School of Coaching

The Leader as Coach

Motivate, support, and connect with individuals and teams by coaching instead of simply instructing.

Start date

12 March 2025

Price

$2,261 USD

Installment Plan

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Course duration

6 weeks

Excluding orientation

Language

English

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Effort

4–6 hours per week

Self-paced learning online

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Program overview

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Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)

As the business environment evolves, so too does leadership. Increasingly, there is a demand for leaders to connect with others and themselves, and to engage employees and teams with empathy, curiosity, and intentionality.

The Leader as Coach online program from HEC Paris equips you to excel in the changing leadership landscape. Guided by a renowned coaching expert, you’ll gain the tools to positively transform individuals, teams, and organizations with a more intuitive, intentional approach to leadership. Through a number of practical case studies, you’ll learn how to engender a culture of trust and psychological safety in your context. You’ll also discover methods for improving the quality of your work connections by fostering a more harmonious, engaged organization. At the end of six weeks, you’ll know how to design and implement your own leader coach strategy, helping you immediately assume a coaching posture in your workplace. Walk away with an enhanced capacity to thrive as the self-aware, empathetic leader coach of tomorrow and a digital certificate of completion from HEC Paris.

Is this program for you?

This program is designed for any leader seeking to embody a leader coach posture to support positive transformation in their organization. Those currently in, or aspiring to, positions of leadership or people management will develop their ability to promote trust, communication, and engagement in individuals and teams. C-suite executives, directors, senior managers, and business owners will learn how to unleash fresh energy, innovation, and commitment from their employees in the face of business disruption. Experienced coaches who already work with leaders within a company will gain practical tools for supporting high levels of organizational change. And external coaches or consultants looking to advance in their careers will acquire current, applicable insights to stay relevant and competitive. As this is not a formal coaching qualification, no prior experience or extensive time commitment is required.

HEC Paris holds the prestigious triple-crown accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Association of MBA, and EQUIS. Its MBA program is ranked #1 in Europe and it’s in the top one percent of business schools around the world.

Program overview

Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)

What will set you apart

On completion of this program, you’ll walk away with:

A coaching mindset, helping you empower employees to realize their full potential.

Skills and frameworks for improving your interpersonal relationships and getting the best out of others.

Future-ready strategies that equip individuals and teams to manage complexity and change.

Unlimited access to 2U’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.

Program curriculum

Familiarize yourself with the leader coach mindset as you work through the weekly modules of this online program.

Orientation module

Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1

The leader coach approach

Module 2

Self-awareness and presence

Module 3

Coaching individuals

Module 4

Coaching teams and organizations

Module 5

Dealing with complexity and change

Module 6

Implementing your coaching approach

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Academic Director

The design of this program is guided by HEC Paris faculty, as well as industry experts, who will share their experience and in-depth knowledge with you throughout the program.

Marc Beretta

Affiliate Professor, Management and Human Resources, HEC Paris

About the certificate

Develop your skills as a future-ready leader coach and earn an official certificate of completion from HEC Paris.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the program handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the program.

Your digital certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

HEC Paris The Leader as Coach online program certificate

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