What to expect in Executive Coaching
We use several coaching tools and techniques, as well as a variety of assessment tools, to tailor an executive coaching progra to meet your own growth needs and goals. The process is based on understanding your own core values and how they drive your decisions so you can create outstanding results.
Executive coaching is an ongoing partnership between the coach and client producing lasting results in the clients’ professional lives. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their awareness and learning in order to make choices that improve performance and get results. Executives utilize executive coaching for a variety of reasons...
- they are struggling with work relationships: direct reports, supervisors or peers
- they want stronger leadership skills
- they want more job satisfaction and engagement
- they want to grow professionally or prepare for the next career step
- they want to contribute to the organization and their teams
- they want meaningful work
Significant results from executive coaching
Executive coaching brings about significant results in the areas of performance, learning and fulfillment including other benefits such as…
- retention of executives that receive executive coaching
- stronger organizational commitment from the executives
- stronger leadership skills
- improved relationships with strategic clients
- greater commitment to teams
- culture changes such as the ability to attract, retain and motivate talent
The Process of Executive Coaching
In each executive coaching interaction, the executive and coach co-create the agenda for the conversation. The coach listens, contributes observations and additional perspectives and asks questions to open the client’s mindset. Executive coaching often includes the following steps but not necessarily in any particular order:
- insights and awareness around a particular issue
- conversation about possible choices and a commitment to one or more
- Planning the tasks needed to put the choice into action
- co-designing a process to outline how the executives want to hold themselves accountable
Executive coaching program
We recommend an executive coaching program typically covering a minimum of 10 hours over a 4-6 months. Experience has shown that at least 10 hours is required to see substantive change.
Coaching sessions
Coaching is normally done in half or full hour sessions, depending on your preference, and begins with a 2 hour discovery session where we get clarity around your goals, discover your core values, and agree on the ground rules that will guide future sessions.
We coach either face to face or over the phone and have found each to be equally effective. At the end of this 10 hour commitment we talk about what’s next for you in your business life.