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HOW YOUR MULTI-MONTH 1:1 COACHING ENGAGEMENT WORKS

Work 1:1 with a coach on personalized and targeted goals

Enroll to begin your coaching engagement

Meet with your coach on an unlimited basis, during your engagement term, to work on your specific development goals and focus areas.

How the coaching engagement unfolds

Three phases — from enrollment to ongoing partnership.

1. Get Started

Register below. Select the week in which you desire to start your coaching engagement. You will be invited to Torch on the Tuesday of the week that you choose to begin coaching.

Estimated effort: 15 minutes

2. Match Process

Complete a match survey and receive coach options based on your needs and preferences. Once you match with your coach, your coaching engagement begins.

Estimated timeline: 1-2 days

3. Your Partnership

You have unlimited sessions during your coaching engagement. We recommend booking at least two sessions per month to maximize your experience.

Estimated effort: varies

How it works

Every Torch engagement follows the same four-step rhythm.

1. Evaluate

Building self awareness is the first step toward growth. The Torch Leadership Assessment helps experienced professionals gain clarity on existing strengths and development opportunities.

2. Coach

During regular 1:1 video sessions, an experienced Torch coach will help build a custom development plan based on goals and the 360 results.

3. Execute

Leaders then set their own growth goals with the help of their Torch coach. Together, they will define specific actions to track progress and hit leadership development targets.

4. Grow

Integrate learnings and capture insights for a new leadership future.

THE BENEFITS

Skill Development

Coaches act as additional support for you to identify and target opportunities for growth leveraging your Career Action Plan, two-way dialogue, and additional resources specific to your needs

Exceptional Coaches

Our coaches go through a rigorous vetting process with only 7% being accepted to provide coaching. This helps us maintain a first-time match success rate of 96%

Meaningful Progress

Our coaches provide learners with the structure needed to make meaningful progress during their coaching engagement

Frequently asked questions

Why were these experiences created?

LinkedIn is excited to help all employees be more productive and successful in their careers via coaching engagements. Through these coaching experiences, LinkedIn can support your development of the required, desired, and future skills you need to adapt and thrive, achieve business results, and reach your career goals in this ever-evolving, rapidly changing environment.

What is Torch?

LinkedIn has partnered with Torch, a coaching specialist, for the past several years, to provide coaching services broadly across the organization. This partnership allows LinkedIn team members to receive additional support in their ongoing career development from someone beyond their manager.

Who gets to see what I’m working on with my coach?

Your coaching sessions are private to you and your coach. We encourage you to share with your manager about your goals, learnings, and reflections. The LinkedIn Coaching team will only receive aggregated program-level coaching themes and feedback reports from Torch for program management purposes. Your individual-level engagement data (such as your start date, how many sessions you complete, etc.) are visible to the LinkedIn Coaching team.

What will I work on with my coach?

We recommend participants work on a career action plan that identifies 1-2 near term development goals to work on with your coach. Some ideas for development to focus on with a coach include: creating clarity, practicing inclusive leadership, and driving accountability and results.

General terms

The experience is a multi-month (4-months/Managers/Sr. Managers or 6-months/Director) Coaching Engagement, including: coach match; optional 360 assessment; four to six continuous months (4-months/Manager/Sr. Managers or 6-months/Director) of coaching, and access to the Torch Platform. A Coaching Engagement is activated once a participant is matched with a coach. Once activated, Engagements cannot be switched between participants. Any Engagement not activated within twelve (12) months of purchase will be forfeited by Customer and associated fees will be non-refundable. By entering this coaching experience you agree to Torch’s Terms of Service. The terms of purchase are governed by the MSA between Torch and LinkedIn.

Accessibility

We aspire to provide an inclusive experience to all LinkedIn employees. If you require any Accommodation support for your coaching session, please submit a ticket at go/accommodation with your needs in advance of your session. If you already have an approved accommodation that may impact your coaching session, please notify your coach at least 24hrs prior to your session.

I still have more questions…

If you have questions for LinkedIn about eligibility, benefit, or start/stop of your engagement, visit the LinkedIn Coaching FAQ SharePoint, or email coaching@linkedin.com. If you have any technical or Torch-specific questions, please create a Torch Support ticket.