Coaching for Success
Coaching for Success provides FAS faculty with expert coaching support.
Coaching for Success helps FAS faculty achieve professional goals with the support of coaches. SAL2 has a list of expert coaches upon which we draw for our coaching recommendations, but faculty are welcome to work with a coach of their choosing, if they have a preference. Apply here.
Coaching for Success supports:
- Transforming and revitalizing an established academic career
- Effectively managing a laboratory or working group
- Goal-setting and research program planning
- Developing leadership skills in conflict resolution, communication, etc.
- Overcoming roadblocks in writing and research
- Developing public speaking skills
- Other professional goals
Faculty Experiences
Participants reflect on the Coaching for Success program
Leadership Coaching
"My coach was instrumental in helping me transition into my leadership role, and her advice was absolutely crucial, especially early in my term. Any success I've had in my leadership role was due in part to the coaching I received early on."
Writing Coaching
"I was able to finish my book during research leave, thanks in part to the coaching sessions funded by the SAL2 program."
Work/Life Balance & Time Management Coaching
"In the midst of many different kinds of work to complete and balance, the work with a coach has helped me set goals, plan their completion, and act on the routines that I have made for myself. "
Professional Development Coaching
"My coach helped me develop skills for managing crucial conversations, navigating my departmental power/political structures, becoming a better manager, and being a more confident professional."
Eligibility
Any ladder faculty member with a primary or fully joint appointment in an FAS department or program, any Professor in the Practice with a primary or fully joint appointment in an FAS department or program, or any instructional (non-ladder) faculty member with a primary or fully joint benefits-eligible multi-year non-visiting appointment in an FAS department or program or the MacMillan Center may apply.
Support for FAS Faculty
FAS faculty at different career stages reflect on the ways Coaching for Success helped them grow and excel at Yale.
Apply for Coaching for Success
SAL2 is able to fund a limited number of coaching requests during the 2025-26 academic year. We ask that faculty apply to Coaching for Success by October 17, 2025, with the understanding that decisions may take a few weeks. We will not be able to grant coaching funds if you apply to the program after the deadline has passed.
Your application should consist of a brief description of your goals, area of focus for coaching, and the potential impact of the proposed coaching on your scholarship, pedagogy, or professional life (approximately 150 words). Successful applicants will clearly articulate how coaching will support them in their role at Yale.
Applications from faculty who have not already received coaching support through SAL2 will receive priority. Faculty who have already received repeated SAL2 support through Coaching for Success and who wish to continue working with a coach may be encouraged to use alternative funds (i.e.: university-allocated research funds, departmental funds, or other university funds) to continue this important work so that we may reserve SAL2 resources for those who have not yet taken advantage of the program.
Contact
If you have any questions about Coaching for Success or SAL2, email sal2.fas@yale.edu.