Personal coaching

With personal coaching, you work together with a qualified coach on your motivations, behaviour and thought patterns. You receive five sessions, a free intake meeting and lasting insight into yourself.

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A personal approach, lasting results
A qualified coach you genuinely click with
Insight into your motivations below the surface
Five sessions, scheduled flexibly by arrangement
Free introductory meeting with no obligations

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Do you want a lasting change in your behaviour, thinking or work situation? In a personal coaching programme at Learnit, you work with a qualified coach on your drivers, patterns and goals. Five sessions, fully tailored to your question.

Description

In the programme Personal coaching you work with a qualified Learnit coach on your motives, dreams, wishes and thought patterns. The programme is intended for anyone who wants to achieve a lasting change in behaviour, situation or way of thinking, and for whom a regular course does not deliver the desired result.

You work on a coaching question that you formulate yourself. Think of themes such as communication, leadership, delegating, dealing with emotions, persuasion or self-insight. The coach works on the basis of four principles: results first, personal responsibility, the Iceberg theory and working in the here and now. This gives you insight into what lies beneath the surface and allows you to break through existing patterns.

The programme consists of five conversations, preceded by a no-obligation intake in which you see whether there is a click with the coach. The sessions last 1 to 1.5 hours and are spread over several months, so that you have enough time to reflect and apply new insights in practice. Afterwards there is an evaluation meeting, optionally together with your manager.

Topics

During a personal coaching programme you decide yourself which themes take centre stage. Common topics are:

Clarifying your coaching question and learning objectives
Insight into your drivers, motives and beliefs
Working with the Iceberg Theory: from visible behaviour to underlying patterns
Breaking through entrenched thought and behaviour patterns
Communication and persuasiveness
Handling conflict and dealing with emotions
Delegating, setting boundaries and leading
Inspiring and negotiating
Personal effectiveness and self-insight
Translating insights into concrete behaviour in your working practice
Evaluating results and next steps

Result

After this coaching programme you have more insight into your own motivations, patterns and behaviour. You know what is going on beneath the surface and can make conscious choices to break through entrenched ways of thinking or behaving. You have taken concrete steps towards the goal you formulated at the start of the programme, whether that concerns communication, personal effectiveness, leadership or self-insight. You continue independently with the insights you have gained and can apply them in your daily work and private life.

Target audience

Personal coaching is intended for anyone who wants to achieve a lasting change in their behaviour, thought patterns or professional situation. You can take part privately or through your employer.

The programme suits you well if you notice that a course alone does not deliver the desired result, and you want to look more deeply at your motives, beliefs and patterns. Think of questions around insecurity, energy, raising your profile, managing people, setting boundaries or self-insight.

No prior education is required. What counts is your willingness to look critically at yourself and to take responsibility for your own development.

Teaching method

Personal coaching is an individual programme of five sessions spread over several months. You start with a no-obligation intake in which you meet your coach. If there is a click, you then jointly determine your coaching question, learning objectives and desired results. You then work on your development in four sessions of 1 to 1.5 hours, with two to three weeks between each one to reflect and put what you have discussed into practice.

The coach works from the here and now and uses the Iceberg Theory: you look beyond visible behaviour and also explore the motivations, motives and beliefs that lie beneath it. The approach is safe and friendly, while also being confronting where necessary. You remain in charge of your own development process.

The sessions preferably take place at one of our locations, so that you have some distance from your work. You conclude the programme with an evaluation meeting, if you wish together with your manager.

Prior knowledge

No specific prior knowledge is required for this coaching programme. What does help: the willingness to look at yourself and to be open to new insights. You decide for yourself which question or theme you want to work on during the sessions.

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Practical information

Education level: Suitable for all levels
Preparation time: None
Included: Course materials
Certificate: At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance

Language

The coaching can also be delivered in English if required.

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What others say about this course

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Personal Coaching course: average 8.9 from 2 reviews

“Are you prepared to hold up a mirror to yourself?”

S. Dorssers
Océ Technologies8.7

“I took the personal coaching course at Learnit. It was a great course, which is also down to the trainer, Dorien. She has a great approach that encouraged me to go that bit deeper. It is an intensive course but definitely worth it.”

O. van Gerwen
Centraal Militair Hospitaal9.2

Frequently asked questions

What does a personal coaching programme involve?

A personal coaching programme consists of five sessions of 1 to 1.5 hours, spread over several months. You start with a free intake to check whether you click with the coach. After that you work purposefully on your coaching question, for example around communication, self-insight, delegating or personal effectiveness. The programme concludes with an evaluation meeting.

How many sessions does a personal coaching programme consist of?

A personal coaching programme consists as standard of five sessions of 1 to 1.5 hours, spread over several months. The first session is an intake in which you find out whether you click with the coach. This is followed by four in-depth coaching conversations, with on average two to three weeks in between. The programme is concluded with an evaluation meeting, if desired together with your manager.

How do I know whether a coaching programme at Learnit is really right for me before I commit to anything?

Every coaching programme at Learnit starts with a free intake meeting. In that conversation you get to know the coach and explore together whether there is a click. If you don't feel it, things stop there and no costs are charged. So you are not committed to anything before you say 'yes' yourself. Coaching suits you if you have a concrete question about behaviour, thought patterns or a work situation, and are willing to take a look at yourself. If you mainly want to gain knowledge or skills, a training course or e-learning is usually more effective. Not sure? Then schedule the intake meeting first. You will immediately get a feel for the approach and can then decide whether you want to schedule the four follow-up sessions.

What sets Learnit's coaching approach apart from other coaches?

Learnit coaches work according to four fixed principles: results first, personal responsibility, the Iceberg Theory and working in the here and now. This means that in the first session you formulate a concrete goal together with the coach, and that your behaviour during the session is mirrored back to you. The coach does not avoid confrontation, but works from a safe attitude. All coaches are qualified. Another difference: the introductory meeting is free if you decide not to continue. With many independent coaches you do pay for that intake. The sessions last 1 to 1.5 hours and are on average two to three weeks apart, so that you have time to test insights in your day-to-day work.

How do you know whether a coach, or your coaching question, is actually suitable for coaching and not for therapy?

Coaching focuses on behaviour, skills and patterns that you come across in your work or personal development. Think of uncertainty about your work, difficulty delegating, setting boundaries, raising your profile or coming across convincingly. A coach works from the here and now and at Learnit uses the Iceberg Theory to bring to light the motives and motivations underlying your behaviour. Therapy focuses on psychological complaints, trauma or disorders that seriously hamper your daily functioning. That falls outside a coach's remit. Not sure whether your question fits? During the free intake meeting you discuss your situation with the coach. If it turns out that another form of support is more appropriate, the coach will say so honestly. You are then not committed to anything and no costs are charged.

How does a coaching programme work in practice in terms of timeline, and how much time does it take me besides the sessions themselves?

A programme at Learnit consists of five sessions of 1 to 1.5 hours, spread over several months. On average there are two to three weeks between sessions. That interval is deliberate: it gives you room to let what was discussed sink in, to practise new behaviour in your working life and to reflect on what you notice. Count on a lead time of roughly three to five months from the intake meeting to the evaluation meeting. Apart from the sessions themselves there is no compulsory homework or fixed time investment, but most people find that they are actively observing and experimenting in between. A programme therefore runs alongside your work and does not require any days off, other than the scheduled meetings.

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