Leadership and Executive Coaching for Clarity and Momentum

My leadership and executive coaching clients lead companies, causes, projects and programs, locally, nationally, and internationally. Do you share these similarities?

• You are highly committed and carry major responsibilities 
• Have a demanding workload in an often-changing environment
• Manage high expectations, both from yourself and from others 
• Must remain productive, even during periods of significant stress 
• Feel overloaded, showing signs of burnout, or just running on empty
• Must clarify and act on concurrent challenges, opportunities, and crisis
• You carry your faith into how you work, and want to stay true to that

Since 1998 I’ve coached leaders, executives, and senior-level professionals to find solutions for unusually concerning and demanding periods of leadership and decision-making.

I invite you to contact me and discuss your situation. Sometimes just one conversation can change everything.

A primary emphasis of my being an executive leadership coach is working with Christians who serve and work at senior levels of responsibility across all sectors, both in secular and faith-based workplaces.  

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there certain workplace conditions that indicate coaching would be helpful?

• If you are feeling overloaded or on the edge of burnout, four things most often lead to a request for executive leadership coaching.

1. Challenge - There has been a persistent problem of some sort
2. Change - What has existed and perhaps even been comfortable has shifted 
3. Vision - Something is possible, if the idea can be listened to and developed
4. Pursuit - The real possibility exists to do better, achieve more, and thrive

Why do you feel confident saying so many other coaches are available? Doesn't that eat into your business?

• Because I know (by God’s grace) what I do well. I know there are very specific times a leader or executive would benefit from working with me. 
• Outside of that there are many other life needs that other coaches can deliver on. I have a full roster of great clients.

Why do you say, "Leadership and Executive Coaching for Clarity," when there are so many other things you could emphasize?  (Like avoiding burnout or maintaining productivity under stress, or being more adaptive in my leadership.)

• Because the starting point of any solution or initiative is clarity. Seeing yourself and your situation clearly and knowing what to do next is essential to moving forward in the best way possible.  

How Do I Get the Most Out of Executive Coaching?

Clarity rules. Know what it is you would like to achieve or work on.

As you look ahead six to twelve months from now, what difference would you like leadership and executive coaching to have made for you? For your team? On your key objectives?

Think about the possibilities and the things you'd like to work on.

• Are you leading through an extended, challenging, and stressful period in the organization?

• Do you feel like you're trying to accomplish objectives in the face of constant volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity?

• Are you working on sluggish initiatives that are in need of clarity and momentum? 

• Are you simply trying to up your game as a leader?

The clearer you can be at the beginning, the better we can zero in on those things that will make the difference moving forward. 

In their own words, here's a sampling of what some of my clients have worked on.

Here's helpful information about how we would work together. 

What would you like to work on with a professional executive coach as you advance important projects, programs and initiatives? 

Let’s schedule a conversation to discuss what's happening, what's needed, and what's next.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if I know I need coaching, but I’m not sure about what exactly that should look like?

• I've been providing leadership and executive coaching for a long time. I know how to help you gain the clarity you need. I zero in pretty fast on what is most important.  

Do we have to follow a set plan or agenda?

• No. We move forward discussing exactly what you feel is most important right now.

How long does our coaching agreement last?

• We coach month to month. When you feel you have exactly what you need, we can finish our work together. 
• Just so you know, my clients do stay with coaching for an average of just over 14 months. Some have been with me for a number of years. 

How Long Have You Been Providing Support and Executive Coaching for Leaders Feeling Burned Out at Work?

I have worked with leaders, executives and senior level professionals around concerns of overload and burnout since 1998.

My own experience prompted me to understand what contributes to burnout and what to do about it. 

Most of the leaders I serve retain my leadership and executive coaching services when they know they are at a crossroad and must address the following.

• High stress: There is a need to deal with persistent intensity, overload, burnout, or burn-on. 

• A concerning period of leadership: Demand and stress are something you experience daily. That's "common." But, this goes beyond that. You've spent too long in this situation, that for whatever reason, generates real concern, worry, and anxiety for you. You need to see yourself and your situation clearly, and know what to do next. 

• Sluggish performance: There is a need to regain personal productivity and effectiveness that has been eroded over time. 

It's not uncommon for the leader to feel overextended, exhausted, and like they are running on empty.

If this leader is not burning out at work, others around them may be. They face the task of getting the right things done in the face of too many things to do. And, of course, they must continue to produce.

Frequently Asked Questions

I don’t know that I am burned out, but I’m feeling pretty fried. Will coaching help?

• Yes. Read the information I have on the site about burnout. One aim as we work together is to prevent burnout happening. Stop it before it does become a problem. 
• Now is the time to take a hard look at yourself and your situation and see if there are adjustments that could be made to take the pressure off of you, and still maintain productivity.

Coaching You to Regain Resilience and Adaptability

One thing is for sure. You still need to keep things moving forward, but it’s tough. A hard, sometimes toxic mix of situations, people, and expectations have left you feeling drained.

In addition, things keep shifting. It seems to be getting more complex. You need to be ready to shift when needed, and remain resilient in the face of whatever comes at you or the organization. Two things often show up. 

• High stress? With coaching you can minimize those things that lead to overload and burnout.

• Sluggish performance? With coaching you can elevate those things that sustain contribution and achievement.

As experienced a leader as you are, you may feel like you are dealing with some significant stress, maybe even on the edge of burnout.

I invite you to connect to discuss what's possible. I've professionally coached in this type of situation for over 26 years. Sometimes one conversation changes everything.

I want to keep you resilient and adaptable, not only as you deal with overload or burnout, but beyond.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do you stress regaining resilience and adaptability?

• If a tree can’t bend in the wind, it will snap. In today’s fast-moving environment, if you as a leader have trouble being resilient and adapting to the changes that keep coming at you, you will snap. 
• Resilience is like a strong, weather-toughened branch. Know something about resilience, exercise it in real wind, and it will grow stronger. 

Can You Help Develop and Bring Out in Me the Best Qualities of a Good Leader?

Whether you work and lead within:

• Corporate or Nonprofit
• Government or Business
• Faith-based or General-market 

I am noted for zeroing in quickly to help you clarify and act on those few things which make the biggest difference in moving you and your priorities forward. That's important when you might find yourself under significant pressure.

Every day you are working on getting the right things done. And, you do that while experiencing all the challenges faced by leadership. My aim in coaching is to draw the best out of you.  

After many years and many thousands of hours of personal coaching, strategic planning work and client success, I understand how to help committed individuals regain and increase their capacity to work and lead through those more challenging periods.

More information on addressing overload or burnout. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Will we use a particular motivational author’s or “guru’s” teaching and books as a guide to my development?

• No. Every leader is different. We’ll focus, not on creating a generic, looks-like-a-book you, but on bringing out the real, best you that makes a difference in the world. 
• If we talk about a book, great. All leaders usually do at some point, because leaders tend to be readers. There is tremendous help in many books. But, somebody’s book will not be a template for coaching. 
• We'll be sure to land on the right things as we pursue your leadership and executive coaching.

Do You Provide Healthcare Executive Coaching?

I have the privilege of providing healthcare executive coaching to some truly resilient men and women, in both Canada and United States.

I'll use the example we all remember, the Covid pandemic during the early part of the 2020's required of my clients as never before. Resilience mattered on a literal day to day basis.

• The complexity of challenges faced by leadership
• Rapid deployment of strategies for managing change
• Managing workplace stress
• Engaging the power of a positive attitude
• Constantly faced with how to make tough decisions

To say they were strained almost sounds like an understatement now. The challenges just kept coming. Leadership and executive coaching made a difference during a difficult few years. You can read more about our healthcare executive coaching journey through the pandemic here. 

I mention this because almost all leaders will go through at least a handful of really stressful, and sometimes extended periods of time that require all you've got ... and maybe more.

This is where having that one on one leadership and executive coaching with me just may make the difference.

Today, we may not be facing down a pandemic as we were then, but new crisis and challenges will arise for every leader. The cause and form may change but the stresses will be just as real. 

To explore healthcare executive coaching, please contact me.

Frequently Asked Questions

Would your coaching help those in our healthcare executive leadership program? 

• Without a doubt. When a leader is intentional about personal and professional coaching, they can grow leaps and bounds. No leader should assume or continue in their role without being invited to work with a seasoned Coach. 
• When an organization purposefully provides healthcare leadership coaching for those they are preparing for further responsibility, the return far outstrips the investment. It can provide dividends for as long as that leader remains in the organization. 

Are you a medical professional?

• I am not. I am a seasoned Executive Coach who has had the privilege of working successfully with senior-level healthcare executives through some pretty challenging stuff (like the early days and aftermath of Covid.) 
• I often say, "I don't have to know your business. But, I do have to know people, and how to draw the best out of them." 

Do you coach individual doctors and nurses? 

• Generally, I do not. There are other professional coaches who specialize in this area. 

I do have at least two exceptions: 

• One: You are a doctor or nurse currently in, recently promoted to, or preparing yourself for, some senior level of leadership.
• Two: You are running a private practice or healthcare related organization.

Simply inquire, and we can have a conversation to discuss your particular circumstances. 

Do You Provide Christian Executive Leadership Coaching?

A large percentage of my clients identify as Christian leaders, executives or senior-level professionals. Being a believer myself, I understand where the faith-based leader is coming from in their desired approach to leading in both secular and faith settings. 

Some of my clients are able to be very public about their Christian beliefs.

My Christian coaching clients work in sectors and settings where their private faith informs their public behavior and thinking.

Every one of my clients wants to be sincerely living out the positive characteristics of a Christian leader to a watching world that longs for their public and private leaders to "walk the talk." 

All bring passion and high-level contribution to their work.

Whether you work in a secular or faith-based setting, I will custom design coaching to address your unique situation. I have no difficulty working in either setting. More information. 

As always, navigating leadership this year will pose new challenges that will necessitate Christian executives taking advantage of coaching and support. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Do we spend a lot of time talking about the Bible?

• No. Executive Coaching is not a Bible study or a discipleship course. We discuss real life leadership, work and life. And, if in the course of our coaching the Bible should come up, I’m perfectly at ease discussing Biblical application to the situation at hand.

Do I have to be a “strong” Christian to work with you?

• No. You simply need to have a desire to work with an Executive Coach.

Do you espouse a particular political agenda?

• Absolutely not. Nor will I work with a leader who, in my mind, leans toward political extremes of any kind.

Would You Provide Leadership and Executive Coaching to One of the Leaders in Our Organization?

Often, individuals are sponsored by their company or organization for leadership and executive coaching. While I've worked with leaders from many sectors, they have one thing in common ... they HAVE to keep doing their job and bringing in the results.

If you are the one inquiring for coaching, hopefully your organization will be interested in seeing you do well and they will pay for you to have an executive coach.

Having said that, many professionals do pay their own coaching fees when it comes to dealing with overload and burnout. Simply, they want to keep it confidential. It varies from one organization to another.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do we handle confidentiality?

• To pursue leadership and executive coaching, the sponsor, the client, and I will have a discussion where I will outline that I do not discuss client discussions with anyone. 
• If the two of you wish to create a plan to talk about how coaching is making a difference, that is between you. I will only report that the client has in fact shown up at coaching.

I provide support. I work with leaders, executives and professionals privately and confidentially. The support is personal, live and full of care and understanding.

I'm not working from theory. I've been there and understand what's going on. Let's explore how I might be of service to you. Contact me here. 

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