The Sonas Leadership Certificate
A cohort program for managers and aspiring managers ready to lead with confidence.
Leadership is a practice, not a title, and it can be developed. Sonas leadership programs combine live learning, one-to-one coaching and a community of peers to help managers and aspiring managers lead with confidence.
What's included
EQ Assessment and 360 Feedback
After you sign up, you complete a confidential Emotional Intelligence assessment, a baseline you bring into your coaching conversations. It includes a 360 component: a small group of colleagues you choose anonymously rate how they experience your emotional intelligence. Your coaching draws on both how you see yourself and how others see you.
Kick-off Call
An opportunity to meet the cohort and your facilitator, review the program structure, and get set up for success in the program.
Eight Weekly Live Modules
One hour every week for eight weeks, covering best-practice content on a core leadership topic, plus live discussion with peers facing the same challenges at other companies. Each session is recorded in case you miss one, and each module is followed by a short online quiz to check your understanding.
Friday Cohort Coffee (optional)
A relaxed 45-minute check-in each Friday for the length of the program. No slides, just your cohort and a coach, showing up for each other. Use it to go deeper on the topics and to talk through what you’re facing right now.
Four One-to-One Coaching Sessions
One hour each, roughly every two weeks, with an Integral Coach. Bring what’s active for you at work, what you’re wrestling with, and develop strategies you can use with your own team. Your EQ and 360 results inform the conversation.
Community
The cohort is built for collaboration, sharing and support. Learning alongside people from other companies and organizations builds a network of support that can last well beyond the program.
Your Certificate
Awarded when you’ve passed all eight knowledge checks, attended your four coaching sessions, submitted your capstone project and completed your leadership statement. We confirm your certification together in your final coaching session. It reflects real engagement, not just attendance. Each certificate comes with a public verification page and a LinkedIn link.
The Curriculum
About Your Facilitator
Aengus Linehan
Aengus Linehan is the founder of Sonas Coaching and a Professionally Certified Integral Coach® with New Ventures West in San Francisco. Over more than 35 years he has led teams in companies of all sizes, and his passion for team and individual development led him into coaching.
His recent experience includes serving as Vice President of Services at VMware, where he navigated VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom, its integration into Broadcom’s operating structure, and the later divestment of the VeloCloud business to Arista. He has also founded a company and led high-growth, early-stage organizations backed by venture capital and private equity.
Aengus designed the Sonas Leadership Certificate from what he has seen in building teams, and from watching how different organizations succeed and fail in supporting new and aspiring leaders.
If you are curious, request a call below with Aengus and see if the program is right for you.
Who It's For
The program is designed for managers and aspiring managers who want to show up as leaders for their teams. In today's increasingly complex and uncertain world, how leaders show up is a key determinant of team success. It drives performance, motivation and retention.
Both groups are in the same room by design. The cross-pollination — across companies and across experience — is the whole point. You'll hear how leadership actually plays out somewhere other than your own organization, and that's often where the real insight comes from.
Current Managers
You will learn to sharpen your practice by bringing real team situations into coaching and get better in real time, not in theory.
Aspiring Managers
If you are targeting your first leadership role, completing the program and getting certified helps build the skills and the case that you are ready.
Key Dates
Jan 2027 Cohort
- Registration is now open.
- Early-bird pricing ends Monday, December 7, 2026.
- Enrollment closes Monday, January 4, 2027.
- Kick-off call: Tuesday, January 5, 2027, 1 pm Pacific.
- Eight weekly module calls, every Tuesday from January 12 to March 2, at 1 pm Pacific. Recorded for rewatching.
- Optional cohort coffee every Friday at 1 pm Pacific.
- Four coaching sessions, scheduled with your coach within a week after Modules 2, 4, 6 and 8.
- Your capstone is due 48 hours before your final coaching session.
- Certification: confirmed with you in your final coaching session after Module 8.
Paying Yourself
- Click Register & Pay below.
- You’ll pay by credit card or bank transfer through our secure Stripe checkout and receive a receipt and welcome email.
January 2027 Cohort
Founding $2,500
Early Bird $3,500
Early Bird $3,500
First 6 seats only.
January cohort only.
Early Bird $3,500
Early Bird $3,500
Early Bird $3,500
Pay on or before
December 7th, 2026
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Your Company is Paying
- Submit your details below: participant name and email, company name, billing contact, and your pricing tier.
- You’ll receive a confirmation email, and we’ll hold your seat for 7 days.
- Send us your company’s purchase order within 7 days.
- We’ll invoice your company once we receive the purchase order.
- Payment is due within 30 days of the invoice date.
Company invoicing is available at Early Bird and Standard pricing only. Founding pricing is limited to individuals paying at checkout.
Company registrations received by December 7 receive early-bird pricing, provided the purchase order arrives within 7 days.
January 2027 Cohort
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Any Questions?
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Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach us at admin@mysonascoach.com if you can't find an answer to your question.
No. The program is built for both current managers and people aiming to become one.
Either. Pay yourself by card or bank transfer at registration, or register for a company invoice and send us your employer’s purchase order within 7 days.
About 2 hours a week: one hour for the live module, plus a short knowledge check, and an optional 45-minute Friday coffee check-in. A one-hour coaching session lands every other week, after each pair of modules. The capstone project takes about 2 to 3 hours to complete.
The Sonas Leadership Certificate, awarded when you have passed all eight knowledge checks, attended your four coaching sessions, submitted your capstone project and completed your leadership statement. We confirm your certification together in your final coaching session. Not a participation badge, but real knowledge and experience you can take back to your team.
Quarterly, beginning in January 2027, with further cohorts planned for April, July and October.
Cohorts are small by design: 6 to 10 participants from different companies and at different stages in their careers. A cohort needs at least 6 participants to run. Seats are confirmed on receipt of payment or a company purchase order.
If you need to cancel
You can cancel any time before the kick-off call.
Cancel by December 7, 2026 for a refund less a $100 processing fee, and after that until the kick-off for a 50% refund (also less $100).
Once the kick-off has taken place, fees are not refundable.
You can also transfer your place to a colleague with at least 7 days’ notice before the kick-off call.
Full details are in our Terms of Service.
What if Sonas cancels or reschedules?
A cohort needs at least 6 participants to run. If we cancel or move it, you can take a full refund or move to the next cohort.
Details are in our Terms of Service.
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