Executive Coaching and Leadership Development
Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Successor Development, and Successor Recruiting, Portland, OR
Eliciting Exceptional LeadershipTM
Leadership Development is essential, regardless of whether someone is newly promoted into a leadership role or is already in a leadership position. Executive Coaching accelerates the success of leaders who are committed to professional growth and wants to maximize their effectiveness as an executive and a leader.
Our Leadership Development Program focuses on Emotional Intelligence competencies and strategic thinking. Customized to each client, our leadership development coaching improves a leader’s interpersonal skills, influence, strategic thinking and productivity.
It includes an initial 360° Leadership Assessment, followed by one-on-one coaching. Coaching offers valuable outside perspective and can help an executive move past the blind spots holding them back from success. We’ll assess areas of strength and opportunities for growth, create a plan for improvement, and assess results – both subjectively and objectively. Our coaching is about getting better results – results to achieve an organization’s strategic goals.
Our coaching is about getting better results – results to achieve an organization’s strategic goals. Research shows that in order for leaders to be effective they must master:
- Self-Awareness and Self-Management: These competencies include the ability to read one’s own emotions and appreciate their impact on actions, reactions, and decisions. It also affects a person’s flexibility, adaptability and attitude.
- Organizational Awareness: These competencies include the ability to read the attitudes, politics, and networks within an organization.
- Interpersonal Management: These competencies include developing others, becoming influential, resolving conflict, and building and guiding teams.
The Four Stages of Our Leadership Development Program
Discovery:
The process begins with a 360° assessment of the leader to discover their strengths and uncover their weaker competencies.
Application:
Then, through weekly one-on-one coaching sessions, we discuss situations they’re dealing with and begin strategizing more effective approaches to their challenges.
Refinement:
As our work continues, we refine how they interact throughout the organization, helping them improve their effectiveness and their influence.
Mastery:
Over the course of our coaching sessions (typically 6 -12 months), they continue to improve their effectiveness by improving all their leadership competencies.