# Coaching Development

Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style...

- Repository: https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills (1456 stars)
- Category: Marketing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-07-16
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style that scales through the growth of their team. It focuses on identifying skill deficits, providing reflection space, and leveraging frameworks to accelerate professional maturity.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Coaching and Talent Development

Build a high-performing team by shifting from a problem-solver to a growth-accelerator.

Help the user with coaching and talent development using insights from 18 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.

## How to Help

1. **Assess skill gaps** - Help the user identify specific technical or behavioral areas where their team members are currently struggling.
2. **Select frameworks** - Recommend specific career ladders, rubrics, or AI-driven coaching tools from the corpus to provide objective standards.
3. **Design growth plans** - Assist in creating next bigger challenges and quarterly stretch assignments for individual direct reports.
4. **Practice reflection** - Guide the user in moving from giving immediate answers to asking powerful, curiosity-driven questions.

## Core Principles

### Reframe Underperformance as Skill Deficits
Dr. Becky Kennedy: "When you look at bad behavior, the actual problem is someone doesn't have the skill they need to manage something happening internally."

Identify the specific internal skill a struggling employee lacks to manage their current challenges instead of viewing it as a character flaw.

### Lead with Personal Accountability
Elizabeth Stone: "It’s more about how much I care about excellence, I guess. So giving it my best in those situations. And that might not mean that I work really wild hours or I work weekends or I’m the one who’s willing to sacrifice the vacation. I’ve actually tried to avoid setting that as an expectation, but more that I hold myself to a very high standard."

High standards begin with the leader's own commitment to quality and promptness, ensuring you never become the bottleneck for your team.

The rest: https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/coaching-development/SKILL.md