Among our most interesting and informative activities in 2021 was a series of 1on1 interviews we conducted with a group of outstanding executive coaches. These leaders in their field were generous in sharing their experiences and insights into the world of executive coaching. Within our vibrant conversations, they presented a set of valuable ideas that…
Ashleigh Miller is a certified executive coach specializing in team coaching and team dynamics. She’s passionate about the human element in business and believes all business issues stem from people issues. Ashleigh spent the first half of her career working in professional services with Accenture and Ernst & Young. Her primary focus during that time…
Sadaf Shaikh is the founder and president of Caras Consulting, a Toronto-based boutique consultancy focused on helping business leaders create a high-performance culture within their organization while focusing on people and processes. As an executive coaching culture strategist, Sadaf provides her clients with sharp insights on people and situations, provides honest feedback guidance, and tailors…
In the first post in the series, we introduced the idea that coaches play multiple roles inside of a coaching engagement. Great coaches find a way to be the person a client needs in the moment to unlock the next phase of positive growth or simply to enable deep thinking, quiet reflection or a drive…
Craig Coffey is an ICF credentialed professional certified coach with 30 plus years of senior experience working for a variety of Fortune 300 companies. He’s also a diversity-equity- inclusion champion. Craig works with his clients to identify, unlock, and grow their talents and skills to achieve career ambitions, as well as build strong teams that…
Just as great athletes require great coaching to reach their full potential, so too do great business leaders. As an executive leadership coach, it’s your job to help your coachees grow their effectiveness as leaders by increasing their skills, which often revolves around developing their emotional intelligence. Effective executive coaching improves an executive’s ability to…
The executive coaching industry is growing – and evolving – rapidly. With the profound changes in the workplace wrought by the Internet and, most recently, the pandemic, it’s clear leadership coaching must also grow and adjust with the times. But how will that growth be manifested? What’s trending now that will work to reshape the…
Trevor Blondeel is the founder of Operations Kickstart, a coaching firm focused on the needs of business leaders in the manufacturing sector. After spending over 25 years in leadership roles in manufacturing plants, Trevor found that he was actually in the “people industry.” This realization led to emotional intelligence (EI) becoming the cornerstone of his…
In our last post we introduced the idea that coaches play a variety of roles throughout a coaching engagement. Clients have varied needs and the trajectory of certain coaching conversations may cause a coach to feel they need to bring a different person to the situation to help the client move forward. In this post…
Daiana Stoicescu is an executive leadership coach based in Romania. She’s a Master Certified Coach credentialed by the International Coaching Federation, a Master Certified Coaching Trainer by the Center for Executive Coaching, and a registered ICF Mentor Coach. Daiana was also the president of the ICF Romania chapter until 2019. As a Master Certified Coach…
Mike Williams has been the owner and president of The Growth Coach of Northern Virginia since June of 2015, offering strategic planning, business development and sales training to small businesses, corporations, executives, and sales teams. Mike’s diverse background includes 20 years at the Coca-Cola Company, 6 years at Mobil Chemical (now ExxonMobil), and 6 years…
The coach and coachee relationship is a dynamic one. As trust is established, outcomes are considered, actions are taken and challenges arise, the coach takes on various roles to support the client. The adoption of multiple roles can even take place in a single coaching session. Being a flexible coach able to shift among the…
Until recently, leadership coaching was a privilege reserved for a company’s top executives. These leaders usually fell into two broad categories: leaders who wanted to perfect and improve their already formidable skills as executives, and those who were perceived as having problems or deficiencies on the job that needed the experienced and guiding hand of…
Are you coachable? Whether or not you feel you’re ready to go out and get clients for your new coaching practice, you first need to ask yourself a very important question. This question will determine whether you’re truly ready to coach; it really is a make-or-break question. Interestingly, this is also a question you’ll be…
Deploying your process To be an executive coach, you need a process. In this post, I’ll share a simple and solid process to use in your coaching sessions. By following this process, you’ll find you’re able to guide the client through a conversation that moves them towards the goals they’d like to achieve by working…
Measuring the ROI of executive coaching has bedeviled many coaches. How can you prove to a skeptical prospect, or current client, that you’re well worth the investment they’re making by hiring you as their coach? The key is to prove how intangible benefits such as better decision-making ability, better communication skills, and improved emotional intelligence…
Get the training you need to be outstanding This is the first in a series of posts designed to help you succeed as an executive coach. To begin, I want to cover a fundamental requirement for success in any endeavor: get yourself properly trained. Coaching is a unique professional vocation.The government doesn’t require that you…
Executive coach and author Teri Citterman likes to shape great thinkers into great leaders, and she’s been successful doing just that for almost a decade. Teri coaches CEOs, executive teams, and high-level managers on the path to becoming industry shapers and thought leaders of the future. Recently, our own future-thinking Michael Neuendorff sat down with…
James Pagano is a business performance coach based in Charlotte, NC, whose passion is working with small business owners. James’ client engagements are collaborative and holistic, with a focus on such areas as strategic business development, relationship management, and the ever-elusive goal of time management, also known as prioritization. Recently, Bay Area Executive Coach’s Michael Neuendorff caught…
There’s a plethora of books covering literally every aspect of executive and leadership coaching. In fact, this popular topic has been written about by eminent authors for decades. With so many books to choose from it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when selecting the best books to read for advancing your skills and coaching career To…