Upcoming sessions
Winter session (In-person)
| Date(s) | February 18, 2026 |
| Time | 8:30am - 4:30 pm |
| Format | In-Person |
| Location | James W. Burns Executive Education Centre |
| Cost | $965 +GST |
Registration and fees
For this session, program fees cover all materials, breakfast, and lunch. Materials will be provided at the start of the program unless otherwise noted. For any questions, please contact our team or visit our FAQ page.
Overview and impact
In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, gaining a competitive edge is more crucial than ever. Leaders are recognizing the transformative power of coaching to become more adaptable, effective, and to succeed in achieving their goals. By adopting a coaching mindset, you can build deeper relationships and create teams that are engaged, empowered, and inspired to forward action.
Through this immersive one-day program you will unlock coaching as a powerful leadership tool and emerge with practical tools that can be applied immediately. Focused on enhancing your skills in curious inquiry, active listening, impactful feedback, and effective calls to action, you will not only elevate your leadership and communication skills, but also inspire a culture of continuous growth that propels your team–and your organization–toward unparalleled success.
At the conclusion of the program, you will receive a Certificate of Completion from the I.H. Asper School of Business’ James W. Burns Executive Education Centre.
Learning outcomes
Through this program, you will:
- Discover coaching as a learning tool to facilitate thinking, creativity and problem solving
- Model a curious mindset
- Distinguish between coaching for “development” and managing for “performance”
- Gain awareness of workplace styles to help build trusting relationships
- Create the conditions for the coaching habit
- Develop foundational coaching skills (Intentional Listening and Questioning)
- Practice the coaching habit
- Learn and apply the 'feed-forward' approach to giving feedback
- Apply the coaching habit to navigating change and transition in the workplace
Participant profile
This program is ideal for leaders at any stage of their leadership journey who would like to bring coaching as an effective developmental tool into their organization.
Instructor
Ryan Quesnel, CEC, ACC
Founder, Brilliance Coaching
Biography
Ryan is a certified executive coach with a masters-level Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching through Royal Roads University, holds ACC accreditation with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and certified to facilitate Everything DiSC® suite of products and MHS EQ-i2.0 and EQ360. He currently volunteers his time as the Incoming President with the ICF Prairie Chapter. He is passionate about mindfulness and the psychology of coaching to help serve organizations and develop more resilient and confident leaders who can navigate leadership and workplace challenges more effectively.
Prior to launching his leadership coaching and consulting boutique he enjoyed an extensive career working with diverse cultures and teams in the government, not-for-profit and private sectors, focused on career transition and leadership development. He believes leadership is a journey, a daily practice and the only difference between all leaders is the stage of the journey they are at.
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James W. Burns Executive Education Centre
2nd floor
177 Lombard Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0W5