Executive Coaching
Signature Course No. 13 — A Signature AI Socratic Coaching Course.
A New Kind of Learning
Socratic coaching, delivered by an agentic AI coach.
Not a course you watch. An AI coach you work with.
The Lighthouse Coach begins by discovering how you think about the subject, teaches what is missing, and gives you realistic practice before asking you to prove that you can use it. You may test out of concepts you already understand, while capstones turn the learning into a practical plan, decision, conversation, or other real-world result.
The curriculum is deliberately authored; the AI delivers it through coaching. It is not an AI randomly generating lessons.
A coach that teaches by asking — not by lecturing
The Lighthouse Coach is an AI Socratic coach built on Cognosco Learning's Executive Coaching course. It does not play videos at you. It holds a conversation: it asks you a question, listens to your answer, names the misconception it hears, affirms what you got right, and asks the next question — the way a great coach works in the room.
This course is for the executive himself, in the order his own development demands: the instrument first, then the output. Module 1, The Executive's Instrument: Presence, Blind Spots, and the Feedback Desert (Concepts 1–9), examines how you are read — presence as behavior, the feedback desert at the top, the gap nobody shows you, and the strength that got you here turned derailer.
In it, 360-degree feedback is taught as a practice — soliciting multi-source feedback so it arrives honestly, reading it for themes and for the gaps between groups, and sorting signal from noise with stated reasons.
Module 2, The Executive's Output: Decisions, Vision, and Staying Power (Concepts 10–18), disciplines what comes out of that instrument — sorting and making high-stakes decisions under pressure, communicating vision and hard messages so they survive contact, leading while watched, stewarding your energy, building the circle that tells you the truth, and what outlasts you.
A decision made inside a blind spot is still made inside it, however confident it feels; this course calibrates the instrument first. You can type your answers, or talk out loud: the Voice Coach speaks its questions and listens to your spoken replies, hands-free.
The course is self-paced and always on — roughly 30 minutes per concept, about 9 hours in full, taken in as many sittings as you like. Learners who already know the material can test out concept by concept.
In this course the executive is the coachee: it holds up the mirror to your own presence, blind spots, decisions, and staying power. It is not a course in coaching others. And 360-degree feedback here is that practice — soliciting, reading, and sorting multi-source feedback — not a proprietary tool: there is no scoring in this course, and no claims are made for any such tool. Confidentiality is part of the design: your Learner Record and your executive development plan are private — yours — because executives do not diagnose themselves honestly in public.
This is the thirteenth course in The Lighthouse Signature Series — the online counterpart to the one-day, in-person learning Cognosco Learning has delivered since 2002.
Course Facts
One full concept, coached end to end — free: verify your email and we’ll send you a link to start.
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Diagnose → Learn & Practice → Prove → Capstone
Every learner moves through the same discipline a Cognosco instructor would insist on in the room.
Diagnose
The Coach starts by finding out what you already know. Everyone begins with Module 1 — no skipping the foundations you only think you have.
Learn & Practice
Work each concept in conversation with the Coach — spoken or written — then practice it against realistic situations until it holds up.
Prove
Every concept ends in proof: answer the check cold and demonstrate the skill. Know it already? Test out and take credit immediately.
Capstone
Finish with two capstones — The Unvarnished Mirror for Module 1 and The Executive Development Plan for Module 2 — that pull the whole course together, and earn the certificate.
What You'll Learn
The demands on senior leaders have never been greater — yet the higher you rise, the fewer people are willing to give you honest, constructive feedback. This executive coaching program is built specifically for C-suite leaders, VPs, and senior directors who need a confidential, high-impact environment to sharpen their strategic thinking, refine their executive presence, and strengthen their decision-making under pressure.
Through one-on-one coaching exercises, 360-degree feedback analysis, and peer discussion, you will identify the blind spots that may be limiting your effectiveness and develop concrete strategies to lead with greater clarity, influence, and resilience at the top.
What you will learn
- Develop executive presence and gravitas
- Make high-stakes decisions under pressure
- Communicate vision and strategy effectively
- Build resilience as a senior leader
Everything in the course
- All 18 concepts of Executive Coaching, in 2 modules
- A diagnosis first — the Coach finds where you actually stand before teaching
- Learn, Practice, Prove for every concept — no passive video watching
- A test-out on every concept: prove you know it and move on
- The Voice Coach: talk with the Coach out loud — it speaks, listens, and replies
- A personal Learner Record of your work across the course
- Two capstone exercises: The Unvarnished Mirror and The Executive Development Plan
- A printable session summary whenever you pause
- The Lighthouse Coach completion certificate (Signature Series)
- Your progress is saved as you go — stop anytime, resume where you left off
Built for the executive himself
Executive Coaching is for C-suite leaders, VPs, and senior directors — the executive himself, as the coachee. It is for the leader who knows the higher he rises, the fewer people will give him honest, constructive feedback, and who wants a confidential, high-impact environment to sharpen his strategic thinking, refine his executive presence, and strengthen his decision-making under pressure.
It is for the executive willing to identify the blind spots that may be limiting his effectiveness and to develop concrete strategies to lead with greater clarity, influence, and resilience at the top. Your own record and development plan stay private; that confidentiality is part of the design, not an afterthought.
It is not a course in coaching other people. This course holds up the mirror: the work here is your presence, your blind spots, your decisions, and your staying power — including 360-degree feedback practiced as soliciting, reading, and sorting multi-source feedback, never as a scored tool.
Prefer to learn live and in person? The same material anchors Cognosco's one-day programs — browse the in-person catalog.
Start with the diagnosis
$195 — introductory price. One payment. No subscription, no password to manage.
Here is exactly what happens when you enroll:
- Pay securely with Stripe — you are taken straight into the course
- Create your learner profile and begin the Module 1 diagnosis
- Save the access key you are given — it restores your enrollment on any device
- Learn at your pace; your progress is stored in your browser on your device
For the full voice experience, use Chrome and allow the microphone when asked. Typing your answers works everywhere, all the time. Questions before you enroll? Email hello@cognoscolearning.com.
More Signature Courses are coming
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