ECFLC - Executive Coaching for Leaders Course
Course Description
This program equips leaders with the mindset, skills, and tools to integrate coaching into leadership and career development practices. Grounded in person-centered theory, positive psychology, psychoanalytic principles, and solution-focused approaches, the course emphasizes a non-directive, growth-oriented, and curious coaching skillset.
Participants will learn to build trust and psychological safety, facilitate reflective career conversations, and apply proven coaching models such as GROW to support individuals and teams in navigating career transitions, embracing change, and fostering resilience. Through interactive sessions, role-plays, and practical exercises, leaders will develop the ability to coach for values alignment, strengths-based growth, and future-focused feedback.
By the end of the program, leaders will confidently integrate coaching into difficult conversations, performance reviews and development planning, enabling meaningful career dialogue and sustained growth for individuals and teams.
Impact
Participants will leave with practical tools and confidence to coach individuals and teams, enabling career growth, resilience, and engagement across the organization.
Key Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of coaching principles, ethics, and models in leadership contexts.
- Develop a coaching mindset that promotes curiosity and growth.
- Apply coaching skills to career development and goal-setting.
- Build trust and psychological safety for open dialogue.
- Coach through change, uncertainty, and resistance.
- Use feedback and feedforward techniques to enable growth.
Format:
8 interactive sessions + 1:1 Executive Insight coaching session.
Includes lectures, self-assessments, role-plays, case studies, and peer coaching practice.
The course content aligns with Association for Coaching (AoC), European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), and International Coach Federation (ICF) competencies.