Solutions Focus Master Class

Intending participants will already have attended a Growth Coaching International programme, either the Coaching Accreditation Programme (Phases 1-3) or Introduction to Leadership Coaching (2-day).

Dates and Locations
25 Aug & 26 Aug 2026 Auckland
Cost

Cost: $795 + GST pp

(includes The Solutions Focus, Making Coaching and Change Simple by Paul Z Jackson & Mark McKergow)

Cancellation Policy

The Solutions Focus Coaching Masterclass refines and extends your coaching repertoire by intentionally integrating pragmatic and proven Solutions Focus methods into coaching, leadership conversations and bringing about improvements in teaching and learning.

The Solutions Focus methodology can change the direction of your conversations, enabling you to foster a creative and enabling mindset in yourself and others to make positive progress towards broader school and individual goals.

Workshop Content:

Tools and strategies to:

  • Easily set up a Platform for informal and formal coaching conversations
  • Effectively turn problems into finding solutions
  • Use of the Future Perfect to creativity define direction
  • Use the Scale, a very simple and highly effective tool, to build progress
  • Make good use of Counters to build on the knowledge, skills and resources the coachee already has
  • Affirm what’s working and bringing strengths to the fore
  • Use Small Actions strategies to quickly build progress
  • Make connections with the GROWTH framework as a coaching foundation

There will be many coaching practice sessions using the tools separately and together

This workshop is made available through our partnership with the Centre for Solutions Focus at Work.

This two-day workshop is a great way to build your existing coaching knowledge and refine your coaching skills by integrating Solutions Focused methods – more intentionally – into your coaching.



What others have said

Once again you provided an outstanding learning opportunity for those fortunate to attend this last PLD. Thank you for your wonderful presentation. Lots to digest and I am excited about bringing the new perspectives to our model.
Ian Morrison
Principal, Mission Heights Junior College
Nicky was fantastic - a very positive, engaging, knowledgeable presenter. I loved having opportunities to observe her coaching practice. Content was excellent and the days were well-paced. The balance of new information and discussions with opportunities to practise was just right. Also really appreciate the resources that were provided. Thank you for two excellent days of professional development.
Alanna Lee
Chaucer School
Have wanted to do this one for a while and it was worth the wait. Possibly the most useful piece of coaching PLD I have done.
Monique Brown
Deputy Principal, Pakuranga Heights School

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