It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. Adlai Stevenson

WHAT IS EXECUTIVE COACHING?

• Executive coaching is a sustained partnership between an individual and a professionally trained coach that is intended to enhance the executive's current and future effectiveness in his or her organization.
• Executive coaching is intended to meet both individual and organizational needs.
• An executive coach works with an individual to identify developmental goals and pursue a plan for achieving those goals.
• Executives coaches draw from a broad base of knowledge and an extensive repertoire of assessment and learning tools.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF EXECUTIVE COACHING?

• Greater effectiveness both personally and professionally
• Coaching is tailored to individual needs and goals but linked to organizational needs
• Coaching helps create and support a learning culture
• By being coached, an individual can learn how to better coach others

WHEN IS EXECUTIVE COACHING AN APPROPRIATE OPTION?

• Being groomed as a high potential or part of a formal succession plan
• Taking on a new role and rising in level of authority and responsibility
• Expanding scope of responsibilities to include new challenges
• Responsible for driving an organizational change or strategy critical to organizational success
• Working with senior team members in a new way that requires external advice, counsel and support
• In need of help presenting, developing, and articulating a message, vision, plan, or strategy
• In need of counsel, advice, or critical thinking from an outside perspective to reconfigure the organization's direction, structure, or capabilities
• In need of optimizing capabilities to improve the performance of others
• In need of developing critical, interpersonal skills in order to work better in a non-technical, leadership role

Coaching becomes a potential benefit when the executive is:

• Open to being coached
• Open to feedback and learning
• Motivated to change
• Has developmental needs suitable for one-on-one coaching

In order to be successful, coaching must be provided in an organization that is suitable for benefits to be realized. Organizations can maximize the effectiveness and successful outcome of executive coaching when they:

• Are open to having executives coached
• See goals as developmental rather than narrowly targeted on fixing specific behaviors
• Are supportive of the coaching process and follow-up activities
• Value the ability of current leaders to grow future leaders

GETTING STARTED

For a one-time fee of $250 we will provide you with the following:

1. An initial interview to assess your coaching needs.
2. A list of recommended contacts from our coaching pool that we have already screened and established as authorized UVa vendors.
3. Assistance with negotiating and balancing your individual goals withthe organization's goals.
4. Assistance in negotiating the price and format of the coaching service.
5. An orientation for your coach to the larger organizational culture.
6. Assistance in monitoring and evaluating the return on investment.