Program Overview

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Centre for Continuing Education

The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sydney offers a diverse range of professional development short courses. These courses are designed to enhance career progression, technical skills, and people skills.

Course Subjects

The Centre provides courses in various subjects, including:

• Business and management
  • Business communication
  • Business strategy
  • Business writing
  • Cultural competence and diversity
  • Finance
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Organisational psychology
  • Sales and customer service
• English
• HSC preparation (years 10-12)
  • HSC biology
  • HSC business studies
  • HSC chemistry
  • HSC economics
  • HSC English
  • HSC mathematics
  • HSC physics
  • Year 11 (Revision)
  • Years 10-12 study and essay skills
• Humanities and culture
  • Creative writing
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
• Information technology
  • Adobe
  • AI and machine learning courses
  • Data analysis and analytics
  • Google
  • Microsoft
• Language
  • Arabic
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
• Marketing
  • Digital marketing
  • Marketing communications
  • Product development
• Project management
  • Agile methodology courses
  • Change management for projects
  • Stakeholder and people management
  • Technical project management skills

Coaching Skills for Managers Course

The Coaching Skills for Managers Course is designed to help managers develop coaching techniques to empower their teams. The course covers:

• Introduction to coaching
• Using the present to desired state model
• 4 tools for workplace coaching
• Practical coaching session

Course Details

• Duration: 1 session, 8 hours total
• Next date: 16 February 2026
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• Next class mode: Face-to-face (venue TBA)
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• Cost: A$750.00

Course Information

The course aims to equip managers with the key skills of coaching to help their teams solve tough problems, set goals, and learn on the job. The techniques learned in this course can be used to:

• Avoid losing control of the team and its performance
• Gain influence and ability to drive performance
• Avoid being disliked and shunned as a manager
• Gain team support and respect
• Avoid team wasting time and being demotivated
• Create a productive, effective team that gets things done

Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Decide when to use coaching, rather than other workplace learning options
• Use the techniques of ‘Socratic dialogue’ to bring out the best in their people
• Structure a coaching session using the ‘present to desired state model’
• Ask solution-focused questions to drive change
• Listen actively to engage staff
• Challenge un-resourceful thinking patterns and attitudes using reframing techniques
• Give feedback in a way that prompts learning

Content

The course covers:

• Introduction to coaching
• Using the present to desired state model
• 4 tools for workplace coaching
• Practical coaching session

Intended Audience

This coaching skills course is suitable for all managers, team leaders, supervisors, and individuals wishing to develop their coaching skills.

Delivery Modes

The course is available in:

• Face-to-face, presenter-taught training
• Online training via the platform Zoom

Delivery Style

The course is interactive and will be delivered through a variety of methods, including:

• Small group discussions
• Role plays or simulations
• Written exercises
• Question and answer sessions with the trainer

Materials

Course materials are provided electronically using Dropbox.

Related Courses

Related courses include:

• Advanced Management Skills Course
• Building Positive Work Relationships Course
• Conflict Management and Mediation Skills Course
• Dealing with Difficult Behaviours at Work Course
• Mentoring Skills for Leaders Course
• Negotiation Skills Course for Professionals
• Women in Leadership Course: Advanced Skills
• Women in Leadership Course: Foundation Skills

Meet the Facilitators

The course facilitator is Eleanor Shakiba, an expert in positive psychology who has taught over 50,000 people to think and speak in ways that build success.

What Others Say

Participants have praised the course, saying it is "very relevant and useful" and that the instructor is "excellent." One participant noted that they were able to apply their learning within 48 hours, which rarely happens after attending other workshops.