EXECUTIVE COACHING
COACHING FOR CEOs, COOs & SENIOR SALES TEAMS
FocalPoint coaches work with some of the top executives at some of the largest companies in the U.S. and the world, helping them to grow to new heights. Locally, we are headquartered in Raleigh and offer services throughout Wake County including Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, and Apex.
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As an executive in today's volatile, complex business landscape, the demands on your leadership continue growing while new challenges emerge daily. You set the vision and strategy for the organization but struggle to find the time and objectivity to hone your own skills and behaviors needed to empower teams, drive change, and deliver sustainable results in the role.
An executive coach provides seasoned guidance as a thought partner focused entirely on accelerating your impact and performance as a leader through assessments, planning, feedback and ongoing 1-on1 development coaching. Read on to learn how partnering with an executive coach unlocks your potential.
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WHAT IS AN EXECUTIVE COACH?
An executive coach is a trusted advisor who works exclusively with leaders to help them gain self-awareness, expand their leadership competencies and achieve professional development goals through personalized coaching. They provide an objective perspective, structure, candid feedback, and accountability.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AN EXECUTIVE COACH AND A BUSINESS COACH?
While business coaches evaluate companies as a whole, executive coaches pinpoint opportunities for upper management. They focus less on operations and more on sharpening vision, strategic planning, communication, emotional intelligence, influence, team development, decision-making and personal growth specific to senior leaders.
WHAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS DOES AN EXECUTIVE COACH HAVE?
Highly skilled executive coaches possess experience in leadership roles themselves across industries. They combine business savvy with coaching psychology credentials to assess needs, design development plans, provide accountable support and advise executives through challenges leveraging real-world understanding.
WHAT ARE SOME COMMUNICATION SKILLS TAUGHT BY AN EXECUTIVE COACH?
From clarifying messaging, to active listening, conflict management and public speaking, an executive coach expands influential communication abilities across mediums. They teach executives to frame thoughts with empathy, confidence and concision to motivate and inform various audiences through carriage, word choice and structure.
CAN AN EXECUTIVE COACH HELP WITH SKILL-BUILDING?
Absolutely. An executive coach partners with leaders to create focused development plans that target the most critical skills gaps holding back career progression. Through exercises, role play, simulations, assessments and intentional practice, coaches build competencies around strategic planning, critical thinking, decision making, talent development, driving change and managing complexity over time.
In today’s complex, fast-paced business environment, even the most accomplished executives must continually evolve their vision, mindsets and capabilities to lead effectively through uncertainty.
Yet without an outside catalyst, it’s far too easy to become immersed in day-to-day demands rather than carving out dedicated time for purposeful self-improvement. Executives delay essential development when they need it most to transform their leadership.
That’s where an executive coach comes in – providing structured guidance to expand perspectives, skillsets and behaviors that empower you to thrive in new roles and ever-changing markets.
By partnering with a qualified coach, executives maintain leadership relevance and consistency even amidst disruption. Tailored assessment and development plans address specific gaps holding you back from reaching new heights of strategic impact, team inspiration and personal fulfillment.
Ongoing coaching builds leadership muscle memory through consistent practice and application of new abilities until they become second nature.
Through frequent check-ins and accountability to committed plans, coaches reinforce stick-to-itiveness until excellence is habitual.
Don’t leave career-accelerating transformation to chance. Commit to executive coaching for the objective mirror into strengths, focused improvement areas and accountability successful leaders rely on to consciously evolve over time. I invite you to book a discovery call to explore current leadership challenges, future vision for your role, and how executive coaching accelerates results.