- Differentiate between the topics of COACHING and MENTORING, and discover when each approach drives the greatest growth
- Experiment with coaching methodologies to adopt into current communication and leadership practices
- Reflect on current leadership practices, and apply new frameworks to amplify personal leadership effectiveness
- Establish a stronger community of like-minded individuals and rising thought-leaders
- Develop an action plan to implement key coaching skills into project leadership and talent development strategies
Coaching to Full Potential
Inspiring & Leading People + Projects
One of the most energizing discoveries leaders make when they step into management is just how much their impact can grow. This new role opens up an almost entirely new set of skills centered on leading, developing, and empowering people, and that expansion is where the real opportunity lives. In making the transition from individual contributor to leader, we build a skill set focused on unlocking the potential of everyone we work with.
In this leadership coaching workshop series, participants will have dedicated time to focus on people leadership, specifically as it relates to the topics of coaching and motivating to inspire those we work with to take action. Through knowledge-sharing and discussion-based learning, and an opportunity to directly experiment with coaching methodologies, participants will have the opportunity to learn from and alongside each other, and connect these practices to specific action plans to retain and grow their top talent.
What You'll Learn
During this leadership coaching and people management workshop, participants will:
Leadership Behaviors You'll Develop
As a result of this session, participants will be able to enhance their leadership capabilities through the following behaviors:
- Empowering others with meaningful opportunities for growth and professional development
- Influence and inspire top performance from all team members, including strong contributors and those with the most room for improvement
- Ask stronger, more powerful questions to inspire peak performance from those around us
- Project self-confidence and instill confidence in others, especially during times of growth and change
Who Is This Workshop For?
This leadership coaching workshop series is designed for emerging managers stepping into people leadership for the first time, as well as experienced leaders ready to deepen their coaching capabilities and expand their impact. HR professionals and talent development leaders looking to build stronger coaching cultures across their organizations will also find the frameworks immediately applicable.
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Learning Objectives:
- Define the concepts of EMOTIONAL AGILITY and PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, and explore the building blocks that allow this to prosper in an individual level and within a team environment
- Explore the five common “THINKING TRAPS” that get people stuck, and practice five communication and trust-based “ESCAPE ROUTE” strategies to help yourself and others break free
- Empower team members to speak their minds, and encourage emotional openness from others
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Psychological Safety
- Building Trust
- Effective Communication
Learning Objectives:
- Strategize the current state of your team, assessing and identifying current levels of performance and potential
- Experiment with talent development tools to more accurately articulate your development strategy to grow and engage with your top talent
- Develop an action + implementation plan, fit with details of specific steps to support others during times of ambiguity
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Talent Strategy + Development
- Empowering + Developing Others
- Executing Team Vision + Development Goals
Learning Objectives:
- Define the concepts of EMOTIONAL AGILITY and PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, and explore the building blocks that allow this to prosper in an individual level and within a team environment
- Explore the five common “THINKING TRAPS” that get people stuck, and practice five communication and trust-based “ESCAPE ROUTE” strategies to help yourself and others break free
- Empower team members to speak their minds, and encourage emotional openness from others
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Psychological Safety
- Building Trust
- Effective Communication
Learning Objectives:
- Strategize the current state of your team, assessing and identifying current levels of performance and potential
- Experiment with talent development tools to more accurately articulate your development strategy to grow and engage with your top talent
- Develop an action + implementation plan, fit with details of specific steps to support others during times of ambiguity
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Talent Strategy + Development
- Empowering + Developing Others
- Executing Team Vision + Development Goals
Learning Objectives:
- Leverage feedback conversations to transform and inspire performance of peers, direct-reports, and other frequent collaborators
- Identify the theories behind three common negative reactions when receiving feedback
- Discover the three types of feedback to more effectively inspire peak performance
- Develop an action + implementation plan for positive, long-term behavior change
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Giving + Receiving Feedback
- Navigating Conflict Conversations
- Positive Psychology + Trust
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the three types of motivation and engagement, taking a pulse on current organization-wide strategies and opportunities for the future
- Experiment with three unique theories to immediately increase intrinsic motivation
- Develop an action + implementation plan for positive, long-term behavior change
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Engagement + Motivation
- Talent Strategy + Development
- Leading with Values
- Active Listening
Learning Objectives:
- Leverage feedback conversations to transform and inspire performance of peers, direct-reports, and other frequent collaborators
- Identify the theories behind three common negative reactions when receiving feedback
- Discover the three types of feedback to more effectively inspire peak performance
- Develop an action + implementation plan for positive, long-term behavior change
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Giving + Receiving Feedback
- Navigating Conflict Conversations
- Positive Psychology + Trust
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the three types of motivation and engagement, taking a pulse on current organization-wide strategies and opportunities for the future
- Experiment with three unique theories to immediately increase intrinsic motivation
- Develop an action + implementation plan for positive, long-term behavior change
Key Themes & Leadership Behaviors:
- Engagement + Motivation
- Talent Strategy + Development
- Leading with Values
- Active Listening
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Frequently Asked Questions
What makes leadership coaching different from mentoring, and when should leaders use each?
Coaching invites people to discover their own answers through powerful questions, reflection, and guided thinking, it builds the other person’s capacity rather than transferring your own. Mentoring shares the mentor’s own experience and perspective to offer direction and guidance. Both are valuable; this workshop helps leaders develop the judgment to know which approach will unlock the most growth in any given moment.
What becomes possible when leaders shift from individual contributor to people leader?
The shift into people leadership is one of the most expansive career transitions there is. Rather than multiplying your own output, you begin to multiply the output, growth, and capability of everyone around you. This workshop helps leaders embrace that expansion fully, building the coaching and motivational skills that make the transition not just successful, but genuinely energizing.
Do participants need prior coaching experience to benefit from this workshop?
No prior coaching experience is needed. The session is designed to be immediately accessible and practical for leaders at any stage, whether stepping into their first management role or looking to bring greater intentionality and skill to an already established leadership practice.
How does leadership coaching strengthen team performance and employee retention?
Leaders who coach effectively create environments where people feel genuinely invested in, challenged, and supported in their growth, and that feeling is one of the most powerful drivers of engagement, performance, and retention. This workshop connects coaching skills directly to participants’ action plans for developing and retaining their top talent.
Is Coaching to Full Potential a single session or a leadership development series?
It is designed as a standalone session, and also works well as part of a leadership development series, giving participants time to absorb concepts, put them into practice, and return to reflect and build on what they’ve learned. Contact The Leadership Laboratory to find the format that best supports your team’s growth goals.
Jacob Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein is the founder of The Leadership Laboratory, and leverages his experiences in education, the performing arts, and corporate learning & leadership development to his work. As a performer, Jacob has sung as a backup vocalist for musical artists such as Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, and Patti LuPone, as a recording artist for Netflix series Sense8, and at venues including The United Center, The Chicago Theater, and Chicago Symphony Center. In the education space, Jacob has served as an educator for high school, undergraduate and graduate students, and has been a Guest Lecturer at Northwestern University since 2016. As a Learning & Leadership Development Consultant, Jacob has worked as a one-on-one coach and group workshop facilitator to organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries, including technology, healthcare, non-profit, and fashion/apparel. Jacob holds a Bachelor’s degree from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Master’s of Science in Communication from Northwestern University.
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