Leadership potential can be multiplied through a collaborative leadership coaching model that encourages goal setting, planning, taking action, and reflection.  A collaborative coaching model fosters increased self-efficacy, improved performance, better decision making, development of new skills and allows employees to reach their career goals while building trusting relationships and improving teamwork.  This course will include interactive and engaging activities that will be implemented through practical application of the collaborative coaching cycle and may be used in the participant’s daily work life.  Upon completion of this course, participants will have a clear understanding of what coaching is and is not.  Participants will also understand the research behind coaching’s impact on employee engagement and retention.  Various appropriate coaching models will be explored by participants, selected, and utilized in an active coaching cycle.  Coaching skills such as committed listening, paraphrasing and powerful questioning techniques, will be taught, practiced and applied.