Open up the real work
Bring students close to the decisions, trade-offs, and constraints that never make it into a textbook. They learn how value is actually created by watching the work behind it.
The lessons that shaped you should not stay with you
Bring young people closer to the real decisions that build judgment, confidence, and a life they can direct.
The Coaches’ Journey
For Business Coaches
Young people do not need another lecture. They need proximity to real work.
A Business Coach helps students see what sits behind a good decision: the uncertainty, the people, the economics, and the discipline to follow through. You do not have to become an educator to make that visible.
Ask better questions
Help a young person move beyond a clever answer. Your questions make them examine the customer, the economics, the people involved, and the consequences of each choice.
Give useful feedback
Review what students noticed, made, or proposed. Clear feedback from someone who has carried responsibility teaches more than generic praise ever can.
Ways to coach
Choose one meaningful way to show up.
There is no territory to claim and no fixed track to join. Start with the format that fits your experience and calendar.
Conversation
Talk through one decision, business moment, or operating lesson with a prepared cohort.
1 hour
Site visit
Let a small group observe how an operation works and discuss what they notice with you.
2 hours
Project review
Give a student team a real brief or review their thinking at a milestone.
2–3 hours
Showcase feedback
Listen to final work and help students understand what holds up in the real world.
2 hours
How we support you
You bring the experience. We make it useful for students.
A brief that respects your time
Before you meet students, we agree on one useful focus. We prepare the group, frame the session, and keep it grounded in what you are genuinely comfortable sharing.
Students who arrive prepared
Students research your context and bring considered questions. You do not need slides or a lecture; you bring perspective and let the conversation do the work.
A team that handles the mechanics
We manage timing, supervision, consent, logistics, and follow-up. Your attention stays on the young people and the work in front of you.
A record of what your time made possible
You see the observations, projects, and reflections your session shaped. The work does not disappear when the room empties.
Questions coaches ask
The practical things to know first.
Do I need to prepare a presentation?+
No. We build the session around a focused brief and student questions. A candid conversation about work you know is more useful than a deck.
How much time does coaching take?+
You choose one format at a time. Most coaches begin with a single one- or two-hour session, then decide whether and how they want to stay involved.
What kind of experience is useful?+
If you have made decisions, served customers, built a team, run an operation, or learned through responsibility, you have something useful to bring. Coaches come from business, professional practice, and public life.
Will I be responsible for students outside the session?+
No. Every interaction is structured and supervised by the LEAP team. We carry the programme responsibility; you contribute your perspective.
Become a Business Coach
Start with one useful conversation.
Tell us what you know, what kind of work you do, and how you would like to contribute. We will help you choose a first session that is worth everyone’s time.
1–2 hrsis enough to begin coaching