Leader As Coach
For Individuals with responsibility for leading and managing others who would like to enhance their leadership skills by developing a coach approach.
The leaders who thrive in today's uncertain, fast-moving world aren't the ones with the most answers — they're the ones who ask the right questions.
Leader as Coach is a live program from ACT Leadership and Brown University School of Professional Studies that transforms how you lead. Instead of directing your team, you'll learn to guide, empower, and stretch them — building a culture that delivers real results without burning people out.
Grounded in developmental psychology, neuroscience, and leadership research, the curriculum covers six core topic areas through live instruction, group practice, and real-time feedback from senior faculty.
This program is for you if you:
- Lead or manage others
- Want to shift from telling to coaching
- Want a Brown University SPS credential without a full coaching certification
By the end, you will:
- Use coaching as a core leadership skill
- Run conversations that unlock performance
- Lead through uncertainty with clarity
- Build a team that takes ownership of results
Graduates receive a certificate of completion from ACT Leadership and Brown University School of Professional Studies.
Ready to lead differently? Register for the next cohort.
Leader As Coach registration is completed through Brown University. Upon submitting this form, you will be redirected to Brown's website.
Leader as Coach is a highly-experiential course focusing on developing leaders to become more “coach-like”.
Leadership coaching concepts are grounded in developmental psychology, neuroscience, and research in leadership effectiveness. Upon successful completion of the program, you will:
- Develop multi-dimensional leadership skills
- Reframe limiting mindsets to ones connected to your values and purpose
- Apply coaching skills to different work contexts
- Build your capacity to engage in more meaningful interactions
- Create authentic, real relationships focused on performance effectiveness
- Empower your team, motivate them and ultimately guide them to reach their full potential while achieving results in your organization
- Navigate through uncertainty and complexity with more ease and clarity
Leader As Coach
$1999.99
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Have questions about our programs?
Yes. Upon successful completion of LAC, you'll receive a Certificate of Completion from Brown University School of Professional Studies.
Yes. LAC includes hands-on practice through demonstrations and small-group exercises, helping you build confidence in applying coaching skills and structuring a coach-like conversation it also includes small-group coaching practice with your cohort members, where you'll both practice coaching and receive coaching yourself as part of the learning process.
ACT offers four core solutions for organizations: Leader As Coach, for leaders at all levels who want to develop more coach-like skills; Team Effectiveness Acceleration, for teams that need to reset and strengthen their foundation; Coaching Certification (Level 1 & 2), for individuals who want to become ICF-credentialed coaches; and Team Coaching / LEAP Coaching, for organizations that already have coaches and want to support their continued growth.
Leader As Coach is designed for managers and leaders at all levels within an organization who want to bring a coaching mindset into their everyday leadership. Participants learn practical coaching skills: how to ask better questions, listen more deeply, and bring out the best in the people around them. It's less about becoming a professional coach and more about leading in a way that develops others and strengthens the organization as a whole.
Yes. LAC hosts periodic virtual information sessions as well as masterclasses where you can learn more before enrolling.
No. LAC sessions are highly interactive and experiential rather than lecture-based. You'll observe live coaching demonstrations, participate in role play, and work in small breakout groups — with a mix of trainer-led content, group discussion, coaching practice, and reflection time throughout.
You will receive a list of recommended hotels in the area and you may request the Brown University rate.
Many employers offer tuition assistance or professional development funding that can be used toward ACT programs. ACT and Brown SPS provide a customizable sample letter to help you start that conversation with your manager.
Testimonials
Our alumni say it best
As a person who focuses on communication as a top priority skill this course has honed and strengthened the tools in my kit.
As a person who focuses on communication as a top priority skill this course has honed and strengthened the tools in my kit.
When I started this program I was coaching team members at work but had no formal training or structured approach. Now I have the tools, knowledge, skills and confidence to apply a proven methodology to being a leader who coaches team members - A Leader as Coach!
When I started this program I was coaching team members at work but had no formal training or structured approach. Now I have the tools, knowledge, skills and confidence to apply a proven methodology to being a leader who coaches team members - A Leader as Coach!
This program shifted how I think about my work across the many roles I play. I feel much more at ease in my leadership and coaching roles, and am excited to integrate more of the skills in my day to day.
This program shifted how I think about my work across the many roles I play. I feel much more at ease in my leadership and coaching roles, and am excited to integrate more of the skills in my day to day.
I wholeheartedly recommend ACT/Brown Leader as Coach program to anyone interested in learning a coaching approach that elevates both formal and leadership roles. The lessons in this program apply beyond professional settings, enhancing critical life skills that connect us all.
I wholeheartedly recommend ACT/Brown Leader as Coach program to anyone interested in learning a coaching approach that elevates both formal and leadership roles. The lessons in this program apply beyond professional settings, enhancing critical life skills that connect us all.
The actual lessons in this program are wonderful. What sets it apart is the delivery. The leaders are deeply knowledgeable and work so well together. The learning environment is warm and inviting and the practice is meaningful. Overall the course has valuable practical application to anyone.
The actual lessons in this program are wonderful. What sets it apart is the delivery. The leaders are deeply knowledgeable and work so well together. The learning environment is warm and inviting and the practice is meaningful. Overall the course has valuable practical application to anyone.
The ACT Leader As Coach program will give you a new understanding of who you are as a leader, but also allow you to reinvent yourself as a coach like leader. It is empowering experience that I believe everyone could benefit from.
The ACT Leader As Coach program will give you a new understanding of who you are as a leader, but also allow you to reinvent yourself as a coach like leader. It is empowering experience that I believe everyone could benefit from.
This course was pivotal to thinking differently and growing in my ability as a leader to support my team and the people I interact with on a daily basis.
This course was pivotal to thinking differently and growing in my ability as a leader to support my team and the people I interact with on a daily basis.
As a person who focuses on communication as a top priority skill this course has honed and strengthened the tools in my kit.
As a person who focuses on communication as a top priority skill this course has honed and strengthened the tools in my kit.
When I started this program I was coaching team members at work but had no formal training or structured approach. Now I have the tools, knowledge, skills and confidence to apply a proven methodology to being a leader who coaches team members - A Leader as Coach!
When I started this program I was coaching team members at work but had no formal training or structured approach. Now I have the tools, knowledge, skills and confidence to apply a proven methodology to being a leader who coaches team members - A Leader as Coach!
This program shifted how I think about my work across the many roles I play. I feel much more at ease in my leadership and coaching roles, and am excited to integrate more of the skills in my day to day.
This program shifted how I think about my work across the many roles I play. I feel much more at ease in my leadership and coaching roles, and am excited to integrate more of the skills in my day to day.
I wholeheartedly recommend ACT/Brown Leader as Coach program to anyone interested in learning a coaching approach that elevates both formal and leadership roles. The lessons in this program apply beyond professional settings, enhancing critical life skills that connect us all.
I wholeheartedly recommend ACT/Brown Leader as Coach program to anyone interested in learning a coaching approach that elevates both formal and leadership roles. The lessons in this program apply beyond professional settings, enhancing critical life skills that connect us all.
The actual lessons in this program are wonderful. What sets it apart is the delivery. The leaders are deeply knowledgeable and work so well together. The learning environment is warm and inviting and the practice is meaningful. Overall the course has valuable practical application to anyone.
The actual lessons in this program are wonderful. What sets it apart is the delivery. The leaders are deeply knowledgeable and work so well together. The learning environment is warm and inviting and the practice is meaningful. Overall the course has valuable practical application to anyone.
The ACT Leader As Coach program will give you a new understanding of who you are as a leader, but also allow you to reinvent yourself as a coach like leader. It is empowering experience that I believe everyone could benefit from.
The ACT Leader As Coach program will give you a new understanding of who you are as a leader, but also allow you to reinvent yourself as a coach like leader. It is empowering experience that I believe everyone could benefit from.
This course was pivotal to thinking differently and growing in my ability as a leader to support my team and the people I interact with on a daily basis.
This course was pivotal to thinking differently and growing in my ability as a leader to support my team and the people I interact with on a daily basis.
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