Executive Coaching
Who We Work With
Our typical executive coaching client is a C-level executive, the top leader of the organization or a senior executive who reports directly to the top leader. We also work with high potential mid-level managers to help them prepare for higher level responsibilities or to develop enhanced capabilities in their current role or a prospective new role.
Many of our executive coaching clients have a strong technical background in engineering, science or another technology field. Often they hold doctorate degrees in their field of specialization and have earned an MBA.
Our practical, results-oriented approach to executive coaching is informed by over 2000 executive coaching sessions, advanced training in executive coaching strategies and over 25 years experience in corporate human resources development.
Developing Leaders who are Emotionally Intelligent and Self-directed Continual Learners
We believe coaching is a preferred way of helping individual leaders and their teams make significant and sustainable changes in behavior. Coaching executive clients to change, long-term ingrained behavior patterns takes deep understanding of how personal change occurs and the coaching skills to help the client learn to successfully assume the responsibility for changing their own behavior.
We also believe that effective leadership can be viewed in terms of the quality of the relationships the executive has cultivated. Do people want to follow the individual? Do they respect and trust her? Are they willing to give the extra effort needed to obtain the results required, in part because of the executive's relationship with them?
If leadership is a type and quality of relationship cultivated by the executive leader, then emotional intelligence is central to the quality of that relationship. We view emotionally intelligent leadership as having four components: 1.) an on-going self-awareness of values, principles and emotions; 2.) the ability and willingness to regulate or manage one's own behavior; 3.) the ability and willingness to listen to, observe and understand others and what the other person wants, needs and believes; and 4) the ability and willingness to use the insights the leader has acquired about him or herself, others, and the situation to create an emotional connection, a resonance, with others who are inspired to follow him or her.
Professional executive coaching is much more than management consulting, advice giving, mentoring or simple one-on-one training, nor is it simply being a good listener. It is a developmental relationship focused on helping the individual develop greater awareness of self and how they impact others and the environment; learn to make personally, meaningful changes in mindset and behavior; and develop the capability for ongoing, intentional learning and growth as a person and as a leader from their day-to-day experience.