U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

Leaders of the most successful organizations today know how to get the most from each member of their team. They help their colleagues discover and develop untapped potential so they can assume increased responsibility and accountability. Unleashing talent, expanding ownership, and improving performance in others is called coaching. It’s a different, more empowering way to lead, and it requires new ways of relating to others, new behaviors, and different skills.

You’ll learn Coaching Skills for Federal Executives through practice and feedback throughout the program. Interactive discussions and demonstrations will be complemented by practice, observation, and feedback in small groups. Individual self-assessment exercises round out the learning approach. Then, you will complete a Personal Coaching Action Plan that outlines how you will adopt coaching into your leadership style after you leave FEI—improving your organization by helping the people in it.

• Learn to define coaching as a leadership competency and understand how it differs from other leadership behaviors
• Know when to use coaching appropriately and effectively
• Demonstrate core coaching skills and methods
• Appreciate how coaching increase your effectiveness and that of the organization 
• Identify specific, immediate steps to integrate or reinforce coaching in your leadership
• Understand how to apply coaching behaviors at home

SES members, GS-14s/15s, and their equivalents

• Conflict Management
• Leveraging Diversity
• Partnering
• Problem Solving
• Team Building