Coaching skills

Are you looking for an experienced and inspiring teacher in coaching? Do you want to learn how to use coaching techniques to bring out the best in others and help people develop and grow, both individually and as a team?

Gunnel Ryner is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and has extensive experience in coaching as well as training other coaches, in Sweden and internationally. She is one of few Swedish coaches who teaches Thomas Leonard’s (often called the father of coaching) 15 coaching proficiencies, a set of simple but genius principles that lift both beginners and experienced coaches to a whole new level.

Book Gunnel Ryner as your trainer in coaching skills if you want to be inspired, get new insights and learn effective methods and tools to release people’s potential!

Coaching skills training programme:
“Bring out the best in people”

For leaders, coaches, mentors, advisors and consultants who work with individual, team or organisation development.

The programme is tailored to your needs and the participants’ experience and roles. Often the programme is set up in a number of modules, each of which can be half a day or a full day. The following is a common setup:

1. Basic coaching skills

What is coaching?
Benefits of coaching
When should I use coaching and when is it not applicable?
Practical coaching methods and tools:
- Powerful questions
- Active listening
- The GROW model
- Solution Focus
Common pitfalls in coaching

2. Thomas Leonard’s 15 Coaching Proficiencies

Thomas Leonard is often referred to as the father of coaching. His 15 coaching proficiencies were considered groundbreaking when he first introduced and taught them 20 years ago. Never before – and never since then – has the craft of coaching been so completely and inspiringly described. New coaches were quickly lifted to unexpected levels of quality, and experienced coaches were positively surprised that there was a higher level of coaching and much more to learn. It was a breath of fresh air – and still is.
I have taught this class four times at CoachVille (a coaching school founded by Thomas Leonard), and several briefer versions of it in Sweden, and even the most experienced participants say that these simple but genius principles have contributed enormously to their development.

These are a few examples of coaching proficiencies:

Navigates via curiosity
Enters new territories
Designs supportive environments
Engages in provocative conversations.

3. Group coaching

Similarities and differences between group coaching and individual coaching
What’s important to consider when coaching a group?
Different methods for coaching and development in groups:
- Coaching of a group with a common goal
- Individual coaching in a group
- Trios
- Reflecting teams
- Strengths-based workshop (inspired by Appreciative Inquiry and Solution Focus)

Happy customers

” Thank you so much for the fantastic contribution you made at the CIDESCO International´s Schools & Examiners meeting. I was most impressed by the way you referred to scientific research, motivated the audience and mixed it all with a great sense of humor. I knew you would do an outstanding job and you lived up to and exceeded our expectations! “

Anna-Cari Gund

President, Cidesco

” I want to send a HUGE THANK YOU for your fantastic keynote for us at The Body Shop! YOU were very appreciated and we have started a true positive revolution in my entire district! We have come into a marvellous FLOW which can be noted both among the employees but also in our numbers! Many thanks!!!”

Carina Rosenblad

District Sales Manager, The Body Shop

” Thank you for a truly amazing keynote! We have already started to implement your ideas in the organization. For instance, we had our best staff meeting in a long time this morning, when everyone started by sharing the positive things that happened last week. Your speech couldn’t have had better timing – many thanks!”

Ted Wallin

Business Director, Gambit

” Gunnel’s inspirational keynote is one of the best I have heard. Gunnel is down-to-earth, tasteful and personal and with lots of humour she delivers spot-on truths that landed very well in our organisation. In addition to giving inspiration and joyful laughter she also gave us some simple tools to apply in our everyday work life. We have started our positive revolution! “

Katarina Törnros

Regional Manager, LRF Konsult

” Gunnel Ryner is one of the best speakers we have hired for Kvalitetsmagasinet Live. By mixing theory and vivid examples, delivered with a great sense of humour, she helps everyone see how a positive approach can take your organization to a whole new level.”

Anna Nyström

Chief Editor, Kvalitetsmagasinet

” A huge THANK YOU for your incredibly energizing and positive keynote! It completely blew me away! So professional, so sweet, such an amazing talk! Your wonderful charisma and your positive message really gave me a huge energy boost. THANK YOU!!!. “

Sanna Thörnholm

Owner, Soliv Hälsoföretaget

” Thank you for an amazing keynote and workshop, you lifted the entire team and helped us shift our focus, from getting stuck in the negative to start thinking about what works well. Already on the following Monday, some members of our staff started to share positive experiences.”

Valentina Trpezanovska

Manager Område Varberg, Närsjukvården Halland

” Many thanks for a great speech that gave lots of wisdom and insights to the audience! Serious parts mixed with humour, delivered in such a masterful, light-hearted way. Focusing on the positive has definitely stuck with our entire team. A+ from us all!”

Sofia Sestorp

Business Manager, Kinda Ydre Sparbank

” A nuclear power plant should of course put effort into preventing and fixing deviations, but our processes can become even better if we also include our successes in our development work. Thank you for that insight, Gunnel – you were a true source of inspiration! “

Cecilia Lindmark

Safety Engineer, Forsmark Kraftgrupp AB

” The inspirational speech about Appreciative Leadership for our group of administrative managers was followed by a strengths-based workshop, where we explored our own good examples. A fantastic day with lots of new knowledge and the opportunity to practise and reflect. A HUGE THANK YOU, Gunnel for a CONTENT-RICH TALK and a VERY INSPIRING WORKSHOP!!!!! “

Anne-Li Silberk

Administrative Manager, Linköping University

Trainer with extensive coaching experience

I am since 2010 a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF) and have substantial education and many years of experience both as a coach and as a coach trainer. Among other merits, I have worked as an instructor at CoachVille, an international coaching school founded by Thomas Leonard.

Want to know more? Contact Gunnel