Coaching For Experienced and Emerging Leaders
GOAL: Growth and skills development in your authentic leadership no matter your work or life situation.
OUTCOMES: You have found and defined your authentic leadership philosophy based on your true values and personality. Your awareness of your intent and impact, attitude, approaches and behavior has increased. You may have focused on habit changes in order to be more present and listen others more deeply. You begin to pay attention to positive things around you more. You have less fog, and more clarity of thinking and speaking, in other words, better leading.
PROCESS: I. In our Discovery Conversation we determine your situation and needs. II. Based on it, I will propose you the path ahead (frequency and number of sessions) and we sign the contract. III. You will respond to an in-depth intake questionnaire and (if so agreed) I will deploy 360 surveys or conduct interviews with people around you. IV. The first exploration session is based on the findings. V. The confidential sessions continue throughout the contracted period (typically between 9-12 months).
As you grow in your leadership, your ability to be present matters more than your diligent preparing for meetings. When you were a knowledge leader, details mattered more, and you became trusted and respected as a subject matter expert. Now, as a people leader, your focus is on creating clarity. You do this by being fully present – even when jumping from meeting to meeting. (I know, easy to say – hard to practice. But that’s what they pay you for.) When you are present you ask better questions, you listen to others more deeply, and you have more aha’s. You communicate with clarity. You create conditions for collaboration and courage for innovation.
In coaching you’ll discover your way to do this. But. Coaching works only if you are willing to be real and open to explore. Willing to let go of your need to be right.
You can accelerate your leadership mastery if you are willing to adopt extreme curiosity which I call “fascination”. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defines this same mindset as an attitude of a “learn-it-all” leader rather than one who acts as a “know-it-all”. This shift radically changed Microsoft’s culture.
The coaching process is a confidential dialogue that zooms into what matters to your success. As your coach I guide you to notice and name things you observe about yourself and your impact on others with compassionate curiosity. I offer my own observations and suggest how you could embrace your strengths more and develop courage by taking on some challenges. We celebrate your wins, find learnings from mistakes, and develop strategies to tackle obstacles and work with constraints.
At the end, your success comes from you becoming a more wholesome you. This is true with both experienced and emergent leaders. Your leadership is unique to you, your style and personality based on your core values. As a result of coaching, you will develop your own way to put it into practice and communicate it to your team and peers.
It would be my honor and privilege to coach you – wherever you are in your leadership journey.
Coaching packages range from 6 to 12 sessions over a three to six months. We can also tailor a coaching package just for you. Contact me for more details.