--- title: Leader As A Coach Program (LAAC) description: Join Ascend-U's Leader as a Coach program to develop professional level coaching proficiency to effectively coach your team members on performance and their development. --- [Skip to content](https://www.ascend-u.coach/leader-as-a-coach-program#main-content) [![Black copy](https://www.ascend-u.coach/hs-fs/hubfs/Black%20copy.png?width=800&height=728&name=Black%20copy.png)](https://ascend-u.coach/?hsLang=en) - [Home](https://www.ascend-u.coach/) - [Programs](https://www.ascend-u.coach/programs) Show submenu for Programs - [Level 1 Program](https://www.ascend-u.coach/level-1-program) - [Level 2 Program](https://www.ascend-u.coach/level-2-program) - [Level 3 Program](https://www.ascend-u.coach/level-3-program) - [Level 1 \>\> Level 2 Bridge](https://www.ascend-u.coach/l1-l2-bridge-program) - [Innovative Team Coaching Cert.](https://www.ascend-u.coach/team-coaching-certification) - [Tailored L1 / L2 Bridge Programs](https://www.ascend-u.coach/tailored-l1_l2-bridge-programs) - [Harrison Assessments Certification](https://www.ascend-u.coach/harrison-assessments-certification) - [Previews](https://www.ascend-u.coach/preview) - [About Us](https://www.ascend-u.coach/about-ascend-u) - [Resources](https://www.ascend-u.coach/resources) Show submenu for Resources - [Useful Links & Documents](https://www.ascend-u.coach/useful-links-documents) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://www.ascend-u.coach/) - [Programs](https://www.ascend-u.coach/programs) Show submenu for Programs - [Level 1 Program](https://www.ascend-u.coach/level-1-program) - [Level 2 Program](https://www.ascend-u.coach/level-2-program) - [Level 3 Program](https://www.ascend-u.coach/level-3-program) - [Level 1 \>\> Level 2 Bridge](https://www.ascend-u.coach/l1-l2-bridge-program) - [Innovative Team Coaching Cert.](https://www.ascend-u.coach/team-coaching-certification) - [Tailored L1 / L2 Bridge Programs](https://www.ascend-u.coach/tailored-l1_l2-bridge-programs) - [Harrison Assessments Certification](https://www.ascend-u.coach/harrison-assessments-certification) - [Previews](https://www.ascend-u.coach/preview) - [About Us](https://www.ascend-u.coach/about-ascend-u) - [Resources](https://www.ascend-u.coach/resources) Show submenu for Resources - [Useful Links & Documents](https://www.ascend-u.coach/useful-links-documents) - [Contact Us](https://www.ascend-u.coach/contact) [Contact Us](https://www.ascend-u.coach/contact?hsLang=en) # Leader As A Coach Enhance Your Leadership Effectiveness by Including Effective Coaching of Your People ## Objectives and Ideal Participants Find out if this program is for you. NEXT INTAKES START ON 24 OCTOBER 2026 (SAT) ### Who Should Join? ### Ascend-U is the expert in developing coaching excellence, be it for professional coaches or leaders in organizations. The optimal participants include: - Executives who want to more effectively develop their top talents in their team - Executives who want to more effectively support their team members in optimizing their performance - Senior HR / L&D Executives who want to test Ascend-U's coaching approach to see if that could be taken in-house for their leaders ### Objectives of this Program Successfully completing this Leader as a Coach program will - Equip you with professional-level coaching competencies to successfully coach your team members - Expand your mindset to be better able to lead situationally - Develop yourself not only as a leader, but as a person ![detached-and-engaged-leaders](https://www.ascend-u.coach/hs-fs/hubfs/detached-and-engaged-leaders.png?width=818&height=464&name=detached-and-engaged-leaders.png "detached-and-engaged-leaders") ## Built With U In Mind How we develop Coaching Excellence # Ascend-U's Approach to Develop Coaching Excellence Ascend-U's unique blend of learning, practice and feedback elements ensure that you develop your desired coaching excellence. ![program-approach](https://www.ascend-u.coach/hs-fs/hubfs/program-approach.png?width=1156&height=814&name=program-approach.png "program-approach") Elements of Ascend-U's Leader as a Coach Program - Digital Micro-Learning - Live Virtual Workshops - Coaching Practice Reviews - Supervised Practice Sessions - Moderated Peer Coaching - Unsupervised Peer Coaching - Unsupervised Non-Peer Coaching - Getting Coached (1:1) ### Ascend-U's Faculty Ascend-U's faculty had very senior leadership experience before becoming professional executive coaches and coach trainers. Ascend-U's lead faculty and program director, Charlie Lang, has been a pioneer of executive coaching, coach training and leadership development in Asia since 2002. He was involved in the development of over 1,000 professional internal/external coaches and several thousand leaders as coaches. He's joined by Amit Chatterjee who has an impressive corporate background and has meanwhile become an accomplished executive coach and coach trainer. ![amit-charlie](https://www.ascend-u.coach/hs-fs/hubfs/amit-charlie.png?width=1464&height=890&name=amit-charlie.png "amit-charlie") ### Leader as a Coach Program Structure ### Ascend-U's program design principles include: ### a) Optimize the learning experience for participants for maximum development impact ### b) Ensure alignment with international accreditation requirements of the ICF (International Coaching Federation) - will provide credits if later you decide to get international coaching certification Following these principles and our ~20 years experience developing coaching excellence lead to this unique learning journey for anyone who wants to complete a Leader as a Coach program. ![Leader as a Coach (LAAC) Learning Journey-1](https://www.ascend-u.coach/hs-fs/hubfs/Leader%20as%20a%20Coach%20(LAAC)%20Learning%20Journey-1.png?width=1834&height=789&name=Leader%20as%20a%20Coach%20(LAAC)%20Learning%20Journey-1.png "Leader as a Coach (LAAC) Learning Journey-1") [Download Program Schedule for October 2026 Intake (Sat)](https://www.ascend-u.coach/hubfs/ascend-u_laac_intake-i26-4_schedule.pdf?hsLang=en) ## I'm ready to sign up!   ## I'd like to join the Complimentary Preview Send me the Registration Form [Show me Upcoming Previews](https://www.ascend-u.coach/preview?hsLang=en) ## Why Getting Certified with Ascend-U? ## Find out if Ascend-U's Leader as a Coach Program is a good fit for you - ### Great Value for $$ We offer top quality programs at quite affordable rates. We can do that, because we minimize our overheads and focus on delivering a great learning experience. - ### Ensuring Coaching Excellence With over 20 years of coaching experience and 22 years of experience in training leaders how to coach, we know what it takes to get leaders to truly integrate coaching into their leadership repertoire. - ### Guidance & Flexibility Through our systems and personalized support you will always know 'where' you are in your journey and what's still missing, and how to get started. - ### Integrity Integrity in our definition means to 'do the right thing'. Your learning success is our guiding principle and we'll do what it takes to help you over the finish line. 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