Executive Coaching & Leadership Development

Enhancing leadership performance for CEOs and senior managers.

Leading a business is exhilarating and challenging, and many CEOs and business owners, like you, often do not have reliable sources of objective input regarding the challenges and opportunities they are facing.

Executive coaching and leadership development provides experienced, trustworthy perspective and guidance to help you develop as a leader and to help strengthen and elevate the management team that supports you.

"I have spent over 30,000 hours coaching CEOs, Presidents and business owners."

Peter Buchanan, President — Management Transitions

A leadership development program may include helping you to quickly determine which individuals have the skills and mindset you need to move your organization forward. This process can “save” borderline cases where leadership potential is in question.

A dual approach to executive coaching and leadership development

My executive coaching and leadership development initiatives focus on two broad categories:

1

Growth-oriented coaching

Aimed at sharpening overall job performance and expanding leadership capacity.

2

Change-oriented coaching

Focuses on improving specific behaviours or skills where change is needed most.

The most likely candidates for an individual leadership development program are senior level employees who:

The executive coaching and leadership development process

A program typically lasts between six months and one year and involves three phases:

01

Discovery conversation

We begin with an in-depth conversation with the candidate. As part of this process, we may administer personality profiles and, sometimes, complete a 360 review.

02

Developmental agenda

I assess whether an individual will benefit from the program and then define a developmental agenda that may include specific targets, prioritization of activities, and action planning.

03

Ongoing coaching sessions

Ongoing development sessions help the individual clarify what they want to achieve, create a plan to realize their goals, eliminate barriers to development, and stay focused.

The Bottom Line

The bottom line on my programs is that they can enhance an individual's performance, while elevating your management team as a whole.

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Have a leadership or organizational challenge you'd like to explore? No obligation. Call Pete or send a message.