There are thousands of coaches.
Some do personal and life coaching. We don’t. We focus ONLY
on executive coaching. It is specifically
for leaders of organizations and teams where your development
is always linked to your objectives, and to those of the business.
At Executive
Focus, our coaching is based on a one-to-one, face-to-face approach
to build and leverage trust and to maximize the development process.
We act not only as a coach, but often as a consultant, sounding
board, confidential advisor, personal skills trainer, and as someone
to hold up the mirror. We hold you accountable, keep you honest,
and keep you focused on your goals. We help you keep things in perspective,
help you maintain focus, so you can provide the direction and motivation
for your team.
A lot of
coaching is typically about asking questions. When appropriate,
we not only draw you out but also teach, give advice, or push back.
We demonstrate support, help you practice a new behavior, tell a
story to illustrate a point, or challenge your assumption or plan.
We help clients think through a key decision or approach that can
make or break a career. We help you craft your talking points, allow
you to practice in safety, so you say the important message when
and how it needs to be said. It is this multi-faceted approach that
our clients cite as most useful to their results.
How Are We Different Than Others?
It’s personal. It’s the same reason you
buy products and services from people you like and trust. It’s
the relationship.
Many professional Executive Coaches
have:
• research-based
personality and leadership assessments
• a proven coaching methodology
• many satisfied clients and
companies
• a track record of proven results
• advanced degrees in human
behavior
• senior executive experience
• had P&L accountability
for an entire organization
• experience as a trained counselor,
and
• competency within their area
of expertise
We do as well, but that’s
not what our clients’ value most or what makes us unique.
We focus
first and foremost on building the relationship between the Coach
and the Executive; building the trust, and seeing if we can work
together. If we do not develop trust, you can not be honest,
then we can not do real work together. Almost always we click
and go forward, quickly. Occasionally we’re not the right
person for you and we’ll tell you. You’ll know.
We also
have a genuine drive and talent for developing leaders. We
help bring out the best of you. That way, you develop into the
leader you want to be instead of being a cookie cutter copy of
someone else’s idea of a leader.
Our expertise
is in improving executive communication, presence, influence,
relationships, and delegation with both senior Executives and
middle management. We help Executives effectively deal
with performance management, hiring, succession planning, and
relationships; up, down, across, and outside the organization.
Our work encompasses most major industries and functional areas
within Fortune 500 companies.
Because
of our strong business background and focus, we specialize in
executive development linked to the executive’s agenda. Linking
any development to the role and goals provides a framework within
which the development has a business reason – and aligns
individual with corporate success.
Learn
more about our specific Executive
Coaching Programs.
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