Interdisciplinary Professional Programs
College of Engineering

Coaching and Mentoring for Technical Leaders

Leadership turnover and delayed managerial development have made coaching and mentoring critical skills for technical leaders. This interactive course introduces the SLII® model, helping participants master goal-setting, diagnosing development levels, and applying tailored leadership strategies to meet employee needs. With practical exercises and real-world scenarios, attendees will gain actionable insights to confidently coach and mentor in dynamic technical environments.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Master the three core skills of situational leadership: goal-setting, diagnosing development levels, and matching leadership approaches.
  • Develop communication strategies to guide employees toward self-confidence, self-direction, and achieving organizational goals.
  • Apply the SLII® model to address real-world coaching challenges and improve team performance.

Who Should Attend:

  • Managers, directors, and team leaders responsible for employee development.
  • Technical leaders responsible for the development of employees and teams.
  • Prospective technical leaders seeking a systematic approach to coaching others.
  • Training professionals supporting coaching and mentoring programs.
  • Organizational leaders seeking to build bench strength and fill holes in succession planning.

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Course Details: RA01299

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Course Outline

Course Learning Design

Course Pre-Work

Pre-work materials introducing the course concepts will be communicated to you one week prior to the kick-off of this course.

Leadership for the Future

  • A contemporary look at what leaders need in today’s diverse, multi-generational workplace to be successful and effective
  • Learn why The SLII Experience® approach is a language as well as a strategy for coaching and mentoring others that optimizes employee development and an organization’s success

Goal Setting: The 1st Skill of a Situational Leader

  • Learn how to help others develop goals that are specific, motivating, attainable, relevant, and trackable (SMART Goals)

Diagnosis: The 2nd Skill of a Situational Leader

  • Discover how to diagnose an individual’s development level to perform a given task or goal and provide the appropriate direction and support to achieve success
  • Learn how to use the four leadership styles (strategies)—each with a different combination of directive and supportive behaviors that provide just what the individual needs to perform in a given situation

Matching: The 3rd Skill of a Situational Leader

  • Find out how using the appropriate leadership style in a given situation optimizes the employee’s development and saves you time
  • Practice how to match your leadership approach to individuals’ development levels
  • Demonstrate how to open up communication and involve others in setting goals and reaching agreements about the support and direction that you need to achieve personal and organizational goals
  • Learn how to manage development regression by staying in close touch with performance and development

Addressing a Challenging Coaching Situation

Practice using The SLII Experience® approach to address a real-world coaching situation that you are challenged within the workplace.

Instructor and Program Director

  • Instructor

    Kimberly Kleiman-Lee

    Founder & CEO

    Kimberly Kleiman-Lee knows that humans are the most interesting part of work. Kimberly served General Electric for 20 years; with her final 7 years teaching and coaching at Crotonville (GE’s corporate university.) Her team led the company’s Culture and Leadership Learning & Development strategy and solutions for 330,000 employees. Her honest, intuitional, and methodical approach to individual and team development earned her the respect of leaders throughout GE. In addition to serving her team, her individual work focused GE’s top 5000 leaders - teaching, coaching, provoking, and inspiring change. She founded KKL & Co. in 2017 and her practice includes executive coaching, leadership workshops, and business strategy. Her services engage the ‘Whole Human’ often with humor, rarely with PowerPoint. Kimberly believes that the best way to learn about the world is to be out in it.

    Kimberly obtained her BA from the University of Wisconsin Madison and her Masters in Adult Education and Leadership Studies from Loyola University Chicago. She is a hopeful guitarist, triathlete, and a certified Black Belt (Six Sigma kind).

  • Program Director

    Shalini Bhat

Total Credits:
CEU 1.4, 
PDH 14, 
Applies to these Certificates:
Technical Leadership, 
Quick Response Manufacturing, 

"I left this course with surefire ways to help my staff improve their skills."

"The coursework allowed me to incorporate my own real-life leadership situations, which helped me identify solutions as I learned."

"Learning how to lead by the situation was invaluable and will help me communicate with diverse groups."

"This course provided an excellent perspective on how I can use what I’ve learned in my organization."

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We can deliver this course as an on-site learning experience tailored to your organization’s specific training needs.

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