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Executive coaching

In this coaching programme you work 1-on-1 with an experienced executive coach on your leadership, decision-making and resilience. Five sessions, entirely geared to your context.

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  • A personal sparring partner at the highest level
  • Tailored, confidential and discreet
  • More control over decision-making under pressure
  • Room for reflection and resilience
  • Strategic thinking with direct impact
Jeroen

Your trainer: Jeroen 44 evaluations in total, average score 9.5. View the trainers

As a director, board member or management team member, you are under constant pressure. With executive coaching you gain an independent sparring partner who helps you stay sharp, make better choices and lead with greater calm. Confidential, tailored and focused on results.

Description

In this executive coaching programme, you work one-to-one with an experienced coach on your leadership at the highest level. You gain insight into your leadership style, examine your strengths, patterns and pitfalls, and practise clear communication in complex situations.

The programme starts with a no-obligation intake in which your situation, goals and context are mapped out. This is followed by sessions of 60 to 90 minutes, online or on location. A standard programme consists of five sessions, with the option to extend or deepen it.

The coaching is entirely tailored, confidential and geared to your context as a director, board member or management team member. You combine reflection with practical tools and strategic thinking, so that you lead with more calm, control and impact. The coaching is provided in Dutch as standard and is also available in English on request.

Topics

  • Insight into your leadership style and its impact on those around you
  • Your qualities, patterns and pitfalls as a leader
  • Clear communication in difficult conversations and boardroom situations
  • Decision-making under pressure with more overview and confidence
  • Resilience, focus and balance in your role
  • Personal leadership at director and board level
  • Reflection on strategic choices and complex issues
  • Dynamics within your team and organisation
  • Practical tools for control, calm and direction

Result

After this coaching programme you have a firmer grip on your behaviour, decision-making and communication. You lead calmly and with an overview in complex situations and deal more effectively with pressure, expectations and responsibility. You feel more direction and balance in your leadership, gain sharp insights that take you and your organisation further, and inspire those around you with clear choices, self-confidence and strategic thinking.

Target audience

Executive coaching is intended for experienced leaders who want to strengthen their personal leadership and are looking for space to reflect at the highest level. For example:

  • CEOs, directors and management team members
  • Board members and (senior) managers in public or commercial organisations
  • Leaders who need more control, calm and direction in their role
  • Professionals with responsibility for strategy, change or complex decision-making

You do not need any specific preparation. A willingness to take an honest look at yourself is enough. Not sure whether this programme suits you? Please feel free to contact us.

Teaching method

Executive coaching is a 1-on-1 programme, fully tailored to your issues as a leader. You start with a no-obligation intake in which we map out your situation, goals and context. After that you work together with an experienced executive coach in sessions of 60 to 90 minutes. The conversations take place online or on location, as mutually agreed.

The coaching is tailor-made and confidential. You work on your personal development and on the dynamics within your team or organisation. Reflection, practical tools and strategic thinking come together, so that you take steps that make a real difference.

A standard programme consists of 5 sessions. Extending or deepening the programme is always possible by arrangement.

Prior knowledge

You do not need any specific prior knowledge. This programme is intended for experienced leaders, such as directors, board members, management team members or senior managers. What counts is your willingness to look at yourself honestly and to work on your leadership.

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Practical information

Education level
Suitable for all levels
Preparation time
None
Included
Course materials
Certificate
At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance

Language

The coaching can also be delivered in English if required.

The trainers for this course

Ratings from participants after completing their course, across all courses by this trainer.

Jeroen

Trainer in communication and leadership 9,5 from 44 evaluations

What others say about this course

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"Interesting and instructive course; the course book is an added value, so you can look things up again at work or at home. Kind regards, Karel Pelzer."

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"In a short space of time – unfortunately I was unable to attend the second day – I learned some very practical applications."

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"Practically oriented and highly applicable in practice. Nice combination of theory + practice"

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Frequently asked questions

How long does an executive coaching programme take?
A standard executive coaching programme consists of 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes. You start with a no-obligation intake to map out your situation, goals and context. You then schedule the sessions in consultation with your coach, online or on location. Would you like to extend or deepen the programme? That is always possible, entirely geared to your leadership question.
What does executive coaching cost and what do you get for it?
The price of executive coaching is available on request, because a programme is tailored entirely to your situation and goals. A standard programme consists of 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes with an experienced executive coach, preceded by a no-obligation intake. Sessions take place online or on location. Extending or deepening the programme is always possible. Contact us for a tailored quotation.
Can executive coaching also be done online?
Yes, you can take executive coaching online or on location, in consultation with your coach. Many leaders opt for a combination: an in-person introduction followed by online sessions that fit more easily into a busy diary. The format is entirely tailored and is geared to your working rhythm, travel distance and preference. That way you keep flexibility without giving up depth.
Who is executive coaching suitable for?
Executive coaching is intended for experienced leaders who want to strengthen their personal leadership. Think of CEOs, directors, board members and management team members in commercial or public organisations, and (senior) managers with a role in strategy, change or complex decision-making. You do not need any specific preparation. A willingness to look at yourself honestly is enough to start the programme.
What is the difference between executive coaching and regular coaching?
Executive coaching focuses specifically on leaders at the highest level, such as CEOs, directors and management team members. Where regular coaching often has personal development as its aim, executive coaching is about leadership in complex organisations: strategic decision-making, boardroom dynamics, responsibility under pressure and impact on your team. The coach is experienced with issues at director and board level and offers a discreet, independent sounding board.
How does an executive coaching programme work in practice?
An executive coaching programme starts with a no-obligation intake to map out your situation, goals and context. This is followed by a standard 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes with an experienced executive coach, online or on location. The coaching is 1-on-1, confidential and fully tailored. You combine reflection, practical tools and strategic thinking. Extending or deepening the programme is always possible.
How do I know whether executive coaching is right for me, or whether a leadership training course is a better choice?
Executive coaching suits you if you already hold a leadership role (CEO, director, board member or management team member) and are working on issues specific to your own situation and context. A leadership course works with a fixed curriculum and a group of participants, and is suitable if you want to build general knowledge and skills. Coaching is one-to-one, confidential and entirely tailored. You decide on the themes yourself: decision-making under pressure, communication in the boardroom, the balance between work and energy, or the dynamics within your team. Choose coaching if you need to reflect with an independent sounding board, and if your issues are too personal or strategic for a group setting. Not sure? The intake is without obligation and helps you make that choice.
What happens to the content of the coaching sessions, and how confidential is an executive coaching programme really?
An executive coaching programme is entirely confidential. What you discuss with your coach stays between the two of you. Nothing is reported back to HR, your board or a client, not even if your employer is paying for the programme. The coach has no obligation to report on the content. At most, it is confirmed in broad terms that sessions have taken place, for invoicing purposes. That confidentiality is precisely why executive coaching works for directors, board members and management team members: you can be honest about doubts, boardroom conflicts or strategic dilemmas without it affecting your position. If you want to share insights with your team or organisation yourself, you decide what and when. At most, the coach helps you think about how to do it.
During an executive coaching programme, can I also work on a specific issue within my team or organisation, or is it purely personal development?
Yes, that is possible and it happens in almost every case. Executive coaching at Learnit focuses on your personal leadership and on the dynamics within your team or organisation. In practice, the issues addressed include a management team that is not running smoothly, a difficult boardroom situation, a strategic decision you need to make or a conflict with a fellow director. The coach helps you reflect on your role in it, sharpen your communication and make choices under pressure. The difference with organisational consultancy: the coach does not solve the issue for you, but strengthens your ability to take charge of it. You work with 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes, online or on location. Extending is always possible if an issue requires more time.
What is the difference between an executive coaching programme and taking part in a peer group or intervision with other directors?
Both formats offer space for reflection, but they work differently. In a peer group or intervision session you exchange ideas with other directors or board members about your respective issues. The group itself is the source of insight, and the agenda is shared. Executive coaching is a 1-on-1 programme with an experienced coach, entirely focused on your situation, leadership style and issues. A programme consists as standard of 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes, online or on location, and is confidential. You choose coaching if you want to work on personal patterns, pitfalls or decision-making under pressure without colleagues or peers listening in. Peer groups are a better fit if what you mainly need is recognition and exchange. In practice, leaders often combine the two formats.
Can I still change coach or adjust the focus of my programme halfway through an executive coaching programme?
Yes, that is possible. An executive coaching programme is tailor-made and the content is not fixed after the intake. If after a few sessions you notice that the click with the coach is not quite right, or that your issue is shifting, you discuss that openly. In practice, the focus regularly changes during the programme: from decision-making under pressure to the dynamics within your management team, for example, or from personal energy to strategic positioning. Changing coach happens less often, but is possible if the match does not work. A standard programme consists of 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes, and extending or deepening it is always an option. This flexibility is what sets a coaching programme apart from a fixed training programme with a predetermined curriculum.
Is executive coaching something you use when there is a problem, or rather a preventive investment in your leadership?
Both are possible, and in practice the two reasons occur roughly equally often. Many leaders start a programme following a concrete trigger: a new role, a reorganisation, tension within the management team, or a boardroom conflict. Just as often there is no acute reason, but you want to stay sharp, examine patterns or prevent yourself from getting stuck. Executive coaching is not an intervention for underperformance. It is a reflection instrument for experienced leaders who want to strengthen their decision-making, communication and resilience. Compared with leadership training, here you work one-to-one on your own situation, not on general theory. A programme consists as standard of 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes with an experienced executive coach, online or on location. Using it preventively often works better, because there is room to look at things calmly rather than to repair under pressure.

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