Ask the consultant: using coaching skills with your team
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Ask the consultant: using coaching skills with your team
Part of Ask the consultant, AHEP’s monthly series of free drop-ins for members.
A coaching approach helps the people you manage work through problems themselves rather than bringing every problem to you. This drop-in gives managers 45 minutes with Dr Maria Kukhareva of AHEP Consulting, to talk through how to use coaching in everyday management: asking rather than telling, helping someone find their own way forward, and knowing when coaching is the right approach and when it is not.
How it works
Send your question when you book. You can also come along just to listen.
Maria will group similar questions and answer as many as possible in the time, with others picked up in the chat.
Questions are discussed without names or identifying details, and the session is not recorded.
Cameras are optional.
Tuesday 1 December 2026 | Online | 12:00 to 12:45 | Free | Members only
Open to AHEP members only. Counts towards the AHEP Professional Framework: Empowering development; Working together.
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Maria Kukhareva
Maria Kukhareva is an expert coach, facilitator and AHEP Lead Consultant with 25 years' expertise in UK higher education. She holds an MBA in Marketing and a Professional Doctorate in the Sociology of Education and is Senior Fellow of Advance HE. Her practice draws on Erickson solution-focused coaching, the Fearless Organisation's work on psychological safety, and Physical Intelligence framework. Maria has worked with leaders from Head to PVC level, helping individuals get clarity, address their blind spots and deepen leadership capability. With teams, she rebuilds communication and gets results in fast-paced and high-pressured environments. Her recent clients include Warwick University, UCL, the University of Exeter, the University of Chester and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Her facilitation is known for combining warmth with rigour: appreciative and strengths-based, but never short on evidence, depth and insight. She brings the insider's perspective to conversations, helping turn your ambition into an actionable plan.
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