B_PH_KOU_p Coaching for Managers

NEWTON University
summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Milan Bobek, MSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Milan Bobek, MSc.
Centre for Competences Development – Academic Department – NEWTON University
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_PH_KOU_p/01: each even Tuesday 15:10–18:20 PH Učebna 04, except Tue 17. 2., M. Bobek
B_PH_KOU_p/02: each even Tuesday 11:20–15:00 PH Učebna 05, M. Bobek
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives

The course is designed as hands-on training that equips students with practical consulting, communication, and managerial tools for effective work with people in a way that respects and develops their internal resources—coaching.

Students will gain philosophical, scientific, and psychological inspiration for working with themselves and others, as well as concrete communication, psychological, and coaching tools for effective people management. They will learn solution-focused methodological approaches, develop the ability to negotiate needs and goals, and master coaching methodology. The course builds practical competence in leading a coaching conversation both in terms of guidance and support, and in helping the client achieve meaningful progress. Students will also learn to replace evaluation and “giving advice” with reflective practice, conduct one-to-one coaching sessions, and work professionally with client assignments and a final intervention/closure.

Syllabus

  • Philosophical foundations of effective work with people

  • Scientific prerequisites of effective leadership

  • Psychological schools applicable to coaching and management

  • Introduction to coaching as a universal skill

  • Core methodology of a coaching conversation

  • Advanced methods of people development: reflection, assignments, mentoring

  • Creative experiential techniques for deeper use of personal resources

  • Overview of the most effective coaching tools

  • Professional standards ensuring the quality of the coaching process

    • Literature
    • BOBEK, Milan; PENIŠKA, Petr. Práce s lidmi. Brno: NC PUBLISHING, 2008. 288 s. ISBN 978-80-903858-2-5.
    • WHITMORE, John. Koučování. Praha 4: Management Press, 2016. 243 s. ISBN 978-80-7261-273-4.
    • PARMA, Petr. Umění koučovat. Praha: Alfa Publishing, 2006. 232 s. ISBN 80-86851-34-6.
    Assessment methods
    Graded credit: conducting one’s own coaching session with a client; an oral presentation of the course, process, and outcomes of the conducted coaching session; and participation in discussion.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2025.
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