Executive and Leadership Coaching Services

Background
As organizations in higher education continue to evolve, CEO and midlevel administrators will need coaches to assist them in helping the institution achieve its mission and vision.  It takes a powerful blend of alignment between the Board of Trustees, CEO, and the administrative team to effectively interpret, communicate and deliver the institution’s vision and strategic priorities. Coaching services will emerge as one of the critical strategies community college districts will employ to manage change, guide institutional initiatives and facilitate successful leadership transitions.

Accelerating and enhancing the capabilities of the CEO and building the finest leadership team comprise the heart of the coaching services offered by ELS. Executive Coaching offers a defined process to ensure the institution’s ability to maintain and stabilize the tenure of valued leaders while maximizing each executive’s capacity to continually integrate new skills in response to challenges and changing conditions within the greater environment where in community colleges operate.  The coaching engagement provides a sound and objective way to focus the leadership team's performance and measure results linked to your college’s vision and existing or new goals.

Services

ELS Coaching Associates offer customized competency based leadership assessment and development programs to accommodate the unique features of your organization’s culture, environment and leadership needs.  The services are oriented around the principle that how leaders learn and develop significantly impacts organizational change.  Through in depth executive interviews, and selection of appropriate 360 feedback, cultural and leadership assessment instruments, each executive is presented with a confidential and holistic picture of individual strengths and areas of development in relation to your organization’s vision, mission and challenges. 

The individually tailored coaching process affords each executive the opportunity to create and complete a performance action plan that will leverage his or her strengths, expand perspective, and open up access to new approaches and solutions.  The coach can help the executive gain rich insight into his or her behaviors, actions, and developmental needs by offering objective impressions and candid feedback, frequently not available to high level leaders through more traditional or formal feedback processes.  The coaching engagement can also help pinpoint requisite skills, actions and behaviors that may be needed to succeed in a new role or achieve a new level of performance.

Anticipated Results

 As the executive’s goals are clarified and translated into action plans, the coaching process reinforces a consistent focus on achieving successful results through weekly or bi-weekly meetings to assess progress, identify milestones and engage in real-time problem solving where indicated.  Ultimately, the coaching conversation presents executives with a safe environment in which to discuss emerging issues, organizational problems and leadership challenges.  At the same time, the coaching process enables the institution to invest in its future viability and growth by fostering a developmental community of leaders.