Coaching.

Great coaches strengthen and empower the people that they coach, push them to grow and develop, and help them become better at whatever it is they do. For more than 25 years, we have helped leaders build coaching skill.

Proven

Our coaching approach is rooted in work with 50+ Olympic medal-winning coaches, is embedded in the team-based MBA and EMBA programs at Queen's Smith School of Business, and has been embraced by over 30,000 leaders.

Practical

Coaching can be a 30 second piece of feedback or a 45-minute 1:1 discussion. Our practical set of tools gives people the ability to seize every coaching opportunity by deploying the right approach at the right moment.

Taught by the best

Our faculty are true experts - not talking heads - and are joined in every program by guest appearances from our extensive network of Olympic medal-winning coaches and athletes.

Our coaching suite

Program

Coaching for high performance

Learn the mindset, skills and tools of world-class coaches in this comprehensive program.

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Coaching for challenging conversations

Harness the positive aspects of conflict while keeping emotions under control.

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Coaching for innovative thinking

Learn new behaviours for coaching teams to more innovative outcomes

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Imagery: how coaches inspire action

Inspire action through story-telling that engages hearts and minds.

Our Perspectives

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Coaching Through Hard Times

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Confronting Our Fear Of Confronting

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Are You Listening?

Listen up! There is a fundamental difference between simply hearing someone and truly listening to what they are saying –a difference that can cost your company in terms of time, money,...
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Coaching Without Authority

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Coaching In Action

Our coaching clients

Our experts

  • Peggy Baumgartner

    Peggy Baumgartner's work includes training Olympic athletes for competition and training executives at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. Learn more

  • Peter Jensen

    Peter is a veteran of 10 Olympic Games, author of 3 best-selling books, and a renowned innovator. Learn more

  • Garry Watanabe

    A corporate lawyer who became an elite swim coach before pursuing a degree in Sport Psychology - Garry is a true renaissance man. Learn more

  • Cyndie Flett

    Cyndie Flett is the former Vice President of Research and Development for the Coaching Association of Canada, and a leading expert on coaching. Learn more

  • Karyn Garossino

    Karyn is an Olympic figure skater with a Master's Degree in psychology and adult education - and boundless enthusiasm. Learn more

  • Jacques Charuest

    Jacques Charuest has thirty years of Human Resources experience, working with, and for, organizations of all shapes and sizes. Learn more

  • Dane Jensen

    Dane is the CEO of Third Factor, teaches in the MBA and EMBA at Queen's, and writes broadly on resilience, collaboration and leadership. Learn more

  • Sandra Stark

    Sandra co-founded Third Factor with Peter Jensen and her hand is in all that we offer. Learn more

Performance Coaching is now Third Factor. Learn More.