Coaching Skills for High-Performing Leaders
Coaching Skills for High-Performing Leaders
Today’s leaders are expected to develop people, foster accountability, navigate complexity, sustain team performance and create environments where individuals and teams can thrive. Technical expertise alone is no longer enough. High-performing leaders must be able to understand themselves, influence others, build strong teams, create accountability and sustain performance over time.
Coaching Skills for High-Performing Leaders is a practical leadership development programme designed to equip managers and leaders with the mindset, skills and tools required to lead effectively in modern organisations. Grounded in neuroscience, coaching principles and leadership best practices, the programme explores how leaders can improve their own effectiveness, develop the performance of others, strengthen communication, build cohesive teams and implement meaningful performance management systems.
Through a combination of self-reflection, practical application, coaching practice, peer learning and workplace implementation activities, participants will develop the confidence and capability to lead people more effectively, create greater accountability and cultivate sustainable high performance within their teams and organisations.
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What you’ll learn
By the end of this programme, you will be able to:
- Lead yourself with greater self-awareness, confidence and emotional intelligence.
- Apply neuroscience-based strategies to improve your focus, decision-making and performance.
- Use coaching skills to develop, motivate and empower your team.
- Communicate more effectively, and navigate conflict and difficult conversations with more confidence.
- Build cohesive, accountable and high-performing teams.
- Develop practical performance management systems that will improve accountability and results.
- Apply strategies to build resilience, prevent burnout and sustain high-performance.
- Create a practical High-Performance Leadership Action Plan that you can immediately implement in your workplace.
This course offers
Online
- 7 Modules presented 08:30 – 15:00
- Live virtual sessions via Teams
- E-certificate of completion
- Accessible on all standard mobile and PC devices with Wi-Fi access
In-Person
- In-person training may be arranged on request for 10 or more attendees
- Half-day workshop at Lynnwood Academy or at the client’s site
On Site
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You get:
Certificate of Attendance
Who this course is for:
- Team leaders
- Supervisors
- Managers
- Executives
- Project Managers
- HR practitioners
- Business owners
- Anyone responsible for developing people.
| Course Date | DELIVERY METHOD | COURSE FEE | SECURE YOUR SPOT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep - 19 Nov 2026 | ONLINE | R13 500,00 | Book Now Team Booking |
Duration and Material
The course consists of seven modules delivered across seven different dates as live online classes. Each session runs from 08:30 to 15:00 (6 hours). Please note that attendance at all seven modules is compulsory to complete the course.
| MODULE 1 | MODULE 2 | MODULE 3 | MODULE 4 | MODULE 5 | MODULE 6 | MODULE 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2026 | 1 October 2026 | 8 October 2026 | 22 October 2026 | 5 November 2026 | 12 November 2026 | 19 November 2026 |
Course Content
7 Discussion Points | 42 hours total length
Becoming a Self-Actualised Leader
Leading yourself before leading others.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the importance of self-awareness in leadership
- Exploring personal values, beliefs and behavioural patterns
- Identifying leadership strengths and development areas
- The relationship between self-leadership and coaching others
- Developing greater emotional awareness and personal accountability
The Neuroscience of High Performance
Participants will:
- Understand how the brain responds to pressure and uncertainty
- Recognise factors that influence focus, decision-making and productivity
- Identify common causes of cognitive overload
- Apply practical strategies to improve personal effectiveness
- Understand energy management versus time management
Coaching for High Performance
Moving from managing people to developing people
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the difference between managing and coaching
- Building trust and psychological safety
- Powerful questioning skills
- Applying a practical coaching framework
- Improved accountability and ownership within teams
The Art of Communication
Module Topics:
- Why communication breaks down
- The communication process
- Active listening skills
- Giving constructive feedback
- Assertive communication
- Having difficult conversations
- Conflict navigation
Leading Cohesive and High-Performing Teams
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the characteristics of cohesive teams
- The science of team effectiveness
- Embracing diversity
- Fostering accountability and ownership
- Coaching teams toward collective success
Developing Sustainable Performance Management Systems
Creating accountability without micromanagement
Participants will:
- Understand the purpose of performance management
- Develop practical performance measures
- Conduct effective performance conversations
- Build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
Resilience and Burnout Prevention for Leaders
Topics:
- Understanding stress vs burnout
- Recognising early warning signs of burnout
- The neuroscience of stress
- Applying resilience-building strategies
- Healthier boundaries to protect time
- Developing a personal sustainability plan
About this course
This programme is highly practical and application-focused. Participants will be required to implement the concepts, tools and frameworks discussed during each module within their own workplace environments. Between sessions, delegates will complete practical workplace assignments and implementation activities designed to reinforce learning and encourage behavioural change.
Participants will be expected to reflect on their experiences, share feedback with their peers and discuss successes, challenges and lessons learned during subsequent sessions, creating a continuous cycle of learning, application and improvement.
The programme incorporates a variety of interactive learning methods, including role-plays, case studies, coaching practice sessions, group discussions and collaborative team activities. Participants will work together to design practical systems, frameworks and solutions that can be adapted to their own organisations. By the end of the programme, delegates will not only have developed new leadership and coaching skills, but will also leave with a practical High-Performance Leadership Action Plan containing clear strategies, tools and implementation steps that can be immediately applied in the workplace to improve leadership effectiveness, team performance and organisational results.
