Leader As Coach
4.7 (52)
7 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
For leaders navigating the human side of organizations—master direct conversations and develop others without burning out.
Leader As Coach
4.7 (52)
7 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
For leaders navigating the human side of organizations—master direct conversations and develop others without burning out.
Course overview
Multiply Your Leadership Impact
Leaders who create thriving teams and sustainable results work at the intersection of clear direction and human connection. This requires a different configuration of skills than those that drive individual success.
There are small signals that let a leader know it is time for a shift: feedback conversations that keep getting pushed back, burnout from trying to solve everyone’s problems, and team members consistently seeking answers rather than discovering their own.
Leader as Coach is a seven-week journey that transforms how you show up for your team. Through experiential learning, you'll develop:
• The ability to transform difficult conversations into opportunities for connection and growth
• Skills to help team members discover their own solutions, reducing your problem-solving burden
• A sustainable leadership practice that energizes rather than depletes
• Communication approaches that build trust through honesty and transparency
• Discernment to know when coaching serves best and when direction is needed
In a small cohort of peers facing similar challenges, you'll learn foundational coaching skills, practice real-world conversations, and develop approaches authentic to your leadership style. Past participants report not just enhanced leadership effectiveness, but a fundamental shift in how leadership feels: more energizing, less draining, and ultimately more impactful.
Scholarships and non-profit rates are available, simply mention your interest in the application form.
Class size is limited to 20 participants.
Who is this course for
01
Managers looking to integrate coaching agility into their leadership practice.
02
Executives who want to build strong relationships and trust through powerful conversations.
03
Leaders who want to have more effective and actionable feedback conversations with their team.
You'll immediately be able to apply learnings from the following topics
Establish a mindful, empowering “coaching presence”
Discern when coaching is the right leadership approach vs. directing
Utilize awareness and receptive listening to spur employee self-discovery
Ask powerful questions that shift mindsets and behaviors
Observe effectively and share feedback that sticks
Have structure to move through coherent coaching conversations
Comfortably manage emotional dynamics and resistance
Use coaching to generate accountability and ownership
Integrate a coaching approach into day-to-day leadership
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Andrea Mignolo in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Leader As Coach
Course syllabus
7 live sessions • 10 lessons • 6 projects
Week 1
Sep
30
Foundations of Coaching
Week 1 Materials
Week 2
Oct
7
Making Observations and Working with Emotions
Week 2 Materials
Week 3
Oct
14
Listening and Asking Questions
Week 3 Materials
Week 4
Oct
21
The Coaching Conversation I
Week 4 Materials
Week 5
Oct
28
The Coaching Conversation II
Week 5 Materials
Week 6
Nov
4
The Feedback Conversation
Week 6 Materials
Week 7
Nov
11
Integration
Week 7 Materials
Bonus
Additional Resources
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Meet your instructor
Andrea Mignolo
Executive Coach, MBA, PCC
Over the last two decades I've had a pretty winding career path: testing video games, overseeing the digital side of Free Speech TV, teaching business English in Japan, and leading product at multiple tech start-ups with two exits and one currently at unicorn status.
These days I am an International Coaching Federation (ICF) credentialed PCC Executive Coach working at the intersection of leadership, business, psychology, and design. I partner with leaders to build effective organizations, high-performing teams, and lasting change. I work one-on-one with clients, coach executive teams, run group coaching programs, and design leadership development curriculum for organizations.
I hold an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management where I studied Appreciative Inquiry, Intentional Change Theory, and Organizational Behavior with folks like Richard Boyatzis, Melvin Smith, and David Cooperrider. I completed my undergraduate work at Oberlin College where I designed my own major, Technocultural Studies.
I began my coach training at New Ventures West where I learned the methodologies of integral coaching for individuals and teams. Since then I've trained at The Strozzi Institute in the art of somatic coaching and leadership, with the Aletheia School of integral unfoldment, and with the Gestalt International Study Center.
I am also a certified meditation and embodiment teacher in the lineage of The Realization Process.
Outside of coaching I am a dedicated meditator, avid backcountry camper, and budding martial artist.
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Leader As Coach
League VII
$1,249
Dates
Application Deadline
Course Schedule
2 - 3 hours of commitment per week
Week 1: Foundations of Coaching
To have effective and impactful coaching conversations, leaders must first make a shift in their mindset and approach. Foundations introduces students to the idea of a "coaching presence" as an impactful tool for coaching.
Week 2: Making Observations and Working with Emotions
Learn how to make grounded observations based on data to facilitate increased awareness in a learning conversation. And learn what emotions are and how to work with them in organizational settings to build trust and create psychological safety.
Week 3: Listening and Asking Questions
The ability to utilize several forms of listening combined with an understanding of the anatomy of powerful questions gives coaches the ability to facilitate change in others. Students will gain proficiency in forms of listening and asking powerful questions.
Week 4: The Coaching Conversation I
Session four is fully focused on the process of coaching from beginning to end. Utilizing a simple framework along with tools and methods from previous sessions, students learn how to structure a coaching conversation. Andi will also do a live coaching demo.
Week 5: The Coaching Conversation II
All roads lead to Week 5! This is the week students take everything they have been learning and put it into practice in the Coaching Conversations Lab. This is a safe and confidential environment where folks get hands-on practice in real coaching conversations.
Week 6: The Feedback Conversation
Feedback is an essential part of coaching and can often be one of the hardest skills to master. Learn how to give effective and impactful feedback, how to use feedback in a coaching conversation, and the difference between giving feedback as a coach and as a manager.
Week 7: Integration
In our final session we bring everything together, cover additional tools for your coaching toolbox, explore what it takes to build a coaching friendly culture, and create learning plans for what comes next in your development as a leader who coaches.
How Great Leaders Coach
What does it take to add coaching to your leadership practice? This small eBook covers the eight essential competencies that help leaders create deeper trust, stronger collaboration, and better results.
You can also take the Leader as Coach assessment to discover where you are in your journey of creating transformative conversations and empowering others. In just 10 minutes, you'll get a sense of where you are and receive practical recommendations for deepening your coaching practice.
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Leader As Coach
League VII
$1,249
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Application Deadline