Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Google Executive Coaching Skills

How to be a more effective manager. Learn proven techniques for coaching your employees to improve performance.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Best practices for effective training
  • Research and tools in the field of training
  • Models for effective training
  • Setting clear expectations and responsibilities
  • Performance evaluation
  • Training conversations that raise awareness and drive results

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Personal trainer
  • Team Manager
  • Professional guide
  • Organizational consultant
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Employee Training and Development Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Performance Manager
  • Mentor
  • A guide in the field of training

Coaching people to improve performance

In this internship, you will learn the important skills to guide people to improve their performance.

Course instructor

You will learn from senior coach and lecturer at the University of California, Davis, Kris Flacci, who has successfully created and transformed dozens of teams through coaching.

Main topics

  • Best practices for effective training
  • Research and tools in the field of training
  • Models for effective training
  • Setting clear expectations and responsibilities
  • Performance evaluation
  • Training conversations that raise awareness and drive results

Throughout the courses, you will apply insights about management and coaching to develop your own coaching practice and tools.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Managing as a coach

Course 1: 12 hours

Rating: 4.8 (2,100 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Do you (or do you want to) manage employees?
  • How to achieve better performance?
  • Are you communicating effectively with your employees?

In this course you will learn about:

  • The difference between management training, guidance, leadership and coaching.
  • The importance of strong leadership.
  • The mental model and training techniques.

Course 2: 17 hours

Rating: 4.8 (648 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Setting expectations and evaluating performance.
  • Using “training algebra” to determine performance problems.

Course 3: 19 hours

Rating: 4.8 (483 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Creating a culture of training and accountability.
  • Employee training strategies.
  • Tools like a training agenda.

Course 4: 23 hours

Rating: 4.7 (296 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Improving coaching conversations with employees.
  • Appropriate strategies for coaching conversations.
  • Using the feedback loop and questioning techniques.

The final task is to conduct a coaching conversation with another person, using everything you learned during the courses.