The Coaching Manager - Elective

Strengthen your leadership by learning to coach effectively. Discover when to use a coaching approach, practice structured conversations, and build skills that support employee growth, engagement, and performance.

Series

Supervisory Management Certificate

Related Programs

Courageous Communication - Elective Emotional Intelligence and Empowerment - Elective Learning to Lead - Core

Lead with a Coaching Mindset

Today’s workforce wants more than a paycheck—they want purpose, growth, and leaders who invest in their success.While traditional command-and-control leadership may deliver short-term results, it often falls short in building engaged, innovative teams.

A coaching approach changes that.

In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to lead like a coach—understanding when to use coaching, how to structure meaningful conversations, and how to build trust that drives performance.

Through guided practice with peers and AI tools, you’ll develop practical skills you can apply immediately in your workplace.

Grounded in current research and real-world experience, this program equips you to foster engagement, strengthen relationships, and support employee growth.

Program Objectives

Define coaching in a direct supervisory context — what it is, what it isn't, and how it differs from managing, mentoring, and advising.

Articulate the business case for coaching, including current data on engagement, productivity, and retention.

Apply a situational leadership lens to determine when a coaching approach is appropriate versus other leadership styles.

Leverage AI as an on-demand practice partner — helping you sharpen your questioning, listening, and feedback skills beyond the workshop.

Explore peer coaching as a sustainable development tool.

This course can be taken individually or as part of the Supervisory Management Certificate Program. This is an elective course. Take three core classes plus three electives in five years to earn your certificate.

Earn a Digital Badge

You will receive a digital badge upon the successful completion of this program.Earn a badge for each course in this series.Complete six courses within five years, and you will be awarded the Supervisory Management Certificate Completion Badge.

This badge will showcase your advanced expertise in leadership.