The coaching was highly sensitive and areas for coaching included:

Improve his relationship with the global Managing Partner
Develop a clear strategy for rigorous European growth
Embrace a more collaborative style of leadership
Improve his networking and stakeholder management.

The Coaching Plan was agreed with the global Managing Partner together with how success and change would be measured. This included comparison with a before and after 360˚ survey and specific sales growth and networking targets on his balanced scorecard. The global Managing Partner was asked to give feedback on any changes he noticed in the MD’s relationship with him.

We held six face-to-face coaching sessions […]

I was approached by the UK HR Director to work with a fast track future leader who they wanted to prepare for a much larger global role which would be of critical importance to the future profitability of the business. Specific areas for his coaching were identified as:

Leading & implementing significant organisational change programmes
Working successfully at senior level across a complex global matrix
Building more confidence as a potential C-suite leader.

I worked with a small stakeholder group consisting of the coachee, his current and future bosses and the UK HRD to agree and sign-off a Coaching Plan which detailed the […]

I was asked to coach the European Director of Marketing on three issues:

Developing and implementing a European marketing strategy: influencing the Executive Leadership Team to   move from a product focus to a total client solutions proposition
Restructuring the marketing function; work closer with sales
Help him become more self-aware & deal with frustration better.

We jointly developed a Coaching Plan which was signed off by the Chief Executive and agreed a method of evaluating success which included both quantitative and qualitative measures. We held six two hour face-to-face coaching sessions over five months, with regular telephone calls and email interaction between sessions. […]