Fall and Spring
Remote Synchronous or
In-Person
Experiential Learning
[Application Deadline: March 10, 2025]
[Application Deadline: September 15, 2025]
This course is designed for people who want to develop as a reflective coach practitioner and create their own coaching toolkits to use in a variety of developmental contexts (e.g., one-on-one coaching, performance feedback, sensitive managerial conversations, career planning, etc.). You will attend these highly interactive focused on introducing the models and frameworks that Northwestern-educated leadership and organizational coaches employ to maximize coaching effectiveness. As a professional coach, you will leverage what you learn in this course to help your clients develop awareness, think critically about their assumptions, create action plans, and achieve positive, lasting change.
Remote Synchronous (working with others) 4 days | 7 hours per day + prep | 3-hour modules with one-hour breaks between.
In-Person 3 days | 6-12 hours per day + prep
Curate your own set of tools to use in coaching engagements while building your confidence in your point of view about coaching as you critique coaching models and methods commonly used in the field. By participating this session, you will learn how to:
Kimberly Scott, Director of the ELOC and Master's Program in Learning & Organizational Change at Northwestern, draws upon her research, management, and consulting of mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies. Her work focus on employee wellness, learning, and success.
Michelle Albaugh is a highly regarded leadership and effectiveness coach. She joined the LOC faculty in September 2015 after earning her PhD in Human Development & Social Policy from the Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy. She received a bachelor's degree in music from DePaul University.