Are You Ready to Lead as a Coach?
A Presence-Centered Leadership Development Program for Executives, HR Leaders, and Change-Makers
What if your leadership was the space where trust, innovation, and resilience could flourish?
In today’s rapidly shifting world, the old maps of leadership are no longer enough. The leaders we need now aren’t defined by control or charisma—they’re defined by PRESENCE.
This 5-day immersive workshop in Northern California will kick off your journey into becoming a presence-based, transformational leader—or take your conscious leadership to the next level. You’ll learn to embody Coaching Presence as a core leadership capacity, unlocking resilience, trust, and collective intelligence in your teams and culture.
You’ll leave not just with new skills, but with a new way of showing up—one that changes how people experience you and how you experience yourself as a leader.
“Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment.”
~ Brené Brown
Why Coaching Presence Matters in a BANI World
(Beyond VUCA)
We are living in a time of great unraveling—and great possibility.
In today’s BANI environment—brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible—the old ways of leading are no longer enough.
Organizations don’t just need leaders with strategies; they need leaders with presence. Leaders who can meet uncertainty with grounded clarity, cultivate emotional safety, inspire trust, and unlock collective intelligence.
The Leader-as-Coach program helps you develop this inner architecture of leadership: presence, attunement, and the capacity to transform uncertainty into clarity, creativity, and resilience.
Who This Program Is For
This program is for those who feel called to reach deeper inside themselves to have a better leadership experience and a more potent impact on their organizations. As a leader, you may recognize yourself in the descriptions below:
- Wondering how to inspire trust and authenticity in a culture shaped by complexity and change.
- Wanting to move beyond performance metrics into a way of leading that is relational, human, and creative.
- Seeking to bring more presence, emotional intelligence, and attunement into your leadership.
- Ready to expand your capacity to hold space—for yourself, for others, and for the collective intelligence of your teams and organization.
If you long to lead with more humanity, connection, and courage, you’ll feel at home and will grow here. This is true for leaders at all levels including: executives, team leaders, HR / OD professionals, or change-makers.
What You’ll Gain from Leader-as-Coach
Through this immersive experience, you’ll strengthen the inner and relational capacities that enable you to lead with clarity, courage, and heart:
- Cultivate Coaching Presence by aligning head, heart, and body so you can meet complexity with resilience, compassion, and connection.
- Develop Deep Listening and Attunement Capacities to create the conditions for trust, psychological safety, and authentic expression.
- Hold Space for Generative Conversations that invite diverse perspectives and spark innovation.
- Integrate the Three Centers of Intelligence (head, heart, body) with our 5-Step Coaching Model: Notice, Name, Allow, Accept, Integrate.
Why Leader-as-Coach is Different
Most leadership and Leader-as-Coach programs emphasize coaching skills and techniques. But without presence, those skills can feel mechanical—or even counterproductive.
This program goes deeper, cultivating the inner architecture of Coaching Presence—the foundation that makes new capacities second nature and ensures that tools and methods actually work.
You will:
- Lead from a grounded, coherent state that others can feel and trust.
- Apply our 5-step coaching model to move from reactivity to grounded, creative action.
- Embody whole-brain leadership by integrating the Three Centers of Intelligence.
- Learn to attune to yourself, others, and your organizational context, so your leadership becomes relational, responsive, and transformative.
This isn’t about adding more to your plate—it’s about transforming the way you lead.
How the Leader-as-Coach Program Works
- Interactive Learning Sessions – Engage in frameworks, practice key capacities, and apply real-world leadership contexts.
- Coaching Practicum – Practice presence and coaching skills in real time with guided feedback.
- Peer Learning Circles – Build trust and exchange insights in a learning community.
- Self-Reflection & Integration – Structured prompts and exercises to apply learning directly to your leadership.
- Individual Coaching Sessions – Two private sessions with a DCI faculty coach (before and after the program).
By the end, you won’t just understand Coaching Presence—you’ll embody it.
Spring 2026 Offering – Dates, Location & Price
Dates: June 1-5, 2026 (Begins with dinner on 6/1 and ends with lunch on 6/5)
Location: Lodge at Marconi, Marshall, CA — a serene retreat overlooking Tomales Bay, designed for deep learning and renewal.
Tuition: $9,500 (includes lodging, meals, program materials, and two individual coaching sessions).
Capacity: Limited to 12 participants for a personalized, intimate experience.
Our Facilitators
IPEK SERIFSOY, PH.D.
Chief Executive Officer
ELKE KURTZ
Director of Faculty
TRACY COOPER
Adjunct Faculty
Enrollment & Next Steps
This program is intentionally limited to 12 participants to ensure a highly personalized, immersive experience. Early enrollment is encouraged.
To Apply: Complete our short application form (link here) to share your leadership context and intentions for joining. We’ll follow up within a few days to confirm your place.
Questions or Want to Learn More? We’d love to talk with you. Email us at info@deepcoachinginstitute.com or call (415) 215-9415 to explore whether this program is the right fit for you.
If you feel the call to lead from deeper self-awareness, attunement, and Coaching Presence — this is your moment to step in.
Step Into the Future of Leadership
The future of leadership is already unfolding—in every moment we choose presence, courage, and humanity.
If you’re ready to lead in a way that builds trust, unlocks creativity, and fosters collective wisdom, the Leader-as-Coach program offers a transformative path forward.
Join us and become part of a community shaping cultures that are more conscious, connected, and life-giving. Because leadership is not just what you do—it’s the field you create.
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