Workshop
Building Your Coaching and Mentoring Skills
The pace of change in the workplace is frenzied and it's accelerating daily. Managers are responsible for ever-greater numbers of employees. So how do you make the most of your limited human resources? With coaching and mentoring. These collaborative processes are effective ways of developing your staff's skills and abilities, boosting performance and effectively dealing with issues before they become performance problems. In this workshop, you will discover your personal coaching style, build your effectiveness as a coach and practice specific feedback and coaching skills to help you and your colleagues succeed immediately in your daily work tasks.
Upcoming date(s)
Date(s) & Time
Term
Section
mode
October 16, 2025
Th 9:00 – 12:00
Regular registration: $325.00 applicable tax
Early registration (before September 25): $292.50 applicable tax
Fall
1E
Online
Term
Fall
Section
1E
mode
Online
Your takeaways
This workshop will empower you to:• Gain a better understanding of effective mentoring and coaching skills and the fundamental differences between them;
• Understand how those two disciplines can build trust and collaborative relationships in your workplace;
• Improve awareness of your own coaching style;
• Build your skills in giving constructive and positive feedback;
• Work with an effective coaching model.
Our approach
This workshop is based on an optimized practical approach that mixes theory with group discussions.In order to maximize engagement and knowledge transfer, it is highly recommended that participants keep their cameras on during the workshop.
Who benefits the most?
• Managers who want to give more effective feedback to employees• Individuals who are interested in better understanding themselves as coaches/mentors
We're flexible. That means workshops can be customized for corporate groups and offered on the date of your choosing, in your office or online.
Important details
1) Registration fee includes electronic course materials.2) In the event we don’t have enough participants, the workshop will be cancelled and you will, of course, be reimbursed in full.
3) This workshop meets the requirements for the 1% Conformity Law (in accordance with the Workforce Skills Development and Recognition Act).
4) If you wish to pay for this workshop via invoice, please write directly to cce@concordia.ca and our service staff will assist you.
Concordia CCE Loyalty Discount
All students who meet at least one of the following conditions, will receive a 10% discount on their CCE course or workshop tuition fees:
- Have completed a CCE, Undergraduate or Graduate course at Concordia University in a prior academic term;
- Have completed a language proficiency test (IELTS) at CCE;
- Have completed a CCE Professional Development Seminar/Workshop.
This discount is based on the information maintained in the Concordia University student information system.
NOTE: This discount does not apply to a language proficiency test enrollment (IELTS) nor to application fees for admission to a CCE program of study.
Your trainer

A lawyer and member of the Québec Bar, Virginie Aubin is also keenly passionate about helping team members become more efficient through coaching, mentoring and training. With 10 years of experience in a wide variety of fields, Virginie has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in Lean-Agile training, facilitation, negotiation, change management and information technology. Over the years, she has trained executives, leaders and team members on Lean-Agile values, principles and methodologies and she’s ready to train you.