Yuan Wang

Coaching Skills for Leads & Managers

Maven

Airbnb

TwitterOAuth

Mozilla

RISD

Head of Design at Maven (ex-Airbnb, Twitter, Mozilla). Certified Coach.

Most leaders default to solving. We'll explore what shifts when you coach instead, and when each approach serves people.

Understand the difference between helping and empowering

Practice acknowledging and validating — two skills that build trust faster than any advice.

Make people feel seen without telling them what to do

The right question doesn't just unblock someone today. It changes how they think next time.

Ask questions that build capacity, not dependence

Build AI tools that scale your coaching, drive team adoption, and reclaim hours for strategic work, all without compromising quality.

Product Leader (Whoop, Dropbox, Nike)

Google

Microsoft

J.P. Morgan

NBCUniversal

Visa Inc.

Hilary Gridley

Head of Core Product @ WHOOP

February 2026

March 2026

<pre><code class="language-markdown">Most managers are drowning. There's not enough time to coach everyone, review everything, and still do your own job. AI doesn't fix this by making you faster; it fixes it by making your team better. When your people have access to your expertise at scale, they can do more without you in the room.

AI-native managers are building systems for their team. This course shows you how. By the end, your team will be able to access your standards, your coaching, and your judgment without waiting for your next 1:1.</code></pre>

AI can do more than save you time. It can make your whole team better.

Learn to delegate to AI the same way you delegate to people

Turn your standards and coaching into tools your team uses 24/7

Build real applications for your team, without writing code

Build AI systems that knows how you work and who you work with

Get your whole team fluent in AI

Use AI for the high-stakes parts of your job

Team leads, directors, and VPs who are the quality gate for everything their team ships and want to stop being the bottleneck.

People managers with IC responsibilities who don't have time to coach their team the way they want to and can't scale by working more hours.

First-time managers who are overwhelmed by the volume of feedback needed and find themselves lowering the bar just to keep up.

Build Executive Visibility with self-advocacy, assertiveness, influence, conflict, being strategic & navigating organizational dynamics 

 Global VP(ex-IBM); $2B P&L; 2000+ team

Palantir

Amazon

Monica Aggarwal

Executive Leadership I Global VP (ex-IBM) I Engineering, Product & Partnerships

Cohort 8

Cohort 9

You’re already good at your job. That’s not the problem. The problem is this. AI is reshaping how teams work. Roles are shrinking. Layers are flattening. The bar for leadership is rising. The people who advance aren't just the most competent. They're the ones who act like leaders before they get the title. In high-stakes meetings, under pressure, in front of senior leaders, someone is getting that opportunity — because they know how to frame, influence, and command trust in 30 seconds flat. Those skills aren’t taught anywhere. This cohort changes that.Zero passive videos Zero generic advice 9+ hours of Live Practice Lab Every Session includes:• Live role-play using real scenarios • Direct coaching and reframing on the spot • Immediate feedback on language, structure, and delivery • Bite-sized frameworks you can use rightaway • Peer observation (learn 5x faster watching others get coached) What you’ll walk away able to do✔ Frame updates so execs get your impact in 30 seconds ✔ Answer tough questions without rambling ✔ Influence decisions in cross-functional teams ✔ Handle conflict without losing composure ✔ Navigate org dynamics without playing dirty ✔ Make your work impossible to ignore

Own the room. Move the C-suite. Shape the outcome.

How to Advocate for Yourself - Own your story

How to Be Assertive - Lead with conviction, not compliance

How to Influence Without Authority - Get things done when power is distributed

How to Manage Conflict: Handle heat w/o losing your cool

How to Be a Strategic Leader: For clarity & foresight

Navigate Organizational Dynamics - Understand the game & elevate your impact 

You are a Leader of People - Founder, Entrepreneur, CXO, VP, Senior Director, Director, Senior Manager, etc.

Senior Individual Contributors (ICs) - Product Manager, Engineer, Marketing/ Finance/Technical lead, Program/ Project Manager &amp; UX/CX Lead

New In Your Role and looking to develop Executive Visibility right at the outset (Congrats!)

Perform & lead confidently under pressure. Build skills for adaptability, resilience, and sustainable high performance.

ex-Amazon Chief EQ Evangelist

Amazon Web Services

Oracle

Johnson & Johnson

Capital One

Cisco

Rich Hua

ex-Chief EQ Evangelist at AWS. Reached 1.5 million people with EQ skills.

Cohort 1

AI is raising the bar for performance and leadership. Priorities shift constantly, answers are incomplete, and leaders must move more quickly than ever. Teams don't underperform because they lack IQ but because of human factors due to uncertainty, pressure, and fatigue.This course equips you to thrive and succeed during rapid change. You'll learn to:• Strengthen emotional agility to think clearly in high-stakes situations• Increase adaptability and resilience (for self and team) to sustain high performance without burning out• Transform disagreements into better decisions through productive conflict• Lead with high expectations &amp; high empathy to bring out the best in others• Strengthen trust and connection in remote/hybrid work environments• Influence managers &amp; teammates to achieve your goalsYou will apply skills to Moments That Matter (MTM), creating a playbook with scripts you can use immediately. Expect live practice, real scenarios, and personalized feedback.Whether you're a people manager or senior IC, this course will equip you to elevate your own performance and your team's in the AI era.Rich was recently featured in Forbes for his pioneering work: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/4rIbN6k">http://bit.ly/4rIbN6k</a>

EQ is the critical professional skill in uncertainty & change

Build an emotional recovery plan to sustain performance and prevent burnout

Boost your adaptability and resilience

Increase your social awareness and empathy

Cultivate a fearless and innovative team culture

Engage in generative disagreement to improve decision-making

Become a resonant and inspiring leader

People managers and leaders (heads of, team leads, directors). You run a team and have to get buy-in upwards and cross-functionally.

Senior individual contributors (ICs). Marketing leads, PMs, engineers, sellers, program managers, etc. Minimum 3+ years of experience.

Teams who want high team EQ so you can move faster, raise the bar, deliver and receive feedback effectively, and operate with shared purpose

Whether you're finding your footing, resetting in a new context, or ready to break out — learn the Leadership Operating System to stand out.

18+ yrs leading teams at P&G & LinkedIn

LinkedIn

Procter & Gamble

Co-Active Training Institute

Sudha Ranganathan

18+ yrs leading teams at P&G & LinkedIn | Trained Coach and Workshop facilitator

The Leadership Landscape has changed: Management layers are shrinking. The bar for team leaders is rising. And this is especially acute for leaders in new contexts (new role, new org, new leader) OR leaders who are ready to break out after years of stalling.What does it take to be indispensable? Leaders who are seen as indispensable in this landscape aren't just good at their craft. They've mastered the full Leadership Operating System — fluency across three critical types of acumen:<ul><li>Business acumen to understand what matters and adapt as priorities shift</li><li>Organizational acumen to build alignment, influence, and reputation with stakeholders that matter (including the most critical stakeholder — their manager)</li><li>Leadership acumen to activate their team and bring out the best in their people</li></ul>Most leaders piece this together through years of trial and error — or not at all.This course equips you with the complete Leadership OS in 4 sessions, with frameworks you can apply immediately, and depth on the moments that make or break your impact.You'll leave with clarity on what matters, who matters, and how to become the leader your company can't afford to lose.

The Three Types of Acumen That Separate Indispensable Leaders from Everyone Else

Build business acumen AND stay adaptive as context shifts around you

Prioritize: Set (or reset) your team's priorities to maximize business impact

Optimize stakeholder partnerships: Drive alignment, influence, and reputation

Manage your manager: Maximize value to and from your most critical stakeholder

Activate impact: Deploy yourself strategically to elevate outcomes that matter

Become a talent magnet: Build a reputation that attracts and retains top talent

This course is designed for people managers leading teams, not individual contributors without direct reports.

You manage a team with direct reports

Expect real work: Conversations with stakeholders and synthesizing insights into templates to apply concepts to your actual context

You're willing to do the work between sessions

This isn't for leaders already thriving at the top. It's for those who see room to level up—and are ready to do the work.

You believe you have room to grow, and WANT to

Finding Your Footing: 3-12 months in a new leadership role. Build credibility fast and become a leader they can't afford to lose.

Experienced Leader, New Context: New leaders, manager or org structures around you? Reset and prove impact in unfamiliar territory.

Ready to Break Out: Doing the work, getting decent feedback, still getting passed over. This course helps you change that.