Growth Talk: Brief Conversations, Big Impact

Conversation is at the heart of learning and leading.

This highly interactive workshop will bring to life the key concepts and field-tested frameworks presented in the ground-breaking new book, Growth Talk. The central premise of the book is that every interaction between members of a school community are potential opportunities to enhance learning, growth, and progress.

In these moments, no matter how fleeting or informal, Growth Talk is about intentionally bringing the key elements of coaching into play to best support the thinking and progress of our conversation partner. This course will explore the skills and techniques that underpin these conversations and demonstrate coaching as a way of leading.

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12 Learning Hours
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Key Outcomes
  • Develop an understanding of ‘coaching as a way of leading’ in human-intensive organisations like schools
  • Build awareness of the ‘Learning Conversations Map’ as a framework for being a more intentional conversation leader in less-formal contexts
  • Apply immediately implementable strategies to make every conversation count
  • Develop enhanced skills and confidence to lead Growth Talk conversations with teachers, administrators, parents and students
This course is for
Price

$550 (+ GST)

This price is for an individual registering on an open-enrolment course.


Savings are available for organisations who wish to run this course for an in-house group.

Please email info@growthcoaching.com.au to request a quote or discuss this further.

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About Growth Talk: Brief Conversations, Big Impact

Specifically, we will explore: how to bring shape to conversations; the key skills that fuel learning conversations; and how to show up in ways that best support the thinking and progress of our colleagues. Drawing on a range of practical and immediately implementable strategies, you will explore how to bring a coaching approach to a range of conversational contexts that would not normally be deemed formal coaching conversations. These, often brief, interactions are unplanned and occur in informal contexts and can be described as other-initiated “have you got a minute?” conversations and leader-initiated “can we chat?” conversations.

You will leave the two days with the skills and confidence to adopt a coaching-infused way of leading and in turn foster a culture of growth in your educational setting – one conversation at a time. 

All participants will receive their own copy of Growth Talk.

Structure
  • The Learning Conversations Map – conversational contexts of a leader
  • Coaching versus a coaching approach
  • The key skills: listening to encourage thinking, asking powerful questions, paraphrasing and summarising, noticing
  • “Got a minute? – leading in-the-moment conversations
  • Dancing around the GROWTH framework
  • Purposes of leader-initiated conversations
  • Checking-in and maintaining progress
  • Nudge and stretch conversations
  • When more than a nudge is needed
Our Facilitators

As a coaching organisation, we endeavour to model a ‘coaching way of being’ in our interactions with our clients by being:

  • Respectful
  • Humble
  • Curious
  • Strengths-focused
  • Reflective

We encourage a culture of high expectations through our commitment to the ongoing development of our people based on mutual respect and collaboration. Our consultants are expert coach practitioners who draw on a wealth of educational experience to provide the highest level of service as coaches and trainers.

Pricing

$550 (+ GST)

This price is for an individual registering on an open-enrolment course.


Savings are available for organisations who wish to run this course for an in-house group.

Please email info@growthcoaching.com.au to request a quote or discuss this further.

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If you would like to participate in one of our workshops and none of the scheduled dates are suitable, please complete this expression of interest form and a GCI staff member will be in contact with you to discuss suitable options.

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