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EVALUATION : How to Measure the Learning through COACHING. Karl O Connor Head of Training First Active plc Feb 26th, 2004. What is First Active ?. A Mortgage and Investment provider Focused on providing excellent customer service Part of Royal Bank of Scotland
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EVALUATION : How to Measure the Learning through COACHING Karl O Connor Head of Training First Active plc Feb 26th, 2004
What is First Active ? • A Mortgage and Investment provider • Focused on providing excellent customer service • Part of Royal Bank of Scotland • Excellence Through People award since 1996 • IITD National Award Winner 2003
IdentifyingTraining Needs • Many Ways including: • Business Plan • Annual goal setting and performance reviews • Manager /individualrequests • 360 degree feedback • New processess e.g technlogy
Coaching: What is it? No-one is so good that they cannot get better • Nick Faldo
Coaching is Performance & Performer Focused “The release of latent talent and skills previously untapped by training through a process of self-awareness initiated by the coach”
THEPERFORMANCEPOTENTIAL ICEBERG Existing level of Knowledge, Skills and Attitude Potential unlocked by training Untapped potential which can only be released through self-awareness and by coaching
Top 3 Preferred Development Method • Research shows coaching is the third most frequently used training & development method in UK organisations • “Organisations are now wising up to the potential coaching has for accelerating learning and raising performance levels” Source:CIPD 2002
Irish Research-National Survey • Coaching has become 4th most popular training and developmental method used in Irish Establishments • Coaching is “considered to be very effective” by users Source: CIPD (IRL) 2001
COACHING in First Active • Helps to embed training undertaken • The line manager acts as a coach • After a course the coach asks “what did you learn? What will you do differently back on the job?” • The performer takes personal responsibility to implement an agreed action plan • The coach follows up with the performer to review the learning e.g through live observation • General Manager is our coaching champion
Evaluation • Application: Coaching helps to measure how well the performer transfers the knowledge and skills acquired in training onto the job • Business impact is taken into account e.g increase in sales/cross sales • Balanced score card is used in support of coaching
WHOLE PART WHOLE
PRACTISE AND AWARENESS HIGH SKILL & NO AWARENESS HIGH SKILL & HIGH AWARENESS LOW SKILL & SOME AWARENESS NO SKILL & NO AWARENESS TIME
Good coaching is simply good management • The perfect strokes are already within us waiting to be discovered. The role of the coach is to give nudging encouragement. Tim Gallwey (The Inner Game of Tennis)
Thank You • Questions? • Book: Coaching Champions • By F Salisbury, C Neary, K O’Connor • Published by Oak Tree Press, 2001