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Executive Coaching
and Leadership Development
Why an executive coach may be engaged:
- Development
of high-potential leaders
- On-boarding
of new leaders
- Improvement
of underperforming executives
- Managing
relationships
- Building
a stronger, more productive team
- Thinking
outside the box
- Leadership
effectiveness
- Development
of emotional intelligence (EQ)
The Coaching Process
Listen and Learn
- Three-way
partnership between coach, leader and the organization
- Coach
listens to the leader to identify strengths; challenges; who and what impacts
on the leader.
- Coach
listens to all the stakeholders – bosses, direct reports, peers,
board of directors, etc.
- Coach
asks powerful questions to learn more and stimulate thinking and ideas
for the leader.
- Coach
outlines boundaries of confidentiality and allows a trusting
relationship to flourish.
Assessments
- 360
degree feedback, written and /or interview
- Individual
assessments
- Significant
stakeholders within the organization have opportunity to provide
input.
Co-creation and Implementation of a Plan
- Plan includes strategies to meet the challenges
- Identifies ways to utilize the leader's strengths and compensate for
weaknesses
- Identify ways to measure progress toward goals
- Plan is shared with appropriate stakeholders
- Examples of issues addressed:
- Managing up in a more self aware manner
- Building
a stronger, more productive team
- Increasing
emotional intelligence (EQ)
- Creating
a more psychologically healthy workplace
Follow up
- Coach
follows up at agreed upon intervals
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