Training & Coaching in the Workplace

• Leadership and Management
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

What is training?
Create a definition of what training is within a business or organisational context

What benefits are likely to accrue from effective provision of training at work?

Think about the training you have done in the past. What approach has been most effective for you and given you the best learning experience?

List different tyles of training techniques that are appropriate to your workplace:

Read the following objectives. Only 1 would be good enough for an objective in a session plan for IT training. Which one?

1. I’m going to train the group to use the Company Intranet
2. In the session I will cover using the Company Intranet
3. After this session learners will know all about the Company Intranet
4. By the end of this session learners will be able to demonstrate 1 application of each of the 3 principle purposes for the company Intranet - i.e. relating to: content, communication and activity

Write a SMART Objective around training that you could have team members participate in.

How does your organisation maintaining training records?

What is coaching in the workplace?

What is coaching in the workplace?

Do you recall what BOCA Feedback is?

Write down 1 thing you have learned today.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Write down 1 thing you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.