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HU WORKPLACE COACHING
What is Workplace Coaching?
The HU Workplace Coaching Program is a structured, voluntary, developmental experience for eligible full-time Howard University staff employees. It helps participants clarify workplace goals, reflect on choices and patterns, apply practical actions, and sustain growth connected to their role, team, Howard’s mission, and the BISON Way.
Why Howard offers coaching?
Howard University offers workplace coaching to support employee growth, engagement, and success. Coaching provides a confidential, developmental partnership that helps staff think more clearly, act intentionally, navigate workplace challenges, and make meaningful progress toward professional goals while supporting Howard's mission and the BISON Way.
Who is coaching for?
Workplace coaching is designed for full-time Howard University staff employees who have a developmental workplace goal, are participating voluntarily, and are committed to growth through reflection, action, and six coaching sessions. It is intended for employees seeking to strengthen leadership, communication, confidence, accountability, or their ability to navigate workplace challenges and change.
Benefits of participation
Participants can:
- Clarify professional and leadership-development goals.
- Strengthen communication, feedback, influence, accountability, and confidence.
- Navigate change, ambiguity, conflict, and organizational complexity more effectively.
- Increase self-awareness and leverage strengths more intentionally.
- Turn insights into practical actions and sustained growth through a personalized 30/60/90-day development plan.
| Coaching Is | Coaching Is Not |
|---|---|
| Developmental, future-focused, and participant-centered | Corrective action, discipline, or hidden performance management |
| A confidential space within stated limits | Absolute secrecy, legal privilege, or a way to avoid University responsibilities |
| Focused on workplace goals, choices, behavior, relationships, action, and learning | Therapy, diagnosis, crisis care, legal advice, medical care, investigation, mediation, grievance adjudication, or accommodation/leave determination |
| Connected to reflection, accountability, and the BISON Way | A substitute for a manager, HRBP, Employee Relations, EAP, Ombuds, or another formal resource |
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WHAT TO EXPECT
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FAQs
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