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Coaching skills for managers and team leads (GROW and coaching conversations)

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for line managers. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 12 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Coaching skills for managers and team leads (GROW and coaching conversations) course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why telling is not always the quickest way · 7 min

    Before you begin · The two-minute answer · What is happening?

  • Lesson 2: Coaching, managing, mentoring and telling · 7 min

    Four modes · Which mode? · Check

  • Lesson 3: The GROW model in four steps · 7 min

    Four steps · The questions for each step · Order the conversation

  • Lesson 4: Powerful questions and active listening · 7 min

    Better questions · Listening to understand · Reframe it

  • Lesson 5: Grey areas, follow-up and building a coaching culture · 7 min

    Grey areas · Agreeing and following up · Team coaching and culture

  • Lesson 6: Your practice plan and final assessment · 5 min

    Your next steps · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

In a new-manager programme, as a leadership development module, and as a refresher when a coaching culture is introduced.

Line managers, team leads, HR and L&D staff who coach colleagues; run by leadership development and L&D teams.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • The organisation's performance review or appraisal guidance, so coaching and formal performance steps stay separate
  • Any organisation guidance on recording or timing coaching follow-ups
  • Where employees can find personal support
  • Help contact
  • Policy link
  • Escalation route
  • Next course link
  • LMS or record system
  • Course URL
  • Live session URL
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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