Executive Coaching
Having a trusted partner that promotes connection and support can have significant results on one's success. For company leaders, high-level managers, directors, and any professional looking to improve their executive function, a coaching session can give you the rejuvenation and clarity needed to better balance & harmonize your responsibilities.
Coaching creates an environment where you are guided to focus your attention to stimulate your thinking and gives you space to organize your thoughts and emotions. It’s a sharpening of your tools and allows you to dial in and become grounded; a time to decompress and reorganize your priorities.
The coach’s prime mission is to be an advocate for the client and help accompany them in growth and development. We go through a deliberate process to identify very specific goals and desired outcomes, navigating options and getting as nuanced as possible to influence the change that you desire.
The coach is walking alongside the client in their journey of self-discovery. Simply being present with the client, the coach is allowing a deep connection of trust and the space to materialize the internal dialogue one has within themselves. They then reflect deeply on their insights and identify solutions and keep them accountable.
To learn more about executive coaching and to see if it would be a good solution for you, book a free call to speak with Thomas.
The International Coaching Federation provides research that highlights the Return On Investment and benefits of executive coaching, access the report here, as well as the ICF Global Study.
You can also read an article from Forbes on the ROI of Executive Coaching.
The International Coaching Federation defines coaching as:
Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
This is further explained through the Core Competencies where certified coaches are held to a high standard of guiding principles.
At Ascend Professional Pathways, we further add to this definition with:
Coaching is a forward-driven conversation where the coach connects with the client through engaging and stimulating questions to promote self-discovery to lead them to solutions. Coaching is a client-centered process which drives them to their objective as they identify specific and obtainable goals and implement realistic action steps.
The coach's responsibility is to align with the client, improve clarity, and support their journey without judgement.
Any leadership role can be stressful, overwhelming, and full of distractions.
Having a creative space for a thought partner, strategist, or sounding board can help navigate you to solutions. Would you benefit from an unbiased perspective where you can speak your mind, vent, and work through issues without judgement?
Having difficulties prioritizing your priorities? Do you feel that you are sometimes standing in your own way?
Help draw out your own resolutions and help to release what is holding you back through our executive coaching sessions. Have a stimulating work partner to help strategize and discover answers to your current problems.
Could you benefit from simply having some uninterrupted time to think every so often?
What about a creative moment where you can discover strategies and insights and be reassured that you are on the right path? Having a trusted partner to support you, help you navigate the process, and keep you accountable can ensure your success and give you the relief you need.
Coaching is an uplifting and invigorating process where you peel back restrictions that are preventing you from performing at your best. Coaching helps you with forward thinking and overcoming being stuck, allowing you to work through problems and challenges to better navigate the issues that are delaying your progress.
My goal as the coach is to maintain a relationship of mutual respect and trust; to partner with you to promote a safe, supportive environment where you can share freely. I will create a space where you can be reflective, evoke awareness, and explore beyond your current thinking. I will be fully present with you by employing a style that is open, flexible, and grounded where we work to generate ideas on how to move forward. We then aim to put these insights into actions and design goals and accountability measures to keep you progressing.
Coaching provides:
A thought partner who supports you
A sounding board for your ideas
A mental and cognitive workout
Brainstorming & creativity
Time to excavate your own solutions
Intentional focus and space to work though challenges
Peer support
Someone to collaborate with
Opportunity to reflect
As a leader, do you experience challenges with...
Effectively leading your company
Engaging your employees
Disconnect between your vision and execution
Losing staff motivation and attrition
Underperforming results
Being overwhelmed
Not knowing how to make it to the next level
Do you experience stress, discouragement, overwhelm, exhaustion, anxiety, or burnout?
Executive Coaching could provide you the strategies and space to overcome and prevent these problems!
What is Executive Coaching?
What are the benefits?
The process is simple:
First, we use various assessments to focus on the most important matters. This provides data-driven insights that increases awareness and identifies the most influential ways to be an even better leader.
Then, we craft your unique strategy for success. We will work on developing powerful behaviors, strengthening relationships, preparing to be more effective, and having more influence.
Next, the routine coaching begins and throughout the engagement you have new insights and make new commitments to have the impact you want to have. We work on implementing these new strategies, all while measuring and tracking progress.
Lastly, we reflect and implement consistent habits to ensure ongoing progress.
Our approach to coaching is practical and straightforward, it’s when we connect during our conversations that helps you gain clarity, make better decisions, and improve your influence. The goal is to bring value and results according to how you define that value; using clear, concise, practical language like you do. We will be focused, listen intensely, and be curious to guide you through the process.
When leaders recognize that they are experiencing challenges that are not resolving with other means of intervention and the problems are getting too significant to ignore.
Challenges such as:
Low employee engagement and high attrition.
Being overwhelmed and unproductive.
Unable to solve difficult problems.
The business is not performing as you like.
Unrealistic expectations for your staff.
A lack of strategy and poor execution.
Poor work/life balance and lack of personal time.
Many executives are stressed because of the above factors; you are disconnected and unmotivated and you feel yourself giving up. The company’s performance is declining, you are losing staff, the board may not be happy, and you are unsure how to move forward while feeling more isolated.
Working with an executive coach provides guidance to discover the solutions that leaders need and couldn't find thus far. Throughout the coaching engagement you experience real-time improvements such as feeling rejuvenated and invigorated as a leader, reconnecting with your initial vision and motivation on why you started this journey, having more time and energy to spend outside of work, feeling less overwhelmed, having successful processes automated and teams more self-reliant, having engaged managers who can solve problems and motivate their staff, and more effective and streamlined processes and routines across the company.
You are a determined professional seeking consistent development and want to keep improving your skills and abilities throughout your career.
You feel:
Not as effective as you like.
The way others perceive you is different than you hope.
You are not connecting with the right people.
You don't have a clear vision on your goals.
Your current experience isn't taking you to the next level.
Not in control of your next step.
Imagine the benefits you can achieve when you take time to intentionally focus on growth and development:
Gain clarity, increase effective leadership skills, inspire your teams and increase motivation, increase sales results, decrease turnover, increase emotional health, more staff support, and improve employee morale.
You have an ambitious goal, either professional or personal, and you can use guidance and support to get closer to achieving it.
You have a desire to:
Maximize your potential.
Get to the next level in your career.
Set clear and obtainable goals.
Better control your time.
Ensure you hit your targets.
Be realistic about your objectives.
Finish what you started.
Coaching can allow you to break through what is holding you back and be more prepared for challenges ahead.
Identify opportunities to help you along the way, preparing for obstacles that might derail your progress, leverage your network and improve your value to others, position yourself in the best way for success, and planning effectively to ensure you complete your mission. We don't force your growth, we simply aim to remove what is preventing you and leverage what is in your control.
Here are some expanded topics that are commonly navigated in our Executive Development programs:
Leadership Blueprint & Your Personal Brand
This is where we dial in on your mission/vision/values.
Executive & Leadership Presence
This is how you show up as a leader every day and inspire your teams.
High Level Communication
How to have influential conversations and communicate powerfully.
Your Inner Compass
How your internal mindset sets you up for success & avoiding getting in your own way.
Controlling Your Time
Overcome being overwhelmed and create a stable schedule.
Engaging Employees & Resolving Conflict
Having productive and motivated staff in a healthy and reliable environment.
Strategic Planning & Effective Execution
Set up meaningful initiatives and successful completion.
Lead Change & Leading by Example
Set the stage for your employees and embrace the movement.
Creating a High-Performance Culture
You get to create the environment that you envision for your company.
Emotional Health, Productive Thinking, & Imposter syndrome
Taking the time to remember your meaning, stay positive, and find fulfilment in your mission.
Assessments for further analysis:
Birkman, ProfileXT, Verbal360
We accommodate a wide range of programs, including:
Virtual 1:1
Company meetings
Executive retreats
Corporate events
In-person workshops for leadership teams
Mastermind & Executive Leaders groups
Keynote presentations
We also offer a unique core program, The Galvanized Executive, where we provide a structured curriculum of core leadership skills and habits to develop. This approach will add group coaching and facilitation as well as some of the above foundational topics. Full day or ½ day in-person workshops, as well as more intentional collaborative programs which includes assessments. Reach out to learn more!
After identifying your exact goals and solutions, we meet routinely for focused virtual sessions where you work on the most pressing challenges and identify targeted solutions that you are seeking. We can also include specific topics listed below for long-term success, as well as assessments for further insight.
The scope and format of the engagement are set once we identify your goals and can be adjusted to accommodate your needs; we can always customize the approach however it works best.
