An Intensive 10-day Training Course

The Oxford Leadership &
Performance Coaching Bootcamp

Building Leadership Capital

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

The Oxford Leadership & Performance Coaching Bootcamp is training course designed to build the essential competencies required for effective leadership and high-impact coaching. This dual-focus training course empowers professionals with a comprehensive understanding of modern leadership approaches while equipping them with practical coaching techniques to elevate team performance.

Combining theoretical insight with real-world application, the training course is facilitated by an experienced psychologist and leadership expert. Whether you are an emerging leader or a seasoned manager, this bootcamp provides the tools, strategies, and confidence needed to lead with purpose and coach with clarity.

This Oxford Leadership & Performance Coaching Bootcamp training course will highlight:

  • A deep dive into the principles of leadership and performance coaching
  • Practical development of leadership and coaching competencies
  • Techniques for time management, delegation, and motivating teams
  • Advanced communication tools to enhance leadership and coaching impact
  • Methods for structuring performance coaching conversations
  • Motivational coaching frameworks to unlock potential and drive results

This training course is split into two modules:

Module I - Leadership Bootcamp

Module II - Coaching for Leadership Excellence

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.

COURSE DETAILS

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OBJECTIVES

By the end of this Oxford Leadership & Performance Coaching Bootcamp training course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the key attributes of transformational leadership and coaching
  • Apply effective communication strategies for leading and coaching others
  • Distinguish between different leadership styles and their practical applications
  • Construct a personal leadership development plan and coaching strategy
  • Assess and improve personal attitudes towards performance and leadership
  • Implement motivational coaching techniques for individual and team growth
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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

Dynamic presentations support each of the topics together with interactive trainer lead sessions of discussion. There will also be numerous practical sessions where participants have the opportunity to participate and experience topics. Case studies, video presentations, small group work, exercises and feedback will be used to facilitate learning.

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ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organisations will benefit as their leaders return with actionable strategies and enhanced interpersonal effectiveness.

Key organisational outcomes include:

  • Improved leadership and coaching capabilities across departments
  • More confident and adaptable leaders capable of navigating challenges
  • A shift towards a culture of feedback, growth, and continuous development
  • Enhanced ability to motivate, develop, and retain top talent
  • Practical leadership aligned with organisational performance objectives
  • Greater internal cohesion through effective communication and delegation
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PERSONAL IMPACT

Participants will experience significant personal and professional growth, including:

  • A renewed sense of leadership, purpose and direction
  • Advanced coaching skills that build trust and inspire performance
  • Improved emotional intelligence and communication techniques
  • The ability to manage performance through motivation and accountability
  • Confidence in applying structured leadership models in real-world contexts
  • Broader career prospects through enhanced leadership credentials
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This KC Academy "Oxford Leadership & Performance Coaching Bootcamp" training course will greatly benefit:

  • All Leaders, Managers and Supervisors
  • Anyone moving into a leadership role
  • People who want the latest information on leadership and management
  • Those interested in developing their career in leadership and management
  • People who want the latest information on performance coaching
  • Anyone in an HR role

DAILY AGENDA

Module 1: Leadership Bootcamp
Day 1: Leadership – What Is It and What Are the Basics?
  • Challenges people face in changing organizations
  • Conditions in work that require leadership
  • The role of productive team leadership in dynamic organizations
  • Understanding the role of strategic change in leadership
    • Teamwork Exercise: Identification of leadership skills
  • How leadership skills change as roles change in an organization
    • Teamwork Exercise: Identifying and modeling leadership characteristics
  • Strategic change as a leadership skill
Day 2: Leadership – How Is Excellence Developed?
  • The role of team leadership in development of leadership excellence
  • Developing a culture of organizational excellence
    • Teamwork Exercise: Leading stakeholders
  • What are successful leaders doing that make a difference
  • The role of versatility in pursuit of leadership excellence
    • Teamwork Exercise: Determining versatility
  • The role of emotional intelligence in leadership
    • Teamwork Exercise: Emotional intelligence indicator
  • Using emotional intelligence in work with others
    • Teamwork Exercise: Raising our EQ
Day 3: Leadership – Communications is 90% of Your Job
  • Importance of leadership and communication methods
  • Interpersonal communication is vital for successful leadership
    • Group Discussion: Becoming aware of communication “noise”
  • Understanding the difference in interpersonal communication preferences
  • Developing active listening for leadership
    • Teamwork Exercise: Active listening skills demonstration
  • Communication of leadership empowerment to team members
  • Synergy in team communication
    • Teamwork Exercise: Why working as a team allows for better decisions
Day 4: Leadership – Demonstrating Productive Personal Interactions
  • Successful interpersonal interaction develops trust in teams
  • Identification of the personal leadership style
    • Teamwork Exercise: Difference between how we respond styles
  • Individual strengths and challenges of leadership style
    • Teamwork Exercise: Difference between decision making styles
  • Team strengths and challenges in interpersonal interactions
  • Understanding how teams work better using diverse interaction types
  • Developing a personal leadership plan to work with others
    • Teamwork Exercise: Determining our leadership styles
Day 5: Leadership – Change and Dealing with Others in Making Change
  • Leading personal change in our teams
  • Understanding problems inherent with change in individuals and teams
    • Teamwork Exercise: Identifying styles of our colleagues
  • Avoiding critical change mistakes
  • Identifying perceptions of change in a team
    • Group Discussion: Process of change for ourselves and our organizations
  • Preparing project team and individuals for change
Module 2: Coaching for Leadership Excellence
Day 6: The Foundation for Coaching
  • Distinguishing between coaching, mentoring and counselling
  • The Coaching Cycle
  • Preparation, Explanation, Demonstration, Imitation, Consolidation & Review (PEDICR)
  • Plan a coaching session & preparing a coaching plan
  • Set coaching objectives which are measurable and activity based (SMART Goals)
  • Key Motivational Coaching Skills
Day 7: Performance Management
  • Understanding performance
  • Human performance and behaviour management
  • Performance management principles
  • Performance improvement planning
  • Performance management in a multi-cultural setting
  • The principles of effective performance appraisal
Day 8: Essential Communication Skills for Coaching
  • Introduction to the psychology of communication
  • Listening skills for coaching
  • Use of questioning and other coaching techniques
  • Understand own and other learning styles
  • Understanding ones limitations, referral skills, EAP
  • Coaching role-plays
Day 9: Giving Feedback
  • Understanding the importance of feedback
  • Introduction to emotional intelligence
  • Goleman's five emotional competencies
  • The EI giving feedback model
  • Win-win approaches
  • Coaching practice
Day 10: Becoming your own Performance Coach
  • Coaching yourself
  • Are you ready?
  • Develop and strengthen your existing skills
  • Career planning
  • Personal career swot
  • Personal action planning
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Certificate

On successful completion of this training course, KC ACademy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

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