Why Coaching Matters for Today’s Leaders
Coaching is now recognised as one of the most powerful ways for leaders to develop themselves and their teams. A coaching approach builds trust, strengthens engagement and empowers people to take ownership of their work, key drivers of performance in modern organisations.
Leaders who use coaching techniques create environments where colleagues feel supported, confident and motivated to grow. This boosts team performance, innovation and resilience, especially during periods of change or complexity.
Research also shows that coaching enhances leaders’ selfawareness, emotional intelligence and ability to manage challenges effectively, skills that positively influence not just individuals, but entire teams and organisational culture.
The Leader as Coach programme is designed to help participants develop these highimpact behaviours in practical, sustainable ways.
What is the Leader as Coach Programme?
Leader as Coach is a six-month, practice based Executive Education micro credential designed for leaders who want to build coaching capability, strengthen team performance, and create developmental, reflective cultures within their organisations. Combining workshops, supervised action learning, diagnostics, and a reflexive practice day, this programme supports leaders to embed coaching behaviours with confidence.
Why choose this programme?
Develop practical coaching skills to use immediately in your workplace
Engage in three supervised action learning sets for real-time reflection and support.
Receive leadership and coaching diagnostics pre and post programme to measure progress
Learn in a psychologically safe cohort environment that encourages deep, reflexive practice
Access the UoG Community of Practice for ongoing professional development
Leader as Coach Programme
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Who is this programme for?
The Leader as Coach programme is designed for:
- Managers and leaders in medium and large organisations who manage other managers or teams.
- Public and third sector professionals, including charities, NHS organisations, and local government.
- Entrepreneurs scaling up and building internal capability.
- Owner–managers of SMEs seeking a reflective, peoplecentred leadership approach.
- Leaders aiming to embed coaching practice across their teams.
What you will learn
You will build skills and confidence in:
- Coaching principles and practices for leaders.
- Reflection and reflexivity in the coaching relationship.
- Using tools, frameworks, and techniques in real organisational contexts.
- Applying coaching approaches with individuals and teams.
- Developing a coaching culture and identifying enablers/barriers.
- Evaluating your practice and measuring impact using recognised frameworks.
Programme Overview (6month structure)
1. Before the programme
- Precourse questionnaire
- Leadership and coaching diagnostic (baseline)
2. Core learning components
Day 1 – Leader as Coach Workshop (facetoface)
- Introduction to coaching, reflection, and reflexivity
- Organisational application and action planning
- Coaching principles, tools, and techniques
Days 2, 3, 4 - Three monthly online Action Learning Supervision Sets (2 hours each)
- Application of coaching in the workplace
- Peer support and collective problem solving
Day 5 - Reflexive Practice Day (facetoface)
- Participant presentations using STAR framework
- Group reflections
- World Café facilitated sessions
- Action planning and next steps
4. After the programme
- Post programme diagnostic (“distance travelled”)
- Evaluation at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months
- Ongoing access to EBC’s Coaching Community of Practice
Dates and Delivery
Programme will commence in Spring/Summer 2026, please get in touch to register your interest and for additional information.
Programme Timeline (provisional):
- Day 1 – Fullday workshop (face-to-face)
- Day 2 – Online supervision (2 hours)
- Day 3 – Online supervision (2 hours)
- Day 4 – Online supervision (2 hours)
- Day 5 – Reflexive Practice Day (face-to-face)
Delivery locations:
Face to face sessions will be delivered in our UNESCO world heritage site campus at the University of Greenwich, Greenwich Campus, whilst online sessions will be delivered via Teams sessions.
Pricing
- Programme fee: £1,650
- Discounts:
- 10% for alumni and partners
- Discounts available for charities and public sector organisations
Tutor
Julia Tybura
Senior Teaching Fellow, Executive Business Centre
Qualified Executive Coach and Executive Coaching Supervisor
Programme Lead and facilitator of Action Learning Supervision Sets
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