Executive Coaching

There is a widely accepted misperception that to succeed professionally, a person needs to do whatever it takes, even if that means sacrificing his or her own well-being in the process. It is not true. Don’t think that brute force is the only path to success. A better path will be based on recognizing your internal resources and learning to work with them more effectively.

Are you getting in your own way?

All of us have strengths and weaknesses. When we work against our strengths and try to leverage our weakest points, the result is often frustration. Unfortunately, many people have difficulty identifying the skills, personality traits, and innate resources (such as emotional intelligence) that contribute to or limit professional success.

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

—Pogo (Walt Kelly)

Mapping your internal assets can provide a way forward

A targeted executive assessment can map attributes, traits, and inner resources. Equipped with this mapping, it will be more possible to map out attainable goals. When one maximizes their natural strengths and abilities in their work, they are more able to thrive professionally and personally. Career challenges can become invigorating rather than wearing and defeating.

The path to professional success with balance and a sense of emotional fulfillment and meaning is enabled by a clear understanding of strengths and values. This understanding is the basis for resolving what isn’t working and addressing underlying obstacles that have been getting in the way of professional success.

Executive assessment

An executive assessment evaluates the skills, abilities, and potential of individuals in executive or leadership positions. The assessment provides insights into an executive’s strengths, weaknesses, and areas for development. Executive assessments can help a person better understand who they are, so they can set and meet professional goals, make the best use of their individual strengths, drive their professional success, and enable feelings of fulfillment and satisfaction.

Therapeutic executive coaching can find and tackle barriers to success

There are lots of talented people who work hard and put in long hours yet seem unable to get ahead professionally. Many people in this position are simply unaware of the underlying barriers that may be blocking their success.

For example, a person may have limiting beliefs about their abilities that can undermine their self-confidence or undeveloped leadership skills that cause them to be passed up for a promotional opportunity in favor of someone else.

Therapeutic executive coaching combines executive coaching with therapeutic techniques to help people overcome the emotional, psychological, or behavioral obstacles that hinder their progress.

Unlike most standard executive coaching services that give a person tools for success, therapeutic executive coaching helps a person succeed professionally while also honoring his innate human needs for balance and well-being—to really feel happy and successful at the same time.

Using “Stages of Change” to move forward professionally in a meaningful way that aligns with your values

Many people feel stuck in a particular circumstance, way of being, or behavior that feels impossible to change. Yet science now recognizes that making a big change is often a process that takes time, consistent effort, and, in many cases, even relapse(s) before a lasting change is effected in the long term.

This is called the “Stages of Change” model, in which a person initially feels unable to make a change, then thinks about a change over a long time, starts preparing, takes action, and often fails or relapses. Multiple setbacks are not uncommon.

To make a big change successfully, a person needs to feel ready to change, work through the barriers to change, be vigilant to avoid drifting back into old patterns, and be resilient to the difficulties that will be encountered. In therapeutic coaching, you can build resilience to learn from and recover from setbacks.

Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success

—Arianna Huffington

Some people want to change careers but need help to make the change. Others need help working through emotional or other barriers to move forward professionally. People who are caught up in unhealthy behaviors may need help to move past the behaviors that are limiting their success and fulfillment in life.

Deep therapeutic healing can help professionals resolve the deep underlying issues that limit success

Many professionals reach a certain point where they feel stuck, blocked from advancement, or unfulfilled. They may attribute their unhappiness to current circumstances or to external factors without realizing how past experiences have contributed to their unhappiness.

Some people just need executive coaching to improve their skills and help them work through barriers to their professional success. Others need skilled therapeutic support to work through hurtful experiences such as a difficult childhood, a relationship breakdown, grief, feeling triggered by past traumas, or being thrown off track by health issues.

By understanding and addressing your core issues, it’s even possible to heal from very deeply held pain and move forward professionally in a healthier and more empowered way than ever seemed possible.