Technical coaching
– side by side skills
Give your technical leaders the skills to coach and develop their colleagues; watch your organisation thrive as development becomes baked into the way your people work.
Learning on the job is crucial
This programme equips your people with the skills to play an active role in the growth and development of their colleagues.
In today’s workplace, continuous learning and development are essential. So much of this learning happens through hands-on experience and is most effective when supported by peers.
Technical leaders are often better placed to be able to coach others without carrying the additional workload that comes with being a people leader.
Your people will learn to:
Reflect on how they can positively influence their colleagues' development
Develop actionable plans to enhance their impact on the growth of those around them
What to expect
Get ready for a highly engaging experience with plenty of discussion led by our expert coach-facilitators.
The programme runs over 6-8 weeks and wraps up with a learning application and refresh session to review and reflect on your progress. You can choose between in-person or live online workshops held every two weeks. Here’s what’s included:
Participants
Interactive modules that build on each other
Concepts, readings, and videos from contemporary thought leaders
Independent prep and reflection work to keep the learning alive
Leaders of participants
An invitation to support their learner with their own instructional materials and coaching
Targeted support designed to embed learning effectively
We offer the flexibility to tailor this program for specific groups within your organisation. Alternatively, individuals can participate in our public programmes, where they can exchange learning with peers from different organisations.
Look under the hood!
Interested in trialling the programme? Reach out to us about sending one or two people to our next public session, and we’ll offer you a discount.
Want to review results and feedback from past programmes?
Frequently Asked Questions
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What do you mean by technical coaching?
The term ‘Coaching’ is used in many ways in organisational life. We use the term ‘technical coaching’ to refer to the skill and capability development colleagues provide to each other in the flow of work.
What’s the structure of the programme?
The programme runs over 6–8 weeks, giving you space to learn, try things out, and reflect along the way. You’ll take part in a series of interactive sessions, with a wrap-up and refresh session at the end to bring everything together and reflect on your progress.
What’s included in the experience?
You’ll be supported through a mix of interactive modules that build over time. They include ideas and insights from contemporary thinking, independent reflection and application, and ongoing support to help the learning stick. It’s all designed to help you apply what you’re learning, not just understand it.
How are leaders involved in the programme?
Leaders of participants play an important role in helping them adopt and sustain learning. But these leaders are busy and don’t have time to learn all about the programme.
We provide targeted tools and coaching to enable ‘1-up leaders’ to play their role efficiently and effectively.
Why might my organisation get value from offering Technical coaching – side by side skills?
Some examples of reasons clients have asked us to deliver Technical coaching – side by side skills to their people include:
- Senior team members do most of the coaching but get no training: Most learning happens on the job and much of it supported by senior team members and internal experts. But many have chosen expertship because their natural strengths lie in doing. We help these people bring intention and confidence to their role as teachers.
- Internal professionals need to coach up: From finance to legal to HR, internal professionals are tasked with encouraging others to use the tools, systems and processes of their specialty. This takes skills that technical coaching teaches.
- Rate of change: The rate of change means constant teaching and learning is core to many roles. We all need to be good at both teaching and learning – whatever job we’re in.
- Aging technical expert cohort: One client told us they have a cohort of technical experts in their 50s and 60s with deep knowledge and skills the organisation depends upon. Some present single points of failure. It was critical that these people became motivated to and capable of imparting this capability more widely.
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Who is this programme really for?
This programme is for people who have responsibility or an appetite to impart their skills and knowledge to their colleagues. This process is a critical feature of workforce development but so often the people it relies on get no training in it.
What will I walk away with?
You’ll leave with practical ways to support the growth of others, and the confidence to do this effectively. That includes being clearer on how you can positively influence others’ development, having tools and approaches you can apply straight away, and building a plan for how you want to grow your impact over time.
How is the learning delivered?
We keep things interactive, practical, and grounded in real work. You have the option to either have in-person workshops or live online sessions. Sessions are spaced out, with time in between for reflection, preparation, and trying things in your own context.
What makes Updraft’s approach different?
We believe that the investment made by individuals, teams and organisations in attending our programme is only justified if participants are doing something different six months after the programme finishes that delivers value in their role. Our entire design and delivery approach is targeted toward this objective.
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“Really enjoyed how the facilitator created a safe space to be open & honest about my experiences without judgement or overtalking one another. I really value the group discussion so was excited to hear how others have dealt with their past coaching experiences.”
Former participant