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 LeadWise 

Coaching Skills for Conscious Leaders

I help develop conscious leaders who lead with intention, clarity, and compassion.

Empower your leaders to stop solving and start elevating.

Too many managers are stuck in expert mode: answering questions, fixing problems, and carrying the weight of every decision. It’s not sustainable. And it’s not leadership.

LeadWise transforms your leaders into skilled coaches who unlock independent thinking, deeper engagement, and stronger performance, without burning out.

This practical, transformational training gives your team the mindset and tools to lead with clarity, curiosity, and trust.

When leaders coach, teams thrive.

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What they'll walk away with:

Real shifts. Tangible results.

  • A powerful shift in mindset from problem-solver to people-developer

  • The ability to lead everyday conversations that drive accountability, ownership, and growth

  • Confidence to coach through feedback, change, and performance challenges

  • Tools to create a culture of trust, clarity, and conscious leadership

The Experience

LeadWise is a 2-day leadership training that can be delivered in person or virtually, with flexible timing options to meet your team’s needs.

 

It integrates the proven EXPEDITION Coaching® method with real-time leadership challenges. Participants don’t just learn coaching skills, they practice them, reflect on them, and leave ready to apply them immediately.

This program is ideal for:

  • Senior leaders ready to empower their teams

  • New managers learning how to lead people, not just tasks

  • HR and L&D leaders building coaching capability across the organization

The Program

Developing a Coaching Mindset

Module 1:

The Coaching Role: When to coach, mentor, or manage


Module 2:

The GUIDE Coaching Model: A 5-step process to lead better conversations


Module 3:

Intentional Listening: Hearing what’s said—and what’s not


Module 4:

Intentional Questioning: Asking the questions that unlock insight

Applying the Coach-Approach in Real Time

Module 5:

Coaching Through Change: Supporting people through transition and uncertainty


Module 6:

Coach-Approach to Feedback: Move beyond awkwardness to authentic conversations


Module 7:

The DIRECT Feedback Model: A clear, compassionate structure that builds trust


Module 8:

Coaching in the Flow of Work: Integrate coaching into everyday leadership moments

Tools & Frameworks Leaders Can Use Immediately:

  • GUIDE Coaching Model

  • DIRECT Feedback Model

  • Coaching Relationship Compass (Trust Model)

  • Coaching Through Change & Transition Framework

  • Manager–Mentor–Coach Continuum

  • Performance & Capability Curve

  • CHOICE Map

  • Handbook of Intentional Coaching Questions

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Ready to Create a Culture Where Coaching is the Norm?

LeadWise isn’t just a training—it’s a shift in how your leaders lead. Let’s explore how LeadWise can activate the kind of leadership your culture needs now—rooted in clarity, trust, and conscious accountability.

Contact me to explore how LeadWise can help your leaders lead differently.

“Kim’s questions helped me see things I had never noticed before. Her intuitive guidance led to breakthroughs I didn’t know I needed. If you want real transformation, she’s the one.”

Morgan Brown

Change Management Analyst

“For the first time, I feel profoundly aligned with my business—its purpose for me, my clients, and the world. The pieces have finally come together, and I am clearer than ever about the path forward.”

Ceci

Entrepreneur & Coach

Kim Mintenko Coaching is located in Treaty 1 territory, on the ancestral lands of Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininew, Dakota, and Dené, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

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