The Growth Edge Coaching Lab

Turn your reading list into a powerful growth plan.

The Growth Edge Coaching Lab is a monthly membership that helps you stop just reading about growth and start experiencing it.

Combine the wisdom of a great book with the power of coaching to create real, lasting change.

Is your bookshelf a source of inspiration or a monument to good intentions?

If you're like most growth-minded professionals, your bookshelf is full of brilliant books you are excited to read.

You buy them with the best of intentions. You read (or maybe skim) them, highlight a few passages, and feel a powerful burst of inspiration. But then... what happens?

  • The ideas fizzle out. A week later, the specifics are fuzzy and you're back to your old routines.

  • The insights feel abstract. You know the concepts are powerful, but you're not sure how to apply them to your unique situation.

  • Life gets in the way. With no structure or accountability, the book just becomes another one you've read, not one you've lived.

You’re gathering information, but it’s not leading to real transformation.

Imagine if Every Book You Read Became a Catalyst for Real Change.

Imagine a different approach. One where reading is just the starting point.

Imagine finishing a book and having a clear action plan to implement its most powerful ideas.

Imagine having a coach and a community of peers to help you apply the concepts to your actual work and life.

Imagine building a personal library not just of books you've read — but of actionable growth plans you’ve implemented.

A Note from Your Intentional Growth Coach

Hi, I’m Bethany—a learning scientist turned leadership coach with a passion for translating insights into impact. I created The Growth Edge Coaching Lab to help curious leaders and learners like you translate the powerful ideas from great books into real, sustainable growth.

After spending fifteen years in higher education researching leadership and the science of learning, I was intrigued by one compelling question: If we have access to so many brilliant ideas, why is lasting change still so hard?

I see leaders, coaches and colleagues inhale TED Talks, books and podcasts, equipped with incredible information. But there is a constant struggle to make those insights stick. Information on its own is not enough.

True growth requires a specific ecosystem. It needs community for support, structure for accountability, and dialogue to deepen the learning.

I created The Growth Edge Coaching Lab to be that ecosystem. I’ve designed it to be a rich, inspiring space that I’m excited to share with you.

A woman with short brown hair, wearing glasses, a blue striped shirt, and a dark blazer, smiling and leaning against a red brick wall.

Bethany Peters, Ph.D., PCC

Join the Growth Edge Coaching Lab

The monthly membership that turns book smarts into real-world strategy, so you can experience sustainable growth without the guesswork.

More Than a Book Club.

It's a Growth System.

A typical book club is great for discussion. But this is different. The Growth Edge Coaching Lab is a learning experience engineered by an expert coach.

The goal is to go beyond good reads and integrate a book’s best ideas with your intentions, with the support of three key elements:

  1. Application: Move beyond "what did you think?" to "how will you use this?"

  2. Accountability: Join the book discussions and peer community to stay engaged and on track.

  3. Action: Walk away with a customizable action plan, not just a vague sense of inspiration.

What’s included?

  1. 📘 A Monthly Coaching Worksheet: Go beyond passive reading with tailored reflection questions that help you connect the book's ideas to your personal growth plan.

  2. 📅 A 60-Minute Live Group Coaching Call: Ask questions, and learn from peers in a professionally facilitated session designed for application, not just discussion. (All calls are recorded).

  3. 📄 A Takeaway Action Plan: Receive a concise summary of the key takeaways and a simple framework to turn your insights into a concrete plan for the month ahead.

  4. 💬 A Private Peer-to-Peer Community: Connect with other growth-minded leaders in our private community space. Share quotes, your key insights, and celebrations.

  5. 📚 A Growing Library of Resources: Get access to the archive of all past worksheets and action plans, building a personal toolkit of powerful, book-specific growth exercises.

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • The books are intentionally curated into a seasonal "growth curriculum." As the facilitator, I pre-select a slate of powerful, actionable books for the upcoming quarter to ensure a cohesive and high-impact learning journey.

    Towards the end of each season, current members of the Lab are invited to vote on a curated shortlist of books for the next season. This collaborative process ensures our curriculum is always relevant while maintaining a clear, strategic direction.

  • The books we explore in the Lab are chosen to build a bridge between deep human insight and practical, everyday systems. Our curriculum is directly shaped by the topics that matter most to growth-minded professionals. I’m curating books inspired from data I received from an initial survey in my email community.

    For example, since Habits and Behavior Change is a cornerstone of any successful growth plan, we might dive into a book like James Clear's Atomic Habits to build the fundamental operating system for any change you want to make.

    From there, we explore how these systems directly apply to leadership and coaching. We could tackle Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, which is a set of powerful, actionable coaching habits for leaders, or explore Brené Brown's Dare to Lead to understand the courageous behaviors required to build trust.

    Or we might explore a book like Adam Grant's Think Again to cultivate the mental flexibility needed to build new habits in the first place.

  • This coaching lab is for anyone who is serious about their personal and professional development. While many of our members are in formal leadership positions, the principles we explore—like building better habits and applying insights from books—are universal. If you are committed to growing by design, you will fit right in.

  • Every live group coaching call is recorded and will be added to our private member library within 24 hours. You can watch (or re-watch) it anytime at your convenience.

  • You will get the most value out of the experience if you are reading every book. However, you can still benefit from the resources provided even if you don’t have time to finish each book.

  • Yes! As a member, you get full access to our growing library of all past resources, including the coaching worksheets, recorded calls, and action plans from every book we've covered.

  • The Growth Edge Coaching Lab is a monthly membership. You will be billed automatically on the day you sign up each month. You can easily cancel your membership at any time from your account dashboard, no questions asked.

  • We offer a 7-day satisfaction guarantee. If you’re not satisfied with your purchase, simply reach out within 7 days of your purchase, and answer some questions about your experience to receive a full refund.

  • Email my team and me at bethany@theleadershipcoachinglab.com and we’d be happy to help.