HPC’s Coaching Skills for Senior Managers programme within a leading UK FMCG distributor equips leaders to become internal coaches for high-potential employees.

Identifying this talent alone does not create future leaders. To convert their potential into future leadership capacity, HPC developed an interactive programme that builds coaching capability among senior managers selected to coach emerging leaders.

The programme creates a powerful multiplier effect. Not only does it accelerate the readiness of identified talent for future roles, it also equips leaders to create the conditions for people to grow, strengthens the leadership pipeline and supports the organisation’s wider talent strategy.

Through four interactive modules and dedicated 1:1 coaching with an HPC executive coach, senior managers experience first-hand how a coaching approach creates the environment for quality thinking, increased ownership and behavioural change. Alongside developing coaching fundamentals, they build the confidence to challenge assumptions, explore change and navigate complexity more effectively.

The focus was not simply on learning coaching models but on changing mindsets, behaviours and outcomes. Building on its success, the organisation continues to invest in the programme, extending coaching capability across successive cohorts and creating a scalable approach to developing future leaders from within.