Building Consulting/Coaching Tools & Techniques

This course will offer a conceptual comprehension of the tools and techniques used in effective internal and external organizational consulting engagements. By contrasting the theory and practice of alternative coaching models, we will build tools and techniques for effective coaching as a leadership competency. Through an analysis of the coaching relationships in your organization, you will learn to develop a personalized approach to coaching and expand upon within organizational settings. Participants learn the "how and why" as well consulting frameworks. Additionally, the relevant and often symbiotic connection between consulting and coaching will be studied. What process tools are most useful to today's executive coach in a consultative environment? How do approaches to consulting and coaching differ? How are they similar? How can a confluence of coaching and consulting lead to more effective decision making and wide-scale organizational performance? DYNM 724 will be presented over five class meetings. The class sessions will be taught utilizing lectures, case studies, structured small group discussions, individual, and team presentations, faculty and participant experiences, and guest speakers. In addition to textbooks for this course, students will also need to purchase an assessment. Details on this process will be provided to students before the course start. All OCEC courses are registration by permit only. The program office will issue registration permits prior to the semester start so that students can register.