HR Series: Enlivening Staff with Coaching, Mentoring and Counselling

In today’s dynamic landscape, providing tailored support, guidance, and resources to enhance employees’ development, well-being, and overall satisfaction is crucial. To tackle these challenges, it is essential for HR practitioners, supervisors, and managers to acquire essential skills to accomplish that. The training program on “Enlivening Staff with Coaching, Mentoring, and Counselling” aims to assist organizations in infusing energy, momentum, and new values into the growth of their employees, enabling them to reach their full potential.  By combining coaching, mentoring, and counselling approaches, organizations can create a positive and engaging work environment that fosters employee development and success. Essentially, the program addresses employee performance through coaching, broadens employees’ career perspectives through mentoring, and uncovers the psychological well-being of employees through counseling.  The ultimate goal is to generate a positive impact on the organization, guaranteeing long-term success by empowering employees.

The Participant will be able to do after the workshop:

• Nurture a supportive work environment to empower employees to seek continuous improvement and growth.
• Apply coaching principles and techniques to improve staff performance, and help individuals achieve their goals.
• Develop impactful mentorship relationships to facilitate meaningful interactions and provide guidance for career development.
• Implement strategies to promote psychological health, manage stress, and ensure a positive work-life balance.
• Utilize essential skills of driving employee engagement and satisfaction in daily practices.

Learning Methodologies:

A variety of methodologies will be used and blended in the sessions to maximize engagement and enhance the learning experience.

• Icebreakers and Energizers
• Interactive Lectures
• Case studies
• Experience Sharing
• Role playing
• Reflection and Feedback

Learning Reinforcement:

A pre-workshop survey will be carried out to solicit input from a sample of participants for the design and development of relevant learning content.  Depending on the needs, pre-reading materials may be sent before the workshop.

The Speaker: 

The speaker, Mr. Jim John is a highly experienced facilitation practitioner, consultant, and seasoned trainer with over two decades of expertise in facilitating organizational changes, leadership, and organizational development for international and publicly listed companies. He had a diverse career, working in various industries including engineering, real estate, airlines, retail, trading and manufacturing in both Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China.

Serving as the head of two training centers, the speaker was recognized for his exceptional application of psychological practices and technology in designing and delivering training for professional and managerial staff. The training sessions covered a range of topics, such as team leadership, coaching, mentoring, counselling, decision making, empowerment, critical thinking, innovation, communication, and more. As a change consultant, he gained a reputation for applying creative approaches to align team goals, promote health and safety, enhance staff engagement, and embrace change for employees.

Drawing upon his wealth of experience as a senior sales engineer, the speaker has dedicated a significant portion of his time to partnering with tech startups in integrating cutting-edge technologies such as generative AI, VR and the metaverse into various digital learning, social, and commercial applications.  He is a co-founder of the ‘Asia Metaverse Interconnected Learning Space’ network society and has delivered a speech titled ‘Facilitated Learning and Competency Assessment in the Virtual World.’ Additionally, he is the author of two reference guides: ‘Deploying e-Learning by 7 Steps’ and ‘Facilitation Skills for Virtual Trainers.’

The speaker embarked on his professional journey in the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, HKSAR, while pursuing her tertiary education in Hong Kong and later in the United Kingdom. He holds dual Bachelor’s Degrees, one in Environmental Science and the other in Psychology. Additionally, he possesses a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Master of Social Sciences in Counselling, and Postgraduate Diplomas in Change Consulting and Educational Technology.