GETTING YOUR WINGS ONLINE

Learn about our innovative and unique approach to developing leaders-who-coach

WHY leaders-who-coach?

Evidence shows that leaders who coach their team members are most likely to engender behavior that is consistent with the team's objectives and allow people to bring the best of themselves to work. They actively build relationships of trust, which allow individuals to gain new perspectives on themselves and their work situation.

These leaders who coach:

  • IMPROVE employee engagement
  • DRIVE retention
  • SUPERCHARGE employee development.

So, how do you create 

leaders-who-coach?

GETTING YOUR WINGS

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The role of coaching in leadership is often misunderstood, which is why it frequently fails, and investments in leadership and management development often fall short of expectations.
Our innovative approach to developing leaders-who-coach effectively makes all the difference.
GETTING YOUR WINGS online is a series of FIVE online sessions, plus practice sessions, where you will learn how to use our 
  • approach, 
  • tools and 
  • technology 
to develop leaders-who-coach, so you can seamlessly integrate a full learning stack with your clients or colleagues.

WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?

Getting Your Wings Gives You

KNOWLEDGE

  • to run the GIZMO
  • to debrief the Skills Report

SKILLS

  • the science behind leadership
  • the data on the impact of our approach

EXPERIENCE

  • in key exercises used in the program and the ability to adjust them for clients
  • in debriefing individuals and groups using the COTG Skills Reports

SIGN UP NOW FOR

US$2,500

and receive
Two FREE copies of our book, Coaching On the Go (published by Pearson/FT),
One FREE COTG Skills Report for you,
Two FREE COTG Skills Reports for your clients 
WORTH $500

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why is this different? 

Access the only tool in the world that shows you how your clients use their coaching skills in their leadership: as leaders-who-coach. 
• Differentiate yourself with your clients: Appreciate the innovative, research-based approach showing why leaders-who-coach need a new way to develop their skills  
• Explore Our Cutting-Edge Leadership Toolkit: Dive into our latest innovations designed to elevate leadership skills that your clients need. 
• Master the GIZMO: Unleash the potential of our diagnostic tool, the GIZMO, to decode leadership challenges.  

I already use psychometrics why do I need another one? 

You don’t! Our GIZMO is not a psychometric, it is the only tool that profiles what it is people are doing, and not doing when they are leading using a coaching style. Other products call themselves psychometrics because they are examining the psychology of the person. We do not do that, so we do not consider our GIZMO to be a psychometric. 

Why are you Coaching On the Go when this is about leadership? 

We use the branding of Coaching On the Go because we published a book with Pearson/FT in 2019, called ‘Coaching On the Go: How to lead your team effectively in 10 minutes a day’.

Why do you use the phrase, leaders-who-coach? 

We believe that leadership transcends job title, hierarchy and role. So we think that more people contribute to leadership than is usually acknowledged. We have tried to find a phrase that allows us to look beyond the usual – so this is the term we use to identify the person who is using coaching skills within their everyday leadership activities – and that could be anyone. 

Why is it called a GIZMO, what does that mean? 

The GIZMO is name of our online tool that we use to generate a profile of each person’s current application of the dimensions (skills) of a leader-who-coaches. We named it a GIZMO to stand apart from the crowd, and because it sounded fun. 

Why have I never heard of it? 

We’re a start up, but we have more than 900 people on our database so growing fast. There is a strong foundation of global research underpinning our work, but it tends to be overlooked because most research about coaching assumes it is a distinct, process-led separately identifiable activity, rather than something woven into everyday activities. 

Is this a form of accreditation or licence to use the COTG Skills Report? Do I have to attend the Getting Your Wings in order to work with the tool? 

We do not require our partners to be accredited in the way that other providers of leadership tools do. Existing partners expressed a strong desire to undergo some training to see and learn how we work with the COTG Skills Report and run our programs. We ran a highly successful initial program and hence we now offer the Getting Your Wings training as the best way to work with us.

I’ve run training courses before developing managers’ coaching skills - how is this different?
It’s the only tool in the world that shows you how your clients use their coaching skills in their leadership: as leaders-who-coach. This tool will enhance all existing coaching skills training courses. Other tools may include ‘coaching’, but they include it as a singular thing (either you are or you are not coaching) or a single thing that follows an assumed process (like a professional coach follows). Here we break down the components of a leader-who-coaches, to show the underlying skills and how to develop them.

The COTG Skills Report also takes into account the culture of the organization within which your client works and its impact on their ability to be a leader-who-coach. No other tool does this.

I’m already accredited in [name of tool], why do I need this one as well? 

It is the only tool that profiles what it is people are doing, and not doing when they are leading using a coaching style. Other products call themselves psychometrics because they are examining the psychology of the person. We do not do that, so we do not consider our GIZMO to be a psychometric. 

The COTG Skills Report can be used alongside other tools within a leadership development program. 

I’m only an associate to other firms. 

If your work as an associate includes helping other firms to design leadership development programs, this will help you improve and change your designs making them more up to date and innovative. 

If you have plans to set up your own business in the future, or work as an employee, this will help strengthen your capabilities and your CV. 
Otherwise, please would you give us the names of people at these firms who we might contact to share our work? 

Will it work with teams and groups of people? 

The COTG Skills Report does not assess strengths and weaknesses per se and hence is less ‘judgemental’ in nature. Participants immediately perceive this and this makes them more willing to share and explore their results with others. This provides strong groundwork from which to build and enhance team dynamics. 

The individual results across a cohort can be combined as a form of diagnostic to identify underlying themes and to plan future interventions. You can see the highest opportunities across a group and you can interrogate the participants perspectives on the organization’s culture. This provides great material to support team development and growth. 

I’m too busy 
Our program is spread over 7 weeks and all webinars are recorded for watching afterwards. Webinars range from 2 to 3 hours to make it easier to fit within your other commitments. If you felt you had to pull out halfway through a program for unexpected commitments, we would be happy to enrol you in the next one. 

SIGN UP NOW FOR US$2,500

and receive
Two FREE copies of our book, Coaching On the Go (published by Pearson/FT),
One FREE COTG Skills Report for you,
Two FREE COTG Skills Reports for your clients
WORTH $500

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