Coaching for Leadership: Summer Intensive

• Duration: 5 Days
• Day of the Week: Tuesday to Saturday
• Date: August 4–8, 2026
• Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• In person at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, Senior Common Room, Brennan Hall
• $2,999.00 CAD (Commuter) or $3,599.00 CAD (With Lodging)

Course Overview

Spend a week at the University of St. Michael’s College learning the coaching skills that change how you lead. This five-day immersive program, led by Dr. Haesun Moon and the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching in partnership with the University of St. Michael’s College Continuing Education, is designed for managers, coaches, educators, and anyone whose work depends on great conversations.

Grounded in the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ), participants will develop practical coaching skills that can be applied immediately to leadership, team development, performance conversations, conflict resolution, organizational change, and grief-informed leadership. Through demonstrations, practice activities, reflection, and feedback, participants will learn how to create more productive, meaningful, and transformative conversations in their professional and personal lives.

Learning Outcomes  

In this program, you will:

• Master the core coaching skills of contracting, deep listening, and powerful questioning.
• Apply the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ) framework to real-world coaching and leadership conversations.
• Build confidence leading conversations related to performance, conflict, change, and grief.
• Develop practical coaching approaches that support growth, learning, and action.
• Demonstrate foundational coaching competencies through live coaching practice and faculty feedback.
• Integrate brief, dialogic coaching techniques into leadership, education, consulting, and people-development contexts.

Day 1: Foundations of Dialogic Coaching

Participants are introduced to the principles of brief coaching and the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ). Through demonstrations and guided practice, participants begin developing the core coaching capacities of contracting, listening, and noticing language.

Day 2: Deep Listening and Powerful Questions

Participants deepen their coaching skills through focused practice in listening for possibility, asking generative questions, and supporting meaningful reflection. Emphasis is placed on creating conversations that promote insight and forward movement.

Day 3: Coaching Through Performance and Change

This module explores how coaching can be applied in leadership and workplace settings. Participants learn practical approaches for navigating performance conversations, accountability discussions, and organizational change.

Day 4: Conflict, Complexity, and Grief-Informed Leadership

Participants develop skills for engaging difficult conversations with confidence and care. Topics include conflict, uncertainty, loss, transition, and other emotionally complex situations frequently encountered by leaders and helping professionals.

Day 5: Masterclass I – Integrating Coaching Practice

The final day serves as the program capstone. Participants demonstrate their coaching skills through live coaching conversations, receive faculty feedback, and integrate the learning from the week into a personalized coaching practice framework.

Who Should Attend?

This program is ideal for:

• Managers, team leads, and supervisors
• Executive, leadership, and life coaches
• Human Resources professionals
• Organizational Development professionals
• Learning and Development professionals
• Consultants, facilitators, and trainers
• Educators, administrators, and academic leaders
• Healthcare professionals
• Nonprofit and mission-driven sector leaders
• Anyone seeking foundational coaching skills to improve the quality of their conversations

About the Instructor

Dr. Haesun Moon, PhD

Dr. Haesun Moon is a Communication Scientist, Adult Educator, and Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching. She is the developer of the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ), an internationally recognized coaching and leadership framework that helps individuals and organizations create more productive and meaningful conversations.

Based in Toronto, Dr. Moon teaches internationally and has served as faculty with the University of Toronto and the Harvard-affiliated Institute of Coaching. She is a sought-after speaker, educator, and author whose work has influenced coaching, leadership, education, healthcare, and organizational development professionals around the world.

Dr. Moon is the author of several books, including Coaching A to Z, and is recognized for making coaching concepts practical, accessible, and immediately applicable in real-world settings.

Questions?