What Is Executive Coaching?
Developing organizational talent today requires a wide range of strategies. Executive coaching—along with management and leadership training—can boost productivity and strengthen performance. Coaching is an individualized development process that builds a leader’s capability to achieve short and long-term organizational goals. It is conducted through one-on-one interactions with a trusted coach from outside the organization, and driven by data from multiple perspectives. Executives within the sponsoring organization, HR partners, the coach and the leader being coached all work together to achieve maximum impact.
Just as a coach can help an athlete by observing and offering feedback and suggestions, our experts will partner with you to facilitate the development of a targeted skill.
We offer short-term, six-month and full-year coaching engagements.
our coaching faculty
Our coaches draw on their own business experience, insight into human performance, ability to accurately diagnose development needs, listening skills and proficiency in asking the right kinds of questions—all designed to guide you to a higher level of performance.
All of our coaches have been leaders or executives themselves. Most have ICF or similar credentials, while others do not, but instead possess expertise in critical areas.
How Is Coaching Used?
Most coaching is about developing the capabilities and increasing the effectiveness of an executive, senior leader or mid-level manager. We typically focus the coaching engagement on one or two development areas; we also help you think about how you can leverage your strengths.
We can help you understand a particular dysfunctional behavior impeding success (i.e., often a personal strength that’s being overused) and work with you to overcome the obstacle, or we can strengthen your effectiveness in areas like:
Using personal influence and gaining commitment
Navigating organizational politics and building support
Developing “executive presence”
Shared leadership and leading without authority
Designing and delivering persuasive presentations
Building trust and credibility
Networking, relationship building and partnering
Strengthening emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
Starting successfully in a new role or organization
Coaching, giving feedback and developing the talent on your team
Getting the team started or back on track
Co-creating and engaging in creative dialogue
Resolving or managing conflicts productively
Interviewing skills, hiring and promotion decision-making
Broadening perspective
Managing your time, energy and workload
Modifying derailing behaviors
How Does Coaching Work?
Each coaching engagement is tailored to suit the circumstances, desired outcomes, timeframes and other needs of the sponsoring organization and client (i.e., the coachee). We generally follow this process:
1. Gain an understanding of the business environment, culture and challenges
2. Establish the goals of the coaching process
3. Gather data on strengths and performance to understand the current reality
4. Build and agree on a development plan
5. Coach to the plan
6. Monitor and report on progress
7. Decide on ways to sustain progress
Contact us to find out more about our Executive Coaching services.
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