World class athletes and elite performers of all types know that working with a world class coach is essential to getting and staying at the top of their game. Over the past twenty or so years, business executives in organizations all around the world have come to realize the same.
An experienced coach helps executives to see themselves, their teams and their organizations in new ways. To identify and support the thinking and behavior patterns that are working and to retool those that aren’t. To accelerate their collaborative performance and their results.
Our executive coaching clients value our assistance in…
- Strengthening their critical relationships—with their reports, teams, peers, and their bosses, including the board
- Accessing new levels of personal power, leadership and influence while remaining authentic and centered in their core values
- Stepping up to new organizational leadership roles, with all of the political and organizational issues that come with the territory
- Being a confidential sounding board and strategic thinking partner to work through thorny challenges and opportunities
- Resolving team and organizational conflicts in ways that build trust and enhance mutual commitment
- Cultivating “adaptive focus”—the ability to toggle seamlessly between the big picture and the details for more balanced leadership
- Enhancing their capacity to think and perform skillfully under pressure, uncertainty and where the path forward is unchartered
- Understanding the critical role of emotions in leadership and how to better “manage” our emotions for better performance.
- Rapidly improving their team’s collaboration, commitment and accountability
Personal and organizational leadership doesn’t hinge upon “innate” talent. Anybody can expand their leadership if they’re committed to learning and practicing new, non-habitual ways of engaging with everyday circumstances. GJC coaches understand how this learning occurs and are skilled at providing the conceptual frameworks, practices and support that fosters new leadership.
Initial executive coaching engagements are typically six months. They involve regular coaching conversations (in-person and phone) and exercises and practices provided by the coach. Schedules, focus priorities and specific practices are tailored to the executive’s goals, interests and circumstances.