Over the summer I have updated my coaching course for leaders and managers, ready for the next academic year. I designed the course originally just over 18 months ago, and three cohorts later I have learnt a lot about what participants find most valuable. I’ve also had a lot of experiences working with coaching clients who are tasked with introducing AI in their teams, or supporting colleagues who are now using productivity suites such as MS Teams or Google Workspace with AI-powered tools, something I hadn’t specifically addressed when I designed the course.
I’m really looking forward to running the updated course, and to give you a sense of what’s in store, here’s a little preview of the updates I’ve made:
AI and Hybrid Working
Both AI and Hybrid Working change dynamics in the workplace. Colleagues see each other less, and communication is becoming more and more digital. Although many workplaces have seen at least a partial return to the office, often with 2-3 days on which everyone is on, the majority of meetings and activities is now blended, often supported by AI-powered tools.
The pace of digital productivity is increasing, or at least it feels like we need to speed up, making it even more important than before to focus on building trust, communicating clearly and creating engagement. The skills to use new technologies are changing and I have included a new section about AI literacy to the course to reflect that, but the skills needed to be a good leader and manager such as keeping oversight of progress, continue to be at the heart of professional practice.
Guided reflection
One of the things that jumped out at me when I read through feedback from participants is how much they value prompts and tools to help them effectively reflect on their practice.
Often, their day to day is so busy that even when they do make time to sit down and reflect, they find it hard to know where to start or how to make it useful. The course included a reflective exercise for each part, complete with prompts and practical tools, and I will include these in the live discussion session each week as well.
Open resources
The other piece of feedback that really stood out for me was how many participants wanted to take the resources we used in the course to work on with their teams. I had already openly licenced the resources, but this prompt made it easier for me to include even more of that in the updated version, enabling managers to translate what they work on in the course into their practice more easily.
Join the next course run starting 20 October
There’s also a group of participants signed up, but I have 10 places left for the next run of the course, starting 20th October 2025. The course will run over a period of 4 weeks, with an optional live session each week (which is also recorded to help everyone across the different timezones) and as before, all course content is available asynchronously to explore at your own pace.
Course registration costs £149 (or £79 if you are one of my coaching clients).