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introducing

Leader as Coach

Sign up for the 12-week LEADER AS A COACH program. In a safe atmosphere full of freedom and creativity, we’ll empower your skills and work on building new leadership habits.
HOW IT WORKS
40
Learning
hours
6
Total
modules
Live
Q&A
Sessions
Facet5
Leadership
Audit
8
1:1 Hours with
your Coach
15
Resources
& tools

What you will learn?

  • Inspire your team to reach their maximum potential.
  • Lead people to independence and resourcefulness.
  • Activate your people to be solution-focused, not problem-focused.
  • Delegate in a way that increases performance and job satisfaction.
  • Give, receive and ask for feedback that improves performance without destroying relationships.
  • Use your personality, strengths and even blind spots to develop your authentic leadership style.

What’s waiting for you?

  • 6 x group workshop, divided into 70% practice and 30% theory
  • 7 x sessions with your coach to accelerate transfer of knowledge from workshops to your work
  • Audit of your strengths and blindspots with an individual plan for your personal development
  • On-demand learning content and your custom web app for self-study, reflection and learning
  • Support and inspiration from course colleagues, because one learns best from one another

Who is this course for?

  • A manager who wants to master leadership competencies of the 21st century.
  • A leader who has already completed some training and wants to add coaching style to his/her toolbox.
  • A project manager who needs to communicate more effectively and inspire his/her teammates.

    If you are a manager, but you don't have your own team, this course may not be suitable for you. We would not be able to objectively evaluate its benefit as you would have no possibility to immediately practice learned concepts and techniques.

We start in September 2024

  • Duration: 12 weeks
  • When: 16.9.2024 - 16.12.2024
  • Workshops: in-person or online
  • Coach sessions: online, every other week
  • Assignments: during your work time
  • Who: You + other leaders
  • Investment: 1850 Euros + VAT 20%
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The days of the hero
leader are over.

People managers that coach instead of command, control and tell people what to do represent a paradigm shift in leadership.  They learned how to engage with people to create their own solutions as opposed to follow orders.

SUCCESS STORIES

What leaders
are saying about

Leader as Coach

The biggest takeaway for me from this program is that at the start of the program, I knew I was a leader (I still do), however, I thought I was a 7 on 10 and I need to work on making it an 8 or 9. What I realized is that I was actually a 3 or 4 and now I know what I need to do (and not do) to get to a 7 or 8. My favorite part were Petra’s videos and my sessions with Marek. And then, the amazing course materials - I liked how engaging it was, not just an online course to watch.
Vishal K.V.
Vishal K.V.Payroll Experience Manager, Amazon
I developed my reflection and learned new soft skills that will help me better manage in my meetings and 121s with my team members such as: ask impactful questions, effective listening, how to request and give feedback. I now understand better the difference between coach and manager and when to be in the manager role and in the coach role. I recomend this program to all Amazon managers, leaders & coaching / team leads.
Imane Bouita
Imane BouitaEMEA Payroll Manager, Amazon
What I am taking away from Leader as Coach is the confidence I developed in the program. I think that using the 1:1 sessions and the space for questions (Q&A sessions) were key to perceive the program as a personalized experience and help me grow in the areas that I did not know; and to dive deep and improve the ones that I already “dominate”. I'd like to recommend this program to every manager, not only the coach-oriented ones.
Jesús Domínguez Domínguez
Jesús Domínguez DomínguezPayroll Manager – Italy, Amazon
My favorite part of the program were the video lessons. They were concise yet packed with impactful information - almost like learning "pills" that delivered key takeaways in a highly digestible format. Compared to sifting through numerous resources, these videos provided a focused and efficient way to gain critical insights. I found the combination of visual, audio, and textual elements with coaching sessions extremely effective.
Veronika Dusek
Veronika DusekSr. Manager - Payroll Care, Amazon
The program has enabled me to practice leading with empathy, most importantly understanding that everyone is different with their superpowers and growth areas. I am still developing this skill by applying the mechanisms provided by the program, but have definitely observed positive results so far with my team. I would recommend the program to a long-time friend who currently works in the management consulting field and manages a team of 4.
Karim J.H. Maraqa
Karim J.H. MaraqaPayroll Manager – Middle East & Africa, Amazon
The biggest takeaway were the very helpful tips which improved how I work together with my team. Advice monsters – I love all of them ;-)) Especially the points about Advice and what´s behind it and also the question part and how important it is to ask the right questions. This program will be helpful for new managers, but also the experienced ones – I have been leading a team for many years and it gave me a different perspective on my work.
Jenny Zschoernig
Jenny ZschoernigPayroll Prep Leader – DACH, Amazon
I had a different opinion on what it is to be a manager as I am quite new in this position. I improved my ability to identify how to deal with difficult situations and how to manage conflicts. It is always better to face things immediately and not going with the flow, waiting for the things to be fixed by themselves. I recommend this program to all managers, it will help them grow professionally and personally.
Andrea Leoncini
Andrea LeonciniEMEA Payroll Manager, Amazon
What I liked the most in this program were the 1:1 coaching sessions - these sessions did not follow a strict structure or sequence, but rather were built around specific topics. The approach was flexible, allowing the participant's current challenges and situations to play a crucial role in guiding the direction and focus of the sessions.
Stephan Eggerl
Stephan EggerlSr. Payroll Manager, EMEA, Amazon
What I learned is that leadership skills are not innate but can be cultivated through conscious effort and practice. The program taught me how to use techniques that I was not using to boost team engagement, build trust and use feedback to encourage my team. I learned that growing as a leader is all about continuous improvement and being open to changing your approach to better support and understand the needs of your team and peers.
Maria Angela Di Matteo
Maria Angela Di MatteoPayroll Ops Mgr – Italy, Amazon
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Module overview

The Leader as Coach program offers 6 total modules, LIVE Q&As, on-demand learning, private sessions with your own Coach and 15 Tools & Resources you can use in your Team.

Will this program make you into a coach? No. You already have your career and invested a lot into it. What we’ll do instead is teach you how to incorporate the coaching mindset and core principles into your day to day work as a people manager. We know that coaching is not something mysterious for which you need lots and lots of training, read 20 books, get another degree or put all your routine work on the side. However, it needs you to be open to rethinking your current ways and habits of leading people and getting things done.

This is what we will do in the first module – add more coaching to the way you work and lead and help you develop a new coaching habit.

What we will cover:

  • Lesson 1 – 5 Coaching myths I bet you didn’t know
  • Lesson 2 – Knower vs. Learner
  • Lesson 3 – Getting into the coaching habit
  • Lesson 4  – Tame your advice monster

Contrary to much received wisdom – effective leaders do not have all the answers. Instead, they make it a practice, a habit to ask lots of questions. Great questions. One of the best things you can do to strengthen your relationships, trust and engagement you have with people at work is to ask questions. When we learn to ask questions, and we do it well, our questions can literally transform individuals, teams and organizations. That’s exactly what you will learn in Module 2.

What we will cover:

  • Lesson 1 – The business case for questions
  • Lesson 2 – The DNA of a powerful question
  • Lesson 3 – The art of asking questions in a 1:1
  • Lesson 4 – Ground Zero for powerful questions

Why are we talking about listening? Why is LISTENING on our program agenda? You may think c’mon – of course I listen, I listen all day long – I listen to my team, I listen to my boss, I spend hours and hours listening to people on conference calls and then I listen to my family at home – this is something that’s automatic to me. Not exactly. In Module 3, we’ll upgrade the way you listen to the people around you, so that they feel understood, heard and supported by you.

What we will cover:

  • Lesson 1 – “I am listening”
  • Lesson 2 – 5 levels of listening
  • Lesson 3 – Roadblocks to listening
  • Lesson 4 – 3 pro coaching hacks for managers

Everyone today wants to delegate. It seems easy, but actually it is one of the myths of delegation, that it is just about sending a task to someone else. It is not. You, as a manager, are still involved. And coaching is a great way to stay involved, but lets the other person own the task. In Module 4 we will teach you new ways to think about and work with feedback.

What we will cover:

  • Lesson 1 – 5 Delegation myths
  • Lesson 2 – When to delegate, when not to
  • Lesson 3 – Delegating as a team competency
  • Lesson 4 – The commitment cycle
  • Lesson 5 – 4 steps to manage commitments

When you hear the word feedback – does it make you feel bitter? Or does it make you feel better? The main goal of feedback is helping people learn and improve. All good stuff. We know this, yet when it comes to feedback, we often don’t know how to do it right. Some leaders use feedback in a way that irritates or demoralizes people instead of helping them move forward. In Module 5, we will teach you how to do it differently.

What we will cover:

  • Lesson 1 – The feedback paradox
  • Lesson 2 – Asking for feedback
  • Lesson 3 – Listening to feedback
  • Lesson 4 – Engaging & learning from feedback

Are you a coach now? No. But you have learned about the coaching mindset and you have begun your journey to become a coaching leader. A leader who consciously chooses to act in ways that makes people around him or her feel heard, understood and supported. Your journey is just beginning. The only way to become more proficient, more comfortable and more confident in using the coaching leadership style is practicing every day – consciously looking for opportunities in your daily work to flex your coaching muscle and strengthen your coaching habit. That is the goal of Module 6.

What we will cover:

  • Lesson #1 – Congratulations, almost there
  • Lesson #2 – Make it personal
  • Lesson #3 – Be your own coach
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Questions leaders ask about
the Program:

Who is this program for?

Past participants tell us it’s great for first time managers who are just getting their feet wet with leading people and teams, but also for seasoned leaders who are interested in adding coaching as a new leadership competency into their toolbox. It is also useful for project managers who need to communicate more effectively and inspire their teammates.

If you are a manager, but you don’t have your own team, this course may not be suitable for you. We would not be able to objectively evaluate its benefit as you would have no possibility to immediately practice learned concepts and techniques.

The program lasts 3 months. It’s definitely not a fast-cooked weekend course. 3 months have proven to be sufficient enough time for managers to absorb, practice and transfer learning from the program to their every day work.

You should anticipate 3 hours a week for watching on-demand videos, completing your learning journal, participating in live Q&As, meeting with your coach and your program buddy.

Expect to make a deep dive into how your personality affects your leadership style. Specifically, the way you:

  • make decisions and get things done
  • promote your ideas and influence others
  • communicate and engage with your team, boss and clients
  • prioritize and focus on what matters
  • handle stress, conflicts, risk and uncertainty
  • create impressions on people around you

Yes, you will get your own leadership coach who will guide you throughout the program and schedule 1:1 coaching sessions designed to help you integrate what you learn in the program into your day to day work as a manager. Actually, past participants told us the coach sessions are their favorite part of the program.

Yes, Leader as Coach is accredited by the The International Coaching Federation for 18 Core Competency hours and 22 Resource Development hours.

The Leadership Audit is powered by Facet5, accredited by The British Psychological Society.

1850 Euros + VAT.
Many of our participants have the program sponsored by their employers. Feel free to check with your manager, HR or the Learning department to see if this is possible for you.

Yes, check out the certificate you will get after completing all program requirements:

Let me know at petra@petraholic.com. I will be happy to chat with you and answer any questions you may have.

IN GOOD
HANDS

IN GOOD
HANDS

In this course I put 20 years of experience & know-how from the areas of organizational and team development, coaching and mentoring of beginner and seasoned leaders in Canada and Europe for companies such as Amazon, Google, FinStat, Northwater Capital, Human Dynamic Europe, Studio Moderna, Canadian Immigration Education Alliance and many others.

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I have a limited number of places available in the Leader as a Coach program, so that we can focus on you and each participant individually. Take the opportunity and reserve your spot. I’m looking forward to working with you.

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