2-Day Positive Psychology Coaching and Mentoring Masterclass
Coaching, Counselling and Mentoring are integral parts of today’s “learning” organisations and are three of the most effective skills a manager needs to boost team effectiveness, raise morale and increase productivity.
Positive Psychology Coaching is a psychology-based process for enhancing well-being and performance in personal, professional and other life domains. This is becoming an increasingly popular way to unlock potential and maximize performance. Individuals and organisations, private businesses and non-profit institutions are just a few of those seeking the benefits of coaching’s uniquely client-driven model for positive growth.
Why the Need for Coaching
Coaching is often used as a tool for achieving goals, honing skills, increasing satisfaction, enhancing relationships, boosting creativity, improving problem-solving and attaining other highly-desired outcomes central to well-being. In short, positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. It is a rich and growing field-aligned perfectly with coaching.
This insightful 2-Day Positive Psychology Coaching and Mentoring Masterclass aim to equip you with the skills, toolkits and mindset for you to coach, counsel or mentor your direct reports.
In this workshop, you will learn what makes psychology-based coaching approaches uniquely effective in striving towards well-being and success. You will cultivate core coaching skills so that you can reap benefits in many dimensions of life, especially at the workplace and home.
Upon completion of this workshop, learners will be able to;
Apply coaching and mentoring skills to enhance the performance of the team.
Understanding Values: Positive Coaching &Mentoring through alues
Operationalizing the W.H.A.T. Model developed by Dr Christopher Fong
Understanding the P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E. aspects of measuring Coaching & Mentoring
A Systemic Perspective Approach to Problem Solving
Aligning to Values for greater success and sustainability
Use appropriate feedback techniques to provide feedback on progress and performance.
Identify underlying causes of conflict in interpersonal relationships.
Render help to those involved in conflicts to identify mutually beneficial solutions
Positive Psychology Coaching and Mentoring are essential for
Human Resource Professionals working in Employee Engagement and Learning & Development.
Managers, Business leaders and Head-of-Department seeking to enhance their coaching and mentoring skills with a scientifically-proven, evidence-based coaching practice.
Team leaders, Supervisors, Managers and Mentors for those who need to be workplace coaches to help their workplace team members to reach their fullest potential and be the best they can be.
Academics, Trainers and Coaches
“(Learning via Zoom is) Very good. The facilitator was engaging and was able to get people to participate. He is open with his struggles thus making it a safe space for people to share about theirs. Yes, I would recommend this course especially for those who need to coach or mentor others in their work. Even if you don’t need to, it’s also useful for those who are parents.” – Yvonne, Senior Manager, Ministry of Social and Family Development
“Wonderful experience using Zoom. Chris is a friendly and approachable trainer with genuine sharing. Very insightful.” – Kek Wee, Singapore Prison Service
“Staff was very efficient to assist. No issues with Zoom. The trainer was extremely candid, no big words and extremely comprehensive to my knowledge. He has done fantastic planning of the course contents. I am excited to apply it to my work.” – Madeleine, Programme Coordinator, Raffles College of Higher Education Pte. Ltd.
“I love it. I prefer learning and training online. You would be able to pick up knowledge on psychology and personality interpretations from the trainer. I have gained insights about myself and also useful knowledge to better understand and analyse family, friends and colleagues.” – Shamila, Deputy Director, MHA
“No problem with ZOOM, it is a great virtual/media tool. A good experience for me as a Merdeka Generation Old Guard. Dr. Fong, is truly a professional and experienced trainer and facilitator. I would certainly recommend him highly to my community for future courses. I will recommend this course to my colleagues and friends as it will be very beneficial in supplementing and strengthening their knowledge, skills and aptitude in their careers.” – Chris, SportPsych Consulting
“He knows his work very well and is very adaptive to meet learning needs.” – Cynthia, Principal Master Teachers, Academy of Singapore Teachers
Chris has a distinguished career in strategic leadership and coaching that spans over 2 decades. He was appointed National Fellow to the Singapore Ministry of Social and Family and advised the total capability framework of the social service professionals to include mentoring sector leaders and those in the leadership pipeline. In addition, he was the Principal Researcher for the nationwide study on fathers at the workplace. His findings have impacted government and business organisations to review their current pro-family and work-life friendly policies. He has also trained sector leaders in multicultural issues in cross-cultural marriages and clinical case formulations from a multicultural perspective. He earned his Doctorate Degree in Professional Studies(Practice Research) in 2015 and is also a member of the prestigious American Psychological Association (APA).
As a strong advocator for practice-based research, Chris contributes actively by speaking at international conferences and is a thought leader on multicultural and diversity issues and its impact across organisational matrix and businesses. His evidence-based framework that measures culture has since been published and taught across various universities. As an international award-winning orchestra conductor turned psychologist, Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from the concert hall to the corporate boardroom.
Edwin is the Learning Strategist and founder of 5hue, a learning and organizational development consultancy practice. He has over 25 years of experiences in law enforcement, information, and communication technology as well as human and organizational development in Singapore and in the region.
Prior to founding 5hue, Edwin helmed leadership positions in leading training and consultancy firms in Singapore. His passion lies in designing effective and customized learning interventions to help organizations to change and transform. Hundreds of organizations have benefited from his insights in delivering practical, “do-able”, simple and yet impactful interventions, especially in the areas of Leadership, Communication, Teamwork, Organizational Change, Sales and Service Improvement.
Using tools like Workplace Big 5, MBTI, DISC and 360 reports, Edwin has been actively involved in assessing and coaching leaders from different industries, including government, technology, education services as well as luxury retail sectors. His philosophy of using supportive questioning-techniques has helped many of his coaches benefit from the reflective and insightful dialogues.
Edwin adopts a candid, interactive and reflective approach in the classroom where individuals are encouraged to discover their strengths to make quantum leap in their performance. For training to deliver results, Edwin believes training must focus on the needs of the organization and be connected with the people who are being trained. Simply put, he sees his role as helping to prepare people for new roles, redesign established practices and drive company change and culture. Edwin has also been spending his time training in the region and sharing his experiences and knowledge with participants from China, Malaysia, Germany, Thailand and Vietnam.
A winner of the Leonard Nadler Award for his outstanding leadership, scholarship and service by the George Washington University, Edwin holds a Master of Human Development & Leadership (GWU), a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) and Graduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology.
Edwin is certified in the following:
– Workplace Big Five 4.0
– MBTI® Step I & Step II Personality Profiling Practitioner
– DISC Certified Advanced Behavioral Analyst
– Action Learning Coach with World Institute for Action Learning
– Six Sigma Green Belt practitioner
– Associate Facilitator Consultant with Korn Ferry
– Trainer and assessor under the Workforce Skills Qualification framework
Module 1: Coaching to Clarify Expectations
How to encourage everyone in the organization to take responsibility for clarifying expectations.
How to communicate your expectations clearly and specifically.
How to listen to others and negotiate a fair set of expectations with them.
Module 2: Positive Coaching to Build Skills
How to avoid mistakes that coaches make when attempting to build skills.
How to use a four-step technique for building a particular skill
How to explain tasks simply and clearly.
How to demonstrate a task and have the employee practice it.
How to provide feedback on the employee’s progress.
Module 3: Positive Coaching to Enhance Confidence
How to identify if a person has a low level of confidence.
How to build someone’s confidence using positive coaching techniques.
How to challenge a person’s negative self-perceptions.
How to offer concrete help.
Module 4: Positive Coaching to Encourage Flexibility
How to understand and respond appropriately to people’s psychological reactions to change.
How to explore concerns that people may have about change.
How to help someone alter their negative perceptions about a change.
How to understand the importance of flexibility.
Module 5: Positive Coaching to Resolve Conflict
How to avoid the wasted time and effort caused by conflict
How to break a conflict spiral
How to gain cooperation and commitment
How to generate creative solutions that result in mutual satisfaction.
Module 6: Positive Coaching to Develop Motivation
How to tell if someone is suffering from poor motivation
How to avoid the most common mistake people make when trying to motivate someone else.
How to coach someone to take responsibility for motivating themselves.