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Executive Leadership Coaching: Mastery Session

Deepen your ability to coach: Apply evidence-based coaching principles and explore neuroscience and human development to enhance executive coaching skills.

All Start Dates

  • Time

    8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET

  • Length

    2 consecutive days

  • Cost

    $3,100
    Programs fill quickly — free cancellation up to 14 days prior

  • Registration Deadline

    April 1, 2025

  • Time

    11:00 AM – 2:30 PM ET

  • Length

    4 consecutive Mondays

  • Cost

    $2,850
    Programs fill quickly — free cancellation up to 14 days prior

  • Registration Deadline

    August 31, 2025

  • Time

    8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET

  • Length

    2 consecutive days

  • Cost

    $3,100
    Programs fill quickly — free cancellation up to 14 days prior

  • Registration Deadline

    October 26, 2025

What You'll Learn

Creating the conditions for team members’ empowerment and building a healthy culture continues to be a critical objective for companies and leaders. Coaches play an important role in helping leaders promote individual growth and performance and nurture positive cultures in which team members thrive. This unique program, facilitated by certified executive coaches and leadership educators, offers science-based approaches to advance your skills in executive and leadership coaching.

In this interactive 2-day program, participants will deepen their understanding of the principles of neuroscience, human development, and leadership theories; and explore how to utilize your own journey and strengths in coaching to enhance your impact. Participants will have the opportunity to apply the concepts to client scenarios through peer-coaching sessions and leave with tools to integrate into coaching engagements to inspire client growth and change.

Program Benefits

  • Promote trust and facilitate conditions for discovery with clients.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of neuroscience and human development principles to enhance your coaching.
  • Design and implement effective leadership development plans using an outcomes-based approach.
  • Advance your coaching skills through small group peer coaching and instructor demonstrations.
  • Earn a Certificate of Completion from the Harvard Division of Continuing Education.

Topics Covered

  • Evidence-based coaching frameworks: learn the art and science of coaching
  • Neuroscience and adult development frameworks
  • Somatic coaching and the role of the body in leadership
  • Emotional and social intelligence in coaching
  • Opportunities and challenges in the coaching conversation lifecycle
  • Gauging results of coaching engagements
  • Tools to support a coaching development plan

Who Should Enroll

This advanced coaching program is appropriate for external coaches interested in deepening their coaching practice as well as internal coaching professionals with experience coaching employees. Those with a minimum of three years or 100 hours of experience as coaches will find this program highly beneficial.

Executive coaches with less than three years or 100 hours of coaching experience should enroll in Leadership Coaching Strategies before advancing to this program.

April Schedule

Day 1

  • Coaching Conversational Life Cycle
  • Fundamentals of Neuroscience and the Body in Executive Coaching
  • Trust and Vulnerability

Day 2

  • Components of a Successful Coaching Engagement
  • Conversational Intelligence (CIQ) and Positive Intelligence (PQ) Frameworks
  • Master Coaching Demonstration

September Schedule

Week 1

  • Coaching Conversational Life Cycle
  • Fundamentals of Neuroscience and the Body in Executive Coaching

Week 2

  • Trust and Vulnerability

Week 3

  • Components of a Successful Coaching Engagement
  • Conversational Intelligence (CIQ) and Positive Intelligence (PQ) Frameworks

Week 4

  • Master Coaching Demonstration and Practice

November Schedule

Day 1

  • Coaching Conversational Life Cycle
  • Fundamentals of Neuroscience and the Body in Executive Coaching
  • Trust and Vulnerability

Day 2

  • Components of a Successful Coaching Engagement
  • Conversational Intelligence (CIQ) and Positive Intelligence (PQ) Frameworks
  • Master Coaching Demonstration

Instructor

  • Madeline McNeely

    Madeline McNeely

    Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot.

Instructor

  • Madeline McNeely

    Madeline McNeely

    Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot.

Instructor

  • Madeline McNeely

    Madeline McNeely

    Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot.

Certificates of Leadership Excellence

The Certificates of Leadership Excellence (CLE) are designed for leaders with the desire to enhance their business acumen, challenge current thinking, and expand their leadership skills.

This program is one of several CLE qualifying programs. Register today and get started earning your certificate.

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