How do I offer group coaching?

Group coaching works in a similar way to regular coaching, except instead of offering private coaching calls, you can either offer group coaching calls, or eliminate live interaction in favor of online delivery.

To deliver group coaching using your dashboard, you just need to create a course.

You can do everything with your course members that you currently do with coaching clients including assigning all the coaching tools. You can also create video, audio and/or text modules that are delivered automatically to your course members. And of course you can schedule meetings.

Create a course to offer as group coaching

Create a course that you can offer as group coaching. Click Offers and then on Course Creator

Set the frequency of your coaching calls

If you include coaching calls in your group coaching sessions, add them as Meetings. Enter the title, description and delivery frequency. Also add any instructions on how to access the meetings.

Add video, audio, text content

If you want course content delivered to your group coaching members, upload it as well.

Assign coaching tools

You can use all the regular coaching tools in your group coaching, such as journaling, goal-tracking, action items, worksheets, and resources. You’ll be able to check on your group coaching member’s progress in the Progress Stream on the Course tab.

How do I conduct group coaching?

Communicate with your clients

Once your group coaching starts, you can coach your clients by communicating in a number of ways:

Hold group coaching calls

Your scheduled group coaching calls will act as a foundation for your group coaching, allowing your clients access to important personal interaction with you.

Assign and comment on coaching tools

Assign coaching tools such as journaling, action items, goals and worksheets, and comment on your clients’ responses. Your clients can also comment on each others’ responses, allowing for an interactive peer coaching experience.

Create content

You can also deliver coaching by preparing modular content for your clients to work through. This frees up more of your time. You might even choose to run purely virtual or online group coaching this way.

Read and respond to journal entries, goal progress, homework progress and assessments

If you have assigned coaching tools to complement your group coaching calls or E-Modules, you can view your clients’ responses in the Course management page specific to that coaching tool. View journal entries on the Course Journal page, homework progress on the Homework and action items page, goal progress on the Goals page, asessment responses on the Assessments page, and survey responses on the Feedback page. Read more about each coaching tool in the chapters on Course tools.

How do I provide a recording of my calls?

For clients who miss your coaching calls, you can provide a recording for them to access. Just record your coaching call in audio or video format while you deliver it. After the call is over, upload it as an audio or video file within the lesson.

What do my group coaching clients see from their dashboard?

Your group coaching clients will be able to access all their group coaching material with you from their Course Pad. They’ll be able to see when coaching calls take place, and access coaching tools you have assigned three days before each call.

If you have assigned any coaching tools, your course members can complete these by following the link listed next to each item. For instance, by following the link next to Journal topic, they will be taken to the Journal page of their Course Pad, where they can read the topic description, and write and submit their journal entry.

From their Course Pad, your course members will be able to view your session content. They’ll also be able to watch any videos and stream any audio you have included.

Learn more by reading about courses

Now you have mastered group coaching, read more about offering courses as a way of expanding your coaching repertoire.

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