Stop giving answers. Start asking better questions. The full manager-as-coach framework with real coaching practice on real conversations from your team, your week.
The default manager mode is to give the answer. It's faster, it feels useful, and it's how most managers were trained. The problem is that every answered question is a missed coaching moment, and every coaching moment that doesn't happen becomes another escalation back to your inbox.
Coaching for Performance is built on Sir John Whitmore's GROW model, the framework that underpins almost every credible coaching qualification in the UK from ILM through to the CMI Level 5 Coaching Professional apprenticeship. We teach it the way it was meant to be used: not as a memorised acronym, but as a mindset shift that changes the shape of every 1:1.
The day is built around live coaching practice on real conversations your team are bringing to it. No role-play theatre, no contrived scenarios. Pairs coach each other with practitioner feedback on observed behaviour, so the change lands as muscle memory — not a workbook your delegates lose in a drawer by Thursday.
Built on Sir John Whitmore's GROW modelEvery TESS workshop is designed backwards from the change you want to see in your team's behaviour. Here's what coaching graduates do differently on the Monday after.
Replace status-update meetings with structured coaching conversations that surface what's actually getting in the way.
Move beyond memorising the acronym to using both frameworks in unscripted, real-world conversations with confidence.
Tactical coaching on specific projects, accounts and challenges — turning every 1:1 into measurable forward motion.
Design a 30-day cadence that fits around your team's actual workload — not an aspirational diary that lasts two weeks.
Identify the observable behaviours behind underperformance and bring them into the conversation without it landing as criticism.
Coach team members to solve more themselves before it lands on your desk — measurably fewer fires, measurably more autonomy.
Full-day format shown. The half-day version focuses on the morning blocks with a condensed live coaching round at the end.
Genuinely the first time I've left a coaching course able to do it on Monday. The live rounds with feedback made the difference. My 1:1s have completely changed shape.
Pricing depends on group size, delivery mode (live online vs in-person) and whether we tailor the curriculum to your sector. Closed cohorts start from a few hundred pounds per delegate for half-day workshops and scale from there. Book a 15-minute discovery call and we'll give you a concrete figure within 24 hours.
Half day works for teams who've already had foundational management training and want to add the coaching layer. Full day is the right choice when this is your team's first formal coaching workshop, because the afternoon's live coaching rounds with practitioner feedback are the bit people remember a year later.
We're flexible. Most cohorts run with 10–20 delegates, but we regularly deliver for smaller groups of 2–4, particularly for senior teams or specialised sectors. The live coaching rounds work better with even numbers, but we'll make any group work.
Live online is our default and works well for coaching — breakout rooms make the practice rounds work cleanly. We also deliver in-person at your site or a venue you choose, particularly when the cohort already work in the same room.
Typical lead time from a first call to delivery is 2–4 weeks. We can move faster if you need to — the limiting factor is usually your calendar, not ours.
Yes. The frameworks (GROW, TGROW, observable behaviours) stay the same; the examples, exercises and case studies are tailored to your sector, tools and your team's real work. We discuss this on the discovery call and rebrief the practitioner before delivery.
Yes. Every delegate receives a CPD-certified digital certificate on completion. The certificate references the hours of learning and the frameworks covered, so it can be added directly to a CPD record for any chartered or professional body.
We allocate a TESS coaching practitioner based on your sector. All practitioners are independently qualified coaches (ILM Level 5 or equivalent) with active corporate coaching practices. We'll send the named practitioner's bio after the discovery call.
Two ways in. Book a 30-minute discovery call below, or fill out the form and we'll reply within 24 hours with cohort options for your group.