Leadership and Empathy

Coaching tools for being an inspiring leader close to your team

In today's fast-paced and dynamic business world, empathetic leadership has become an essential skill for managers and their teams. Leadership coaching, which fosters personal and professional development, plays a crucial role in helping individuals and organisations achieve their goals, develop strong leadership capabilities and realise their full potential. To achieve this, leadership coaches use coaching tools that encourage meaningful, sustainable and empathetic interactions.

A deep understanding of leadership goes beyond technical skills: it involves the ability to embody empathy and play the role of coach for your colleagues. In this seminar, you will learn how to establish processes of learning and understanding within your team, strengthen your leadership posture by adopting an empathic approach, and enrich your behavioural repertoire through effective coaching methods.

Why is empathy essential in leadership?

By integrating empathy into your management practice, you will create an environment where your employees feel understood, valued and supported. This process fosters more solution-oriented behaviour, encourages creativity and responsibility, and boosts motivation. In return, you as a manager will have more resources to focus on your own priorities.

What's more, the tools taught in this seminar are not limited to coaching others. They will also help you develop your personality as an empathetic leader and deepen your own personal journey.

The main topics of this seminar

Creating a relationship of trust: Valuing employees and cultivating a climate of openness
Mastering empathic communication: Identifying and adapting to verbal, para-verbal and non-verbal language to better understand the needs of your teams
Adopt inspiring interpersonal skills: Develop a posture that is aligned with your values and those of your employees
Ask powerful questions: Explore the values and motivations of your team members in depth
Understanding the impact of values: Identifying their influence on individual and collective behaviour

Seminar content

Objectives and importance of empathic coaching
Basic coaching attitudes: curiosity, empathy and sincere appreciation
Preparing yourself as a leader: Identifying your own emotional state for optimum impact
Accepting other people's perceptions: A key to authentic and constructive interactions

Coaching tools

The art of asking meaningful questions
The wheel of life (private/professional)
Assigning tasks and the role it plays in developing employees
Working on values to improve team cohesion
The clear and inspiring formulation of objectives

Teaching method

Dynamic presentations
Individual and group practical exercises
Case studies for progressive integration of concepts

Practical details

Number of participants : Maximum 12 people, to ensure personalised support
Duration: 2 days

Number of participants

Maximum 12 participants

Duration

a) 2 x 1 day with a 10-14 day gap and individual coaching between the 2 days
b) 2 consecutive days and optional coaching afterwards

By taking part in this seminar, you will discover how empathic leadership can transform your interactions, energise your team and enrich your own personal and professional development.

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