In the 40 plus years we have been delivering executive programs and coaching, we have learned some fundamental “truths” about executives and their role in their enterprise. It could be said that the most important role of an executive is to create a compelling future and enroll others to contribute to the realization of that future. We call this creating a “future from the future”. Our coaching supports executives in creating and fulfilling a future that inspires them. An inspired executive might be an organization’s biggest asset!
Executive coaching is confidential. It provides professional growth, a non-judgmental open listening (the executive feels free to say what is on their mind without concern of retribution), an objective point of view, and a partnership which is about having the executive win.
While serving one’s enterprise and serving one’s people is absolutely critical, executives and leaders must also be engaged in projects that require their full self-expression as well as authentic self-examination and re-invention. This examination not only requires new tools, but the commitment to carve out the time to do it. Most people who reach the executive level neglect their own growth and development in their zeal for empowering their enterprise. This is where our coaching is essential.
Executive Assessment:
This process, guided by the coach, is initiated with a series of questions and new tools that require the executive to powerfully assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Status of the Executive’s Enterprise:
In order to understand the environment in which the executive is functioning, a no-nonsense discussion about how the enterprise is performing against its projections is conducted in the form of an inquiry.
Executive Goals, Commitments and Initiatives:
In this conversation, the executive and the coach create the executive’s “report card”. This is their opportunity to share their point of view about their own performance and to un-conceal self-limiting interpretations and beliefs that are usually hidden from their view.
Creating an Impossible Project:
Most of the projects and initiatives that executives have in front of them are linear progressions of what already exists. In this part of the process, the executive and the coach create a project that will require the executive to re-invent themselves, and to re-think their approach to realizing critical and strategic objectives.