Chicago Booth School of Business

Executive Coaching for Leaders Course

Chicago Booth School of Business

Leadership Programs

About Programme

Lead with intent: build trust, unlock growth, and coach through change with executive leadership coaching grounded in real-world practice.

Executive Coaching Course: Develop a Confident, Coaching-Centered Leadership Style

The Executive Coaching for Leaders course brings you into a focused, high-caliber learning environment where you can step away from day-to-day demands and reflect on how you show up for your team. Alongside experienced executive coaches and a cohort of peers, you’ll experiment with new ways of listening, asking questions, and having the conversations that shape people’s work and careers.

Programme Content

Week 1: Coaching Foundations for Leaders
Define coaching and its role in leadership and career development.
Describe coaching principles and their applications.
Use leadership assessment to practice coaching skills such as contracting, listening with empathy, and effective questioning.
Week 2: Listening and Feedback in Coaching
Create psychological safety for open dialogue.
Encourage multiple perspectives and person-centred decision-making.
Model behaviors that foster a growth mindset and continuous learning.
Week 3: Coaching Strategies to Promote Self-Reliance
Explain how coaching strategies promote self-reliance in individuals and teams.
Apply structured feedback and coaching models in real scenarios.
Week 4: Coaching in Performance Conversations
Integrate coaching techniques into performance reviews.
Use coaching to clarify goals and address performance challenges.
Build trust and psychological safety during performance discussions.
Week 5: Development Conversations for Growth
Facilitate reflective conversations around values, strengths, and aspirations.
Apply coaching models to help team members clarify career goals and pathways.
Create actionable development plans using coaching insights.
Week 6: Coaching Through Change
Coach individuals through uncertainty, resistance, and change.
Apply coaching techniques to build resilience and adaptability.
Communicate effectively during transitions using coaching principles.
Week 7: Talent Development Strategies
Identify high-potential employees and coach them for future roles.
Design succession planning frameworks that include coaching support.
Promote a culture of learning and coaching across teams.
Week 8: Program Review and Qualifying Practice
Demonstrate integrated coaching, feedback, and career conversation skills.
Provide and receive peer feedback on coaching techniques.
Develop an action plan to apply coaching in real-world leadership contexts.
90-minute 1:1 Executive Insight Coaching Session
Set and refine SMART goals and a long-term career roadmap.
Navigate promotions, role changes, and other major transitions.
Explore internal mobility and talent development opportunities for yourself and your team.

Programme Objective

Today's leaders are facing more complex challenges than ever, from AI-driven transformation to intergenerational teams to increasing performance expectations. If you’re a leader who cares as much about how you show up as you do about what gets done, this executive leadership coaching course encourages you to examine your current habits and practice a coaching approach you can bring back to your team. Guided by experienced executive coaches and a cohort of peers, you’ll learn to turn key moments into opportunities to build trust, develop talent, and move your people and your organization forward.

Some of the skills you will gain:

Describe and apply coaching principles in leadership and career development.
Use coaching to support individuals through transitions, promotions, and role changes.
Facilitate reflective conversations around values, strengths, and aspirations.
Build trust and psychological safety for open dialogue.
Integrate coaching into performance reviews and development planning.
Coach through uncertainty, resistance, and change.

Programme Audience

This executive leadership coaching course provides a robust skillset for mid- to senior-level leaders who want to better support their teams, develop talent, and drive results using research-backed coaching insights and practices.

Programme Benefits

Eight highly interactive sessions that bring you, your peers, and your instructor together to explore real leadership challenges and practice coaching skills.
Learning with lectures, self-assessments, role-plays, case studies, and peer coaching practice that help you apply coaching tools to your own context.
Guided support from expert executive leadership coaching instructor who answer questions, offer feedback, and help you translate insights into everyday leadership.
Course content that aligns with Association for Coaching (AoC), European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), and International Coach Federation (ICF) competencies.

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