete success criteria
6. To develop skills for balancing directive and non-directive approaches in coaching

Session Description:

Using Lead LMCR In Your Day-to-Day Role" focuses on the practical application of the Enabling Manager Model within participants' specific organizational contexts. This culminating session helps leaders integrate the principles, frameworks, and skills explored throughout the course into their daily responsibilities as line managers and team leaders. Participants will examine how the Lead-Manage-Coach-Relate approach creates tangible benefits for both their organization and team members, while identifying specific opportunities to implement these practices in their workplace. Through reflection, planning, and peer discussion, this session bridges theory and practice to support lasting behavioural change in leadership approach.

Session Objectives:

1. To contextualize the Enabling Manager Model within participants' specific organizational environments
2. To integrate the principles, models, and skills learned throughout the course
3. To identify specific opportunities for implementing LMCR in day-to-day management activities
4. To evaluate how the Enabling Manager approach creates benefits for both businesses and teams
5. To consolidate learning through comprehensive review and application planning.

To complete your Coaching for Performance and Productivity course and achieve the award, there are FIVE essential steps. Let’s walk through each of them so you know exactly what to do.

1. Step One – COMPLETION | ATTENDANCE
2. Step Two – KEY ACTIVITIES.
3. Step Three – PRACTICE COACHING 
4. Step Four – YOUR PORTFOLIO.
5.  Step Five – SUBMISSION AND REVIEW 

Congratulations!

You've completed the Coaching for Performance & Productivity Learning Accelerator - a transformative journey using coaching, integrated within leadership and management to transform the performance & productivity of others; direct reports, teams, stakeholders and clients.

Welcome to the bonus content session exclusive for The Coaching for Performance & Productivity Accelerator Level II and Level III. You’ll acquire rich, practical insight on how to integrate and deploy The Enabling Manager into your day-to-day role from Q&A with Myles Downey.