Leadership Basics + Coaching
In this course you build a solid foundation as a manager and learn to hold coaching conversations that encourage ownership and development within your team.
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Free cancellation up to four weeks before the start, so feel free to book now.
In brief. Leadership Basics + Coaching is a classroom-based course lasting 4 days. You can attend it in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam, among other places, in a group of up to 8 participants. The price is EUR 2460 excl. VAT per participant, including course materials, lunch at the venue and a certificate of attendance. We also run this course for teams or departments in-company.
- Direction and coaching in a single programme
- Directly applicable to your own practical situations
- Strengthening ownership within your team
- Handling difficult conversations with more confidence
- Balancing control and letting go
In this programme you combine a solid foundation in leadership with the depth of coaching conversations. You learn to provide direction while leaving space, so that your team grows in ownership and you grow in your role.
Description
In this course you build a solid foundation in your role as a manager and then go deeper into coaching leadership. You work on positioning, clear communication and managing behaviour and results. You then learn how to hold coaching conversations that encourage ownership and development among your staff.
You practise with practical situations from your own work, such as giving feedback, holding difficult conversations, delegating and dealing with resistance. You gain insight into your own style and its effect on your team. You also work on coaching skills such as listening, probing, reflecting and confronting with respect.
By the end of the programme you combine clear direction with a coaching approach. You know when to direct, when to coach and how to leave room for growth without losing control.
Topics
- The role and positioning of the manager
- Communication, expectations and assertiveness
- Steering on behaviour and results
- Giving feedback and holding difficult conversations
- Motivating and encouraging ownership
- Delegating without micromanaging
- Dealing with change and resilience
- Coaching leadership: balancing direction and space
- Coaching skills: listening, summarising, probing, reflecting
- The structure of a coaching conversation
- Talents, motivations and development conversations
- Feedforward and addressing behaviour
- Dealing with resistance, emotions and defensive reactions
- Working with your own cases from your team
Result
After this programme you will be more assured in your role as a manager and will know how to provide direction without losing connection. You communicate more clearly, make unambiguous agreements and address people on their behaviour and results.
You hold difficult conversations with more confidence and use feedback as an instrument for growth. You also master the basics of coaching leadership: you listen at different levels, ask good questions and hold conversations with a clear structure.
You will know how to encourage ownership among your staff without solving everything yourself. You will recognise when coaching is appropriate and when direction is needed, and you will be able to switch smoothly between the two roles.
Target audience
This course is intended for managers who want to strengthen their foundation and add a coaching style to the way they lead. You recognise yourself in the need for clarity and space: you want to manage for results while allowing your staff to grow in ownership.
Whether you have just moved up into a management role or have been leading a team for some time, you will gain practical tools to stand your ground more firmly and hold conversations that actually deliver results.
Teaching method
You work with practical exercises in which recognisable situations are simulated. You receive feedback on your behaviour and its effect, with room for reflection and deeper exploration. You actively practise coaching skills, so that you strengthen ownership and growth in your team.
You apply the theory directly in practice. Considerable attention is paid to your own learning objectives and cases from your daily work, so that you can use what you have learned straight away.
Prior knowledge
No specific prior knowledge is required for this course. It helps if you already hold a management role or will start one soon, so that you can link the material directly to situations from your own practice.
Comments
This four-day course combines Leadership Basics with the more advanced Coaching Leadership. You follow both parts in the classroom, one after the other.
In the first two days you lay the foundation: your role as a manager, your style and holding conversations with your team. In the advanced part you build on this with coaching leadership, so that you learn to guide people rather than give instructions. That order works: you practise coaching using what you learned in the basic part.
The parts can also be booked separately, as Leadership Basics and as Leadership Advanced: Coaching. Taken together as a programme, you pay less than for the two separate courses. If you would also like to include situational leadership, take a look at Leadership Extended.
Practical information
- Number of days
- 4 days
- Course times
- from 10 am to 5 pm
- Teaching hours
- 24 hours
- Education level
- Suitable for all levels
- Preparation time
- None
- Included
- Course materials and lunch on site
- Certificate
- At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance
- Cancel
- Free up to four weeks before the start (cancellation terms)
Language
The course is given in Dutch as standard. The trainer speaks English. English-language course materials can be used. If at least 3 participants register, the course can also be given entirely in English.
In-company
Would you like to organise this training for a whole group or several groups? This can be cost-effective. For example, we can tailor the content entirely to your organisation, and training a whole group is also cheaper.
Are you looking at large numbers of participants or a complete academy? That involves a great deal. Consider planning and communication, for example, or identifying and agreeing the objectives and content of the training. Or differences in level, feedback mechanisms and safeguarding. Fortunately, Learnit has extensive experience in this field (more than 25 years) and we are happy to help you through this process.
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All start dates
4 training days. Confirmed dates first, then in date order.
- Thu 12 Nov 2026 to Thu 7 Jan 2027Certain to go ahead Utrecht · 10:00–17:00 Enrol
- Thu 19 Nov 2026 to Thu 14 Jan 2027Certain to go ahead The Hague · 10:00–17:00 Enrol
- Thu 19 Nov 2026 to Thu 14 Jan 2027 Utrecht · 10:00–17:00 Enrol
- Thu 10 Dec 2026 to Thu 4 Feb 2027 Rotterdam · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 12 November Enrol
- Wed 20 Jan to Wed 17 Mar 2027 Rotterdam · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 23 December Enrol
- Tue 23 Feb to Tue 20 Apr 2027 Amsterdam · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 26 January Enrol
- Mon 5 Apr to Mon 31 May 2027 Groningen · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 8 March Enrol
- Mon 5 Apr to Mon 31 May 2027 Zwolle · 10:00–17:00Free cancellation until 8 March Enrol
No suitable start date? Send us a date request, and we'll look at the options together.
This course by city
- Leadership in Amsterdam9 dates
- Leadership in The Hague7 dates
- Leadership in Groningen7 dates
- Leadership in Rotterdam12 dates
- Leadership in Utrecht15 dates
- Leadership in Zwolle7 dates
This course for your team?
Plan your own group on a date that suits you, at your office, at our premises or online. We tailor the content to your day-to-day work, and training a whole group is cheaper than individual bookings.
- Your date and location
- Tailored content
- Multiple groups or an academy are also possible
- More than 25 years' experience
What others say about this course
"This training course has something to offer both experienced and new managers."
“A valuable course for anyone looking for insight and practical tools for coaching leadership. It covers not only the various styles (and how to apply them). You also learn in which situations, with whom and for which tasks you help the other person most effectively / get them moving.”
"A practical training course with clear examples and opportunities to practise. And an enthusiastic trainer!"
“A valuable course for anyone looking for insight and practical tools for coaching leadership. It covers not only the various styles (and how to apply them). You also learn in which situations, with whom and for which tasks you help the other person most effectively / get them moving.”
“As usual, we are once again extremely satisfied with the content of the course and the professional way in which the trainer delivered it. The trainer knows our company and our people and makes excellent use of that to get the maximum return from the courses.”
"During the course we as a group were made to think again, and we now have tools and the motivation to take this further. The trainers tailored the course well to our situation and our learning objectives, so that we as a team can work to a higher standard."
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“Good course, certainly worthwhile.”
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“I found the content of the course very interesting. I learned a great deal, particularly on the second and third day. The quality of the course material was excellent, and so was the pace (which was adjusted where needed). The content is tailored to the wishes of the group. I found the trainer professional and pleasant to deal with.”
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“The course gives you the right practical tools that you can apply in your own working environment. There is a lot of personal attention. The course makes it particularly clear how you come across as a manager and where your points for improvement lie.”
“I found it a pleasant training course. Course material and exercises alternated nicely. The trainer could easily switch to questions from practice. I thought that was great. The pace was good. The training afternoons flew by and for me that is also a sign that it was good.”
“Enjoyable course and a good, clear explanation.”
“A surprising course. Learned a lot about conversation techniques.”
“A good course in which you look at your skills as a leader from the perspective of your own personality, and at what you can still develop. This helps you arrive at your own vision and leadership style.”
"Enjoyable and highly instructive training course. The material was applied flexibly in just the right way, making a clear connection to practice. The trainer's enthusiastic attitude and a good balance between exercises and theory made the course very effective."
“A valuable course for anyone looking for insight and practical tools for coaching leadership. It covers not only the various styles (and how to apply them). You also learn in which situations, with whom and for which tasks you help the other person most effectively / get them moving.”
“The course matched my needs well. By linking theory to enjoyable exercises you really gain knowledge of the subject. The trainer had an open attitude and dealt immediately with the questions that came up in the group.”
“The course gives participants the tools to deal with change. The great thing is that I was able to put every topic into practice the next day. That makes the return on this course high for me. Thank you Anna Maria, these were valuable insights.”
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"Informative course that is easy to apply in practice. The interaction shows you whether you have really mastered the material."
“During this course, theory and practical examples alternated nicely! The theory discussed reinforced my conviction as to why you can act in a particular way in certain situations. I thought the trainer came across as very professional. You can tell she really knows what she is talking about and that she was very good at responding to what we needed at that moment. Sometimes, for example, we discussed a particular situation that had occurred at work: she would then immediately come up with practical tools we could use next time we found ourselves in such a situation. She was also good at connecting the theory to practice. The practical examples made the theory much clearer to me.”
“Interesting course with a good balance between theory and practice.”
“A well-executed tailor-made course. All the topics we wanted to cover were covered. Very pleasant that a course goes ahead even with small numbers!”
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“The learning objectives differ from person to person and from situation to situation. The trainer anticipated this very well. We had an enjoyable course with good results. I would certainly recommend this course to (prospective) managers. It is instructive for everyone, with or without experience.”
“A course that gives you insight into your own behaviour and that of others, and provides tools for dealing with it.”
“Very inspiring”
“As usual, we are once again extremely satisfied with the content of the course and the professional way in which the trainer delivered it. The trainer knows our company and our people and makes excellent use of that to get the maximum return from the courses.”
“I experienced the course as an eye-opener. Alongside the theory that exists on the subject, above all I got to know myself. I can now analyse situations better and respond to them. I had a really great time!”
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“I found it a pleasant training course. Course material and exercises alternated nicely. The trainer could easily switch to questions from practice. I thought that was great. The pace was good. The training afternoons flew by and for me that is also a sign that it was good.”
"A practical training course with clear examples and opportunities to practise. And an enthusiastic trainer!"
“I found it a pleasant training course. Course material and exercises alternated nicely. The trainer could easily switch to questions from practice. I thought that was great. The pace was good. The training afternoons flew by and for me that is also a sign that it was good.”
"It was pleasant to attend the course; the material was conveyed to the participants in a sound and realistic way."
“The course quickly paints a recognisable picture of change. Participants then get to work on their own questions. Over two days, the necessary depth is added and you work towards a usable product that enables you, as a participant, to handle change with your team.”
“Very instructive course, especially useful if you do not hold a management position but still lead a lot indirectly. Very applicable and useful tools for communicating with others/subordinates.”
“A course that gives you insight into your own behaviour and that of others, and provides tools for dealing with it.”
“I experienced the course as an eye-opener. Alongside the theory that exists on the subject, above all I got to know myself. I can now analyse situations better and respond to them. I had a really great time!”
“Good course that turns theory into practice with many interesting topics and working models that you can take back to the daily workplace.”
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Training formats
Classroom
4 days€ 2460,-- Pleasant venue with a good trainer
- Small groups
- Inspiring and motivating
In-company
Bespoke trainingOn request- 100% for your group
- Bespoke training
- At your place or ours
Workshop
Up to 4 hours for groupsOn request- Suitable for events
- Interactive and inspiring
- Large groups too
Private training
At our place or yoursOn request- 100% just for you
- Achieve a lot in little time
- Whenever you want
Frequently asked questions
Can I cancel free of charge?
Yes. Up to four weeks before the first day of the course you can cancel free of charge, without giving a reason. You then receive a credit note or, if you have already paid, a refund. If you cancel later, you pay part of the course fee: 25% between four and two weeks before the start, 75% in the two weeks before it and 100% in the final week. Moving to another start date is free of charge up to two weeks before the start, after that 50%. Sending a colleague in your place is always possible. Read the cancellation terms.
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Confirmed to run: Thu 12 Nov 2026 to Thu 7 Jan 2027 in Utrecht
This date already has enough participants. Free cancellation up to four weeks before the start, so you can secure a place now.