Spring & Fall
Online only, working with others (synchronous learning)
Synchronous Virtual Meetings
[Application Deadline: October 1, 2025]
Executive Learning and Organizational Change is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®
The Coaching Lab is a 6-week supervised group coaching experience designed to give you practice and feedback about your coaching skills. You will work virtually with a group of 4-5 participants and an experienced coach educator who will guide your group through a series of exercises to practice "Level 1" skills: establishing a coaching agreement, forming strong client relationships, asking powerful questions, and communicating and listening effectively. In order to enroll in this course, you must have completed a minimum of 50 training hours in courses that have covered the process/practice of coaching and interpersonal relationship skills in coaching. We recommend "Coaching Tools for Transformation" and "Coaching Relationship Essentials," but similar courses may be substituted upon approval of our admissions team. Other prerequisites: Participants will need to complete the pre-work and submit an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) prior to starting the weekly coaching meetings.
Six (6) Weeks | 90-120 minutes per week online synchronously in small groups, plus online course content
This is a six-week course focused on practicing coaching skills in small groups of 4-5, under the supervision of an ELOC Coach Educator. The labs will use "real play" exercises created to focus on one or two coaching competencies each week.
Coaching lab sessions will be scheduled according to ELOC Coach Educator and participant availability, typically on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons or evenings (Central Time). The first and last sessions will be three hours in length, while sessions during weeks 2-5 will be two hours.
Spring Coaching Lab Sections 2026 | |
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Week 1 | Mid-May |
Week 2 | Late May |
Week 3 | Early June |
Week 4 | Mid June |
Week 5 | Late June |
Week 6 | Late June |
Fall Coaching Lab Sections 2025 | |
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Week 1 | Late October |
Week 2 | Early November |
Week 3 | Mid November |
Week 4 | Mid November |
Week 5 | Late November |
Week 6 | Early December |
Michelle Albaugh is a leadership and effectiveness coach who has been a member of the LOC faculty since 2015. With experience in startups and academia, her research has focused on life narratives at the intersection of personal faith and political ideology.