Executive coaching for leaders taking on more responsibility
A more senior role usually asks for things your last one didn't prepare you for. The people you lead have competing priorities, the stakeholder map gets more complicated, and the habits that earned the promotion can start working against you under pressure. My coaching helps you see the patterns behind how you lead and try different responses in real situations, with the autonomic nervous system included in the work.
Organisations sponsoring a leader can use a structured six-month engagement with agreed goals, an assessment and sponsor conversations. Pricing and FAQs are further down this page.
Book a scoping call- For
- A senior leader, usually sponsored by their employer
- Format
- Twelve sessions of ninety minutes, one every fortnight, over six months
- Cost
- $9,000 + GST, with the assessment billed at cost
- First step
- A forty-five-minute scoping call with the leader, then fifteen minutes with the sponsor
What the six months look like
There are twelve sessions of ninety minutes, one every fortnight, in person in Melbourne or online. The engagement opens with a 360 or a Leadership Circle Profile. The sponsor then gets three conversations with me over the six months, one of them at the halfway point.
The aim is more range in how the leader can respond when the pressure is on. I can't promise a particular result.
This is professional coaching
I'm an ICF Professional Certified Coach, and this is professional coaching. It isn't therapy, and it doesn't replace an employee assistance program.
Cost and how it starts
The engagement is $9,000 + GST. The 360 or Leadership Circle Profile is billed at cost.
It starts with a forty-five-minute scoping call with the leader, which costs nothing, followed by fifteen minutes with the sponsor. Book it with the button below. You can also email rudi@vertdev.co or call +61 410 740 648 with a few lines on who this is for and what has prompted it.
Questions leaders and sponsors usually ask
When does this kind of coaching suit a leader?
It suits a leader who has just stepped up and is still finding their feet, or whose 360 has come back with something they want to work on. It's also a fit when their reactions under pressure are straining relationships with peers or senior stakeholders.
What happens on the scoping call?
It's forty-five minutes and it's free. I get to know you and the challenge you're exploring, including what you've already tried. We look at how executive coaching could help, and I provide an outline of the coaching program with its key milestones. The call is also how we both find out whether we're a good fit. There's no pitch deck, and nothing obliges you to continue. If coaching isn't the right help, I'll tell you straight away and point you somewhere better.
What does the employer get for the money?
The sponsor is part of the engagement, with three conversations over the six months, so the employer can see how the work is going without having to chase it. I won't promise a business outcome, because the result depends on more than the coaching.
What gets reported back to the employer?
Before the work starts, we agree what gets reported back. The sponsor and I speak three times over the six months, with one of those at the halfway point, and anything outside what we agreed stays between the leader and me.
How will we know whether it's working?
The 360 or Leadership Circle Profile at the start gives the work a baseline. The three sponsor conversations, one of them at the halfway point, are where we look at what has changed.
How is this different from mentoring or consulting?
A mentor advises from their own career, and a consultant hands over recommendations. Coaching starts from the leader's own situations and what they do in them. It isn't therapy either, and if something belongs with a psychologist I'll say so early and refer.
Who will I be working with?
I'm an ICF Professional Certified Coach, and I hold an Executive Master in Change from INSEAD.
My coach training includes the Professional Coaching Course at New Ventures West and Aletheia Coaching levels 1 and 2. I studied Growth Edge Coaching at Cultivating Leadership and the Subject-Object Interview at Minds at Work. I'm certified in the Leadership Circle Profile, and in the Key Polarity Indicator by Andiron.
On leadership, I studied The Art and Practice of Leadership Development with Ron Heifetz at Harvard Kennedy School, and Adaptive Leadership at the Kansas Leadership Center. I also studied Dare to Lead with Brené Brown, and Systemic Intelligence with Mobius Next Practice Institute.
Before moving into leadership work I spent fifteen years as a technology consultant, so a story about a board paper doesn't need explaining first. I've worked with people at organisations including Google, Microsoft, McKinsey, SAP, BHP, Rio Tinto, Caterpillar and Oliver Wyman.
Why one practitioner and not a firm?
Every session is with me from first to last, so the leader never has to re-explain the situation to someone new halfway through. The trade-off is capacity, which is why I take on a small number of engagements at a time.
Can the sessions be online?
Yes. Sessions can be in person in Melbourne or online, and the two can be mixed.