You care deeply about your team. You want them to grow, to step up, to take ownership. But right now, it feels like you’re doing too much of the heavy lifting. You’re solving their problems, jumping in to fix things, working late to pick up the slack. And despite all your effort, people aren’t developing the way you hoped they would.

You might also notice that you leave 1:1s drained of energy, important conversations keep getting pushed back, and your team tends to seek answers and permission more often than discovering their own.

And you have probably tried a number of things along the way:

• Giving people full autonomy and hoping they will figure it out

• Being the fixer and problem-solver

• Trying to gently give feedback (too gently)

• Providing lots of context and hoping people will “get it”

• Winging it in conversations

• Leaning on your technical expertise

• Always making yourself available 

• Taking on too much

• Hoping annual or quarterly performance reviews will drive change

• Trying to be everyone’s friend 

• Over preparing and planning for every conversation

• Listening with no boundaries (e.g. conversations can go for hours)

These approaches are incomplete because they don’t impact your mindset. Most leaders first learn a “management” mindset in which they see their job as solving problems, getting work done through people, managing the business, and communicating clearly.

But people aren’t resources to be managed. They long to find meaning and ownership in their work, to stretch into new challenges, and to feel the satisfaction of a job well done. What is missing in your leadership practice is the developmental approach that coaching brings. This allows you to build the capacity of others to solve problems, develop their thinking, create conditions for growth, and have conversations that transform, while simultaneously creating more time and energy for yourself.

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.