Coaching and Mentoring at Warwick

Internal Coaching

Internal coaching is available to all colleagues.

Our coaches are University of Warwick colleagues who hold a recognised coaching qualification or who are in training to become a qualified coach.

Find out more:

Meet some of our fantastic coaches answering your most frequently asked questions

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EMCC UK

Warwick is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) UK. We aim to create and promote best practice in staff coaching and mentoring and adhere to the EMCC’s standards and ethics.

Leadership Coaching

We have partnered with Know You More to provide virtual leadership coaching for our senior FA9 leaders.

If you are interested and you are a FA9 Leader please complete this online booking form. A member of the team will be in touch.

Request Leadership Coaching

A note about Mentoring

Mentoring is a developmental relationship in which the mentor draws on their experience and expertise to advise, support and guide the mentee. We are no longer offering mentoring as a Warwick programme but there are a number of self-directed learning guides that may be useful:

Mentors Handbook/Toolkit Contracting Conversation GROW model example questions Mentees Handbook

Enhance your skills with our LinkedIn Learning Pathway

In this learning pathway, you will learn what coaching is and the importance of coaching your team members whilst also being supplied with coaching frameworks to put into action with your teams.

Coaching at Warwick for Leaders and Managers

Qualify as a Level 5 Coaching Professional with the OCM

We work in partnership with the The OCM to provide opportunities to complete a Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring Apprenticeship.

This 14 month programme leads to the achievement of an internationally recognised coaching qualification.

To find out more, including the level of commitment required, view The OCM apprenticeship webpages and contact LMDresouce@warwick.ac.uk

Operational Coaching Skills Training for People Managers

We have also partnered with Notion to train our people managers in developing operational coaching skills. Notion’s award winning STAR® programme enables people managers to transform their interactions with others to:

Deliver more effective feedback.
Ask insightful and powerful questions.
Listen actively and intuitively.
Empower and enable teams.
Handle difficult conversations.
Gain time back for themselves to spend in more impactful activities.

This programme will be rolled out on a department-by-department basis starting from Sept 2024.