The Read in Practice · Three-month leadership engagement
The Read in Practice
Build the capability inside the work itself
A three-month coaching and capability-building engagement for one leadership team or defined manager cohort.
Overview
Diagnostic Leadership becomes valuable when leaders use it under pressure—in a meeting, a difficult conversation, or a decision where the situation is still unfolding.
Using the established Coaching Metaskills development process, each leader selects a growth edge, designs a practical mission, and applies it in real meetings and conversations. Structured observation and coaching help them see where new capability is emerging and where habit still takes over.
The cycle is specific: assess, plan a mission, observe application, and integrate what was learned. Participants use the Growth Canvas to decide whether to continue, adapt, or complete their mission. The focus is observable practice in the situations they already face.
The work helps leaders choose more deliberately among coaching, feedback, facilitation, and direction. The team builds a shared practice of asking: What do I see? What is driving it? What does this moment need?
The cycle
Each leader selects a growth edge.
Design a practical mission to apply in real meetings and conversations.
Structured observation and coaching show where new capability is emerging and where habit still takes over.
Use the Growth Canvas to decide whether to continue, adapt, or complete the mission.
What the engagement includes
Three months of development for one leadership team or defined cohort.
A focused growth edge, development mission, and Growth Canvas for each participant.
Structured observation and feedback using agreed live, recorded, or self-observed work.
Coaching and integration reviews to examine evidence, adjust practice, and choose the next step.
What leaders develop
A more reliable practice of noticing defaults before choosing a response.
Evidence of application through mission records and structured observation.
Experience adapting interventions in response to what actually happens.
A repeatable method for continued capability development beyond the engagement.
Who it serves
Leadership teams and cohorts with a current challenge and opportunities to practice in their work. Available after The Read Lab or as a standalone engagement with an introductory foundation. Participant numbers, coaching cadence, and observation access are agreed in the proposal.
Build the capability inside the work itself.
We'll discuss the situations your leaders face, who should participate, and what three months of practice need to accomplish. From there, we'll scope it together and send a clear proposal.