Manager-as-Coach
Coaching mindset for managers — a practical program in 4 days. Turning your managers into the coaches your teams need.
Your managers don't need a coach — they need a coaching mindset.
Classic management training teaches skills: delegation, feedback, prioritization. But what shapes leadership most effectively is not skill — it's mindset: asking before answering, listening before solving, holding space so the team member finds their own way.
- "I know what needs to be done — just do it this way."
- Immediate solution mode: takes over the problem.
- Time pressure leaves no room for asking.
- Result: team member stays passive, doesn't grow.
- "What do you think might be the first step?"
- Gives ownership back — through questions.
- 10 minutes of questioning > 30 of explaining.
- Result: team member grows, thinks independently.
What if your managers became the coaches your teams need?
A shift from telling to asking — small in technique, transformative in impact across the entire organization.
Not training coaches — training coaching-mindset managers.
Manager-as-Coach is NOT an ICF-credentialed coach training. Not 6–12 months. Not a multi-thousand-euro certification. It is a practical 4-day program — specifically for the middle managers who work with people every day and want to bring the power of questioning into their leadership toolkit.
Each day gives a concrete tool to use the very next week.
2×2 days (8 weeks apart) — doesn't disrupt the work.
Groups of 8–12 — they learn from each other, not just the trainer.
Pre/post 360° measurement so HR can see the progress.
4 days, 4 modules, 1 coherent mindset
- What coaching IS and IS NOT
- The four ICF core competencies
- Active listening in practice
- The art of powerful questions
- PERMA model and leader wellbeing
- VIA strengths in the team
- Scaling and the miracle question
- STOP technique under pressure
- Helicopter view and perspective
- Framework for difficult conversations
- Feedback with a coaching mindset
- Team-level change management
- Coaching moments in everyday work
- Reflecting on personal leadership style
- Individual development plan
- Peer coaching cohort mechanism
Coaches who have also been leaders.
The Manager-as-Coach program is led by trainers who are not only coaches — they have also been in the middle manager's shoes. They understand what it feels like when there is no time at quarter-end for "beautiful questions".
Participants and HR — value that reinforces each other.
- 4-day intensive, practical program
- Personal coaching toolkit (workbook)
- 8–12 person peer network (cohort)
- 1×60 min individual coaching
- 2 group supervisions over 3 months
- CGP Manager-as-Coach certificate
- Pre/post 360° measurement framework
- Anonymized cohort report (cohort learnings)
- Leader benchmark within your organization
- Material that fits into your internal L&D
- Human-capital metrics for ESG / CSRD reporting
- Your own Manager-as-Coach "champion team"
Two main models — cohort license or internal micro-license.
Prices in EUR, net, calibrated for CEE markets. Choose based on whether you want a single training event, or to run the program in-house over the long term.
- 4-day program
- 1 individual coaching
- 2 group supervisions
- Certificate + workbook
- Everything in Open Cohort, plus:
- Only your leaders in the room
- Industry-specific cases
- HR pre/post measurement package
- 2 internal trainers prepared
- Full curriculum licensed
- Annual update + supervision
- 5-year re-run rights
The numbers — example based on a 10-person cohort.
A 10-person, middle-management Closed Corporate cohort costs €22,000 (one-time investment). That's €2,200 per participant — roughly one week of a manager's salary. What does it give back?
6 months — from decision to cohort completion.
Recommended timeline for a Closed Corporate cohort. For an Open Cohort, only registration and the start date are needed.
Peter Janky
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