Coaching for Performance
Because great leaders don’t give answers — they ask better questions.
At a glance
Why This Matters
In today’s fast-changing world, telling people what to do is no longer enough. The most effective leaders know how to coach – helping their teams think independently, take ownership, and unlock their full potential.
This workshop helps managers shift from being problem-solvers to performance enablers. Through hands-on practice, reflection, and real conversations, participants learn how to listen deeply, ask powerful questions, and guide others toward their own solutions, building confidence, capability, and accountability along the way.
Research by the Institute of Coaching shows that organisations with strong coaching cultures report significantly better performance than those without one.
46%
Higher revenue
61%
Higher employee engagement
12%
Boost in productivity
Business Impact You’ll See
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
— Jack Welch
Designed for
First-Time Managers
Mid-Level Managers
Senior Managers
People Leaders
Designed the FocusU Way
Behind every FocusU experience lies a design philosophy we call FACETS:
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F
Feedback
Learners get actionable insight into where they stand
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A
Application
Whatever is learnt is applied within the session itself
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C
Contextual
Examples are drawn from the client industry and organization
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E
Experiential
Learning by doing, not by listening
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T
Tailored
Personalised to the lived experiences of the individual learner
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S
Stimulating
Inspiring new thinking and imagination in the learner
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Walk-Through of Learner Experience
At FocusU, every learning experience follows a deliberate arc — moving participants
from awareness to application, and from insight to action.
| STAGE | WHAT HAPPENS |
|---|---|
| Discover | Participants experience engaging activities, challenges and scenarios that surface real attitudes, assumptions, and patterns of behaviour. |
| Reflect | Guided debriefs and discussions help them make sense of what they experienced - connecting it to their personal and workplace realities. |
| Reframe | Learners explore new mindsets, tools, and frameworks that offer fresh ways to approach everyday challenges. |
| Apply | Through practice, planning, and peer feedback, participants translate insights into actionable commitments they can take back to work. |
Every FocusU intervention is designed to move learners from knowing to doing — ensuring
learning doesn’t end in the workshop, but continues in how people think, collaborate, and lead.
Trusted by businesses big and small
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FocusU has always made learning interesting. Topics are converted into activities and the learning from the activities are then discussed - which makes us relate to it in real time. The best part is there is no PPT and the team is always takes inputs for discussion. A facilitator is definitely more knowledgeable than the people who attend the training. The key is how you hold your intelligence within yourself and get down to the level of attendees.
Selvam Thamizharassan
CGI Manager Consulting -
FocusU was a simple Google search for me. Having said that, there were other training firms whose details also showed up. But right from the time that I established my first contact with them, there has not been an instance where I had to follow up with their team. Extremely proactive, understand their clients needs and the best part - they customize the training requirements really well!
Antony Titus
DHL Express India Head - Customer Service Development -
Thank you FocusU and Smollan L&D team for designing such a wonderful continuous learning program. It acted like small and effective doses to look for what next. Case studies chosen were all relevant for my Global Development Team & I could not ask for more. Let’s plan for some monthly 1 hour on premise confluence sessions.
Vijay Varshney
SMOLLAN Head of Technology - MESA -
FocusU facilitated a 2 day 'Stepping into Coaching ' workshop for a group of senior leaders from CGI. Their session was engaging and gave us insights on improving the effectiveness of our leadership. They ensured that the program was interactive enabling easy flow of thoughts and perspectives through out the program. I would recommend this program to anybody looking at growing as a coach leader.
Shilpa Subbaiah
CGI Program Manager – Products
Frequently asked questions
Don’t see an answer to your question?
Drop us an email and we will get back
For each workshop, we can help you with three different teasers you can customize and share periodically with participants to build excitement and get traction.
You can download a program overview from each of the topic pages. Do note that while this will give you a broad structure of the workshop, our learning designers will still need to talk with you to customize the workshop to your context.
Ready to Help Your Leaders
Become Better Coaches?
Let’s co-create an experience that transforms everyday conversations
into moments of learning, growth, and performance.