Overview of Coaching Programs and Services
The Center for Workplace Development (CWD) offers executive coaching for faculty leaders and senior administrative leaders (grades 60+ unless otherwise noted) in individual, group, and team settings, for those in good performance standing. Coaching is a reflective conversation focused on leveraging and enhancing an individual's or a team’s skills, knowledge, abilities, and perspectives to achieve goals and further engagement in a safe, structured, and trustworthy environment. Coaching is a client-driven process that’s distinct from other service professions, such as counseling, mentoring, consulting and training.
CWD has a cadre of executive coaches who have completed rigorous coaching programs and have several years of coaching experience both inside and outside of the university.
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Interested executives should attend an information session to learn if coaching is right for them, as well as which option(s) best meets their needs.
Executive coaching for high-performing leaders
Executives and faculty leaders who have a current leadership challenge and a desire to take action and create a plan through an interactive process of learning and applying new behavior. Executives can receive coaching either individually or as a participant in the Focused Leadership or Group Coaching programs.
Individual Coaching
Individual coaching is a good option for leaders who want the flexibility to start coaching at any point in the year.
- Eight One-on-On Sessions Over 6 months
- 360° assessment (Optional)
- Create Individual Development Plan
- Strategize and practice behaviors to increase leadership effectiveness and professional satisfaction
Interested in applying? Click here for the Individual Coaching application.
Focused Leadership
The Focused Leadership program is a good option for leaders who would benefit from both the structure and the peer component of a cohort program.
- Five individual coaching sessions over 6 months
- Five instructor-led classroom sessions
- 360° and other assessments
- Create Individual Development Plan (IDP)
- Strategize and practice behaviors to increase leadership effectiveness and professional satisfaction
- Peer Learning Groups
- Formalized networking with peers across the university
Group Coaching
Group coaching is a good option for leaders who want to learn with their peers. It maximizes the energy, experience, and collective wisdom of participants to achieve individual goals. Led by an executive coach, this offering provides the opportunity for leaders to work together in small peer groups focused on goal setting, building self-awareness, and fostering mutual accountability.
- 4-5 individuals per group (3-person minimum)
- One two-hour session per month for a period of six months
- Participation dependent upon completion of application and acceptance into a coaching cohort
- Prior experience with executive and/or team coaching required
Interested in applying? Click here for the Group Coaching application.
Team Coaching for Senior Teams
Team coaching is designed to increase capability and performance as a team. The Team Coaching program is a cohort program for leadership teams that runs annually from January through June. The FY24 application period has passed, so please stay tuned for next year’s program. It includes:
- a Team Self-Assessment Survey
- Six Team Coaching Sessions over 6 months
- Three Cohort Sessions (90 min each) with teams from across the University
Eligibility guidelines:
- Existing teams comprised of senior leaders (grade 60+) and their respective team members (all team members must be benefits-eligible employees)
- Team size 4 to 8 individuals
- Teams with sufficient bandwidth to participate, accounting for anticipated changes in team membership and organizational challenges
- Teams with individual performance management challenges will not be considered
Onboarding Coaching for New Executives
Helps foster a smooth transition into a new senior leadership position for both internal promotions and external hires. Onboarding coaching helps newly placed executives and faculty leaders navigate areas most critical to their success. These engagements are typically 6 months.
Targeted coaching
Focuses on a very specific leadership challenge that can be addressed in a 3-session engagement. This is offered for university leaders in grades 59 and above.
