Manager as a Coach 

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM 

8830 Stanford Blvd., Columbia, MD 21045 – Lower Level Conference Room

This course focuses on approaches and techniques for business coaching. Participants will explore characteristics of coaching relationships and the model for a business coaching cycle.  Also covered is the importance of applying communication skills and active listening to develop and foster highly productive employees.

Participants will begin to be more inclusive in decision-making and begin to take on a more “coach-like” approach to leadership, spending less time and energy on the mechanics of management.  As a result, employees will feel comfortable to approach management regarding career growth.  Leaders and those without leadership responsibility will begin to work more cooperatively, recognizing the shift from “management of doing” to “empowerment of being”; ultimately leading to greater trust, wellbeing, relationships and goal orientation of leaders and employees.       

Speaker: 

Ryan McShane, President/CEO of HR Evolution, LLC

Ryan McShane, has been serving the Human Resources Profession for over 20 years and currently operates a consulting firm specializing in Human Resources Consulting, Leadership Development and Career Transitions Consulting called HR Evolution LLC.

Prior, to that Ryan worked in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, learning the various cultural norms, principles and practices of each sector and applying that learning to create High Performance Leaders and Organizations today throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ryan is also a past president for the largest Local SHRM Chapter in the state of Maryland, Chesapeake Human Resource Association, (CHRA).

Ryan is passionate about creating proactive learning and cultural transformation experiences enabling individuals and organizations to achieve their highest potential through developing a greater curiosity, awareness and a conscious approach to leadership and employee/employer relations. The goal being dynamic and flexible teams who are purpose-focused and guided by values and principles wherein all stakeholders are
honored, People, Planet and Profit.

Objectives: 

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between business coaching and training.
2. Discuss the steps of a coaching cycle.
3. Cite the elements and characteristics of an effective business coaching relationship.
4. Demonstrate the ability to conduct coaching discussions using appropriate communication techniques.

Skills & Competencies: 

• Knowledge and understanding of coaching behaviors
• Willingness to be honest and have difficult conversations
• Willingness to take pro-active, positive approaches to empowering others
• Knowledge of coaching cycle
• Difference between coaching and training
• Problem solving
• Discretion and professional judgment
• Analyses/critical reasoning
• Assimilate and apply new information

Impact: 

• Participants will begin spending more time interacting with staff and having conversations around goals and growth.
• Participants will continually examine their approach to leadership and relationship building
• Participants will begin to take on a more “coach-like” approach to leadership and less focus and energy on the mechanics of management.  As a result, employees will feel comfortable to approach management regarding career growth.  Leaders and those without leadership responsibility will begin to work more cooperatively, recognizing the shift from “management” of doing to empowerment of being; ultimately leading to greater performance, wellbeing, relationships and goal orientation. 

This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 3 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS—Approval #20251210-3.50-A101017-IN.

Please contact hmorris@hfam.org with any questions.