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Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style that scales through the growth of their team.
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Install Coaching Development
$ npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills coaching-development --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/coaching-development .claude/skills/coaching-development && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "coaching-development" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/coaching-development into .claude/skills/coaching-development/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "coaching-development", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/coaching-developmentType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills coaching-development --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/coaching-development .agents/skills/coaching-development && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "coaching-development" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/coaching-development into .agents/skills/coaching-development/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "coaching-development", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills coaching-development --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/coaching-development .cursor/skills/coaching-development && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "coaching-development" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/coaching-development into .cursor/skills/coaching-development/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "coaching-development", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git --path skills/coaching-development--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills coaching-development --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/coaching-development .gemini/skills/coaching-development && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "coaching-development" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/coaching-development into .gemini/skills/coaching-development/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "coaching-development", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills coaching-developmentInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/coaching-development .github/skills/coaching-development && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "coaching-development" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/coaching-development into .github/skills/coaching-development/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "coaching-development", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills coaching-development --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/coaching-development .opencode/skills/coaching-development && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "coaching-development" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/coaching-development into .opencode/skills/coaching-development/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "coaching-development", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
coaching-development- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 746 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 76
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style that scales through the growth of their team.
- Works in 4 steps: Assess skill gaps - Help the user… → Select frameworks - Recommend specific… → Design growth plans - Assist in creating… → …
- SKILL.md covers How to Help, Core Principles, Questions to Help Users and Common Mistakes to Flag, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Coaching Development is an agent skill from RefoundAI/lenny-skills. Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style that scales through the growth of their team. It focuses on identifying skill deficits, providing reflection space, and leveraging frameworks to accelerate professional maturity.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/artifacts.md` and `references/guest-insights.md`).
The repository describes itself as: 86 product management skills from Lenny's Podcast for Claude Code and AI agents. Hiring, user research, strategy, shipping, and more. The licence is MIT.
Example prompts
- “/coaching-development”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Assess skill gaps - Help the user identify specific technical or behavioral areas where their team members are currently struggling.
- Select frameworks - Recommend specific career ladders, rubrics, or AI-driven coaching tools from the corpus to provide objective standards.
- Design growth plans - Assist in creating next bigger challenges and quarterly stretch assignments for individual direct reports.
- Practice reflection - Guide the user in moving from giving immediate answers to asking powerful, curiosity-driven questions.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 13598cc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Coaching Development loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~27k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 746 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from RefoundAI/lenny-skills at commit 13598cc, republished under its MIT licence (© RefoundAI). 746 words, ~1,322 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/coaching-development/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- coaching-development
- description
- Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style that scales through the growth of their team. It focuses on identifying skill deficits, providing reflection space, and leveraging frameworks to accelerate professional maturity.
Coaching and Talent Development
Build a high-performing team by shifting from a problem-solver to a growth-accelerator.
Help the user with coaching and talent development using insights from 18 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.
How to Help
- Assess skill gaps - Help the user identify specific technical or behavioral areas where their team members are currently struggling.
- Select frameworks - Recommend specific career ladders, rubrics, or AI-driven coaching tools from the corpus to provide objective standards.
- Design growth plans - Assist in creating next bigger challenges and quarterly stretch assignments for individual direct reports.
- Practice reflection - Guide the user in moving from giving immediate answers to asking powerful, curiosity-driven questions.
Core Principles
Reframe Underperformance as Skill Deficits
Dr. Becky Kennedy: "When you look at bad behavior, the actual problem is someone doesn't have the skill they need to manage something happening internally."
Identify the specific internal skill a struggling employee lacks to manage their current challenges instead of viewing it as a character flaw.
Lead with Personal Accountability
Elizabeth Stone: "It’s more about how much I care about excellence, I guess. So giving it my best in those situations. And that might not mean that I work really wild hours or I work weekends or I’m the one who’s willing to sacrifice the vacation. I’ve actually tried to avoid setting that as an expectation, but more that I hold myself to a very high standard."
High standards begin with the leader's own commitment to quality and promptness, ensuring you never become the bottleneck for your team.
Utilize Quarterly Stretch Assignments
Petra Wille: "And creating such a list once a quarter, for example, you block yourself an hour in your calendar, you write down the names of your direct reports, and then you just think about, 'Okay, what would be this next bigger challenge for them?'"
Push individual contributors to develop new competencies by maintaining a running list of next bigger challenges tailored to their growth needs.
Shift Energy into Curiosity
Rachel Lockett: "But great leaders know that when you try to advise and have the answer all the time, you're not actually equipping your team to go solve the hard problems. You're training your team to come to you with all of the hard problems."
When a team member brings a hard problem, resist the urge to solve it immediately and instead practice active listening to understand the underlying blocks.
Apply Selective Micromanagement
Ravi Mehta: "The right answer is to micromanage, but do it in a very tactical and a very temporary way so that you can help them understand what is the right direction moving forward so that you can then pull back."
Use hands-on guidance as a temporary tactical intervention to course-correct a team that has lost its way, then step back once confidence is restored.
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Invest in Managerial Effectiveness
From "How tech workers really feel about work right now": "People with great managers also feel 63% (!) more belonging, 31% less burnout, and 62% (!!!) more job enjoyment compared to those with ineffective managers. Leadership quality may be the single most important lever for retention."
Prioritize your own leadership training because manager quality is the primary driver of team well-being, belonging, and talent retention.
Questions to Help Users
- "What is the specific skill or behavior currently holding back your highest-potential team member?"
- "When a report brings you a problem, what percentage of the time do you provide the solution versus asking a question?"
- "Do you have a documented definition of product excellence that your team uses as a shared compass?"
- "How often do you block dedicated time to reflect specifically on the long-term growth of each direct report?"
- "Are you currently holding onto any tasks or monkeys that should be delegated to empower your team members?"
Common Mistakes to Flag
- Solving every problem - This creates a dependency that stunts the team's ability to develop the autonomy needed to tackle challenges independently.
- Treating performance as a character trait - Framing issues as who someone is rather than what they can do prevents effective coaching and skill-based correction.
- Accepting upward delegation - Taking on monkeys from your reports creates a backlog for you while simultaneously disempowering the team member.
- Undervaluing the transition to manager-of-managers - Leading through other leaders requires a fundamentally different skill set that many underestimate during their career progression.
Deep Dive
For all 47 sourced insights from 18 guests, see references/guest-insights.md
Related Skills
- Hiring Product Talent
- Interviewing Evaluating Candidates
- Org Design
- Building Growth Team
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Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/coaching-development of RefoundAI/lenny-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/artifacts.md
- references/guest-insights.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 13598cc
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Questions about Coaching Development
What does Coaching Development do?
Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style that scales through the growth of their team. Coaching Development is an agent skill from RefoundAI/lenny-skills. Help users transition from individual execution to a coaching-centric leadership style that scales through the growth of their team.
How do I install Coaching Development in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/coaching-development in RefoundAI/lenny-skills) into .claude/skills/coaching-development in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Coaching Development in Codex?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/coaching-development in RefoundAI/lenny-skills) into .agents/skills/coaching-development in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Coaching Development in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill coaching-development -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/coaching-development, .gemini/skills/coaching-development, .github/skills/coaching-development and .opencode/skills/coaching-development in your project.
What does Coaching Development need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Coaching Development is instructions for the agent only.
Does Coaching Development access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Coaching Development safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Coaching Development use?
Coaching Development is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Coaching Development use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 26k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
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Who maintains Coaching Development?
RefoundAI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in RefoundAI/lenny-skills, which has 1,377 GitHub stars. The repository holds 76 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 16, 2026.
Source: RefoundAI/lenny-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.