UO Peer Coaching Pilot Program

 
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The UO Peer Coaching Program leverages UO colleagues' talents to coach and support each other. It uses principles from Michael Bungay Stanier's acclaimed books, The Coaching Habit and How to Tame Your Advice Monster, to cultivate a culture of curiosity, active listening, and effective coaching within our community.

How to Participate

 

 

Peer Coaching Objectives

Develop coaching skills
Learn and practice the seven essential coaching questions from The Coaching Habit to foster deeper, more meaningful conversations.

Tame your Advice Monster
Understand and manage your impulse to give advice, enabling more empowering and insightful conversations.

Build a peer support network 
Be part of a supportive environment where you can share experiences, challenges, and successes in lasting relationships with colleagues.

 

Who Should Participate

The peer coaching program is ideal for UO employees who want to enhance their coaching and feedback skills, improve their communication, and contribute to a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.

The 2024-25 pilot is includes members of the HR Community of Practice, and the VPFA LEADS graduates. 

Other colleagues are participating in a similar program this year through the UO Leadership Academy and Office of the Provost's Peer Leadership Coaching Program.

 

Peer Coaching Roles

As a coachee, you will:

  • Develop a community of peers.
  • Connect with resources to support your ability to thrive.
  • Learn to work through obstacles and overcome challenges and barriers.
  • Experience the gift of being deeply heard, understood, and supported by a peer.

 

 

As a coach, you will:

  • Engage in open dialogue about key issues and experiences in higher education.
  • Develop deep listening skills and engage with new approaches for leading and mentoring.
  • Gain new perspectives and ways of thinking from the coaching mindset.
  • Enhance your active listening and communication skills and learn to avoid the "advice trap."

Principles of Coaching, Michael Bungay Stanier

How to Participate

At the conclusion of the 2024-25 pilot program, we will evaluate the success and viability of offering and expanding Peer Coaching opportunities within the UO community. Anticipated program launch Fall 2025.