Leadership Coaching Program

Global organizations are increasingly adopting executive coaching to develop and retain the best talent, spark innovation, and promote solid long-term growth. Through this proven methodology, senior leaders and executive coaches engage and empower others, helping them achieve higher levels of success and fulfillment.

The IESE Leadership Coaching Program is aimed at both C-level executives who aspire to develop a coaching mindset and executive coaches seeking to magnify their client impact. Over eighteen weeks, you will discover the IESE Executive Coaching Model and the ways in which it can elevate your ability to lead, drive change and foster an organization-wide coaching culture.

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IESE Leadership Coaching Program

Discover the Leadership Coaching Program through the voices of its participants, as they share what inspired them to enroll and the impact the experience has had on their leadership journey.

Accreditation

A core learning methodology at IESE, case studies sharpen your strategic and critical-thinking capabilities by placing you in the role of a chief decision maker. You will analyze real-life executive-coaching scenarios and gain new insights in guided discussions with peers.

IESE professors foster a dynamic learning environment aimed at leveraging the cohort’s collective expertise. They encourage participants to share their unique experiences and perspectives, making sure everyone’s voice is heard.

Coaching triads are a highly effective methodology to develop and practice your coaching skills in a safe setting. Using this method, you will learn how to interact and offer constructive feedback to others.

A “coach for coaches,” this learning practice is founded on reflective dialogue to ensure continuous performance enhancement and ability to benefit their employees and clients.

Under the guidance of an expert mentor, you will work in small teams to resolve doubts and assimilate the core tenets of the coaching model. In the process, you will gain new insights from both your mentor and peers.

Videotaped activities will give you real-time insight on your efficacy and offer a platform for peer learning.

The program is delivered in a blended format, including two five-day residential modules in Barcelona and a remote learning module. Over eighteen weeks, you will acquire executive coaching fundamentals and grow in self-awareness via experiential coaching sessions and coaching supervision.

• The essence of coaching: awareness & action • Change: aligning purposes, values & goals • Positive coaching

BARCELONA Format 5-day residential module Date: October 19-23, 2026

• Weekly webinars on coaching topics • Working with external clients • Weekly mentoring sessions • Coaching supervision

ONLINE Format: Online module (12 weeks) Date: November 9, 2026 – February 12, 2027

• Applying the coaching model to: resilience, teams, cross-cultural and innovation • How to initiate your own executive coaching business

BARCELONA Format: 5-day residential module Date: February 22-26, 2027

Discover and discern how to apply the IESE executive coaching model.

Cultivate a coaching mindset and core competencies to promote continuous self-development and organizational learning, growth and innovation.

Expand your understanding of human behavior and development and their interplay with executive coaching processes.

Acquire essential coaching knowledge and practice.

Develop coaching capabilities to enable leaders, teams and organizations bolster their performance across diverse contexts and cultures.

Become an artful coach with a deeper understanding of oneself and others to achieve professional growth.

Share experiences with peers, coaches and professors in a safe environment.

EMCC as senior practitioner level and requisites to get the ICF certification via portfolio.

Nourish and develop a coaching culture that will create change in your organization through the art of better conversation.