From April 12th to 13th, 2025, the 9th Coaching Leadership Bootcamp, hosted by the MBA Center of the School of Business Administration at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL), successfully concluded at the university's Shouyi Campus. This session brought together 16 alumni from cities including Wuhan, Nanjing, Nanning, and Hangzhou. Through an intensive hybrid learning model combining online and offline components, participants explored how coaching techniques can enhance leadership, driving both personal growth and organizational effectiveness.
In her opening remarks, Ms. Wang Yanming, Director of the Alumni Services Department of the MBA Center, noted, “After nine successful iterations, the Coaching Leadership Bootcamp has become a flagship program for alumni empowerment.” She emphasized, “The mission of a coaching leader is to transform a team from passive executors into proactive creators.” She encouraged participants to “use questions as mirrors and practice as a ladder, planting the seeds of intrinsic motivation within organizations.” Highlighting that “the essence of leadership lies in awakening individual potential,” she also underscored the enduring value of the alumni network as a dynamic space for mutual growth.
To set the stage, the bootcamp introduced a pre-course check-in activity. Participants engaged diligently, awakening personal energy, experiencing the power of coaching leadership, and reflecting deeply on prompts such as: “What did I see? What did I hear? What should I do?”
Utilizing NASA’s classic team management tool, participants created “personal energy maps” to diagnose points of friction in collaboration. One enterprise manager immediately adjusted their recruitment strategy on-site, remarking: “Our department lacks visionary ‘blue-type’ talent, which has caused a breakdown in strategy execution—this course tool directly targeted a core business pain point!”
Through immersive experiences with professional coaching techniques such as 3F Listening and the GROW model, alumni embarked on an in-depth exploration of leadership. The training provided not only practical tools but also reshaped participants’ perspectives—true leadership lies in empowering others to become the best versions of themselves.
In closing, Ms. Wang summarized, “ZUEL alumni association is a lifelong home for all alumni. We are committed to building communication platforms, pooling alumni resources, sharing success stories, and offering hands-on opportunities to provide comprehensive empowerment for our alumni and their enterprises.”
