Capstone: Career Coaching Intensive

Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services and university relations and recruiting professionals
Competency: Coaching
Fee: $600 (member); $725 (nonmember);

Summary
In this two-day program, you’ll learn effective coaching techniques to use with both groups and individuals, learn how to select and apply the technique best suited for your client, and gain insight into the latest trends and tactics in career coaching. Appropriate for practitioners at all levels, Capstone: Career Coaching Intensive will inspire you to empower your students in their career development and job search. This two-day program incorporates facilitated discussion, guided activities, and group work to create a stimulating and engaging learning experience.

Course Content Areas:
- Basic principles in coaching.
- Role of the coach and coachee;
- History of coaching;
- Coaching theories;
- Concepts in coaching;
- Focus, vision, and reframing activities; and
- Structure of coaching.
Following this program, you will be able to:
- Define career coaching;
- Describe the foundation of coaching;
- Examine the history of coaching;
- Develop an understanding of coaching competencies and ethical standards;
- Explore key concepts of the coaching process;
- Differentiate between coaching and counseling;
- Explain the impact of language in the coaching process;
- Examine the structure of coaching;
- Use coaching strategies for individuals and groups; and
- Identify areas for continued development as a coaching practitioner.
Presenters

Meg Flournoy, Director, Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
Meg Flournoy is sector director, global and health, for the Career Management Center at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Flournoy is an experienced career services professional providing guidance to graduate business students and alumni from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University interested in general management and global opportunities. She has experience with global career business development, the healthcare industry, coaching, and advising. Flournoy developed coaching skills through positions at the University of Maryland, University College, Muhlenberg College, and Lafayette College. Over the past 15 years, she has worked with undergraduate liberal arts students, engineering students, and evening graduate school students. She has also worked with divisions of companies on the topics of staff development, self-assessment, and team building. Flournoy holds a master's degree in counseling psychology from Lehigh University, and a bachelor's degree in political science from Susquehanna University. Flournoy is past president of the Susquehanna University alumni association.