. . . and optimizes your opportunities for success. Visionary companies and professional partnerships now treat executive coaching as absolutely essential for key players — especially those in positions of strategic leadership and those who show great promise for the future.

. . . and enlarges your options in a setting of confidentiality and collegial respect. Executive coaching helps you "rise to the occasion," whether to pursue cherished dreams, to meet demanding challenges, to perfect critical skills, or to synchronize your life with your deepest values and passions.

Entrepreneurs. Aspiring leaders. Professionals. Executives. Managers and supervisors. In short, leaders at all stages of their careers.

Executive coaching is ideal for people who are outcome-oriented and ready to accept full responsibility for effecting the outcomes they desire. Coaching is a change process. It is only for men and women who are prepared to embrace change that will optimize their life and career.

Since executive leadership always entails strategy — either developing it, implementing it, or executing it — our executive coaching and executive mentoring pays special attention to your personal strategic priorities and skills.

We call this approach "strategic leadership development," and it revolves around four critical questions

• How clearly can you state your organization's strategy?
• How clearly can you state your specific role in carrying out that strategy?
• What skills are required in order to be effective in your strategic role?
• Which skills need further development in order to fulfill your role completely?

Executive coaching, like any business endeavor, must provide a satisfactory return on investment. While our rates are competitive, you still make a considerable commitment of time, energy, and finances when you work with a coach.

By coaching to strategic alignment (see the preceding section), we increase the likelihood of a solid ROI. After all, better execution of strategy almost invariably improves the bottom line.

We follow a holistic six-phase executive coaching "A.C.T.I.O.N." plan that leads to lasting results. We examine critical questions against the broader framework of your total pattern of life commitments, your core values, and what gives you a sense of fulfillment.

This is no "cookie-cutter" approach, however. We carefully customize our engagements to your specific needs.