Leadership and Executive Coaching
Develop strong organizational leaders through tailored coaching services designed to help individual leaders and groups/teams to foster their strengths, navigate challenges, and identify opportunities for growth.
Our expertly trained team of Certified Coaches and Organizational Psychologists provide personalized guidance, strategic insights, and actionable development plans tailored to the unique challenges and goals of your leaders so they can build the self-awareness and skills needed to make a positive impact.
Benefits of Leadership and Executive Coaching Services
Leadership coaching services, whether for new or experienced managers, directors, or executives:
- Drives growth through personalized and strategic guidance, accountability, self-insight, and actionable development plans
- Addresses a leader’s unique challenges and leveraging their strengths to develop leadership skills
- Helps leaders and executives thrive in their role and drive organizational success
Our Approach to Leadership and Executive Coaching
With solutions based on the evidence-based best practices of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Coaching, we are experts in the domain of human dynamics and have developed a customized approach to the coaching process that maximizes your organization’s investment in the leadership development process. Our comprehensive coaching model:
- Takes a Psychological Approach to understanding the assumptions and beliefs that determine behaviour and help guide development.
- Utilizes Psychometric Assessments that provide valuable insights into current leadership styles, strengths, and areas for growth. Learn more about our full suite of individual assessment tools here.
- Provides Ongoing Support and Feedback through customizable coaching packages that include real-time support and equip leaders with the skills needed to navigate challenges as they emerge.
- Includes Alignment Session(s) with the supervisor to provide feedback and support for successful development.
Our Coaching Services
Our professional coaches can offer coaching packages, typically ranging from 6 to 12 months, which include coaching hours, alignment sessions with key stakeholders, and the addition of assessments for deeper self-insight.
- Executive Leadership Coaching: executive career coaches work with Vice-President and C-Suite level executives, with a focus on developing leadership skills to enhance organizational performance and reach business goals.
- Leadership Coaching: any individual with direct or indirect reports can benefit from coaching. We provide coaching for first-time supervisors through manager and director-level leaders, helping to uncover blind spots and develop the skills of effective leaders.
- Coaching for Emerging and Aspiring Leaders: coaching for high potentials who are readying their skills and developing emotional intelligence to enter people leadership roles is a worthwhile investment for organizations. In addition to skill building, providing coaching to employees can increase engagement and retention.
- Team Coaching/Group Coaching: facilitated coaching for teams of leaders or groups of executives builds collaboration, cooperation, and trust. Team coaching leverages the insights and complementary skill sets of each team member to develop and achieve business goals.
Leadership and Executive Coaching FAQs
What is the average cost of leadership coaching services?
The cost of leadership coaching varies depending on the level of the leader being coached, the number of coaching hours included in a package, and if psychometric assessments are used. Through Canada Career Counselling, our coaching packages begin at $7,200.
What does an executive coach do?
Executive coaching services involve understanding the strengths and development opportunities of each unique leader, helping them to develop deeper self-insight and improve their leadership capabilities. Development goals are influenced by business goals, with a focus on leadership growth tied directly to organizational performance.
What skills will I gain from leadership development coaching?
A variety of leadership skills can be developed through leadership coaching, including:
- Emotional intelligence
- Navigating organizational politics
- Effective communication
- Conflict management skills
- Feedback and difficult conversations
- Team leadership
- Leading hybrid and remote teams
- Relationship building and stakeholder management
- Strategic thinking
- Executive presence
- Confident decision making
What are the main stages of the leadership coaching process?
Coaching engagements vary based on the organization’s and leader’s needs, but in general the stages are:
- Assessing and understanding current skills, strengths, development opportunities and blind spots based on an in-depth interview and the use of various psychometric assessments.
- Crafting an actionable development plan with clear and measurable goals and supports.
- An alignment session with the leader’s supervisor and sometimes HR to provide feedback and support for the plan.
- Ongoing coaching sessions to specifically target the goals set in the plan.
- Summarizing and debriefing overall progress, which may include a closing alignment session with feedback.
What other services do you offer organizations?
Please see our other Services for Organizations to learn more about our range of services, including training, speaking, career transition and outplacement, climate and engagement surveys, and more.
Looking to invest in your talent through individual or group coaching services?
Contact us today to determine a coaching package that best suits your leadership development needs.