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AI as Your Personal Learning Coach
on-demand course

AI as Your Personal Learning Coach

with Laura Mahalel
February 2026
Beginner to intermediate
4h 38m
English
Pearson
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese

Overview

4.5 Hours of Video Instruction

 

Learn to transform generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot, and Gemini into your personal coaches for professional development.

 

In AI as Your Personal Coach, you learn to build a practical and sustainable relationship with AI as your personal learning coach. Each video demonstrates specific examples of how AI supports real workplace challenges, helping you think more clearly, communicate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and professional growth

 

Learn How To:

  • Confidently experiment with popular generative AI tools (OpenAI GPTs, Copilot, Gemini, Claude).
  • Apply effective strategies to get useful and safe responses from AI models.
  • Evaluate common myths, understand limitations and risks, and separate hype from reality.
  • Use AI tools as personal tutors to support continuous learning in any field.
  • Develop personalized habits for safe, ethical AI usage that align with your individual learning goals and professional needs.

 

Who Should Take This Course:

  • Knowledge workers seeking to stay competitive in the age of AI
  • Professionals who feel hesitant, skeptical, or overwhelmed by AI tools
  • Anyone who wants to build confidence and develop a practical, ethical, and empowered approach to using AI as a learning partner

 

Course Requirements:

There are no specific prerequisites or must-have requirements for this course. It is designed to attract and benefit anyone at any skill and managerial level who is interested in advancing their professional skills.

 

Lesson Descriptions:

Lesson 1: Project Manager Handling Communications

Communicating under pressurebad news, tough conversations, stakeholder alignmentdemands clarity, empathy, and poise. Here, AI is your assistant, thinking partner, and growth coach.

  • Write clearer, more confident, authentic messages with Copilot and ChatGPT
  • Prep executive talking points with AI-on-AI checks to challenge assumptions and bias
  • Rehearse difficult conversations via voice-mode role-play
  • Build simple reflection tools to support continuous improvement
  • Automate recurring updates with Custom GPTs Theme: Dont be shy with AIits a safe space to iterate, refine, and learn fast. By the end: Youll think more clearly, communicate more effectively, and show up as a stronger leader.

 

Lesson 2: Job Seeker Preparing for Interviews and Networking

Interviews and networking are stressful; AI becomes your practice space and coach for confidence and clarity.

  • Build crisp SOAR stories with a Custom GPT
  • Practice tough questions with targeted, actionable feedback
  • Use AI to simulate curveball questions and build resilience
  • Fast-track topical fluency for events with Perplexity
  • Craft authentic follow-ups that feel like you (not templates) Theme: AI teaches you about youorganize thoughts, reduce self-doubt, learn faster. By the end: Youll tell your story powerfully, handle surprises with ease, and network like you belong.

 

Lesson 3: Professional Studying for a Certification or Security Exam

Youre leveling up amid limited time and dense material; AI acts as your adaptive tutor and accountability partner.

  • Build and refine a personalized study plan with Copilot
  • Break down complex concepts with Claude or Copilot until they click
  • Generate realistic practice questions and verify with AI-on-AI
  • Turn notes into tailored learning aids with NotebookLM (including flashcards/quizzes)
  • Stay motivated with AI accountability, micro-tasks, and voice pep talks Theme: Customize until it works for youoptimize how you learn, not just what you learn. By the end: Youll have a sustainable, adaptive study system aligned to your goals.

 

Lesson 4: Regional Sales Leader Developing Team Skills

Coaching at scale is hard; AI helps you be more consistent, insightful, and available to your team.

  • Diagnose stalled deals with Copilots structured questions
  • A/B test outreach with ChatGPT and Copilotprioritize creativity and persistence
  • Build rep confidence via AI role-plays with skeptics and champions
  • Create a MEDDIC Custom GPT for consistent qualification
  • Clean pipeline chaos with OCR + AI summaries so nothing slips
  • Speed market research with Perplexity to arm your team Theme: AI as your scalable coaching partneramplifying judgment, not replacing it. By the end: Youll coach more effectively, streamline execution, and raise team performance.

 

Lesson 5: Strategic Leader Setting Direction for Annual Plan

From blank page to reality-checked strategyuse AI as a thought partner to sharpen thinking and narrative.

  • Beat blank-page paralysis with ChatGPT/Claude and AI-on-AI comparison
  • Cut noise with Perplexitys cited, evidence-based research
  • Craft a crisp 3-slide strategy storyline with Claude
  • Build polished exec presentations with Copilot; rehearse in voice mode
  • Stress-test assumptions with adversarial AI review
  • Translate strategy into executable OKRs with Copilot; make them queryable in NotebookLM Theme: Strategic confidence built on solid groundclear thinking, evidence, and rigor. By the end: Youll have a complete, actionable planning systemfrom research to storytelling to OKRs.

 

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ISBN: 9780135588727