Now, more than ever, Leaders are being asked to achieve more. Standards for leadership skills have increased significantly and Leaders must now get up to speed on new roles, responsibilities and opportunities, fast and often high performing leaders set higher expectations for themselves all leading to new benchmarks in leadership performance.
Executive Coaching is often the solution. It is a series of one-to-one learning conversations that facilitate performance and development. Coaches use adult learning frameworks, and a systematic solution focused approach. Coaching clients improve both their personal and organisational effectiveness through achievement, fulfilment and engagement, benefiting both the individual and the organisational through achieving extraordinary results.
All Executive Coaching programs are:
- • Customised to an individual’s needs and goals
- • Results orientated, evidence-based & solution focussed
- • Accelerates professional development
- • Adaptable to changing requirements.
Executive Coaching is recommended for,
- Stretch Assignments: For an Executive facing a sudden critical assignment with intense time and budget constraints, or promoted into a new position or back-filling a current opening.
- Sounding Board: For a Talented Executive operating in a complex fast-paced environment requires a confidential sounding board.
- High-Potential Executives: A Leader on the fast-track, who's being groomed for leadership positions, might need extra guidance to help them advance quickly.
- Strengthen Leadership Capability: When an Executive's weakness in interpersonal relationships, decision making or leadership capability is causing low morale and internal conflict.
- Specific Performance Problems: For the leaders that are behind plan or unlikely to meet business targets, a coach can provide strategic insights and support.
- Beat the Competition: Executives enhance their leadership and people skills so that their organizations can stay ahead of the competition.
- Building Teams: Often used in mergers and acquisitions or turn-around situations.
Kate is deeply committed to developing impactful solutions for her clients. She is a natural Coach with a selfless and straightforward demeanor.She is insightful, talented coach with a business focus who engages effectively with senior executives to increase their leadership bench-strength.
Dominic Johnson
Senior Manager, Partner Development
PricewaterhouseCoopers
I was lucky to have Kate as my coach who proved to be reflective, considerate and sensitive, whilst asking the tough questions and driving the focus and context that was needed. Her exceptional professionalism, experience and knowledge was evident throughout the process and I would recommend not only executive coaching but also Kate as an individual.
Michele Berkhout, Marketing Director
SEMA Group
Executive Spirit is partnering with our Senior Leadership Team to develop their full leadership capability. The Executive Coaching model is allowing our Managers to self-reflect on their performance and take constructive action to address key development areas. It is an excellent investment in strengthening leadership behaviours and increasing Team cohesiveness.
Angela Foskett, Director Human Resources
Virgin Mobile Australia
Kate has the strongest coaching skills of anyone I've ever met and I would not hesitate to hire her and Executive Spirit to help me sort out any strategic "human fulfillment" issues.
Cameron Berkman, Associate Partner IBM
Kate is an astute and insightful Coach who has assisted me with Executive Career Coaching. The tools, knowledge and professional networks Kate provided assisted me to confidently secure my next role.
Ferdinand Furch
Solutions Sales Manager ANZ, EMC
Kate Barker has become our resource in assisting leaders to strengthen their coaching capabilities. The Executive Coaching she has provided on an individual basis has given valuable insight and helped our leaders gain perspective in terms of managing relationships, conducting effective coaching discussions, managing performance.
Shan Collier
Vice President, Business Transformation
JPMorgan Australia
In my career I have met a lot of coaches and Kate Barker at Executive Spirit is definitely in the top tier. She has exceptionally strong coaching experience, she is passionate about client and organisational outcomes and has the highest academic qualifications. I have been impressed with her extensive knowledge, expertise and powerful coaching insights.
Dan Johnson, Marketing Director
Microsoft Australia and New Zealand.
The Executive Spirit's Coaching Program allowed my Senior Leaders to strengthen their leadership styles, having gained valuable self-insights, time to reflect, practice constructive behaviours and develop new strategies to lead ongoing change in the organisation.
Noel Hamill
Director of Sales & Distribution
Vodafone Hutchison Australia
Training produced a 22% increase in productivity. When training was combined with coaching productivity increased by 88%.
Study 2008
A study my Metrix Global on a Fortune 500 Firm found that Executive coaching resulted in an ROI of 529%.
Fortune Magazine, 2009.
Kate's thought provoking challenging questions together with her ability to subtlety maintain accountability and offer new perspectives has meant that she has enable me to grow my leadership capability beyond my own expectations.
Anna Floriano
Finance Director, Johnson and Johnson
- • Are you a Psychological Warrior?
- • Coaching and You
- • Executive Coaching: A Leadership Development Tool for Top Performers
- • Best Practice: Executive Coach and Coaching Client - the matching process
- • Weakness Revealed is a Leaders Strength
- • Leading effectively in the face of Change & Uncertainty
- • Mental Strength is critical for Peak Performance
- • Achievement = Happiness
- • Case Study: ROI on Executive Coaching
Referral program
Receive $1000 or an executive coaching session
Here at Executive Spirit we recognise that clients are our greatest asset. So it's no surprise that we attribute our success to significant referral business from clients.
Simply refer Executive Spirit to someone from your professional networks, a colleague or friend for an Executive Coaching Program. If your referral becomes a client within six months of the referral date you will receive either a complimentary executive coaching session or a $1000.
For more information contact us by email or phone (02) 9258 1944.
