Call for applications for Butler Center’s new Speed Coaching Network program for faculty

Approximately 20 faculty across the West Lafayette campus have been invited to serve as speed coaches through an eight-month pilot program called the Speed Coaching Network, which is being offered through the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. Speed coaches will make themselves available to offer brief ad hoc coaching sessions (virtual, one-to-one sessions) to any participating Purdue faculty who are dealing with a specific issue at work. 

The program will start in October 2023 and conclude in May 2024. Participants will have access to the list of speed coaches along with their availability and preferred method of contact at the start of the program. 

Examples of speed coaching conversations include: (1) quickly reviewing an important email (e.g., to a department head or potential collaborator), (2) providing advice about handling critical feedback (e.g., from course evaluations or a review), and (3) helping to navigate on-campus resources. All coaching conversations shall be treated as strictly confidential.  

The Speed Coaching Network is intended to supplement and further support the existing mentoring programs run by individual units on campus (as well as those available outside of Purdue). Participants will be encouraged to schedule coaching sessions with coaches outside of their college and department.

Individuals can apply to participate in the Speed Coaching Network program here. The program is open to all Purdue faculty, and faculty members in their early to midcareer stages are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis.

Speed Coaching Network participant application

Applications are now being accepted, and coach orientations will be held in early to mid-October.

The official launch, when coach contact information is shared with participants, will be Oct. 11.

For clarifications or questions, contact butlercenter@purdue.edu.