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Foundations of Executive Coaching
with Laura L. Summers, PhD
Establish healthy agreements and processes to support a coaching relationship with colleagues, teams, direct reports, or individual clients. Create the conditions within your work culture to address issues of trust and belonging as the foundation for coaching conversations.
This course is one of nine courses to complete the Executive Coaching for Impact graduate certificate.Audience: Professionals within organizations, school districts, non-profits, and institutions of higher education who are interested in coaching-based conversations to support their work with partners, teams, direct-reports, or clients.
| The Details | |
| Dates | July 6-31, 2026 |
| Mode | Asynchronous |
| Length | 4 weeks |
| Time | Optional community hours every Weds at 4 p.m. MT |
| Cost | $229 |
| Location | Online |
| Graduate Credits Available | 1 |
Purpose & Outcomes
- Define the executive coaching process.
- Determine how one’s current knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors support a coaching role.
- Establish protocols to support an effective coaching process.
Laura Summers, PhD
Facilitator
Laura Lee Summers, PhD is an accomplished educational leader with over 20 years of award-winning service within the University of Colorado Denver community. During her tenure, she distinguished herself as an associate professor and as director of professional learning and evaluation, specializing in instructional design, professional learning, digital teacher librarianship, and executive coaching. Summers has also held significant leadership positions in P-12 districts, where she focused on professional learning, coaching, and evaluating the effectiveness of district-wide learning initiatives.
Currently, Summers is a sought-after consultant who develops, coaches, and leads invitational online and hybrid professional learning experiences. She serves clients across higher education, P-12 education, business, and non-profit sectors. Her consulting offerings include executive coaching, mentoring, advising on student success, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. A prolific contributor to the field, she has published more than 30 practitioner-based and applied research publications and has presented and facilitated at over 100 events worldwide.