Coaching Circles

Reading offers information. Coaching fosters transformation. Let’s do both together.

Welcome to Coaching Circles, a four-month virtual coaching intensive led by Jeana Marinelli based on the book The Person You Mean to Be by Dolly Chugh. Together we will notice biases, own blindspots and practice interrupting biases at the personal, social and structural level. We will commit to our growth and transformation in a small cohort of leaders from dedicated to building more equitable communities and workplaces. Leave challenged and changed with reflection practices to apply to your life and work.

Workshop 1: Thursday, October 15, 10 am PT- 12 pm PT (arrive at 9:45 am PT)

Workshop 2: Thursday, November 12, 10 am PT- 12 pm PT (arrive at 9:45 am PT)

Workshop 3: Thursday, December 10, 10 am PT- 12 pm PT (arrive at 9:45 am PT)

Workshop 4: Thursday, January 14, 10 am PT- 12 pm PT (arrive at 9:45 am PT)

Two individual coaching sessions (50 min) will occur- one after workshop 2 and one after workshop 4.

Let go of the idea of a “good person” in service of becoming better.

Our desire to be seen as a “good person” is often what prevents us from becoming better. When faced with an opportunity to learn about our biases, we have a choice. We can let our fixed mindsets take over and leave no room for making mistakes. This often leads to defensiveness, fragility and direct harm for those we are trying to support. Alternatively, we can accept that we are a work in progress and embrace the idea of being good-ish. We will practice our growth mindset skills through listening, noticing and challenging ourselves and each other to take ownership of our blindspots.

Grow together alongside leaders who are committed to transformation.

Information can only get us so far. Transformation happens when a community of leaders comes together to examine our heads and hearts. When it comes to bias and inclusion, we cannot be part of the solution until we see how we are part of the problem. In this community, we will take ownership of our growth and development. We will embrace our own discomfort as part of stumbling upward. We will practice being curious with ourselves and each other. We will push ourselves to listen with the intention to learn. Our individual and community reflection will provide the catalyst for our growth. Accountability will be high. There will not be an option to passively listen or observe.

Coaching Circle Details

In this interactive, four-month coaching intensive, you will work with other leaders in your company to examine implicit biases and the systemic sources of biases in our lives, in our work and in ourselves. We will build the muscle memory to commit to a lifelong learning journey of noticing and interrupting biases.

Your Journey Includes

• Four virtual workshops- Oct 15, Nov 12, Dec 10 and Jan 14

• Reading, journal assignments and next steps following each workshop

• Two 50 minute coaching calls with Jeana Marinelli

• A small, intimate cohort experience with up to 12 leaders from across your company

• Copy of Dolly Chugh’s The Person You Mean to Be

Commitments

• Attend all virtual sessions, arriving early (between :45-:55) and staying until the end

• Be fully present and engaged during each workshop

• Complete all readings and surveys by the specific deadline

• Uphold confidentiality

Maximizing Your Participation

Those who get the most out of the Coaching Circles program are those who:

• Commit to leading for equity

• Love to learn and grow

• Examine blindspots, bias and identity

• Engage and push through discomfort

• Take ownership of growth to maximize program experience

• Stay curious with themselves and others

• Lead with head and heart

• Build habits of regular reflection

• Welcome feedback and new perspectives

• Follow-through on commitments and meet deadlines

• Apply insights to life and work