Customized Leadership Training and Coaching
Customized Coaching and Training Programs
To learn more about these programs and how we can can meet your specific needs please contact:
Deb Center, PhD, MSN, RN, CNS, CTA-CC
Chief Program Officer | Executive Coach
Deb@ColoradoNursingCenter.org
Coaching as a Leadership Skill
Coaching for Retention
This workshop is designed to support leadership’s ability to use coaching effectively. Participants will practice a series of coaching skills and apply several tools to create a foundation for beginning coaching. To ensure the integration of the coaching skills, the class may be followed by either individual or group (collaborative learning) coaching sessions focused on skill development.
Depending on the level of coaching desired, the program can be designed as either a half-day, full-day, or two-day leadership development program.
Turnover and employee disengagement is costly in organizations and can negatively impact performance, quality, and outcomes. The Coaching for Retention Program is a six-month leadership development program focused on developing coaching skills to create a healthy organizational culture and to enhance employee engagement and retention.
The program includes a two-day in-person experiential learning session, individual assessments, and six months of formal group (peer) coaching for skill integration.
Emerging Talent – Leadership Development
Leading Teams Program
Healthcare leaders are often promoted or considered for promotion into leadership positions because of their knowledge and clinical expertise but, they may struggle because of limited training on leadership development. This program is designed to support leadership development by providing foundational leadership knowledge, skills and competencies.
This is a three-day in-person experiential reality-based training workshop followed by three months of group coaching for skill integration and reflection.
Today’s healthcare environment requires leaders to be proficient in team-based care and leading effective teams. The Leading Teams Program is a year-long leadership development program that includes three-day face-to-face intensive experiential learning, a series of individual and group assessments, a leadership capstone integration project focused on quality improvement, and eight individualized leadership coaching sessions focused on improving team performance.
Assessment Tools
The Center has identified several assessment tools that have become a routine part of our training and coaching programs. We can customize the use of the assessment tools with either individualized coaching or a group learning opportunity to enhance organizational outcomes. The tools can be used individually or in combination to meet the objectives for the program. These tools are all administered and debriefed by qualified coaches.
StrengthsFinder / CliftonStrengths
The StrengthsFinder assessment by Gallup provides an individualized profile of all 34 CliftonStrengths along with strategies for using the top strengths to succeed. The online assessment is based on years of research and is focused on maximizing human potential by developing people to become great where they have natural strengths. The online assessment is augmented by the StrengthsFinder 2.0, a book from Gallup and author Tom Rath. When individuals and teams learn their strengths, they can identify strategies to be more effective at work and to work better in teams.
Everything DiSC Workplace®
The DiSC® is a research-validated online assessment where individuals respond to a series of behavioral statements using a five-point Likert scale to determine their workplace styles. Each participant receives a detailed individualized report identifying their style within four main domains: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. The assessment report provides a personalized learning experience that can benefit every person in an organization, regardless of title, position, department or function.
When combined with a group debriefing exercise, individuals begin to better understand themselves and others while learning to appreciate different priorities, preferences, and values each person brings to the workplace.  The Center is an Authorized Partner with Wiley for the Everything DiSC® Tools.
Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team
The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team by Wiley is based on Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Dysfunctional Team. This assessment builds on the DiSC® and allows a team to examine their level of trust, ability to deal with conflict, commitment, accountability and results. The tool provides individualized reports and team reports to support customizing team coaching and a shared training/learning opportunity. The Center is an Authorized Partner with Wiley for the Everything DiSC® Tools.
Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI)
The Leadership Practices Inventory is based on the work of Kouzes and Posner and the five practices of exemplary leadership. The five practices include: modeling the way; inspiring a shared vision; challenging the process; enabling others to act; and encouraging the heart. The assessment is a 360 assessment that provides input into the five practices from a variety of perspectives to help increase awareness and individualize leadership training and coaching. The LPI can be done as a one time assessment or as a pre/post intervention assessment.
Intercultural Development Inventory
The IDI is a cross-culturally valid and reliable assessment of intercultural competence. The assessment was developed using rigorous psychometric protocols and by answering a series of questions, scores are identified based on the intercultural development continuum. Each participant receives a detailed report to understand if there is a gap between their perceived orientation and their actual orientation. Understanding the gap and how individuals respond in stressful situations increases awareness and can lead to the identification of proactive strategies to take to grow cultural competency.
Emotional Intelligence – Emotional Quotient Inventory
The Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i 2.0) is considered one of the most rigorous tools to assess emotional intelligence and frequently used in research due to its level of validity and reliability across cultures and organizations. The inventory measures an individual’s emotional intelligence within five sub-scales of self-perception, self-expression, interpersonal, decision-making, and stress management with 15 different competencies.
The EQ-i 360 version adds input from co-workers to allow for a 360-degree assessment for comparison with self-reported results.
The TESI is a team emotional intelligence assessment that can be used to support team development.