Executive Coaching for Leaders Course
Lead with intent: build trust, unlock growth, and coach through change with executive leadership coaching grounded in real-world practice.
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Offered by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Course Schedule
Live sessions Wednesdays, 12:00–1:00 p.m. CT.
Weekly supplemental asynchronous video content.
Upcoming Dates
September start
Upcoming Events
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At a Glance
- Enrollment:
- Part-time
- Length:
- 8 weeks
- Format:
- Online
- Investment:
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$3,500Includes: one 90 minute 1:1 coaching sessionWithdrawal and cancellation
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.
Designed For
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.
The eight-session, instructor-led course introduces the core principles and practices of coaching for leaders. This highly interactive, experiential course uses real-world leadership scenarios that equip you to lead more effectively by using coaching-based approaches to support growth and career development. You will also earn a digital credential after successful completion of this course.
Our instructors and coaches in this program stand out for both depth and rigor. They are certified, well-trained coaches with well over 1,000 hours of executive coaching experience and work extensively with senior leaders and Chicago Booth Executive MBA participants.
Learning Objectives
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.
Approach and Framework:
Person-centered coaching
Positive psychology
Solution-focused approaches
Psychoanalytic perspectives
Career development frameworks
GROW and other coaching conversation models
Course Format Features
- 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.
This course includes one 1:1 Executive Coaching Session
Course Sessions
- 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.
- Create psychological safety for open dialogue.
- Encourage multiple perspectives and person-centred decision-making.
- Model behaviors that foster a growth mindset and continuous learning.
- Explain how coaching strategies promote self-reliance in individuals and teams.
- Apply structured feedback and coaching models in real scenarios.
- Integrate coaching techniques into performance reviews.
- Use coaching to clarify goals and address performance challenges.
- Build trust and psychological safety during performance discussions.
- 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.
- Coach individuals through uncertainty, resistance, and change.
- Apply coaching techniques to build resilience and adaptability.
- Communicate effectively during transitions using coaching principles.
- 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.
- 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.
You can use this 1:1 coaching session to:
- 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.
Pre-Session Chemistry Calls
You will be able to set up a chemistry call with your instructor or any of our available coaches to find your best match. Additional calls may be scheduled as needed.
This 90-minute 1:1 coaching session is included in the course at no additional cost. While this session is optional, it’s a valuable opportunity to receive personalized guidance and apply course insights directly to your goals.
Meet Our Current Coaches
Ayo Adegbiji
Senior Associate Director
I am a career strategist, executive, leadership, and life coach with multi-industry and cross-functional experience that spans nearly three decades working for organizations and global brands such as Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, GSK and Accenture.
Over the years and in my role for a top UK...
Tina Lee
Senior Associate Director
As Senior Associate Director with GCLD in Hong Kong, the depth of experience I bring spans across business development, client management, talent development and career transitions consulting in the corporate, academic, and entrepreneurial sectors.
I began my career in HR and corporate communications...
Earn a Credential in Executive Coaching for Leaders
After successful completion of the Executive Coaching for Leaders course, participants receive a credential of completion from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a digital badge recognizing their achievement in executive leadership coaching.
Executive Coaching for Leaders coaching packages extend and deepen the learning experience but do not grant an additional badge or credential.
Want Deeper, Ongoing Support? Choose a Coaching Package.
Choose a 1:1 coaching package that best suits your personal goals.
Executive Coaching for Leaders coaching packages are available in addition to taking the course or as standalone options. These packages provide targeted coaching on goal setting, long-term career planning, and internal mobility and can help you sustain momentum well beyond the coursework.
You can use these 1:1 coaching sessions to:
- 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.
Explore the variety of packages available. Coaches will begin meeting with participants in April 2026.
Meet Your Course Instructor
Our Executive Coaching for Leaders program is led by an experienced team of executive coaches who work extensively with senior leaders and Chicago Booth Executive MBA participants. In a market where most coaches have only a few hundred hours of experience and training of varying quality, this team stands out for both depth and rigor.
Participants in this program have access to a significantly more experienced coaching team than is typically available in the market. The Chicago Booth EMBA coaching team is made up of certified, well-trained coaches with well over 1,000 hours of executive coaching experience. Our lead team member has more than 4,000 coaching hours and a coaching supervision certificate from the Tavistock Centre for Human Relations.
You will also benefit from the strength and reach of the University of Chicago, gaining access to UChicago’s resources, perspectives, and powerful professional network.
Chris Lecatsas-Lyus
Executive Coach
Chris Lecatsas-Lyus is a London-based coach and therapist. Chris leads the executive coaching provision for the Sokolov Executive MBA global program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is a doctoral candidate on Chester University’s psychological trauma course. Chris has been...
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