COACHING FOR UNV SUPERVISORS
UN Volunteers wish to provide their Supervisors with individual, instant support by means of individual online coaching for improvement of staff engagement and productivity. The first 6 cohorts were a great success.
UNV has partnered with UNLOQ, a leading organisation in innovative remote coaching and leadership development. The unique coaching approach aligns with the natural way we learn, acquire new skills and grow as an individual.
With coaching you can improve what is limiting you, create effective behaviours and increase your confidence and purpose as a leader.
OVERVIEW
You will experience intense support during a period of 8 months. Your coach will offer blended coaching sessions of 30-60 minutes and up to 6 hours in total. You can get coaching on topics like:
- Interpersonal skills and leading a team (remotely)
- Self-awareness and leadership style
- Working effectively in changing and challenging times
- Handling difficult situations
- Managing and influencing change
Blended coaching combines face-to-face coaching with online communication. To optimally support you in your development, the coaching is flexible, time-efficient and takes place in your day-to-day context.
The online kick off meeting for participants will be held on the 22nd October at 14:00 CET.
All Staff members are eligible to apply as long as they supervise minimum one person.
Coaching is available in most languages, so please let us know your preferred language.
What do your UNV colleagues say about our coaching?
I strongly recommend everyone to take coaching sessions. They provide the opportunity to exchange on any topic with an external person who is familiar with the UN context yet at the same time detached from our daily work and bound to confidentiality. With the support of my coach, I embarked for a journey where I was able to reflect on situations I wanted to change or behaviors I did not want to repeat, analyse their causes, identify solutions, and take corrective actions. These could be related to work events, improving personal relations, positioning myself within the team, my inner fears, time management… I want to thank UNV for providing me with this opportunity that contributed to my personal and professional growth and improved my performance!
I enrolled in the Coaching Programme to UNV supervisors in 2021. It was a true accelerator for my supervisory skills. What made a difference was the individual follow-up from the coach, her ability to spot the areas I needed to improve, and set a clear plan with a mix of online sessions and written activities. It was an eye-opener on where to scale up as a supervisor, and I could apply this learning directly in my daily job. I truly recommend this programme to all supervisors, regardless of their current experience and expertise.
I had a very good experience with my attributed coach, I really liked his approach which helped me open up to even discuss topics I never thought I could with a complete stranger. We became very close and kept good and cordial relations. I would definitely recommend the programme to colleagues. One thing I liked about the programme is that we had enough sessions for once and this really helped to go deep into the various conversations (even though I would not mind a couple of hours more!). This is undoubtedly a key plus for me as I could not make good results from previous programmes which offered less hours of coaching. This is relevant especially considering all sessions are done online, it is important to give sufficient time for both parties to establish trust and agree on main points of discussions and subsequent expected results.
For me - someone who is new to leading a regional team with UN international personnel - the programme is quite ok. It was rather useful to gain feedback on my leadership approaches by a practicing professional. During the coachings, one of the crucial elements was that the sessions were conducted in our common native Russian language for better understanding and exchange. I would strongly recommend the programme for beginners in leadership roles.
I undertook supervisory coaching in 2023/2024, which greatly enhanced my effectiveness and daily work. The coach tailored each session to my needs, making the experience practical and relevant. I applied new strategies immediately and navigated challenges with clarity. A key strength was the coach's ability to identify skill gaps while allowing me to lead the process. Beyond tools, the coaching fostered a mindset of continuous growth and self-reflection.
Indeed I find this programme very useful. The fact to have a coach available throughout the process, via chat but also with dedicated online sessions, is helpful and brings continuity. It is important though to define precisely what one wishes to achieve through the coaching, so the sessions are targeted and demand driven. The sessions help to reflect on yourself and your approaches and initiates a thinking and learning process that helps you to see things clearer.
I now completed all the sessions with my coach under the training programme. The training was very much fruitful to me and I would like to highlight some of the important areas:
- I had in total 5 sessions of 6 hrs. It was a good opportunity to refresh, understand and validate some of the ideas, process and actions that I was already doing.
- As a supervisor, we wanted to be nice and helpful with team members with a good intention but that is not always good. Sometimes it becomes a reasons of not promoting innovative ideas and productivities.
- Gave me a very good idea how should I clear the expectations and involve team members more effectively.
- We have our own corporate guidance for PMD the session gave me an effective tools to drive the dialogue with team members efficiently and effectively.
- Got a very important insights to focus on my own performance too together with the leadership role to the team members.
I am happy to recommend the course to other colleagues too. Very useful and important to balance own and supervisory role together efficiently.
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